The Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla will host the Second International Veterinary Microbiology Congress from October 13 to 15 at the Seminar Unit of Ciudad Universitaria, bringing together researchers and specialists from national and international institutions to examine the intersection of animal health and public health.
The event, organized through the university's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, is designed as an academic and scientific space for the exchange of knowledge and the presentation of research in veterinary microbiology, animal health, and public health. It will feature keynote speakers including Santiago Redón Marín, a full-time professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Corporación Universitaria Remington in Medellín, Colombia, who specializes in viral diseases and infections.
Nidia Aréchiga Cevallos, a researcher at Mexico's Institute for Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference, will also speak. She specializes in rabies, a zoonosis of public health importance that requires permanent epidemiological surveillance and coordinated prevention and control strategies. Her participation underscores the congress's focus on diseases that move between animals and humans, a category that includes some of the most closely watched emerging infections worldwide.
The scientific program will address infectious diseases in domestic and wild animals, zoonoses and emerging diseases, antimicrobial resistance and public health, biotechnology of microorganisms applied to animal production, vaccinology, and innovation in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. These themes reflect a growing recognition that veterinary microbiology is not a narrow specialty but a field whose findings shape human medicine, food safety, and epidemic preparedness.
Antimicrobial resistance, in particular, has become a shared concern across veterinary and human health systems. The use of antimicrobials in livestock production is widely studied as a factor in the emergence of resistant bacteria, and the congress will examine that link alongside strategies for surveillance and stewardship. Rabies, meanwhile, remains a preventable viral disease that kills tens of thousands of people each year globally, most of them in Asia and Africa, according to international health authorities. Veterinary vaccination campaigns and timely post-exposure treatment are central to control efforts.
Beyond the keynote lectures, the second edition of the congress will promote participation by students, academics, and researchers through the presentation of scientific work. The program includes 45 poster presentations and eight oral presentations related to the congress's thematic axes, giving early-career researchers a platform alongside established specialists.
The first edition, held in 2025, succeeded in advancing scientific research spanning zoonotic diseases as well as bacteria and viruses resistant to antimicrobials, consolidating a meeting space for students, professionals, and researchers in the veterinary field. Organizers aim to build on that foundation by expanding international participation and strengthening ties between diagnostic laboratories, universities, and public health agencies.
The event is organized by Carlos Castillo Sosa and Felipe Patricio Martínez, academics at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics. Registration is available through the congress's social media channels or via WhatsApp at +52 222 313 3089.
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