15th Annual Meeting
Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PEI
08:00-16:30
Canadian Association of Veterinary Pathologists (CAVP) Symposium and Annual Meeting – Respiratory Pathology
Annual General Meeting and ConferenceRoom 287N, AVC Learning Commons Room
Keynote speaker: Dr. Alfonso Lopez, Atlantic Veterinary College
08:00-16:30
Preconference Diagnostic Test Validation WorkshopRoom 286A – N, Atlantic Veterinary College
Workshop Host: Dr. Ian Gardner, Atlantic Veterinary College (limited to 25 participants)
15:00-19:00
CAHLN 2016 Registration open17:00-19:00
Opening reception – Market Square, McDougall HallTrade Show
Networking
19:00
Welcome Message and Introduction of the Guest SpeakerDr. James P. Goltz, CAHLN/RCTLSA President
Alex H. Mackinnon Amphitheatre, Room 242, McDougall Hall
19:15 Presentation
Talk to and About the Animals
Dr. Lamont Sweet, retired Chief Public Health Officer for Prince Edward Island
Alex H. Mackinnon Amphitheatre, Room 242, McDougall Hall
20:00 – 21:00 Networking
CAHLN / RCTLSA 15th Annual Meeting
CAHLN / RCTLSA 15th Annual Meeting
Opening Plenary Session
Monday June 6, 2016
8:30-12:00 PM
Duffy Amphitheatre, Duffy Building
Overall Theme: Collaboration in Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics and Animal Health
Moderator: Dr. James P. Goltz
Simultaneous translation will be available for all sessions on Monday June 6.
- 7:45 – 10:00
- Registration – McDougall Hall
- 8:30 – 17:00
- Exhibitors Hall Open – McDougall Hall
8:05-8:30 : Official Opening and Welcome
- Dr. Robert Gilmour, Vice-President Academic and Research
- Dr. Greg Keefe, Dean of Atlantic Veterinary College
- Brian Matheson, Director of the Agriculture Policy and Regulatory Division, PEI Dept. of Agriculture and Fisheries
- Ian Alexander, Executive Director of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Animal Science Directorate
- Dr. James P Goltz, President of CAHLN / RCTLSA
8:30-12:00 : Plenary Session
- Moderator: Dr. James P. Goltz
- 8:30 – 9:15
- Collaboration – Diagnostic Test Validation for Diagnostics and Surveillance (mammalian and aquatic) – Speaker: Dr. Ian Gardner, Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Aquatic Epidemiology, Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC)
- 9:15 – 10:00
- Laboratory Collaboration: A Legacy of Overachieving and Being Undervalued – Speaker: Dr. Brian Evans, World Health Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France
- 10: 00 – 10:30 : health break, networking, poster viewing and trade show
- 10:30 – 11:15
- Collaboration in Veterinary Diagnostics – Surveillance and Public Health – Speaker: Dr. Micheal Drebot, Director, Zoonic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada
- 11:15 – 12:00
- Evolution of Technologies and Their Application for Diagnostics and Surveillance – Speaker: Dr. François Elvinger, Professor of Epidemiology, Assistant Dean for Diagnostic Operation and Executive Director, Animal Health Diagnostic Center and New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ithica, New York
- Evolution of Technologies and Their Application for Diagnostics and Surveillance – Speaker: Dr. François Elvinger, Professor of Epidemiology, Assistant Dean for Diagnostic Operation and Executive Director, Animal Health Diagnostic Center and New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ithica, New York
12:00-13:00 : Lunch break, poster viewing, trade show and networking
12:00-13:00 : Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Network Meeting
Room 318, MacDougall Hall
CAHLN / RCTLSA 15th Annual Meeting
Plenary Session continued
Monday June 6, 2016
13:00 – 17:00 PM
Duffy Amphitheatre, Duffy Building
Overall Theme: Collaboration in Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics and Animal Health (continued)
Moderator: Dr. James P. Goltz
- 13:00 – 13:30
- Animal Health Surveillance Systems in Canada – Speaker: Dr. Cheryl James, National Manager, National Coordination of Animal Health, Canadian food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- 13:30 – 14:00
- Aquatic diagnostics and epidemiological analyses for monotoring microbes in finfish: current challenges and ongoing progress– Speaker: Dr. Raphael Vanderstichel, Assitant Professor in Epidemiology, Center for Veterinary Epidemiological Research (CVER) and Department of Health Management, AVC
- 14:00 – 14:30
- Innovation and update from Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative – Speaker: Dr. Craig Stephen, Executive Director Canadian Wildlife Health Center (CWHC)
- 14:30 – 15:00
- Evolution of Diagnostic Pathology and its integration/collaboration with other disciplines – Speaker: Dr. Grant Maxie, Director of the Animal Health Laboratory and Co-Executive Director of Laboratory Services, University of Guelph
- 15:00-15:30 : health break, trade show, poster viewing and networking
- 15:30 – 16:00
- Industry Perspectives – What is the role of industry in aquatic animal health and disease surveillance? – Speakers: Dr. Dianne Morrison, Fish Health and Food Safety Director, Marine Harvest, Campbell River, British Columbia
- 16:00 – 16:30
- Industry Perspectives – What is the role of industry in terrestrial animal health and disease surveillance? – Speaker: Dr. Daniel Hurnik, Professor of Swine Health Management, AVC
- 16:30-17:30
- Panel Discussion on Collaboration – Issues and Solutions : What is the future? How can we improve collaboration in Diagnostic, Animal Health and Surveillance in Canada?
