2019 CAHLN Proceeding
2019 CAHLN Proceeding
2017 CAHLN Presentation Titles and Authors
Toluwalope Ajayi, Zvonimir Poljak, Rozita A. Dara.
Near real-time processing, analysis, and reporting of incidence and prevalence of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine deltacoronavirus in Ontario swine herds
Christa Arsenault, Grant Maxie, Paul Innes, George Charbonneau, Chris Byra
Overview of the Ontario Animal Health Network swine surveillance network to improve disease emergency preparedness and its linkage to the Canadian Swine Health Information Network
Debbie Barr
Bovine Tuberculosis in Canada
Theresa Bernardo
Technological trends: transforming health data into intelligence
Andrew Brooks, Jan Shapiro
Postmortem evaluation in cases of suspected humane transport violation
Doug Campbell
Using laboratory techniques to answer wildlife disease questions
Adam Campigotto, Theresa Bernardo, Zvonimir Poljak, Elizabeth Stone, Deborah Stacey
Marcia Chiasson, Véronique LePage, Steve Naylor
Dianna Chinnery
Mental health in the workplace: practical tools to recognize issues and help colleagues
Matt Cochran
From data to intelligence- AgConnect laboratory data in decision support
Gwendolyn Conant, Margaret Stalker, Jeff L Caswell
Josepha DeLay, Bruce Duncan, Adam Chambers
Racehorse mortality in Ontario: postmortem procedures and results
Todd Duffield
Cull cows at auction and provincial slaughter plants in Ontario
Jim Fairles, Josie Given
Overview of a milk bacteriology QA program for veterinary clinics
Jim Fairles
Catherine Filejski
Russell S. Fraser, Hein N. Snyman, Jutta D. Hammermueller, Ann Meyer, John S. Lumsden, Luis G. Arroyo, M. Tony Hayes, Brandon N. Lillie
James P. Goltz, L. Robbin Lindsay
Passive tick surveillance in New Brunswick: translating data into information and intelligence
Sarah Gresch, Benjamin Miller, Nitipong Homwong, Douglas G. Marthaler
Murray Hazlett, Emily Brouwer, Josepha DeLay, Amanda Mansz, Durda Slavic
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus meningoencephalitis and septicemia in goats
Alexander Heim
Rachel Imai, John R. Barta
Carl Johnson
Dave Kelton
Elijah Kiarie, Emily Kim, Haley Leung, John Barta
Nutritional strategies for enhancing gut function in broiler chickens challenged with coccidiosis
Paul Kozak, Pat Bell-Rogers
From mammals and birds to bees: Adapting veterinary testing protocols for honey bee diagnostics
Roger Maes, Patrick Bronson-Doherty, Mike Chumbley, Annabel Wise, Suzanne Kull-Mason, Vittoria Miller, Daland C. Herrmann, Carsten Schroeder
Emily Martin, Marina Brash, Margaret Stalker, Davor Ojkic
Michael Martin
Asymmetric informatics – lessons from a decade of NAHLN messaging
Kristen Mesires
Evaluation of real-time PCR reagents for the identification of influenza virus RNA
Ellie Milnes, Pauline Delnatte, Kevin May, Jennifer Ma, Frances B Jamieson, Durda Slavic, Dale Smith
Nicole Nemeth, Amanda MacDonald, Claire Jardine, Jeff Bowman, Evelin Rejman, John Barta, Hugh Cai
Potential pathogens detected in wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Ontario
Andrea Osborn, Harry Gardiner, Zana Dukadzinac, Archie Stewart, Ruth Tecle-Mariam
Development of innovative surveillance methods with the community for emerging and zoonotic diseases
Andrea Osborn, Cheryl James, Keith Murch, Francois Bedard
The Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System achievements and opportunities
Andrew Peregrine
Zvonimir Poljak
Felipe Reggeti, Nick Schrier
Qualitative LC-MS/MS method for the detection of desmethylbromethalin in adipose tissue
Alexandra Reid
Evelina Rog
María C. Rosales Gerpe, Sarah K. Wootton
Improving production of high titer lentiviral vectors for in vivo gene therapy applications
Tanya M. Rossi, David L. Pearl, W. Glen Pyle, M. Grant Maxie, Peter A. Kavsak, Peter W. Physick-Sheard
Analytical validation of cardiac troponin I assays for use in the horse
Fernando Salgado-Beirman, Rachel Ouckama
Infectious bronchitis virus: practical experience from broiler breeders in Ontario
Joanna Sawicki, Jim Fairles
An electronic solution for equine infectious anemia (EIA) submissions
Courtney R. Schott, Geoffrey A. Wood
Stacey Speagle
Roz Stevenson, Melinda Raymond, Steve Lord, Lucy Mutharia
Laboratory detection approaches to fish pathogen surveillance in Ontario
Andrew Stolfi
Injury prevention and return to work post-injury for desk- and lab-based work
Leonardo Susta, Nancy Brochu, Marina Brash, Csaba Varga, Michele Guerin
Khaled Taha-abdelaziz, Douglas Hodgins, Tamiru Alkie, Wanderely Quinteiro-Filho, Alex Yitbarek, Jake Astill, Shayan Sharif
Anatoliy Trokhymchuk, Musangu Ngeleka
Wendy Witbeck
Choosing and interpreting laboratory testing in an environment of increasing technology
2013 CAHLN Presentation Titles and Authors
Josée Harel.
GREMIP-CRIPA. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal
CRIPA : Research and diagnostic
Grant Maxie, Murray Hazlett and Josepha DeLay. Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Quality assurance by and for veterinary pathologists
Farouk El Allaki and Julie Paré. Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Validity of conclusions in population-based surveillance
Julie Paré and Christine Power. Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, Animal Health Science Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The role of diagnosticians in terrestrial animal disease surveillance
Julie Paré, Véronique Parent and Farouk El Allaki. Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, Animal Health Science Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Estimating diagnostic sensitivity ans specificity using the published Literature – a terrestrial animal disease example-bovine brucellosis
Jette Christensen and André Vallières. Epidemiology and Surveillance Section,Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Surveillance, scenario tree models and claim of disease freedom at the national level
Jette Christensen, Farouk El Allaki and André Vallières. Epidemiology and Surveillance Section,Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Estimating disease freedom using scenario tree models – Canadian Notifiable Avian Influenza Surveillance System and NAI
Maria Spinato and Kevin McLeod. Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
A benefit/cost financial management spreadsheet for veterinary laboratory emergency preparedness
Matheus Costa. Western College of Veterinary Medecine, University of Saskatchewan
Determining the gold standard ante-mortem sample type for detection of Brachyspira in pigs
Janet Sunohara-Neilson, Éva Nagy, Susy Carman and Patricia V Turner. University of Guelph
Development of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of serum antibodies to leporid herpesvirus-4
Sonia Lacouture and Marcelo Gottschalk. Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal
Detection of Actinobaccillus pleuropneumoniae (App) serotype 1 in pigs by real-time quantitative PCR
Flavien Ndongo Kassé. Université de Montréal
The virulence factors of Escherichia coli isolated from uterus could be used to predict metritis in the postpartum dairy cow
Christian Bellehumeur. Université de Montréal
Development of a new microarray-based diagnostic tool to detect novel viral pathogens involved in potentially devastating animal diseases
Jane Christopher Hennings. University of South Dakota
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Diagnostics
Marcelo Gottschalk. Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal
Update Streptococcus suis and APP
2012 CAHLN Presentation Titles and Authors
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Abstracts for CAHLN/RCTLSA,
June 5-8, 2011
Below are the presentations that were approved by each presenter to be displayed on the CAHLN-RCTLSA website.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
0900 – Toward a Canadian laboratory “Network of networks”
Martine Dubuc
1100 – The role of the provincial veterinary lab in NAI outbreaks: the BC experience
Victoria Bowes, Paul Kitching, John Robinson, Bill Cox
1130 – Fore-CAN project: foresight for Canadian animal health
Shane Renwick
1330 – The National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN): lessons learned
Terry F. McElwain, Barbara M. Martin
1430 – The role of the Animal Health Laboratory in forensic investigations
Beverly McEwen, Margaret Stalker, Josepha DeLay, Murray Hazlett, Brent Hoff, Emily Martin
1600 – Molecular epidemiology to refine diagnostics in bacteriology: Does it help?
