Sunday, November 11, 2007
Clinical Pathology Specialty Group Session I
(Vet. Path. Abstracts 1-28)
1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Chair: H.L. Jordan
Committee Member: M. Wilkerson

Platform Presentations

1:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
IRON DEFIENCY IN RACING SLED DOGS. 
A. Bohn and C. Kenyon
Keywords: Clinical Chemistry, Abstract Number 1

1:45 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
EVALUATION OF THE PRESENCE OF MYELIN-LIKE MATERIAL IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF DOGS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.  S.M. Zabolotzky*, K.M. Vernau, P.H. Kass, and W. Vernau
Keywords: Nervous System, Abstract Number 2

2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
PHENOTYPIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CANINE BONE MARROW DERIVED CULTURED MAST CELLS. 
T-Y. Lin*, L.J. Rush, and C.A. London
Keywords: Hematology, Abstract Number 3

2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
USE OF PROTEOMICS TO IDENTIFY NOVEL OR PRACTICAL URINE PROTEINS FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING DECLINING RENAL FUNCTION IN A RAT MODEL OF AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE. 
C. Wiedmeyer and A. Royal
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 4

2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
DETERMINING FACTORS IN ENGRAFTMENT AND METASTASIS IN T-CELL LYMPHOID NEOPLASIA CAUSED BY HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC TYPE I VIRUS (HTLV-1). 
C. Parrula*, B. Zimmerman, M. Lairmore, and S. Niewiesk
Keywords: Hematology, Abstract Number 5

2:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
HYPERALKALINE PHOSPHATASEMIA IN SCOTTISH TERRIERS CAUSED BY ATYPICAL ADRENAL
CORTICAL DISEASE.
K. Zimmerman, D. Panciera, R. Panciera, E. Binder, and D. Weinstein
Keywords: Endocrine, Abstract Number 6

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
REFRESHMENT BREAK - VISIT THE POSTERS AND EXHIBITS!

3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Invited Speaker
THE INFLUENCE OF CANINE OBESITY ON ENDOCRINE AND CLINICAL PATHOLOGY PARAMETERS.
M. Diez

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Clinical Pathology Specialty Group Session II
 (Vet. Path. Abstracts 7-28)

Chair: H.L. Jordan
Committee Member: M. Wilkerson

Platform Presentations

8:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m.
CONCURRENT INFECTIONS WITH VECTOR-BORNE PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH FATAL ANEMIA IN CATTLE: HAEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD CHEMISTRY.
K.B. Riond, M.L. Meli, U. Braun, P. Deplazes, H. Lutz, and R. Hofmann-Lehmann
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 7

8:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
CHANGES IN BOVINE HEMATOLOGY REFERENCE INTERVALS FROM 1965 TO 2001. 
J.W. George, V.M. Lane, and J.N. Snipes
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 8

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
CANCER-RELATED ANEMIA IN DOGS—A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF DOGS WITH LYMPHOMA AND OSTEOSARCOMA. 
A. Miller*, A. Avery, S. Lana, and C. Olver
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 9

8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
MICROCYTIC HYPOCHROMIC ERYTHROCYTES CONTAINING SIDEROTIC INCLUSIONS, HEINZ BODIES, AND HEMOGLOBIN CRYSTALS IN A DOG.
J.W. Harvey, W.L. Clapp, Y. Yao, and G.D. Efremov
Keywords: Hematology, Abstract Number 10

9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Invited Speaker
The investigative evolution of the melamine-cyanuric acid pet food recall.
K. Ruotsalo

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
REFRESHMENT BREAK - VISIT THE POSTERS AND EXHIBITS!

10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF CANINE THROMBOPOIETIN IN cDNA. 
C.Bulla*, R.K. Takahira, J.P. Araujo, Jr., P. Venta, and M.A. Scott
Keywords: Hematopoietic System, Abstract Number 11

10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIELS HAVE A NORMAL PLATELETCRIT. 
H. Tvedten, I. Lilliehook, and J. Haggstrom
Keywords: Hematology, Abstract Number 12

11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY IN DOGS ADMITTED TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
C. Wagg*, C. Bedard, and S. Boysen
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 13

11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
HYPERCOAGULABILITY IN CATS WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY.
T. Stokol, M. Brooks, H. Erb, J. Rush, E. Rozanski, M. Rishniw, M. Kraus, and A. Gelzer
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 14