- Panel Participants: All Speakers from two Plenary Sessions
- Moderator : James P. Goltz
- Panel Discussion on Collaboration – Issues and Solutions : What is the future? How can we improve collaboration in Diagnostic, Animal Health and Surveillance in Canada?
- 17:30 – 20:00
- Explore Charlottetown on your own
- 20:00 – 21:00
- Special Workshop – Quality Assurance: Design consideration and tools for analysis – Speaker: Liza M. Cabuang, Team Leader, External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS) or Proficiency Testing, National Reference Laboratory – Australia, Fitzroy, Australia
- Lecture Theatre A, Atlantic Veterinary College
- Special Workshop – Quality Assurance: Design consideration and tools for analysis – Speaker: Liza M. Cabuang, Team Leader, External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS) or Proficiency Testing, National Reference Laboratory – Australia, Fitzroy, Australia
- 8:30 – 17:00
- Exhibitor Hall Open – McDougall Hall
- 8:30 – 9:00
- Collaborative research in aquatic animal health – Speaker: Dr. Larry Hammell, Professor of Aquatic Epidemiology and Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, AVC
- 9:00 – 9:30
- Collaborative research in dairy health – Speaker: Dr. Greg Keefe, Professor of Dairy Health and Dean of AVC
- 9:30 – 10:00
- Academia-industry collaborations to develop preclinical animal models of neurological disease – Speaker: Dr. Andrew Tasker, Professor of Neuropharmacology, AVC
- 10:00 – 10:30
- Health break, trade show, poster viewing and networking
- Health break, trade show, poster viewing and networking
- 10:30 – 10:50
- A collaborative approach to cancer research: Investigating therapeutic targets and disease mechanisms in head and neck cancer – Speaker: Dr. Chelsea Martin, Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology, AVC
- 10:50 – 11:10
- CRVE-net: A platform for risk analysis training and research – Speaker: Dr. Javier Sanchez, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, AVC
- 10:50 – 11:10
- The cost of delaying disease management strategies in salt water net pen aquaculture– Speaker: Dr. Sophie St.-Hilaire, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture, AVC
- 11:30 – 12:00
- Panel Discussion – Current issues in Industry-Government-Academia Collaborations: How to be more effective in collaborative effort.
- Panels Participants: All speakers from AVC Session
- Moderator: Dr. Larry Hammell
- Panel Discussion – Current issues in Industry-Government-Academia Collaborations: How to be more effective in collaborative effort.
