Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians Conference 2016 (ARAV 2016)

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1 Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians Conference 2016 (ARAV 2016) Held at ExoticsCon 2016 Portland, Oregon, USA 27 August 1 September 2016 ISBN:

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: TECHNICIAN SESSIONS A CHICKEN JUST WALKED IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, NOW WHAT?... 3 CHICKEN BREEDS: WHO LAYS THE BEST EGGS?... 5 CHICKEN DISEASES: WHAT THE BACKYARD CHICKEN OWNER NEEDS TO KNOW... 7 CHICKEN HUSBANDRY: WHAT OWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOUSING AND PREDATORS... 9 CHICKEN ANESTHESIA: ARE CHICKENS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER BIRDS? COMPLETE BLOOD COUNTS AND NORMAL HEMATOLOGIC VALUES IN YOUNG BOBWHITE QUAIL I. Kanda, J. Robertson, J. Meinkoth, J. Brandao SECTION 2: PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SESSIONS CREATING GREAT CONTENT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA L. Hess BUILDING AND GROWING YOUR EXOTIC ANIMAL PRACTICE D. Johnson SETTING UP A PRIVATE PRACTICE RESIDENCY A. Lennox UPDATES ON VETERINARY DRUG COMPOUNDING L. Roasa SECTION 24: ARAV PLENARY SESSIONS HOW VETERINARIANS HELP IN THE RECOVERY OF TWO EXTINCT GALÁPAGOS TORTOISES (CHELONOIDIS SP.) P. Gibbons MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN TRACHEMYS AND PSEUDEMYS: DIMENSIONS, SIGNAL INTENSITIES AND POSITIONS OF SELECT ORGANS K. Mathes, M. Schnack, M. Fehr SECTION 25: ARAV INFECTIOUS DISEASES EXPERIMENTAL INOCULATION OF BALL PYTHONS (PYTHON REGIUS) WITH SNAKE ARENAVIRUSES D. Guzman, M. Stenglein, M. Hawkins, V. Garcia, M. Keel, T. Drazenoich, J. Derisi IMMUNE RESPONSE AND PRESENCE OF VIRAL RNA IN TISSUES OF HATCHLING AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS) AFTER VACCINATION WITH A KILLED WEST NILE VIRUS VACCINE C. Higbie, J. Nevarez, A. Roy, F. Piero POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION DETECTION OF NIDOVIRUSES IN LIVE PYTHONS AND BOAS R. Marschang, E. Kolesnik EXPERIMENTAL FERLAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN CORN SNAKES: PATHOLOGIC ALTERATIONS AND IMPACT ON LUNG EXCHANGE CAPACITY M. Pees, A. Neul, V. Schmidt, J. Starck, R. Marschang

4 FERLAVIRUSES AND HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION UNDER STANDARDIZED CONDITIONS R. Marschang, A. Neul, M. Pees AGAMID ADENOVIRUS IN CLINICALLY HEALTHY BEARDED DRAGONS IN ITALY P. Selleri, N. Girolamo, A. Montani, E. Zanoli, S. Preziuso SECTION 26: ARAV ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA SNAKE ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA: A REVIEW S. Thompson, Z. Knotek, L. Corriveau, T. Inoue COMPARISON AND EFFECT OF ANESTHETICS IN LUNG BREATHING SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM) K. Cooper-Bailey, S. Smith, M. Close LIMITING TRANSMITTER ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN SNAKES S. Thompson CHELONIAN ANESTHESIA S. Divers, S. Stahl SECTION 27: ARAV MASTER CLASSES AND ROUNDTABLES GROSS LESION RECOGNITION FOR THE REPTILE CLINICIAN M. Garner IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE CRANIAL COELOM (THORAX) OF REPTILES: NORMAL ANATOMY J. Wyneken IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE CRANIAL COELOM (THORAX) OF REPTILES: DISEASE CONDITIONS D. Reavill DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE REPTILE CRANIAL COELOM J. Heatley CHELONIAN CONSERVATION-BREEDING: HEALTH AND HUSBANDRY P. Gibbons PROTOZOAL PARASITOLOGY FOR THE REPTILE PRACTITIONER A. Maas III REPTILE SURGERY AND ENDOSCOPY N. Girolamo, C. Mans GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THE REPTILE ENVIRONMENT S. Divers, S. Stahl OVERVIEW OF REPTILE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY S. Divers, S. Stahl SECTION 28: ARAV CLINICAL REVIEWS AND CARE IN CAPTIVITY A NON-ENDOSCOPIC TECHNIQUE FOR PREFEMORAL CASTRATION OF HERMANN S TORTOISES N. Girolamo EFFECTS OF PLANT PROTEIN DIETS ON THE HEALTH OF FARMED AMERICAN ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS) P. Digeronimo, N. Girolamo, N. Crossland, F. Piero, R. Reigh, J. Nevarez CARAPACIAL SCUTE PYRAMIDING INCREASED BY HEAT IN AFRICAN LEOPARD AND SPURRED TORTOISES M. Heinrich, K. Heinrich SQUAMOUS AND BASAL CELL CARCINOMA IN REPTILES T. Hellebuyck, R. Ducatelle, A. Caelenberg, A. Martel SHELL DISEASE IN WESTERN POND TURTLES (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON B. Groves, K. Haman, D. Reavill

