Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Diagnostic Pathology Specialty Group Session
(Vet. Path. Abstracts 29-97)
1:25 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Chair: F.Y. Schulman
Committee Members: M. Kiupel, P. Carmichael, C.V. Loehr, L. Roth-Johnson, and F.A. Uzal

Platform Presentations

1:25 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks – Y. Schulman

1:30 p.m.-1:40 p.m.
HISTOPATHOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF PET FOOD-ASSOCIATED RENAL FAILURE IN 22 CATS AND COMPARISON WITH CASES OF FELINE RENAL TUBULAR NECROSIS FROM 1987-2006.
R. Cianciolo, L. Serfilippi, K. Bischoff, and T. Van Winkle
Keyword: Urinary System, Abstract Number 29

1:40 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
PROGRESSIVE JUVENILE NEPHROPATHY IN GORDON SETTERS.
C. M. Reilly^, L. Munson, and J. S. Bell
Keyword: Urinary System, Abstract Number 30

1:50 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
MALIGNANT PILOMATRICOMA IN TWO DOGS.
E. Eggers Carroll^, T.O. Johnson, S. Fossey, L. Mangus, C. Wilson, C.G. McLeod, and T.W. Blanchard
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 31

2:00 p.m.-2:10 p.m.
EQUINE DYSAUTONOMIA IN A HORSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
G.C. Johnson, P.J. Johnson, and D.P. O’Brien
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 32

2:10 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PATHOLOGY OF NATURALLY OCCURRING TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI INFECTION IN HORSES.
A. Rodrigues^, R.A. Fighera, T.M. Souza, and C.S.L. Barros
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 33

2:20 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
SOLITARY INTRACEREBRAL ANAPLASTIC PLASMACYTOMA IN A DOG.
A.J. Van Wettere^, N.J. Olby, S.E. Suter, and K.E. Linder 
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 34

2:30 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
GRANULOMATOUS INTESTINAL GANGLIONEURITIS AND ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN A SPECTACLED AMAZON PARROT (AMAZONA ALBIFRONS) INFECTED WITH MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE.
G. Gomez^, M. Saggese, B.F. Porter, and B.R. Weeks
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 35

2:40 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY INVESTIGATING THE PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PLASMODIUM, HEMOPROTEUS AND LEUKOCYTOZOON IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF WILD BIRDS ADMITTED TO WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTERS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. 
J. Lankton, S. Smith, L. Horne, E. Miller, and K. Zimmerman
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 36

2:50 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
FILARIAL DERMATITIS IN A FERRET.
B. Lewis, G. Wisbrock, T. Craig, and C. Gardiner
Keyword: Ferret, Abstract Number 37

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

3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
DIARRHEA ASSOCIATED WITH NOVEL ENTERIC HELICOBACTERIA IN TWO KITTENS.
J. Mysore, G. Wang, and R. Maier
KEYWORD: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 38

3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
FELINE DISSEMINATED COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS: A REPORT OF 19 CASES (1995-2003).
M. Weston and S. Dial
Keyword:  Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 39

3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
MYCOBACTERIAL ABORTION IN FIVE THOROUGHBRED MARES.
U. Bryant, R. Giles, R. Tramontin, J. Roberts, M. Donahue, S. Sells, M. McCoy, D. Bolin, R. DeNegri, and R. Wharton
KEYWORD:  Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 40

4:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
PYOGRANULOMATOUS OSTEOMYELITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC MONOCILLIUM SP. INFECTION IN A DOG.
J.W. Ritchey, D.L. Step, J.P. Woods, J.H. Meinkoth, and R.D. Welsh
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 41

4:10 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
MASSIVE VISCERAL PENTASTOMIASIS IN A DOG, UNCOMMON HOST, AND UNCOMMON TISSUE.
M.D. Brookins^, J.F. Wellehan, J.F. Roberts, K. Allison, S. Curran, and E. Greiner
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 42

4:20 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
NODULAR GRANULOMATOUS LARYNGITIS AND BRONCHITIS ASSOCIATED WITH BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS INFECTION. 
J.L. Caswell and F. Castillo Alcala
Keyword: Respiratory System, Abstract Number 43

4:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
PULMONARY LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS IN A DOG: EVIDENCE OF IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY AND RELATIONSHIP TO HUMAN PULMONARY LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS AND PULMONARY HODGKIN’S DISEASE.
H.M. Park, D.N. Hwang, B.T. Kang, D.I. Jung,G.S. Song, S.J. Lee, J.Y. Yhee, C.H. Yu, A.R. Doster, and J.H. Sur
Keyword: Immune System, Abstract Number 44