- 12:00 – 1:30
- Lunch break, trade show, poster viewing and networking
- 12:15 – 1h30
- CAHLN BUSINESS MEETING
- AVC Room 286A,B,C-N AVC Learning Commons
- CAHLN BUSINESS MEETING
- 13:30 – 14:00
- Quality Assurance in Diagnostics for Homo sapiens: The Other Mammals
- Liza Cabuang, Scientist and Team Leader, External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS) or Proficiency Testing, National Reference Laboratory – Australia, Fitzroy, Australia
- Quality Assurance in Diagnostics for Homo sapiens: The Other Mammals
- 14:00 – 14:15
- Pilot ring test evaluating PCR testing for selected wildlife pathogens in 19 diagnostic and research laboratories
- Maria J Forzan, John Wood, J. Patrick Powers and Raphael V. Vanderstichel
- Pilot ring test evaluating PCR testing for selected wildlife pathogens in 19 diagnostic and research laboratories
- 14:15 – 14:30
- Case definitions for Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) using industry data from New Brunswick, Canada
- Annette S. Boerlage, Henryk Stryhn, Javier Sanchez and Larry Hammell
- Case definitions for Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) using industry data from New Brunswick, Canada
- 14:30 – 14:45
- Cilia Associated Respiratory (CAR) Bacillus-Like Organisms in Cats with pulmonary inflammation [Graduate Student Presentation] Fany Marron-Lopez, Alfonso Lopez and Shannon Martinson
- 14:45 – 15:05
- Comparison of MALDI-TOF, ELISA, Iodine Precipition and UV Spectrophotometry in selection of Aleutian Disease resistant mink
- Arnost Cepica, Tokinori Iwamoto, Carmencita Yason and Elizabeth Dobbin
- Comparison of MALDI-TOF, ELISA, Iodine Precipition and UV Spectrophotometry in selection of Aleutian Disease resistant mink
- 15:05 -15:30
- Health break, trade show, poster viewing and networking
- 15:30 – 15:45
- Evaluation of Mid Infrared Spectroscopy for quantification of bovine serum and colostrum IgG concentration [Graduate Student Presentation]
- Ibrahim Elsohaby, J Trenton McClure, Marguerite Cameron, Luke Heider and Greg Keefe
- Evaluation of Mid Infrared Spectroscopy for quantification of bovine serum and colostrum IgG concentration [Graduate Student Presentation]
- 15:45 – 16:00
- High-Throughput Automated Analysis of Virus Neutralization Assays Against Animal Viruses [Graduate Student Presentation]
- Christina Solis Worsfold, Micheal Eschbaumer, Rkia Dardari, Sampson Law, Frank Marshall, Frank van der Meer and Markus Czub
- High-Throughput Automated Analysis of Virus Neutralization Assays Against Animal Viruses [Graduate Student Presentation]
- 16:00 – 16:15
- Diagnosis of diarrhea in calves and piglets: histopathology and microbiology examination
- Musangu Ngeleka, Dale Godson, Chris Wojmarowicz, Soraya Sayi and Yanyun Huang
- Diagnosis of diarrhea in calves and piglets: histopathology and microbiology examination
- 16:15 – 16:30
- The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS): integrated surveillance supported by and engaged network
- E. Jane Parmley, Carolee Parson, David Leger, Brent Avery, Danielle Daignault, Richard J. Reid-Smith and Rebecca J Irwin
- The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS): integrated surveillance supported by and engaged network
- 16:30 – 16:45
- Recent trends in pathogenic Escherichia coli in pigs in Quebec: Emergence of a new ETEC: F4 E.coli virotype
- Ghyslaine Vanier, Gabriel Desmarais, Maud de Lagarde and John Morris Fairbrother
- Recent trends in pathogenic Escherichia coli in pigs in Quebec: Emergence of a new ETEC: F4 E.coli virotype
- 16:45 – 17:00
- Assuming Leadership Beyond Diagnostics: Veterinary Laboratorians Tackle Raccoon Rabies Variant in New Brunswick
- James P. Goltz
- Assuming Leadership Beyond Diagnostics: Veterinary Laboratorians Tackle Raccoon Rabies Variant in New Brunswick
- 17:00 – 17:45
- Tour of the Atlantic Veterinary College
- 18:30 – 19:15
- Reception / cash bar
- MacMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Center
- Reception / cash bar
- 19:15 – 22:00
- Lobster Supper and Kitchen Party
- MacMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Center
- Lobster Supper and Kitchen Party
CAHLN / RCTLSA 15th Annual Meeting
Scientific Session
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
8:30-12:00 PM
Alex H MacKinnon Amphitheatre, Room 242, McDougall Hall
The Atlantic Veterinary College and Animal Health
Theme: Industry-Government-Academia Animal Health Collaboration.
