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American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians The American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) is a not-for-profit professional organization which seeks to: • Disseminate information relating to the diagnosis of animal diseases • Coordinate diagnostic activities of regulatory, research and service laboratories • Establish uniform diagnostic techniques • Improve existing diagnostic techniques • Develop new diagnostic techniques • Establish accepted guidelines for the improvement of diagnostic laboratory organizations relative to personnel qualifications and facilities • Act as a consultant to the United States Animal Health Association on uniform diagnostic criteria involved in regulatory animal disease programs AAVLD Officers, 2010 President........................................................................................................Gary Anderson, Manhattan, KS President-elect................................................................................................... Craig Carter, Lexington, KY Vice-president......................................................................................................Tim Baszler, Pullman, WA Secretary-Treasurer.................................................................................................John Adaska, Tulare, CA Immediate Past-President.................................................................................... David Steffen, Lincoln, NE AAVLD Executive Board, 2010 President........................................................................................................Gary Anderson, Manhattan, KS President-elect................................................................................................... Craig Carter, Lexington, KY Vice-president......................................................................................................Tim Baszler, Pullman, WA Secretary-Treasurer.................................................................................................John Adaska, Tulare, CA Northeast...................................................................................................................Bruce Akey, Ithaca, NY Southeast................................................................................................................ Doris Miller, Athens, GA North-central.....................................................................................................Lorraine Hoffman, Ames, IA South-central.................................................................................................. Bill J. Johnson, Stillwater, OK Northwest............................................................................................................ Jerry Heidel, Corvallis, OR Southwest..........................................................................................................Robert Poppenga, Davis, CA Canada Provincial ................................................................................. Estela Cornaglia, St. Hyacinthe, QC Canada Federal.................................................................................................... Maria Perrone, Ottawa, ON NVSL ........................................................................................................................Beth Lautner, Ames, IA For membership/subscription information, please contact AAVLD Secretary-Treasurer’s Office Vanessa Garrison Fax 530-752-5680 P.O. Box 1770 Phone - 530-754-9719 Email: [email protected] Davis, CA 95617 _____________________________________________________________________________________ AAVLD Annual Conference Proceedings - 2 - Minneapolis, MN, November, 2010 Acknowledgments The success of a meeting is a function of both presenters and attendees. A special thank you to all who present their data and findings, all exhibitors and sponsors, and everyone who attends the meeting. We would also like to give a special thank you to all of our invited speakers and moderators for the AAVLD Plenary Session and the USAHA-AAVLD Scientific Session. The Program Committee, listed below, deserves a special acknowledgement for their hard work, organization, review and editing of the abstracts, and moderation of sessions. Jay Kammerzell and Vanessa Garrison were instrumental in computerizing and organizing the review process and assisiting the AAVLD Secretary- Treasurer’s Office in producing the proceedings book. Pat Blanchard, Jackie Cassarly, and Linda Ragland (USAHA) coordinated the meeting room arrangements, exhibitor booth arrangements, sponsor agreements, breaks, and all of the many other details that go into making a meeting a success. ****************************************** AAVLD Program Committee, 2010 Craig Carter, Chair John Adaska Catherine Barr Timothy V. Baszler Steven R. Bolin Letitia Curley Francois C. Elvinger Scott D. Fitzgerald Sharon K. Hietala Lorraine J. Hoffman Hong Li J. Lindsay Oaks, Jr. Kristy Lynn Pabilonia Carlos Reggiardo J. Glenn Songer David Steffen Patricia A. Talcott Kyoung-Jin Yoon ****************************************** Please note: Abstracts published in these proceedings were peer reviewed by the Program Committee to determine that data supporting conclusions is likely to be presented, and were edited into a consistent format for publication. Full manuscripts were not evaluated and readers should contact the author for referral to a full presentation of data or for permission to use, copy, or distribute data contained in an abstract. AAVLD Annual Conference Proceedings 3 Minneapolis, MN November 2010 Our thanks to all of our AAVLD 2010 exhibitors and sponsors!! AAVLD 2010 SPONSORS DIAMOND SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS OTHER SPONSORS AAVLD 2010 EXHIBITORS (directory and floor plan, pp 244‐254) Exhibitor Booth Exhibitor Booth Abaxis, Inc. - Animal Health 6 ID Vet 7 Advanced Animal Diagnostics (Entira) 4 Luminex Corporation 17 Advanced Technology Corp. VADDS 1 Merrick and Company 16 Anaerobe Systems 2 National Institute for Animal Agriculture 22 Applied Biosystems by Life Technologies 37 NCE-Crawford-Emcotek 36 Automated Technologies Inc. (ATI) 14 Prionics, USA, Inc. 3 Biosearch Technologies, Inc. 33 Progressive Recovery, Inc. (PRI) 5 Biovet, Inc. 24 Qiagen, Inc. 27-28 Bruker Daltonics 23 Synbiotics Corporation 26 CDC Epi-X 10 Tetracore, Inc. 21 Centaur, Inc. 15 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc 12 Computer Aid, Inc. 19-20 TREK Diagnostic Systems 29 Elsevier/Saunders/Mosby 9 UltraPath Imaging Clinic, Inc. 31 Global Vet Link 25 Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. 18 Hardy Diagnostics 32 VertiQ Software LLC 11 IDEXX 34-35 VMRD, Inc. 30 AAVLD Plenary Session Saturday, November 13, 2010 Salon AB One Health: Opportunities for Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories Plenary Sponsor: (Coffee, tea and soft drinks provided) 07:50 AM Welcome Craig Carter, AAVLD President-Elect – Program Chair 08:00 AM Keynote. Human-animal medicine: How do laboratories fit into the picture? Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Director of Clinical Services, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Author of Human-Animal Medicine:, Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses,Toxicants and Other Shared Health Risks, Elsevier, 2010, speaker sponsored by Pfizer, Inc . 30 08:30 AM NBAF and its role in the growing One Health initiative Cyril Gay, DVM, PhD, Senior National Program Leader, USDA-ARS, Coordinator for the Animal Health National Research Program . .. 31 09:00 AM What are the challenges and pitfalls to my laboratory participating in One Health? Bruce Akey, MS, DVM, Assistant Dean for Diagnostic Operations and Executive Director of the Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University . 32 09:30 AM Break 10:00 AM Valuing One Health: Opportunities and challenges for veterinary diagnostic laboratories Tammy Beckham, DVM, PhD, Director, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory System and Director, National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD), Texas A&M University . .34 10:30 AM When/where/how veterinarians can build bridges between the diagnostic laboratory and the local health community Tanya Graham, DVM, Diplomate ACVP, Associate Director & Professor, Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, South Dakota State University . .35 11:00 AM Walk the talk: The Center for Excellence of Emerging & Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) and One Health Juergen Richt, DVM, PhD, Regents distinguished Professor, Eminent Scholar for Kansas Bioscience Authority, Director, DHS Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) . .36 Exhibit Hall Open 9:30am – 6:00pm AAVLD Annual Conference Proceedings 5 Minneapolis, MN November 2010 Pathology Scientific Session Saturday, November 13, 2010 Salon A Moderators: Tanya Graham and John Adaska Sponsor: 01:00 PM Microchip-associated soft tissue sarcomas and massive multi-organ extramedullary haematopoiesis in a house musk shrew (Suncus murinus) Leah Schutt (ACVP Awardee), Patricia Turner. .38 01:15 PM Fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia in a dog associated with extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli* Geisa Paulin-Curlee, James R. 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