4:40 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
MYCOPLASMA BOVIS MURAL AND VALVULAR ENDOCARDITIS IN A HEIFER.
P. Hélie, O. Labrecque, M. Babkine, and D. Francoz
Keyword: Cardiovascular, Abstract Number 45

4:50 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
RECURRENT ASCITES ATTRIBUTED TO HEPATIC VENOUS OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION IN A DOG. 
A.J. Cooley and L. Murray
Keyword: Liver and Pancreas, Abstract Number 46

Poster Presentations

P-1*#^
MALIGNANT PILOMATRICOMA IN TWO DOGS.
E. Eggers Carroll, T.O. Johnson, S. Fossey, L. Mangus, C. Wilson, C.G. McLeod, and T.W. Blanchard
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 31

P-2
METASTATIC ANAL SAC ADENOCARCINOMA IN A CAT.
F. Oliveira, D. Calise, G. Gomez, Z. Wright, and J. Nunes
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 47

P-3
ONCOCYTIC DIFFERENTIATION IN A CANINE MYXOID LIPOMA.
J.A. Ramos-Vara, J. Stiles, C. Betbeze, and M.A. Miller
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 48

P-4*
EPITHELIOTROPIC LYMPHOMA IN TWO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICE.
A.P. Gárate, L.W. Altholtz, and K.M. La Perle
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 49

P-5*
PERIANAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN THREE GENETICALLY RELATED PYGMY GOATS.
S. White-Hunt, D. Thibeault, H.J. Van Kruiningen, and R. French
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 50

P-6*
MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE HORN IN A GOAT (CAPRA HIRCUS).
J. Hughes-Hanks, V. Mavangira, J. Middleton, D. Kim, and W.J. Mitchell
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 51

P-7
ANGIOMATOID MELANOMA IN TWO DOGS. 
T.  Chance, S. Hale, T. Johnson, C. McLeod, and M. Mattix
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 52

P-8
DRACUNCULUS INSIGNIS INFECTION IN THE SKIN OF A DOG.
J. Britt, C. Gardiner, and C. Hayes
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 53

P-9
CANINE ADENOVIRUS TYPE 1 INFECTION OF A GIANT OTTER (Pteronura brasiliensis).
C. Tosta, A. Henriquez, V. Bermúdez, and A. Morales
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 54

P-10
BACTERIAL SPONDYLITIS CAUSED BY ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM IN MALE BROILER BREEDERS.
A.V. Wettere
Keyword: Avian, Abstract Number 55

P-11
ATYPICAL RESPIRATORY AVIAN HERPESVIRUS IN A MOUSTACHED PARAKEET (PSITTACULA ALEXANDRI).
R. McManamon, C.Gregory, K. Latimer, D. Pesti, M. Ard, and
B. Ritchie
Keyword: Avian, Abstract Number 56

P-12
HERPESVIRUS PNEUMONIA & PROTOZOAL ENCEPHALITIS  IN A KANGAROO.
M.M. Sebastian, S.F. Sells and, K.B. Poonacha
Keyword: Respiratory System, Abstract Number 57

P-13*
FATAL SYSTEMIC HERPESVIRUS IN A CAT.
M.A. Highland, P.A. Pesavento, M.J. Bannasch, and K.F. Hurley
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 58

P-14*^
MASSIVE VISCERAL PENTASTOMIASIS IN A DOG, UNCOMMON HOST, AND UNCOMMON TISSUE.
M.D. Brookins, J.F. Wellehan, J.F. Roberts, K. Allison, S. Curran, and E. Greiner
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 42

P-15*
DISSEMINATED LEISHMANIA INFANTUM INFECTION IN TWO SIBLING FOXHOUNDS BORN TO A SEROPOSITIVE BITCH.
K. Gibson-Corley, A. Ramer-Tait, M. Boggiatto, J. Hostetter, and C.A. Petersen
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 59

P-16
ZYGOMYCOTIC LYMPHADENITIS IN FEEDLOT CATTLE.
J. Ortega, F. Uzal, H. Kinde, S. Diab, F. Shahriar, R. Walker, R. Pamma, A. Eigenheer, and D. Read
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 60

P-17*
BORRELIOSIS IN A DOG (AN UNUSUAL CASE REPORT).
R. Mazaheri Nezhad Fard, M. Zaeemi, A. Rostami, and N. Piazak
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 61

P-18*
GENOMIC IDENTIFICATION OF BARTONELLA HENSELAE IN AN ABORTED EQUINE FETUS.
R. Johnson, J. Ramos-Vara, and R. Vemulapalli
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 62