Moderator: Dr. Larry Hammell, Atlantic Veterinary College
CAHLN / RCTLSA 15th Annual Meeting
General – Scientific Oral Presentation Session
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
13:30-16h45 PM
Alex H MacKinnon Amphitheatre, Room 242, McDougall Hall
Moderator: Dr. James P. Goltz
CAHLN / RCTLSA 15th Annual Meeting
General – Scientific Oral Presentation Session
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
8:30-11:30 AM
Moderator : Dr. Paul Hanna, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, AVC
- Exhibitors Hall open – McDougall Hall
- 8:30 – 8:45
- Design standards for experimental study to evaluate diagnostic accuacy of tests for infectious diseases in aquatic animals
- Emily Laurin, Paul Hick, Ian A. Gardner, Nicholas J.G. Moody, Mark St. J. Crane, Charles G.B. Caraguel and Ingo Ernst
- Design standards for experimental study to evaluate diagnostic accuacy of tests for infectious diseases in aquatic animals
- 8:45 – 9:00
- Measuring diagnostic accuracy for Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in Atlantic Salmon
- Diana Jamarillo, Holly Burnley, Ian A Gardner, Henrik Stryhn and Larry Hammell
- Measuring diagnostic accuracy for Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in Atlantic Salmon
- 9:00 – 9:15
- Development of multiplex detection assay for salmonid pathogens utilizing fluid bead-based technology
- Dante Mateo, Larry Hammell, Ian Gardner and Carmencita Yason
- Development of multiplex detection assay for salmonid pathogens utilizing fluid bead-based technology
- 9:15 – 9:30
- Development of fully-automated microfluidic assay for multiplex detection and subtyping of livestock pathogens
- Oliver Lung, Cody Buchanan, Matt Fisher, Niroshan Thanthrige-Don, Tara Furukawa-Stoffer, John Pasick, Charles Nfon, Tomy Joseph, Dale Godson, John Gilleard, Trevor Alexander, Brent Selinger and Aruna Ambagala
- Development of fully-automated microfluidic assay for multiplex detection and subtyping of livestock pathogens
- 9:30 – 9:45
- Development of a multiplex nucleic acid assay for salmonid immunological assessment
- Sara L. Purcell and Mark D. Fast
- Development of a multiplex nucleic acid assay for salmonid immunological assessment
- 9:45 – 10:00
- Increasing standardization in Real-Time PCR testing with a modular platform and its benefit to laboratory throughput
- Martina Kahila, Kristen Roza-Sutherland, Wendy Witbeck, Valerie Leathers, Kathy Velek, Lori Plourde, Christian Leutnegger and Martin Angelichio
- Increasing standardization in Real-Time PCR testing with a modular platform and its benefit to laboratory throughput
- 10:00 – 10:30
- Health break, trade show and networking
- 10:30 – 10:45
- Gene Expression in chicken lung and brain in response to infection with two recombinant H5N3 Avian Influenza viruses that possess a Polybasic HAo Cleavage Site
- John Pasick, Sandra Diederich, Yohannes Berhane and Carissa Embury-Hyatt
- Gene Expression in chicken lung and brain in response to infection with two recombinant H5N3 Avian Influenza viruses that possess a Polybasic HAo Cleavage Site
- 10:45 – 11:00
- Field-deployable Reverse Transcription-Insulated Isothermal PCR (RT-iiPCR) Assay for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
- A. Ambagala, M. Fisher, M. Goolia, C. Nfon, T. Furkawa-Stoffer, R. Ortega Polo and O. Lung
- Field-deployable Reverse Transcription-Insulated Isothermal PCR (RT-iiPCR) Assay for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
- 11:00 – 11:15
- Big Data Has Arrived: Implications, Opportunities and Challanges for Collaboration
- Antoliy Trokhymchuk, Harold Kloeze, Glen Duizer, Theresa Burns and Shamir Mukhi
- Big Data Has Arrived: Implications, Opportunities and Challanges for Collaboration
- 11:15 – 11:30
- Graduate Student Travel Award, Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award, Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award and Laboratorian of the Year Award
- 11:30 – 11:45
- CAHLN 2017 – Dr. Grant Maxie
- Closing Remarks – Dr. James P. Goltz
- 11:45
- Lunch
- 12:15 – 15:00
- CANADIAN ANIMAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING
- Room 286A,B,C-N AVC Learning Commons
- CANADIAN ANIMAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING