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2007 CRWAD PROGRAM - BY THE DAY

Program by The Day      Sunday      Monday     Tuesday

SPEAKER READY ROOM:

Minnesota Room (6th floor) is available on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday - Nov. 30, Dec. 1, Dec. 2 & Dec.4
Streeterville Room (2nd floor) is available on Monday, Dec. 3

POSTER INFORMATION:

SUNDAY POSTER PRESENTERS:  December 2, 6:30 - 8:00 PM. 

 MONDAY POSTER PRESENTERS:  December 3, 4:30 - 6:00 PM

NOTICE: The Graduate Student Competition Awards will be presented during the Tuesday Business Meeting. All students entered in the competition are invited and encouraged to attend the Business Meeting.


PROGRAM - BY THE DAY

Friday - Saturday - Sunday (afternoon) - Symposiums

Symposiums Schedule:

Friday - Nov. 30, 2 - 5 PM - International PRRS Symposium Program - Regist. Required
Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 AM - 5:00 PM - Int. PRRS Symposium Program - Regist. Required
Sunday - Dec. 2, 1:30 - 5 PM - AAVI/ACVM Symposium Program - Open Attendance
Sunday - Dec. 2, 12:30 - 5 PM - AVEPM Symposium Program - Open Attendance

CRWAD Meeting Begins Sunday (evening):

Sunday - Dec. 2 - 6:00-8:00 PM - Kick-Off CRWAD Reception and Poster Session I
Monday - Dec. 3, 8:00 AM - 5PM - CRWAD Sections Oral Presentations begin in seven separate rooms simultaneously
Tuesday - Dec. 4, 8:00 AM - 11:45 AM - CRWAD Sections

Monday

Time Section No.  Monday - ShortTitle
8:00 Biosafety and Biosecurity 22 Pathogens of dairy wastewater
8:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 37 UW-Madison interdisciplinary global health training program in Ecuador
8:00 Food and Environmental Safety 69 Ex vivo Salmonella Newport vaccine in cattle
8:00 Gastroenteric Diseases 90 The E.coli O149 rfb gene cluster and its use for the detection of porcine ETEC O149 by real-time PCR
8:00 Viral Pathogenesis 126 Tracing the origin of the recent rise in neuropathogenic EHV-1
8:15 Biosafety and Biosecurity 23 Potential impact of foot-and-mouth disease incursions in the High Plains region of Texas
8:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 38 Evaluation of WNV vaccine titers in four species of penguins
8:15 Food and Environmental Safety 70 The effect of vaccination on the shedding of Salmonella in non-clinically infected dairy cows.
8:15 Gastroenteric Diseases 91 Evaluation of a Johne's Disease Vaccine
8:15 Immunology 96 Biological and Immunological Characteristics of Equine Pulmonary Fluid Surfactant Glycoproteins
8:15 Viral Pathogenesis 127 RNA interference of the glycoprotein-D and DNA polymerase genes of feline herpesvirus
8:30 Biosafety and Biosecurity 24 Regional survey of animal shelters on infection control policies and zoonotic disease awareness
8:30 Food and Environmental Safety 71 An outbreak investigation of salmonellosis in a university dairy herd with the house sparrow
8:30 Gastroenteric Diseases 92 In vitro assessment of the effectiveness of the disinfectant Stalosan-F® against L. intracellularis
8:30 Immunology 97 Characterization of equine P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 by using a specific monoclonal antibody
8:30 Viral Pathogenesis 128 Trypsin-mediated cleavage enhances PEDV infectivity
8:45 Biosafety and Biosecurity 25 One-step real time reverse transcription PCR assay for the detection of canine influenza virus 
8:45 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 40 Targeted badger removal and bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds in county Laois, Ireland.
8:45 Food and Environmental Safety 72 Thermal Risk for Salmonella in Swine
8:45 Gastroenteric Diseases 93 Keynote: Proliferative enteropathy: past progress and potential prospects
8:45 Immunology 98 Total serum feline IgE quantitation using synthetic peptide epsilon chain epitopes 
8:45 Viral Pathogenesis 129 Turkey coronavirus full genome sequence
9:00 Biosafety and Biosecurity 26 Genetic characterization of H3N8 influenza viruses isolated from dogs and horses in 2006 and 2007.
9:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 41 Attitudes and perceptions towards free-roaming cats among individuals living in Ohio
9:00 Food and Environmental Safety 73 C difficile in meat
9:00 Immunology 99 Cell specific expression of novel receptors for IgG Fc in FACs sorted bovine lymphocytes
9:00 Viral Pathogenesis 130 Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of Porcine Paramyxoviruses
9:15 Biosafety and Biosecurity 27 Typing of Influenza A viruses using a  biochip
9:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 42 Flow cytometry and traditional hemotology as tests for immune-mediated hemolytic anemia in dogs
9:15 Food and Environmental Safety 74 C. difficile from pig feces
9:15 Immunology 100 Identification of immunorelevant genes in monocyte derived dendritic cells infected with R. equi
9:15 Viral Pathogenesis 131 Comparison of three methods of nasal BRSV shedding by calves
10:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 1 Bovine Response to Salmonella Typhimurium SPI1 effectors
10:00 Biosafety and Biosecurity 28 Keynote: Agricultural Pathogen BioSafety and BioSecurity
10:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 43 A pilot study of risk factors for ovarian adenocarcinomas in hens.
10:00 Food and Environmental Safety 75 Infectious HEV in pig livers purchased from grocery stores:  a potential food safety concern?
10:00 Gastroenteric Diseases 94 Prevalence and genomic characteristics of Clostridium difficile in an integrated swine operation
10:00 Immunology 101 Age related variations in expression of CD21 and CD32 on bovine lymphocytes
10:00 Viral Pathogenesis 132 Experimental comparison of the virulence of PCV2a and PCV2b isolates in a conventional pig model. 
10:15 Bacterial Pathogenesis 2 Detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in Pigs in Turkey 
10:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 44 Epidemiology of HPAI outbreaks in Korea in 2006/2007
10:15 Food and Environmental Safety 76 Risk Factors for Bacterial Contamination of Meat and Poultry Purchased at the Retail Grocery Outlets
10:15 Gastroenteric Diseases 95 Inoculation of neonatal pigs with the human hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile
10:15 Immunology 102 T cell Immunomodulation in Calves Fed Morinda citrifolia (noni) Puree
10:15 Viral Pathogenesis 133 Co-infection between PRRSv and PCV2 in boars
10:30 Bacterial Pathogenesis 3 Global in vitro Transcriptomic Comparison of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Strains Rlow and F 
10:30 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 39 Use of remotely-sensed data to predict equine West Nile virus disease outbreaks
10:30 Food and Environmental Safety 77 Prevalence of, and antimicrobial resistance in, Salmonella spp. and E. coli in milk-fed veal meat
10:30 Immunology 103 Effect of transportation by road on bulls
10:30 Viral Pathogenesis 134 Experimental inoculation of mature boars with different isolates of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)
10:45 Bacterial Pathogenesis 4  In Vivo Biofilm Formation by Histophilus somni in the Bovine Host
10:45 Biosafety and Biosecurity 29 Use of a production region model to evaluate PRRSV transmission and biosecurity
10:45 Food and Environmental Safety 78 Keynote: Antimicrobial resistance; the genie, the bottle and missing the arrival of the coming plague.
10:45 Immunology 104 Immunization against rabbit scab(Psoroptes cuniculi)
10:45 Viral Pathogenesis 135 Infectivity of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) PCR positive semen
11:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 5 Heat-induced structural changes in RTX toxins cause increased cytolysis
11:00 Biosafety and Biosecurity 30 Evaluation of meteorological data associated with the presence of PRRSV in aerosols. 
11:00 Immunology 105 Effects of ATP on lung endothelial and epithelial morphology and permeability
11:00 Viral Pathogenesis 136 A genetically-engineered chimeric vaccine against porcine circovirus 2 is genetically stable in vivo
11:15 Bacterial Pathogenesis 6 M.haemolytica lipoprotein 1 binds to bovine bronchial epithelial cells
11:15 Biosafety and Biosecurity 31 Economic incentives for the control of anthrax disease in animals
11:15 Immunology 106 Preliminary evaluation of IsdH as an antigen for vaccination against bovine S. aureus mastitis
11:15 Viral Pathogenesis 137 Effect of PCV2 vaccination on PRRSV and PCV2 coinfection. 
1:30 Bacterial Pathogenesis 7 Effects of Clostridium in inducing cellulitis in turkeys
1:30 Biosafety and Biosecurity 32 Foot-and-mouth disease transmission between farms in Uruguay, 2001
1:30 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 46 Prospective space-time permutations scan statistics for early outbreak detection
1:30 Food and Environmental Safety 79 Longitudinal study of antimicrobial use and bacterial resistance in swine
1:30 Immunology 107 Distinguished Immunologist - Dr. John E. Butler: The piglet as a working model in developmental immunology
1:30 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 117 Anaplasma marignale genomic studies
1:30 Viral Pathogenesis 138 Comparison of PCV2-antibody ELISA assays and their ability to detect PCV2-specific antibodies.
1:45 Bacterial Pathogenesis 8 Iron acquisition by O. rhinotracheale
1:45 Biosafety and Biosecurity 33 Assessment of Colorado equine boarding facilities on infectious disease control practices.
1:45 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 47 Hurricane Damage Surveillance System
1:45 Food and Environmental Safety 80 Longitudinal Study of Antimicrobial Resistance among Escherichia coli from Humans and swine 
1:45 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 118 Ixodes scapularis on Small mammal population and Borrelia burgdorferi
1:45 Viral Pathogenesis 139 Nested PCR to differentiate two genotypes of PCV2
2:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 9 Effect of LT expression on adherence of ETEC to the IPEC-J2 porcine cell line
2:00 Biosafety and Biosecurity 34 Infection control practices in Colorado veterinary practices
2:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 48 An ecologic study of Pasteurellaceae biogroup distribution between Bighorn  and Domestic Sheep.
2:00 Food and Environmental Safety 81 Susceptibility of E. coli from Feedlot Cattle
2:00 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 119 Tritrichomonas foetus in bulls: infection and vaccination
2:00 Viral Pathogenesis 140 Cross-species infection of pigs by genotype 4 human hepatitis E virus. 
2:15 Biosafety and Biosecurity 35 Rascals, recluses and R: Structure and transmission potential in raccoon contact networks
2:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 49 Prevalence of Dairy Herds Infected with Johne’s Disease in Michigan
2:15 Food and Environmental Safety 82 Antimicrobial Use and Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria
2:15 Immunology 108 PRRSV induces TREG (Foxp3+CD25+) cells.
2:15 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 120 Defining the Role of Selected Tick Genes in Tick Cell Culture by use of RNA Interference. 
2:15 Viral Pathogenesis 141 The HVR in the ORF1 of HEV is dispensable for virus replication in vivo
2:15 Bacterial Pathogenesis DistM Distinguished Vet. Microbiologist: Dr. Gordon R. Carter.  Dr. M. M. Chengappa will give a presentation about Dr. Carter's work entitled: "The life and times of a renaissance man: Dr. Gordon Carter."
2:30 Biosafety and Biosecurity 36 Evaluation of virucidal effect on disinfectants and formalin against PCV2
2:30 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 50 Evaluation of Salmonella Occurrence in Domestic Animals and Humans in North Dakota (2000-2005)
2:30 Food and Environmental Safety 83 Tet genes in fecal community DNA samples from conventional and antibiotic free cattle
2:30 Immunology 109 Toll-like receptor 3 activation decreases PRRS virus infection  
2:30 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 121 Flock-level seroprevalence of Bluetongue in Colorado Sheep
2:30 Viral Pathogenesis 142 Attenuation of SPPV by SPPV-019 gene deletion.
3:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 10 Temporal changes in the gene expression of the bovine Peyer’s patch infected with MAP
3:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 51 Preliminary findings on the prevalence of MRS in healthy horses and their human contacts
3:00 Food and Environmental Safety 84 Emerging third-generation cephalosporin  resistance in a new clone of Salmonella Typhimurium 
3:00 Immunology 110 Live recombinant attenuated oral Salmonella vector vaccine for necrotic enteritis in chickens
3:00 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 122 Total, membrane, and immunogenic proteins of macrophage- and tick cell-derived Ehrlichia chaffeensis
3:00 Viral Pathogenesis 143 H4 influenza virus HA amino acids determining infectivity in swine respiratory epithelial cells
3:15 Bacterial Pathogenesis 11 The transcriptome analysis of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis under stress.
3:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 52 Antimicrobial resistance of porcine Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis from Québec
3:15 Food and Environmental Safety 85 Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter Isolated from Swine
3:15 Immunology 111 A field trial of an intranasal vaccine to prevent feline infectious respiratory disease in a shelter
3:15 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 123 Diagnosis of bovine anaplasmosis following iatrogenic infection
3:15 Viral Pathogenesis 144 H3 HA amino acids determining influenza virus infectivity in swine respiratory cells
3:30 Bacterial Pathogenesis 12 Profiling Transcriptome Changes in Monocyte-derived Macrophages upon Infection with MAP
3:30 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 53 Failure to transmit PRRSV via consumption of PCR-positive meat
3:30 Food and Environmental Safety 86 Effect of Probiotics on fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in Feedlot cattle.
3:30 Immunology 112 Immunization of broiler chickens against Clostridium perfringens-induced Necrotic Enteritis
3:30 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 124 Localization of thioredoxin in Fasciola hepatica.
3:30 Viral Pathogenesis 145 Antigenic distance of Swine Influenza viral strains
3:45 Bacterial Pathogenesis 13 Functional Characterization of IdeR of Bovine and Ovine Strains of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
3:45 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 54 Accuracy of PRRS ELISA for different dilutions of meat exudate analyzed by a novel Bayesian method
3:45 Food and Environmental Safety 87 Feeding Dried Distiller's Grains Increases Fecal Shedding of E. coli O157 in Inoculated Calves
3:45 Immunology 113 Current Canine Parvovirus Type 2 Vaccines Provide Excellent Immunity to All Genotypes of CPV-2
3:45 Vector-Borne and Parasitic Diseases 125 Keynote: Anaplasma, parasites and vector-borne diseases: lessons in persistence.
3:45 Viral Pathogenesis 146 Viral Reassortment and Transmission after Coinfection of Pigs with Two Swine Influenza Viruses
4:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 14 Characteristic of S.  zooepidemicus from outbreaks of hemorrhagic pneumonia in canines
4:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 55 Diagnostic performance of assays for anti-PRRSV antibodies detection
4:00 Food and Environmental Safety 88 Effect of ractopamine on Enterobacteriaceae levesl in swine
4:00 Viral Pathogenesis 147 Biological characterization of low pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses of different origins
4:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 56 PRRSV antibody detection in swine oral fluid samples using a commercial ELISA 
4:15 Food and Environmental Safety 89 Antibiotic resistance patterns of a library of fecal E. coli isolates collected in MD and MI
4:15 Viral Pathogenesis 148 Multiplex detection of H5 and H7 subtype influenza virus using a microsphere-based assay

