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We sincerely invite you to submit oral or poster presentations of scientific findings, reviews or other interesting subjects that are related to one health.
Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2023
CAHLN/RCTLSA
Please submit your abstract in a Word document containing your name, institution, title and summary (brief introduction, methods, findings, conclusions). Please limit abstracts to less than 400 words.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the organizing committee. Notification of acceptance will be emailed by May 5th, 2023. Accepted abstracts will be published in the meeting proceedings. The accepted oral presentations’ PowerPoint should be submitted no later than May 19, 2023. Please email abstracts and PowerPoints to CAHLN2023@gmail.com.
Oral presentations should be carefully crafted to last no more than 12 minutes and a 3-minute question period will be followed. Posters will be displayed in the poster sessions throughout the CAHLN/RCTLSA meeting.
Students:
Best presentations, oral and poster awarded by CAVP and WCVDP (submission requirements seen from Dr. Ryan M. Dickinson’s email) and CAHLN/RCTLSA.
Thanks and best regards!
Maodong Zhang
Chair of the organizing committee
https://communityconferences.usask.ca/index.aspx?cid=633
Canadian Animal Health Laboratorians Network(CAHLN) – University of Saskatchewan, Marquis Hall, Garry Room
Early Bird Registration Fees until April 1, 2023
$300.00 + Taxes – Early Bird Regular Registration
$150.00 + Taxes – Early Bird Student Registration
Regular Registration Fees start April 1, 2023
$350.00 + Taxes – Regular Registration
$175.00 + Taxes – Student Registration
Registration fee includes sessions, refreshment breaks, lunches, banquet on Tuesday, June 6 (Cash Bar)
Extras/Optional
June 4, 2023 – Canadian Association of Veterinary Pathologists (CAVP) and Western Conference of Veterinary Diagnostic Pathologist (WCVDP) Meeting
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
$75.00 + Taxes – includes refreshment breaks and lunch
June 5, 2023 – Dinner at the Western Development Museum
$60.00 + Taxes – includes transportation, museum entry and dinner (Cash bar)
If you are registering for both the Conference and Meeting you will receive a 10% discount.
Online registrations: credit card payment and individual registrations only.
Sunday, June 4, 2023
8:30 am – 4:30 pm | CAVP/WCVDP Meeting
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Room 2115
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | CAHLN/RCTLA Welcome Reception
Exeter Room, Marquis Hall
Complimentary drink & finger food
CAHLN/RCTLSA 21st Annual Meeting
June 5-7, 2023
Garry Room, Marquis Hall
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK
Monday, June 5, 2023
7:30 am | Registration
Garry Room, Marquis Hall
8:15 am | Dr. Yanyun Huang (PDS) – Welcome message, hotel and meeting orientation
Plenary session: Healthier Animals, Healthier World – working together to face challenges
Moderator: Dr. Yanyun Huang, PDS
8:30 am – 9:15 am | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Davies (University of Calgary)
Growing a Comprehensive Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Alberta 101: Instructions Not Included, Group Work Required
9:15 am – 10:00 am | Keynote Speaker: Marie-Soleil Nadeau (Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec)
The experience of LSA with Covid testing. The lessons learned and how they apply to HPAI
10:00 am – 10:30 am | Refreshments and sponsor display
Moderator: Dr. Andy Allen, Department of Veterinary Pathology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Dr. Andrea Osborn (CFIA/ACIA)
One Health Intelligence and the Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
11:00 am – 11:30 am | Dr. Allison Danyluk Ross (CFIA/ACIA)
Unsung Heroes of the Outbreak
11:30 am – 11:50 am | Darren Boese, (CFIA)
Overview of the Canadian Animal Health Surveillance Network – Foreign Animal
Disease Testing and the 2022 Avian Influenza Outbreak Response.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch and sponsor displays
Annual general meeting
Moderator: Dr. Bruce Wobeser, Department of Veterinary Pathology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan
1:30 pm – 1: 45 pm | Marika Köszegi (CDVUM)
Identification of Porcine circovirus type 2d (PCV2d) subtype in Canada and its complete genome characterization
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Dr. Vincent Baby (CDVUM)
Serological assays automation at CDVUM using a fully integrated platform
2:00 pm – 2: 15 pm | Dr. Tatiana Petukhova (U of Guelph)
Development of an interactive dashboard for monitoring PRRS in Ontario
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm | Tanya Rossi (U of Guelph)
Trace Mineral monitoring in Ontario Beef Cattle
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Dr. Andy Allen and Jim Boire (WCVM and RMD Engineering Inc.)
Innovations in biomedical engineering in collaboration with, and support of, veterinary and human medicine
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Refreshments and sponsor displays
Moderator: Dr. Ann Britton, Animal Health Centre, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Dr. Alyson Kelvin (VIDO)
Does last year’s cold protect against this year’s COVID?
