Sunday, November 11, 2007
Natural Disease Specialty Group Session I
(Vet. Path. Abstracts 142-188)
8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Chair:  M. Kiupel
Committee Members: K. Keel (Co-Chair), D. Alves, P. Pesavento, T. LeRoith, and K. Williams

Platform Presentations

8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
GASTROINTESTINAL PYTHIOSIS IN DOGS FROM CALIFORNIA.
C.M. Reilly, N.A. Berryessa, A.M. Grooters, T. Kraznansky, S.L. Marks, and P.A. Pesavento
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 142

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
FELINE EOSINOPHILIC SCLEROSING FIBROPLASIA.
L. E. Craig, B. Flatland, and R. R. Moore
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 143

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
CAPRINE ENTEROTOXEMIA BY Clostridium perfringens TYPE D.
F. Uzal, J. Ortega, D. Read, H. Kinde, B. Daft, L. Anthenill, J. Odani, J. Moore, M. Anderson, and D. Laroche
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 144

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
A NOVEL HAEMOPLASMA IN PIGS.
J.B. Messick, A.M.S. Guimaraes, D. Macieira, J. Timenetsky, R.F.C. Vieira, and A.W. Biondo
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 145

9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Invited Speaker
Classical Swine Fever in Europe: A never-ending story?
J.P. Teifke

9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
SEVERE LAMENESS OCCURRING IN SWINE AFTER TRANSPORT: THE ROLE OF TRAUMA IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEOCHONDROSIS.
A.M. Lund, J.B. Parker, M.R.Gramer, C.S. Carlson
Keyword: Bone and Joint, Abstract Number 146

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

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
REGIONAL PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSION: A NEWLY IDENTIFIED LESION OF EQUINE EXERCISE-INDUCED PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE.
K. Williams, F. Derksen, H. de Feijter-Rupp, R. Pannirselvam, C. Steel, and N.E. Robinson
Keyword: Respiratory System, Abstract Number 147

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSPECIES ZOOEPIDEMICUS CAN CAUSE ACUTE FATAL HEMORRHAGIC PNEUMONIA IN INTENSIVELY HOUSED (SHELTER) DOGS.
P.A. Pesavento, J.F. Timoney, M. Bannasch, and K.F. Hurley
Keyword: Respiratory System, Abstract Number 148

11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
THE MOLECULAR BASIS FOR INHERITED PLATELET SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION DISORDERS IN BASSET HOUNDS, ESKIMO SPITZ, LANDSEERS-ECT AND SIMMENTAL CATTLE. 
M.K. Boudreaux, J.L. Catalfamo, S.M. Schmutz, and M. Klok.
Keyword: Hematology, Abstract Number 149

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Invited Speaker
Why do they bleed? New understanding on the Pathogenesis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in non-human Primates.
A.M. Marty

Sunday, November 11, 2007
Natural Disease Specialty Group Session II
(Vet. Path. Abstracts 150-188)
1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Chair:  M. Kiupel
Committee Members: K. Keel (Co-Chair), D. Alves, P. Pesavento, T. LeRoith, and K. Williams

 Platform Presentations

1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Invited Speaker
Adrenocortical tumorigenesis.
D.B. Wilson

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
SPONTANEOUS CANINE INTRAEPITHELIAL MAMMARY GLAND LESIONS AS A MODEL FOR HUMAN BREAST PRENEOPLASIA.
P. Mouser, M.A. Miller, S.S. Badve, and S.I. Mohammed
Keyword: Mammary, Abstract Number 150

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
BONE INVASIVE ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN CATS: PATHOLOGY AND EXPRESSION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN.
C. Martin, S. Tannehill-Gregg, and T. Rosol
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 151

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
PROGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION OF CANINE UROTHELIAL URINARY BLADDER TUMORS BASED ON THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION/INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF UROLOGIC PATHOLOGY CONSENSUS SYSTEM AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING FOR UROPLAKIN, CYTOKERATINS, COX-2 AND EGFR.
D. Sledge, D. Patrick, S. Fitzgerald, and M. Kiupel
Keyword: Urinary System, Abstract Number 152

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

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Invited Speaker
Progression of Canine Cancer: Who is the Culprit?
V. Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE IN FERRETS.
M. Ammersbach, D.A. Smith, J. DeLay, W.M. Taylor, and D. Bienzle
Keyword: Hematopoietic System, Abstract Number 153

4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
PERFORIN IN CANINE HISTIOCYTIC DISEASE.
M. Neta, P.F. Moore, J. DeLay, J. Liptak, D. Bienzle
Keyword: Hematopoietic System, Abstract Number 154

4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC AND CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NASAL LYMPHOMA IN 36 CATS.
A.C. Brooks, H. Steinberg, K.R. Friedrichs, and K.M. Young
Keyword: Hematopoietic System, Abstract Number 155