P-19*^
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PATHOLOGY OF NATURALLY OCCURRING TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI INFECTION IN HORSES.
A. Rodrigues, R.A. Fighera, T.M. Souza, and C.S.L. Barros
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 33

P-20*^
SOLITARY INTRACEREBRAL ANAPLASTIC PLASMACYTOMA IN A DOG.
A.J. Van Wettere, N.J. Olby, S.E. Suter, and  K.E. Linder
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 34

P-21  
SPINAL CORD ASTROCYTOMA IN A HEDGEHOG.
C.J. Gibson, N.M.A. Parry, R.M. Jakowski, and D. Eshar
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 63

P-22*^
GRANULOMATOUS INTESTINAL GANGLIONEURITIS AND ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN A SPECTACLED AMAZON PARROT (AMAZONA ALBIFRONS) INFECTED WITH MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE.
G. Gomez, M. Saggese, B.F. Porter, and B.R. Weeks
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 35

P-23
NEURONAL LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASE IN AN AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (Ursus americanus).
S. Muthupalani, J. Keating, N.T. Waliszewski, C. Gibson, R. Jakowski, and J.E. Alroy
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 64

P-24
SPINA BIFIDA WITH HYDROMYELIA AND SYRINGOMYELIA IN A GOAT. 
S. Muthupalani, B. McMullen, N.M.A. Parry and R. Jakowski
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 65

P-25
ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY IN THREE CALVES.
U.K. Bryant, A.M. Shank and C.B. Jackson
Keyword: Cardiovascular, Abstract Number 66

P-26
PREMATURE CLOSURE OF THE FORAMEN OVALE IN A NEWBORN FOAL.
N.M.A. Parry, R.M. Jakowski, and D.J.Brown
Keyword: Cardiovascular, Abstract Number 67

P-27
CORONARY ARTERIAL FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA ASSOCIATED ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN A DOG.
A. Mete and S. McDonough
Keyword: Cardiovascular, Abstract Number 68

P-28  
INTRACARDIAC METASTATIC MELANOMA IN A HORSE. 
S. Jennings, N. Parry, and C. Gibson
Keyword: Cardiovascular, Abstract Number 69

P-29*
INTRACARDIAC ECTOPIC THYROID CARCINOSARCOMA IN A DOG.
K.A. Almes, G.A. Andrews, and A.M. Heaney
Keyword: Cardiovascular, Abstract Number 70

P-30
MALIGNANT MEDULLARY (C-CELL) AND STROMAL THYROID TUMOR IN A DOG.
J.A. Ramos-Vara, R.B. Hillman, and M.A. Miller
Keyword: Endocrine, Abstract Number 71

P-31
MARE REPRODUCTIVE LOSS SYNDROME: EASTERN TENT CATERPILLARS DO NOT INDUCE ABORTION IN GOATS.
M.M. Sebastian, M.E. Pence, M.E. Hines II, and C. Watson
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 72

P-32
MEGA ALLANTOIC VESICLES OF THE EQUINE PLACENTA.
K. Singh, G.R. Holyoak, T.A. Snider, and D. Schlafer
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 73

P-33* 
EQUINE FIBROPAPILLOMA OF THE GLANS PENIS.
D. Gardiner, L. Goodrich, and D. Kamstock
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 74

P-34
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CANINE TESTICULAR TUMORS.
D.N. Hwang, J.Y. Yhee, C.H. Yu, Y.S. Lyoo, and J.H. Sur
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 75

P-35*
HISTOLOGIC AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A TESTICULAR MIXED GERM CELL SEX CORD-STROMAL TUMOR AND A LEYDIG CELL TUMOR IN A DOG.  
M.A. Owston and J.A. Ramos-Vara
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 76

P-36  
OVARIAN MIXED GERM CELL TUMOR IN A DOG. 
W.L. Wilkins, F.Y. Schulman, J.W. Raymond, I.A. Sesterhenn, and R. Fabrizius
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 77

P-37  
TERATOMA IN A BEARDED DRAGON (POGONA VITTICEPS).
R. De Negri and C.B. Hong
Keyword: None of the Above, Abstract Number 78

P-38
ABDOMINAL TERATOMA IN A DOMESTIC RABBIT (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS).
F. Mutinelli, A. Carminato, E. Bozzato, W. Marchioro, L. Trevisan, and M. Vascellari
Keyword: Rabbit, Abstract Number 79