Tuesday

Time Section No. Tuesday - Short Title
8:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 15 Chlamydial infection accelerates development of type 2 diabetes in obese mice
8:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 57 Feline Lentivirus among Kruger National Park Lions
8:00 Viral Pathogenesis 149 Keynote: Viral disease ecology
8:00 Food and Environmental Safety 160 Genes Upregulated in Campylobacter jejuni after Colonization of the Host
8:15 Bacterial Pathogenesis 16 Chlamydophila psittaci in pet birds in Istanbul
8:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 58 Spatial and temporal clustering of CaOx and MAP uroliths in Ontario dogs from 1998 to 2006
8:15 Food and Environmental Safety 161 Transcriptional analysis of Campylobacter genes involved in chicken colonization. 
8:30 Bacterial Pathogenesis 17 Identification of Chlamydophila pecorum vaccine candidate genes by expression library immunization
8:30 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 59 Risk factors for carriage of Salmonella spp. in dogs in Ontario, Canada (2005-2006).
8:30 Immunology 114 Characterization of the immunological and physiological response of aged horses to equine influenza.
8:30 Food and Environmental Safety 162 Campylobacter jejuni exports virulence proteins via the flagellar type III secretion system
8:45 Bacterial Pathogenesis 18 Post-abortion immunity against Chlamydophila abortus protects ewes against mastitis
8:45 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 60 Epidemiologic analysis of risk factors for nosocomial Salmonella infections in hospitalized horses
8:45 Immunology 115 Interferon Production by Foals Following Vaccination against West Nile Virus
8:45 Viral Pathogenesis 150 Attenuation of PRRSV
8:45 Food and Environmental Safety 163 The Effects of Campylobacter jejuni pilus on host colonization
9:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 19 HDA assay for detection of Streptococcus equi.
9:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 61 Distribution of Sulfonamide Resistance Genes in E. coli and Salmonella in Canadian Swine and Chicken
9:00 Immunology 116 Vaccination of ponies with a modified live vaccinia ancara vector containing the IE gene of EHV-1
9:00 Viral Pathogenesis 151 Non-structural protein 2 of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
9:00 Food and Environmental Safety 164 DNA Aptamers for concentration of Salmonella Typhimurium from complex matrices
9:15 Bacterial Pathogenesis 20 Adaptive Changes in Protein Expression in Escherichia coli as a Consequence of Growth in Milk
9:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 62 Cross-contamination of hides of Scottish cattle with Escherichia coli O157
Time Section No. Short Title
9:15 Viral Pathogenesis 152 PRRSV as a vaccine vector for PCV2
9:15 Food and Environmental Safety 165 Association of Pathogen Load in Pigs with Retail Pork Contamination
10:00 Bacterial Pathogenesis 21 Keynote: In vivo induced genes of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
10:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 63 Factors associated with Tritrichomonas foetus in beef herds
10:00 Viral Pathogenesis 153 Immune responses to PRRSV-N DNA vaccine
10:00 Food and Environmental Safety 166 Comparative metagenomics of the chicken cecal microbiome 
10:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 64 Health and performance effects associated with the occurrence of feedlot respiratory disease
10:15 Viral Pathogenesis 154 PRRSV replication and subsequent immune responses in swine of various ages
10:15 Food and Environmental Safety 167 Interactions of C. jejuni with eukaryotic cells
10:30 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 65 Internal teat sealant use, udder health and milk yield in a commercial Jersey dairy herd.
10:30 Viral Pathogenesis 155 Novel parvovirus associated with enteric disease of turkeys and chicken
10:30 Food and Environmental Safety 168 Proteomic Analysis of Immunodominant Antigens of Salmonella
10:45 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 66 Longitudinal Study of Risk Factors Associated with Cows being Culture Positive for paratuberculosis
10:45 Viral Pathogenesis 156 Porcine sapovirus and norovirus isolated in Korea
10:45 Food and Environmental Safety 169 Vaccination as a Food Safety Intervention for Salmonella in Poultry:  A Systematic Review
11:00 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 67 Patterns of persistence and change: WNV and SLE in greater Chicago, IL
11:00 Viral Pathogenesis 157 Role of CSFV Erns glycosylation in virulence
11:00 Food and Environmental Safety 170 A review of intervention studies reporting chilling and Campylobacter spp .in poultry (FSRRN).
11:15 Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics 68 GIS as a tool for regionalization of orbivirus infection risk: a case study in Illinois and Indiana.

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