4:00 pm – 4: 30 pm | Dr. Volker Gerdts (VIDO)
How do we prepare for future emerging diseases? An update on VIDO’s Pandemic Research Centre
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm | Laboratory Reports
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Dinner (cash bar)
Western Development Museum
Transportation provided
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
8:00 am | Registration
Garry Room, Marquis Hall
Plenary session: Healthier Animals, Healthier World – lessons learned, lessons applied
Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Davies, Diagnostic Services Unit, University of Calgary
8:30 am – 9:00 am | Dr. Erica Sims (Ministry of Agriculture SK)
The Importance of Animal Health Surveillance from a Provincial Veterinary Perspective
9:00 am – 9: 30 am | Dr. Emily Jenkins (WCVM)
Advancements in diagnostics for Echinococcus in companion animals (and livestock) protect human and animal health
9:30 am – 10:00 am | Dr. Nathan Erickson (WCVM)
Vaccine timing in terms of respiratory disease control and current industry standards of vaccination
10:00 am – 10:30 am | Refreshments and sponsor display
Moderator:
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Dr. Cheryl Waldner (WCVM)
Diagnostic accuracy for Johne’s and normal values for trace mineral analysis – findings from the Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network
11:00 am – 11:30 am | Dr. Darryl Falzarano (VIDO)
Learning from the past, preparing for the future – Expanding capacity to respond to pandemics.
11:30 am – 11:50 am | Dr. Ruwani Kattandi Gedara (PDS)
Assessment of a risk matrix associated with Salmonella serovars isolated from Saskatchewan chicken egg farms using Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) Sequencing platform.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch and sponsor displays
Moderator:
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Dr. Michael Mulvey (U of Manitoba)
AMRNet development and genomics
2:00 pm – 2 :30 pm | Dr. Davor Ojkic (AHL)
Automation in molecular diagnostic lab
2:30 pm – 2:40 pm | Holly Senter (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Thermo Fisher presentation
2:40 pm – 3:10 pm | Refreshments and sponsor displays
Moderator: Dr. Helene Philibert, Department of Veterinary Pathology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan
3:10 pm – 3:40 pm | Dr. Matheus Costa (WCVM)
Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus in pigs
3:40 pm – 4:10 pm | Dr. Bruce Wobeser (WCVM)
Equine abortion, neonatal death and Chlamydia
4:10 pm – 5:10 pm | Tour the PDS laboratory
6:00 pm – 10: 00 pm | Banquet (cash bar)
Laboratorian award
Garry Room, Marquis Hall
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Plenary session: Healthier Animals, Healthier World – How Laboratories Help
Moderator:
8:30 am – 8:45 am | Rachael Speare (Graduate student)
Expression and prognostic significance of receptor tyrosine kinases in canine appendicular osteosarcoma
8:45 am – 9: 00 am | Yaasin Dulymamode (Graduate student)
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance and identification of resistance genes in E. coli causing canine UTIs in Saskatchewan, between 2018–2022
9:00 am – 9: 15 am | Lisa K. F. Lee (Graduate student)
Detection of multiple human enteropathogens in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from an under-resourced neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia
9:15 am – 9:30 am | Tat Chuan Cham (Graduate student)
Building an artificial testis with somatic cell maturation and endocrine characteristics
9:30 am – 10:00 am | Refreshments and sponsor displays
Moderator:
10:00 am – 10:50 am | Dr. Jeffrey Chen (VIDO)
The Domestic Pig Model of TB: establishment at VIDO and demonstration of its utility in TB host-pathogen interactions research
10:50 am – 11:20 am | Anatoliy Trokhymchuk (PDS)
Integrating bioinformatics into a diagnostic lab workflow: a PDS case study
11:20 am – 11:40 am | Student award and closing remarks
11:40 am – 1:00 pm | Lunch and departure
THE CAHLN GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES EAST – UNIVERSITY:
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Attendees can book guestrooms by calling the following phone numbers:
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Hotel direct: 1-306-954-1250
Group Name: CAHLN
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Dates: June 4-7, 2023
Room Type(s) available:
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Cut-off date: May 12, 2023
A user-friendly URL is ready for booking guestrooms within the block dates by simply copy and pasting the Booking Link (URL) below and it will take you directly to the special group rate provided to the group.
STAYBRIDGE SUITES EAST – UNIVERSITY:
1838 College Drive, Saskatoon, SK S1N 2Z8
Attendees can book guestrooms by calling the following phone numbers:
Toll-free: 1-800-465-4329
Hotel direct 1-306-952-4888
Group Name: CAHLN
Group Code: CAH
Dates: June 4-7, 2023
Room Type(s) available:
King bed at $149.00/night
Cut-off date: May 12, 2023
A user-friendly URL is ready for booking guestrooms within the block dates by simply copy and pasting the Booking Link (URL) below and it will take you directly to the special group rate provided to the group.
CAHLN President Elect
Yanyun Huang
Scientific Committee Chair
Maodong Zhang
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