CRWAD 2009 PROGRAM

VECTOR-BORNE AND PARASITIC DISEASES

Denver/Houston - 5^th Floor

Section Leader:  Roman Ganta

Time

No.

TITLES / AUTHORS

Presider: Roman Ganta

8:15

Mon.

142

Silencing of genes involved in Anaplasma marginale-tick interactions affects the pathogen developmental cycle in Dermacentor variabilis. K. M. Kocan^1*,  Z.  Zivkovic², E.F. Blouin¹, V. Naranjo^1,3, C.  Almazán⁴, R.  Mitra¹, J. de la Fuente^1,3. ¹Dept. Vet. Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, ²Utrecht Centre for Tick-borne Diseases, Dept. Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Faculty Vet. Med., Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, ³Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain, ⁴Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

8:30

143

The Etiology of Severe Acute CME. J.C. McClure*, A.R. Woolery, R.T. Stoffel, M.C. McClure, and R. W. Stich.  Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA .

8:45

144

Characterization of the chromosomal locus for the Ixodes scapularis tick protective antigen, subolesin. Victoria Naranjo^1,2*, Vishvanath M. Nene³, Ruchira Mitra¹, Katherine M. Kocan¹, José de la Fuente^1,2. ¹Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA . ²Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain . ³Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

9:00

145

Utilization of real time PCR for detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in blood, tissue, and tick samples from experimentally infected dogs.  R.T. Stoffel^1*, J.C. McClure¹, C. Cheng², R. R. Ganta² and R.W. Stich¹.¹Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri; ²Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University.

9:15

146

Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever and lumpy skin disease in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park. S. Fagbo, E. Venter, J.A.W. Coetzer. Dept. of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa

9:30

Break

Presider:

10:00-

10:45

147

Keynote

New findings on Neorickettsia risticii, the etiologic agent of Potomac horse fever. Y. Rikihisa*, M. Lin, K. Gibson, G. Pastenkos. Dept. of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

10:45

148

Reproductive Infectious Diseases in Ghanaian cattle.  Benjamin Adu-Addai^1,2* and Dalen W. Agnew¹ , 1) Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, 2) Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

11:00

149

Effects of oregano essential oil on performance and livability of large broilers in a commercial flock. M.A. Mellencamp^1*, P.A. Stayer² R. Smith¹, R. Dvorak¹, F. Wilson³, T. S. Cummings³. ¹Ralco Nutrition, Marshall, MN, ²Sanderson Farms, Laurel, MS, and ³Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. 

11:15

150

Differential gene expression in cultured tick cells infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and A. marginale. E. F. Blouin^1*, Z. Zivkovic², C. Almazán³, V. Naranjo^1,4, F. Jongejan², K. M. Kocan¹, J. de la Fuente¹.  ¹Dept. Vet. Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA . ²Utrecht Centre for Tick-borne Diseases (UCTD), Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands . ³Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, Mexico . ⁴Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain .  

11:30

Lunch