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CURRENT RESEARCH IN AVIAN DISEASES

Scientific Program

Saturday September 19, 2009

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast and Registration (HPC building)

9:00 – 9:30 am Conference official inauguration

Dr. Hrvoje Smodlaka will sing our National Anthem

Dr. Phillip Nelson, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Symposium

¨Past, present and future of West Nile virus in the Americas:
What have we learned from birds?¨

9:30 am – 10:20 am Keynote speaker Dr. Nick Komar "Decade of Death: West Nile virus in the New World"

10:20 am – 11:00 am Coffee break

11:00 am – 11:50 am Keynote speaker Dr. Tracey McNamara "West Nile virus: One world-One health before it was fashionable" (Video)

12:00 pm –1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm – 1:55 pm Renjie Hu “Statewide West Nile virus surveillance program in California”

1:55 pm – 2:20 pm Tejbir S. Sandhu “Comparison of immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of West Nile virus”

2:20 pm – 2:45 pm Lauren Harrell “Observations of West Nile virus and blood parasites in pigeons in Arkansas”

2:45 pm – 3:20 pm Coffee Break

3:20 pm - 3: 45 pm H. Shivaprasad "West Nile virus infection in psittacines and canaries"

3:45 pm - 4:05 pm Miguel D. Saggese “Understanding the spread of West Nile virus in the Southern hemisphere: prevalence of West Nile virus and Saint Louis Encephalitis virus in argentine raptors”

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm West Nile Virus Symposium - Open Round Table: ¨Past, present and future of West Nile virus in the Americas”

6: 00 PM: Barbeque/Dinner

Sunday September 20, 2009

8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am - 9:25 am Gordon Hiu “Comparative genomic analysis of two avian genomes: methods, findings and applications”

9:25 am – 9:50 am Kristopher Irizarry “Developing species specific genetic diagnostics for assessing physiological and functional fitness in wild avian populations”

9:50 am - 10:15 am H. Shivaprasad "Respiratory and middle ear cryptosporidiosis in a Saker falcon"

10:15 pm – 10:50 am Coffee break

10:50 am - 11:15 am Teresa Morishita “Bacterial Prevalence and Parasite Load of Migratory Passerines”

11:15 pm – 12:10 pm Special presentation Elizabeth Rega “Analysis of ancient pathology and the search for an appropriate animal model”

12:10 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm – 1:55 pm: Gina Johnson “Molecular epidemiology of avian mycobacteriosis in North American birds”

1:55 pm – 2:20 pm: Brandy Nunez “The role of nramp1 and interelukin-1beta genes presence and polymorphism in the differential response of ring-necked doves (streptopelia risoria) to natural Mycobacterium a. avium infection – preliminary report”

2:20 pm – 2:45 pm Ghida Bannat “Diversity in avian leukosis virus isolates from single outbreak of myelocytomatosis in commercial layers”

2:45 pm – 3:20 pm Coffee Break

3:20 pm - 3:45 pm Nichola Hill “Waterfowl ecology and avian influenza in California: do host traits inform us about viral occurrence?”

3:45 pm - 4:05 pm Shailbala Singh “Chicken cd8⁺ t cell memory responses to the avian influenza viral hemagglutinin protein expressed by a non-replicating adenovirus”

4:05 pm – 4:30 pm: Yvonne Drechsler To be announced.

4:30 pm – 4:55 pm Musafiri Karama. “Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. at a duck slaughter plant”

4:55 pm - 5:15 pm Bob Dahlhausen "Frequency of Avian Borna Virus Infection in Psittacine Birds".

5:15 pm - 6:00 pm Special presentation H. Shivaprasad “Is Bornavirus the cause of proventricular dilatation diseases in psittacines?”

6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Farewell