 
Poster Presentations

N-1
IDIOPATHIC CALCINOSIS CIRCUMSCRIPTA IN TWO CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS (Macaca fascicularis).
W I. Anderson, M. Boulay, J.R. Lugo, S.A. Mischler, G. Pellegrini, D.W. Scott
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 156

N-2
SPONTANEOUS ISLET ADENOMA AND PANCREATIC ECTOPIC SPLEEN IN MALE CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS (Macaca fascicularis).
W.I. Anderson, J.R. Lugo, J.T. Meehan, R.W. Perry, and R.K. Harris
Keyword: Primates, Abstract Number 157

N-3*
CUTANEOUS FIBROMATOSIS AND SYSTEMIC POXVIRAL DISEASE IN GRAY (SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS) AND RED (TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS) SQUIRRELS.
D. Bangari, M. Miller, G. Stevenson, H. Thacker, A. Sharma, and S. Mittal
Keyword:  Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 158

N-4*
CHARACTERIZATION AND EXPRESSION OF THE EQUINE CHITOTRIOSIDASE GENE.
J. E. Blanco-Chávez, X. Wen, and D. Bienzle
Keyword: Respiratory System, Abstract Number 159

N-5
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES (MMP)-2 AND -9 AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH TISSUE INHIBITORS OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES (TIMP)-1 AND -2 IN EQUINE FUNGAL KERATITIS.
S.D. Boveland, P.A. Moore, J. Mysore, U. Dietrich, C. Jarrett, and K.P. Carmichael
Keyword: Eye and Ear, Abstract Number 160

N-6
MULTISYSTEMIC INTRAVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL PROLIFERATION IN A STEER PERSISTENTLY INFECTED WITH BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS.
M.A. Breshears and B.J. Johnson
Keyword: Cardiovascular, Abstract Number 161

N-7*
CYTAUXZOON FELIS: IDENTIFICATION OF PERSISTENTLY INFECTED DOMESTIC CATS.
H.M. Brown, K. Latimer, and D. Peterson
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 162

N-8*   
CONGENITAL HEPATIC FIBROSIS IN DOGS.
D.L. Brown, T. Van Winkle, T. Cecere, S. Hunter, A. Van Wettere, S. Rushton, C. Brachelente, C. Huxtable, and J.M. Cullen
Keyword: Liver and Pancreas, Abstract Number 163

N-9*   
BILATERAL RENAL AGENESIS IN FOUR MALTEAGLE PUPPIES.
T.E. Cecere, C.R. Pinto, D.D. Koeberl, A.P. Pease, D.M. Kozink, A.K. DeMaster, M.A. Kruse, and T.T. Brown
Keyword: Urinary System, Abstract Number 164

N-10
STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP.DYSGALACTIAE CELLULITIS AND TOXIC SHOCK-LIKE SYNDROME IN A BROWN SWISS COW.
S. Chénier, M. Leclère, S. Messier, and G. Fecteau
Keyword:  Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 165

N-11
HISTOLOGICAL PATTERNS FOR PCV2-ASSOCIATED ENTERITIS AND THE CO-INFECTION WITH LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS.
L.A. García-Camacho, K. Enríquez-Ramírez, I.C. Rangel-Rodríguez, V. Quintero-Ramírez, Y. Romero-Sánchez, and P.B. García-Reyna
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 166

N-12*
PREVALENCE OF FOWL GLIOMA IN JAPAN AND THE CAUSAL AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUSES.
H. Hatai, K. Ochiai, A. Ochi, K. Ohashi, and T. Umemura
Keyword: Avian, Abstract Number 167

N-13  
DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS IN A DOG.
J.S. Hoane, D.W. Agnew, and K.F. Snowden
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 168

N-14
DETECTION OF HYPOMYELINATION IN DOGS LESS THAN 14 DAYS OF AGE.
E.W. Howerth, M. Kent, D. Neravanda, and S. Platt
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 169

N-15
SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME CULMINATING IN MULTIORGAN FAILURE IN THE PIG-TAILED MACAQUE (MACACA NEMESTRINA) AND THE OLIVE BABOON (PAPIO CYNCOCEPHALUS ANUBIS).
R.R. Hukkanen, R.D. Murnane, D. Anderson, C.W. Frevert
Keyword: Immune System, Abstract Number 170

N-16*
AN OUTBREAK OF MYCOPLASMA BOVIS INFECTION IN A HERD OF AMERICAN BISON (BISON BISON).
K.S. Janardhan, M. Hays, B. Bachman, and B. DeBey
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 171

N-17*#
BONE INVASIVE ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN CATS: PATHOLOGY AND EXPRESSION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN.
C. Martin, S. Tannehill-Gregg, and T. Rosol.
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 151

N-18
COLONIC CARCINOMA IN THE RHESUS MACAQUE (MACACA MULATTA).
M. McArthur, W. Baze, B. Bernacky, and K. Barnhart
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 172

