121st Annual Meeting of the United States Animal Health Association October 12-18, 2017~ San Diego, California USAHA Subcommittee on Johne’s Disease AGENDA Monday October 16, 2017 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM Room Sunset Room – Chair: David Smith Co-chair: Dr. Elisabeth Patton Time Topic/Title Presenter(s) Dr. Smith, Introduction and Roll Call 1:00PM NYS Dept. of Agric. and Markets Dr. Elisabeth Patton, 1:05 Review of Minutes of Last Meeting WI Dept. of Agric., Trade, & Consumer Protection 1:10 Review of Old Business Dr. Kathy Simmons, 1:15 Update from National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Dr. Vivek Kapur, Penn State Univ. and MAP Early Diagnostics Project 1:30 Dr. Bettina Wagner, Cornell Univ Dr. Alex Morrow, International Animal Health and Welfare Research (A U.K. Perspective on MAP) 2:15 Coordination Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 3:00 BREAK ALL Use of phage-PCR to detect Dr. Catherine E. D. Rees, CSO 3:30 M. avium paratuberculosis in PBD Biotech Ltd blood and milk samples Dr. Kevin Stokes, Johne’s Proficiency Testing Update 4:30 USDA VS, Nat’l Veterinary Services Laboratory Business Meeting 5:15 ADJOURN 6:00
121st Annual Meeting of the United States Animal Health Association October 12-18, 2017~ San Diego, California USAHA Subcommittee on Johne’s Disease AGENDA Monday October 16, 2017 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM Room – Sunset Room Chair: David Smith Co-chair: Dr. Elisabeth Patton Time Topic/Title Presenter(s) 1:00PM Introduction and Roll Call Dr. Smith, NYS Dept. of Agric. and Markets 1:05 Review of Minutes of Last Meeting Dr. Elisabeth Patton, WI Dept. of Agric., Trade, & Consumer Protection 1:10 Review of Old Business 1:15 Update from National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Dr. Kathy Simmons, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association 1:30 MAP Early Diagnostics Project Dr. Vivek Kapur, Penn State Univ. and Dr. Bettina Wagner, Cornell Univ 2:15 (A U.K. Perspective on MAP) Dr. Alex Morrow, International Animal Health and Welfare Research Coordination Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 3:00 BREAK ALL 3:30 Use of phage-PCR to detect M. avium paratuberculosis in blood and milk samples Dr. Catherine E. D. Rees, CSO PBD Biotech Ltd 4:30 Johne’s Proficiency Testing Update Dr. Kevin Stokes, USDA VS, Nat’l Veterinary Services Laboratory 5:15 Business Meeting 6:00 ADJOURN
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