Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System
 

2001 PADLS Spring Diagnostic Conference

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg, PA
April 3, 2001

Session 1

Moderator: Anthony Gallina
9:30-9:45
1. Identification of Sildenafil (Viagra) and Metabolites in Equine Plasma and Urine Samples by LC/MS/MS
J.A. Rudy*, C.E. Uboh, L.R. Soma, M. Khaler, E. Birks, D.S. Tsang

2. Liquid-Chromatography Mass Spectrometric Method for Detection and Identification of Quaternary Anticholinergic Drugs in the Race Horse
Jeffrey Rudy*, Jim Enright, Mark Kahler, Cornelius Uboh

9:45-10:30
3. Analytical Toxicology: Challenges in Method Development
Irina Rudik*, Margie Cummings, Carol Buckley, Robert Poppenga

4. Identification of Previously Unreported Metabolites of Procaine in the Race Horse
Jeffrey Rudy, Mark Kahler, Cornelius Uboh

5. Pharmacokinetics, Tissue Distribution, and Elimination Of Clenbuterol In The Horse: Preliminary Study
L. R. Soma*, C. E. Uboh; F. Guan; E. K. Birks, D. Teleis, J. A. Rudy, D. Tsang

10:30-10:45 Break

Session 2

Moderator: Fred Rommel
10:45-12:15
6. IS900-PCR assay for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from quarter milk and bulk tank milk samples allows detection of herds with Johne's disease
B. M. Jayarao*, S. R. Pillai, D. R. Griswold, D. R. Wolfgang, L. J. Hutchinson, C. M. Burns, C. A. Rossiter

7. Pooled fecal cultures for the detection of M. paratuberculosis.
Robert H. Whitlock*, Scott Wells, Judy Stabel

8. Understanding Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Reports
Brenda C. Love*

9. Enterocecocolitis Associated with Lawsonia intracellularis (Campylobacter) - Like Bacteria in Rabbits
Art L. Hattel, Lore Boger, Lola Hubler

10. Multiple Drug Resistant Salmonella newport Strains In Pennsylvania
Shelley Rankin*, Donald Munro, Helen Aceto, Charles E Benson

11. Edward's Modified Medium Supplemented with Colistin Sulphate and Oxolonic Acid: A Selective Media for Isolation of Streptococci and Streptococci like Organisms from Bulk Tank Milk.
A. Sawant*, S. R. Pillai, B. M. Jayarao.

12:15 - 12:55 Lunch Break

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Deepanker Tewari
  15-20 minutes on Clostridium enteritis.
Panel discussion participants: Fabio Del Piero, Art Hattel, Brenda Love, Mark Walter, Dan Weinstock, Helen Acland, Tom Drake

1:20-1:35
12. The Use of Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis to Characterize a Montgomery County E. coli O:157 Outbreak in Children
Stanley M. Reynolds*, Larry Iampietro

1:35-1:50
13. Identifying markers for distinguishing avian pathogenic E. coli strains
Chitrita DebRoy*, Sean Altecruz, Suzanne Myers, Sabrina Reilley, Tara Tiffany, Jocelyn Torcolini, Danielle Needle, Mike Davis

Session 3

Moderators: Deepanker Tewari & Anthony Gallina
2:00-4:00
14. West Nile Virus: The Role of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Laboratories
Bruce Kleger

15. West Nile Virus Infection in a Horse
Helen M. Acland, Nan Hanshaw Roberts

16. Immunohistochemical detection of West Nile flavivirus in formalin fixed paraffin embedded avian, equine and murine tissues
F. Del Piero, C. Cantile, G. Di Guardo, V. Deubel, J. Ferracone, M. Arispici

17. Immunohistochemical Detection of West Nile Virus in Crows
H. Kim*, D. Tewari, B. Corson, P. Miller

18. Use and Interpretation of Bovine Serology at the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System
Daniel Weinstock*

19. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus pneumonia and encephalitis in pigs
V. Hoffman, R. Dyers, F. Del Piero

20. A new procedure for avian reovirus diagnosis using cell cultures and FA staining.
Huaguang Lu, Tracy Ward

21. A Vaccination and Control Program to Reduce Neospora caninum-induced Bovine Abortion: A Case Report
Ines Rodriguez, Daniel Weinstock

*Presenter

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