Patrick Boerlin
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
0830 – Enhanced Surveillance Project, broilers – Epidemiological study of viral and bacterial pathogens in Ontario broiler chickens
Michael Eregae*, Eric Nham*, Hind Kasab-Bachi*, Michele Guerin, Scott McEwen, Cate Dewey, Davor Ojkic, David Pearl, Andreas Beocker, Durda Slavic
0915 – Salmonella vaccination and serological testing in poultry
Teresa Cereno
0930 – A temporal study of Salmonella serovars in breeder flocks and hatcheries in Ontario between 1998 and 2008
Theva Sivaramalingam*, Michele T. Guerin, Scott A. McEwen, David L. Pearl, Davor Ojkic
0945 – Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) control in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia
William Cox
1045 – Characterization of plasmids in Clostridium perfringens type A associated with NE
Valeria R. Parreira*, John F. Prescott
1100 – Feed-borne Fusarium mycotoxins induce morphologic changes in the intestine of broiler breeder pullets
George N. Girgis, John R. Barta, Marina Brash, Trevor K. Smith
1115 – Detection of chicken parvovirus in broilers and broiler breeders in Ontario, Canada
Jacqueline Fountain, Marina Brash, Laszlo Zsak, Éva Nagy
1130 – Genetic analysis of fowl adenovirus fiber genes
Helena Grgić*, Davor Ojkić, Bruce Hunter, Éva Nagy
1145 – Development of a system to detect anti-hemagglutinin (HA) antibodies in chickens using 3 recombinant baculoviruses expressing HA
Alexandra Elliott*, Jeffery Hodgson, Éva Nagy, Peter Krell
1300 – Prevalence of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Brachyspira spp. in Ontario layer flocks and identification of risk factors associated with dirty eggs
Genet A. Medhanie*, Michele Guerin, Durda Slavic, Scott McEwen, Lloyd Weber, Babak Sanei, Leanne Cooley, Scott Houghton
1330 – Pyogranulomatous pleuropneumonia and mediastinitis in ferrets associated with Pseudomonas luteola
Jorge Martínez, A. Ramis, M.L. Abarca, J.M. Martorell, A. Moya, A. Olvera, C. Juan-Sallés, A. Riera, L. Woods, Norman Cheville, S. Soto
1400 – Trends of methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococci in Atlantic Canada
Matthew Saab, Jan Giles, Lorraine Lund, Robert Page, J T. McClure, C. Anne Muckle
1415 – Role of Clara cell secretory protein in lung inflammation
Olivier Côté*, Mary Ellen Clark, Dorothee Bienzle
1430 – Neutrophil chromatin deposition in septic lesions
Krishna Yekkala*, Tony Hayes
1445 – A modified skin test for diagnosis of subclinical enteric paratuberculosis in cattle
Brandon L. Plattner, Elise Huffman, Jesse M Hostetter
1530 – Cysticercus ovis infection and the Canadian sheep industry: an emerging problem
Bradley D. De Wolf*, Paula I. Menzies, Andria Q. Jones, Andrew S. Peregrine, Jocelyn T. Jansen, Jennifer MacTavish
1545 – Prevalence of drench failure and anthelmintic resistance in Ontario sheep flocks
Laura Falzon*, Krishna Shakya, Paula Menzies, John VanLeeuwen, Andria Jones, Jocelyn Jansen, Jacob Avula, Andrew S. Peregrine
1600 – Evaluation of the zoonotic potential of Giardia duodenalis in fecal samples from dogs and cats in Ontario
Rebeccah M. McDowall, Andrew S. Peregrine, Erin K. Leonard, Christopher Lacombe, Mary Lake, Ana R. Rebelo, Hugh Y. Cai
1615 – Evaluation of methods for extraction of DNA from Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Stephanie Reabel*
1630 – New swine H3N2 and pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus reassortant in two Canadian animal populations, mink and swine
Donald Tremblay, Véronique Allard, Jean-François Doyon, Grant J. Spearman, Josée Harel, Carl A. Gagnon
1645 – The changing face of pneumonia in swine: diagnostic challenges
Beverly McEwen, Josepha DeLay, Murray Hazlett, Margaret Stalker, Susy Carman, Durda Slavic, Maria Spinato, Tony van Dreumel, Hugh Cai
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
0900 – Veterinary syndromic surveillance based on diagnostic test submissions to the Ontario Animal Health Laboratory
Fernanda C. Dórea*, Catherine A. Muckle, David F. Kelton, Beverly J. McEwen, W. Bruce McNab, Javier Sanchez, Crawford W. Revie
0915 – Diagnosis of abortion in small ruminants in Ontario
Murray Hazlett, Hugh Cai, Josepha DeLay, Margaret Stalker, Tony van Dreumel, Maria Spinato, Rebeccah McDowall, Ana Rita Rebelo, Patricia Bell-Rogers, Brian Binnington, Beverly McEwen, Durda Slavic, Susy Carman
0945 – Forensic animal investigations
David W. Silversides, Isabelle Daneau
1030 – Development of an Ontario Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Detection System for Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and its application to other non-reportable diseases of swine
Jane Carpenter, Susy Carman, Jim Fairles
1045 – Emergency preparedness in the necropsy laboratory
designing an operations-based exercise
Maria Spinato, Jan Shapiro
1100 – Kaizen process applied at the Diagnostic Service, Faculté de médicine vétérinaire
Estela Cornaglia, Véronique Boyer, Jean-François Brodeur, Guy Fontaine
1115 – Prevalence of pathogenic Escherichia coli in production animals in Québec, Canada, between 2008 and 2010
John M. Fairbrother, C. Desautels, É. Nadeau