11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
CHANGES TO LEUKOCYTE AND PLATELET PARAMETERS FOLLOWING LOW-DOSE LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE ADMINISTRATION IN FIVE DOGS.
B. Flatland*, M.M. Fry, C.J. LeBlanc, and D.A. Ward
Keywords: Hematology, Abstract Number 15

11:45 a.m.-12:00 noon
THROMBOCYTOSIS IN DOGS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.
L.A. Snyder*, J.A. Neal, and C.B. Grindem
Keywords: Hematopoietic System, Abstract Number 16

Poster Presentations

C-1
CYTOLOGIC EVALUATION OF DEGENERATE DISK MATERIAL IN DOGS. 
A.B. Royal, J.R. Coates, L.M. Berent, C.L. Vitale, and C.E. Wiedmeyer
Keywords: Cytology, Abstract Number 17

C-2
EVALUATION OF A COMMERCIAL EIA FOR RENAL PAPILLARY ANTIGEN-1 IN RAT URINE. 
F. Sace, A. Jonh-Baptiste, Q. Zong, A.M. Malamant, and B. Jessen
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 18

C-3
EXPERIMENTAL ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM INFECTION OF DOGS BY INTRAVENOUS INOCULATION AND TREATMENT WITH DOXYCYCLINE.
A. Alleman, H. Wamsley, J. Abbot, R. Velucci, A. Lundgren, R. Chandrashekar, M. Beall, M. Eberts, and A.Barbet
Keywords: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 19

C-4
CLONALITY AND PHENOTYPING OF CANINE LYMPHOSARCOMA USING PCR ON CYTOLOGIC SPECIMENS.
K. Ellis, E. Snead, M. Mayer, M. Jackson, and B. Kidney
Keywords: Cytology, Abstract Number 20

C-5
GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING OF CANINE CD8+ T CELL LEUKEMIA.
M.J. Williams, P. Avery, J. Modiano, A. Hess, R. Burnett, and A.C. Avery
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 21

C-6
REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR ARTERIAL AND VENOUS BLOOD LACTATE IN ADULT DOGS USING TWO PORTABLE LACTATE ANALYZERS.
K. Shafer, T. Ruska, K. Little, K. Hall, and L.C. Sharkey
Keywords: Clinical Chemistry, Abstract Number 22

C-7
REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR ARTERIAL AND VENOUS WHOLE BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS USING THE i-STAT 1 CG4+ CARTRIDGE IN DOGS.
T. Ruska, K. Shafer, K. Little, K. Hall, and L.C. Sharkey
Keywords: Clinical Chemistry, Abstract Number 23

C-8
CANINE REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR i-STAT 1 CHEM 8 CARTRIDGES AND COMPARISON WITH A REFERENCE CHEMISTRY ANALYZER (OLYMPUS AU400E).
K. Little, K. Shafer, T. Ruska, K. Hall, and L.C. Sharkey
Keywords: Clinical Chemistry, Abstract Number 24

C-9
THE PFA-100 PLATELET FUNCTION ANALYZER: ENHANCEMENT OF A CANINE CLOSURE TIME REFERENCE INTERVAL, EVALUATION OF IN VITRO HEMODILUTION EFFECTS AND ASSESSMENT IN ILL DOGS.
N. Clancey, S. Burton, B. Horney, A. MacKenzie, and A. Nicastro
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 25

C-10
COAGULATION ACTIVATION IN CATS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY BASED ON THROMBELASTOGRAPHY.
C. Bédard, M. Dunn, M.-C. Bélanger, and S. Monier
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 26

C-11
RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF D-DIMER AS AN INDICATOR OF COAGULATION STATUS IN CATS. 
E.A. Spangler, C. Samway, E. Nicholds, and K.E. Russell
Keywords: Clinical Pathology, Abstract Number 27

C-12
EVALUATION OF THE OXFORD SCIENCE FORCYTE HEMATOLOGY SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING LEUKOCYTE COUNTS ON EQUINE PERITONEAL AND SYNOVIAL FLUIDS.
J. Barton, M. Davis, K. Tobey, and E. Carver
Keywords: Cytology, Abstract Number 28

*Competitor for the ASVCP Young Investigator Award