N-19*#+
SPONTANEOUS CANINE INTRAEPITHELIAL MAMMARY GLAND LESIONS AS A MODEL FOR HUMAN BREAST PRENEOPLASIA.
P. Mouser, M.A. Miller, S.S. Badve, and S.I. Mohammed.
Keyword: Mammary, Abstract Number 150

N-20  
PAPPILOMAVIRUSES IN FELINE NEOPLASMS.
J.S. Munday, L. Howe, R.A. Squires, and M. Kiupel
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 174

N-21*#           
TRANSLATION INITIATION AND EIF4E IN OSTEOSARCOMA.
T.S. Osborne, L. Ren, S. Hewitt, C. Khanna, and W.M. Haschek
Keyword: Bone and Joint, Abstract Number 175

N-22
HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN A POLAR BEAR (URSUS MARITIMUS) AND A GRIZZLY BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS).
G. Pellegrini, W.I. Anderson, H. Steinberg, K. Coyle, and A. Gendron-Fitzpatrick
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 176

N-23
EVALUATION OF SOLUBLE, CELL WALL ASSOCIATED, AND SOMATIC CONSTITUENTS OF RENIBACTERIUM SALMONINARUM IN JUVENILE COHO AND ATLANTIC SALMON.
S. Raverty
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 177

N-24
POST MORTEM FINDINGS OF BELUGA (DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS) FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE ESTUARY, QUEBEC, COOK INLET, ALASKA, AND THE MACKENZIE DELTA, NORTH WEST TERRITORIES.
S. Raverty, K. Burek, O. Nielsen, and D. Martineau
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 178

N-25
PATHOLOGY OF MARINE MAMMALS STRANDED IN THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN, 1999-2006.
S. Raverty, B. Hanson, D. Lamborn, S. Jeffries, J. Gaydos, M. Haulena, J.K.B. Ford, J. Calambokidis, and P. Ross
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 179

N-26
HISTOLOGIC FINDINGS OF MORTALITIES AT THE CALGARY ZOO, CALGARY, ALBERTA, 2004-2006.
S. Raverty, D. Whiteside, and S. Black
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 180

N-27
EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL SIGNS, PATHOLOGY AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY OF RABIES IN CATTLE IN BRAZIL.
R.R. Rech, D.R. Rissi, F. Pierezan, R.S. Sousa, J. Zhang, F. Torres-Velez, C.C. Brown, and C.S.L. Barros
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 181

N-28*
VESTIBULAR SYNDROME DUE TO BRAINSTEM INFARCTION IN SWISS MICE.
T. Southard, S. Trembley, T. Prezioso, K. Gabrielson, C. Morrell, and C. Brayton
Keyword: Nervous System, Abstract Number 182

N-29*
EXTRAINTESTINAL PATHOGENIC E. COLI (EXPEC) INDUCED ACUTE NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA IN CATS.
R. Sura, H.J. Van Kruiningen, C. DebRoy, L.S. Hinckley, K.J. Greenberg, Z. Gordon, and R.A. French
Keyword: Infectious Disease, Abstract Number 183

N-30*#           
INVESTIGATION OF MYXOMA VIRUS AS AN ONCOLYTIC AGENT.
A.S. Urbasic and A.L. MacNeill
Keyword: Cytology, Abstract Number 184

N-31*
USE OF THE NORTHERN FULMAR (FULMARUS GLACIALIS) AS A SENTINEL FOR HUMAN CONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC.
I. Walther, P.-Y. Daoust, Z. Lucas, and N. Burgess
Keyword: Wildlife, Abstract Number 185

N-32*#
PROGNOSTIC MARKERS FOR CANINE MAST CELL TUMORS TREATED WITH VINBLASTINE AND PREDNISONE.
J. Webster, V. Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, E. Hamilton, D. Thamm, and M. Kiupel
Keyword: Skin, Abstract Number 186

N-33  
MANDIBULAR OSTEOMYELITIS AND PNEUMONIA IN A CHINCHILLA.
M. Wight-Carter and B. Debey
Keyword: Bone and Joint, Abstract Number 187

N-34*
EFFECT OF T LYMPHOCYTES AND IL-1 AND -6 ON RENAL FIBROSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE IN DOGS.
J.Y. Yhee, D.N. Hwang, C.H. Yu, Y.S. Lyoo, and J.H. Sur
Keyword: Urinary System, Abstract Number 188

N-35
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF GASTRIC ULCERS IN DONKEYS OF VENEZUELA.
A. Morales, M. Contreras, M.-A. García-Amado, V. Bermúdez, and
F. Michelangeli
Keyword: Alimentary, Abstract Number 173

*             Competitor for the ACVP Young Investigator Award
#             Competitor for 2007 Christopher T. Starost Memorial Oncology Scholarship