5 COMPOSITION OF CLOACAL BACTERIAL FLORA IN HEALTHY TESTUDO HERMANNI AND DURING CLOACITIS E. Lubian FOOD INTAKE IN LEOPARD GECKOES (EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS) DURING THE REPRODUCTIVE PERIOD P. Koelle WATER QUALITY FOR HERPTILES: NOT JUST A FISHY BUSINESS R. O'Shea, R. Ball AXOLOTLS FOR AMATEURS: A CASE STUDY OF SURGICAL GASTRIC FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL IN A JUVENILE MEXICAN AXOLOTL M. Logsdon EVALUATION OF PHOTOBIOMODULATION IN THE TREATMENT OF EPITHELIAL TRAUMA IN THE GREEN IGUANA (IGUANA IGUANA) L. Cusack, J. Mayer, D. Cutler, D. Rissi, S. Divers EFFECTS OF A NOVEL LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ON THE PRODUCTION OF 25- HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROL IN THE BEARDED DRAGON (POGONA VITTICEPS) L. Cusack, S. Rivera, B. Lock, S. Divers SECTION 29: ARAV THERAPEUTICS AND CASE STUDIES LEUKEMIC MULTICENTRIC LYMPHOMA IN A GREEN TREE PYTHON (MORELIA VIRIDIS) TREATED WITH PREDNISOLONE AND L-ASPARAGINASE E. Lubian, D. Binanti, V. Montinaro, M. Millefanti DEVRIESEA AGAMARUM AFFECTS ENDANGERED LESSER ANTILLEAN IGUANAS (IGUANA DELICATISSIMA) T. Hellebuyck,. Questel, F. Pasmans, L. Brantegem, P. Philip, A. Martel USE OF VORICONZOLE IN TREATMENT OF CHRYSOSPORIUM SPP. IN A BEARDED DRAGON (POGONA VITTICEPS) R. Williams COMPLETE EDENTULISM IN A GREEN TREE PYTHON (MORELIA VIRIDIS) B. Waffa, D. Reavill, S. Barten, S. Echols MICROSPORDIAL KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS IN A BEARDED DRAGON (POGONA VITTICEPS) A. Martel-Arquette, S. Chen, J. Hempstead, R. Pacheco, N. Antinoff, L. Teixeira URINARY BLADDER FISTULA VIA PLASTRONOTOMY SITE IN A RADIATED TORTOISE (ASTROCHELYS RADIATA) D. Cutler SUBCARAPACIAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN A HERMANN S TORTOISE (TESTUDO HERMANNI) A. Stohr, U. Freund, K. Heckers CLOACAL PROLAPSE, COLONIC ADENOCARCINOMA, AND HYPERCALCEMIA IN A BALL PYTHON (PYTHON REGIUS) D. Tarbert, R. Matos, E. Buckles SECTION 30: ARAV CONSERVATION FOLLICLE-STIMULATING-HORMONE-INDUCED MATING: BEHAVIOR AND HISTOLOGIC CHANGES IN A PAIR OF OCELLATED LIZARDS (TIMON LEPIDUS) E. Lubain, A. Vetere, M. Millefanti HEALTH ASSESSMENT TRAINING CLASS FOR DESERT TORTOISE (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII) TRANSLOCATION ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING J. Johnson, N. Lamberski, P. Wolff, K. Drake, K. Field, R. Averill-Murray A FIRST EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY ON MAIN PATHOGENS OF WILD AMPHIBIANS IN GREECE P. Azmanis, I. Strachinis, P. Lymberakis EVALUATING THYROID FUNCTION AND ESTABLISHING REFERENCE INTERVALS IN ENDEMIC GALÁPAGOS GIANT TORTOISES A. Zap, I. Desprez, F. Rada, A. Ojeda, E. Behrend, S. Larrat, E. Rush

6 SECTION 31: ARAV POSTERS TESTUDO HERMANNI: BREEDING TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCES IN TWO FARMS OF CENTRAL ITALY G. Deli, E. Lubian, D. Petrini, C. Manetti, O. Olivieri ADENOVIRUS INFECTION MANAGEMENT IN A BREEDING BEARDED DRAGON GROUP: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT E. Lubian, A. Vetere, D. Binanti, G. Deli, M. Millefanti SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSPECIES ARIZONAE AND SALAMAE ASSOCIATED OSTEOMYELITIS IN A COLLECTION OF CORN SNAKES (PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS) T. Hellebuyck, F. Pasmans, F. Vercammen, M. Verlinden, A. Caelenberg, C. Bleacher, R. Ducatelle, A. Martel LIMB AMPUTATION IN A CRESTED GECKO (CORRELOPHUS CILIATUS) E. Lubian, E. Ferlini, M. Millefanti SECTION 32: SATURDAY HYBRID MASTER CLASSES TROUBLESHOOTING POOR ANESTHETIC RECOVERY: PERSISTENCE PAYS A. Lennox DRUG DOSING IN EXOTIC ANIMALS: ARE WE USING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE? M. Souza HOW, WHAT, AND WHY OF TRACKING THE ACUTE-PHASE RESPONSE C. Cray SECTION 33: WEDNESDAY HYBRID TRACK DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE TUMOR DATABASE FOR ZOOLOGICAL AND EXOTIC SPECIES: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION A. Zehnder, T. Harrison, C. Bauer, R. Colburn, J. Paul-Murphy, M. Hawkins, C. Pfent CHARACTERIZATION OF GOUT VERSUS PSEUDOGOUT CRYSTALS IN EXOTIC ANIMALS K. Keel, A. Sundaram PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PHOTOBIOMODULATION (LASER THERAPY) IN EXOTIC PET PRACTICE R. Ness ESTABLISHING A FISH PRACTICE IN AN EXISTING EXOTICS PRACTICE M. Corcoran, K. Haman SECTION 34: HYBRID POSTERS EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CLINICAL COOPERATIVES: A NOVEL VETERINARY STUDENT STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM S. Thompson, Z. Knotek, V. Jekl Author Index