P-39*
INTERSEX IN A DOMESTIC SHORT-HAIRED CAT WITH MOSAIC KARYOTYPE 38,XX/39,XXY.
I.L. Bergin, U. Prociuk, S. Mehler, and D. Agnew
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 80

P-40
RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CAMELID ABORTIONS IN OREGON.
C. Löhr, R. Bildfell, J. Heidel, B. Valentine, and D. Schaefer
Keyword: Reproductive System, Abstract Number 81

P-41
PITUITARY CARCINOMA IN A RABBIT. 
R. Melidone, N.M.A. Parry, and D. Eshar
Keyword: Rabbit, Abstract Number 82

P-42
HEMATOGENOUS METASTASIS OF EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA TO THE LUNG IN A YOUNG DOG.
D.N. Hwang, J.Y. Yhee, C.H. Yu, H.Y. Kim, D.H. Kim, and J.H. Sur
Keyword: Muscle, Abstract Number 83

P-43
ODONTOGENIC CYST IN A HORSE.
I. Mitsui, L. Oliver, J. Hawkins, R.R. Dubielzig, and S. Lenz
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 84

P-44
SPONTANEOUS BARRETT ESOPHAGUS-LIKE LESION IN A DOG.
C.J. Gibson, N.M.A. Parry, R.M. Jakowski, and J. Cooper
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 85

P-45*
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF THE GENUS HELICOBACTER IN TWO GIANT OTTERS (Pteronura brasiliensis).
C. Tosta, V. Bermúdez, and A. Morales
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 86

P-46
DETECTION OF Wolinella africanus IN A THOROUGHBRED HORSE WITH EQUINE GASTRIC ULCER SYNDROME.
A. Morales, M. Contreras, M. De Vera, M. Alexandra García-Amado, V. Bermúdez, and F. Michelangeli
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 87

P-47
GASTRIC GLANDULAR HYPERPLASIA AND CARCINOMA IN CAPTIVE ATLANTIC COD (GADUS MORHUA). 
A. Dallaire and C. F. Uhland
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 88

P-48
HETEROTOPIC PANCREAS AS THE CAUSE OF DUODENAL OBSTRUCTION IN A CAT.
W.E. Culp, T. Johnson, D. Dunn, S. Wallace, M. Armstrong, S.L. Larue, and S. Tobias
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 89

P-49
COCCIDIAN PANCREATITIS AND PANCREATIC DUCT HYPERPLASIA IN A YOUNG DOG.
A.J. Fales-Williams, J.A. Stasko, and J.P. Dubey
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 90

P-50*
HEPATOCELLULAR NECROSIS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF INTRANASAL BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA VACCINE IN DOGS.
R. DeSilva and J.W. Ritchey
Keyword: Liver/Pancreas, Abstract Number 91

P-51
PRIMARY HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN A POLAR BEAR (THALARCTOS MARITMUS).
N.Y. Park, H.S. Cho, R.K. Asrani, and S. Madhan
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 92

P-52
POLYARTERITIS NODOSA IN A RHESUS MACAQUE.
N.A. Aziz, W.B. Baze, M.J. McArthur, and B.S.Lewis
Keyword: Primates, Abstract Number 93

P-53
DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE IN FIVE JUVENILE CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS.
B. Grubor, V.G. Sasseville, R.A. Westhouse, K. Taylor, W.J. Janusz, S.E. Weisbrode, and M.G. Mense
Keyword: Primates, Abstract Number 94

P-54*
VALVULITIS AND ENDOMYOCARDITIS DUE TO HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME IN A CAT.
D. Schwahn and S. Weisbrode
Keyword: Hematopoietic, Abstract Number 95

P-55*
RENAL FAILURE DUE TO RUMEX PLANT INGESTION IN A LLAMA (LAMA GLAMA).
I. Mitsui, L.P. Jackson, L.L. Couëtil, S. Hooser, C. Barr, and J.A. Ramos-Vara
Keyword: Urinary System, Abstract Number 96

P-56
EVALUATION OF SOME INDIRECT BIOMARKERS OF ILLEGAL USE OF CORTICOSTEROIDS AS GROWTH PROMOTERS IN REGULARLY SLAUGHTERED BEEF CATTLE.
M. Vascellari, G. Pozza, L. Poppi, K. Capello, R. Angeletti, L. Ravarotto, I. Andrighetto, and F. Mutinelli
Keyword: Clinical Chemistry, Abstract Number 97

*Competitor for the ACVP Young Investigator Award
# Competitor for 2007 Christopher T. Starost Memorial Oncology Scholarship
^ Finalist competing for the Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award