CONFERENCE TIMETABLE WEDNESDAY, October 17 th Pre-Congress Day Lecture Hall 1 9.00-12.00 Toxicologic Clinical Pathology Part 1 Interpretation of pre- clinical, toxicity study findings Peter Cotton, Ian Roman, Jo Harding, Peter O Brien 12.00-13.00 Lunch break 13.00-16.00 Toxicologic Clinical Pathology Part 2 Morphologic, haematotoxicity findings in pre-clinical toxicity studies Cliff Smith, Michael Burgess- Wilson
THURSDAY, October 18 th Lecture Hall 1 9.00-10.00 Canine and feline babesiosis, L. Solano- Gallego, G. Baneth 10.00-10.45 Canine and feline relapsing fever borreliosis, G.Baneth 10.45-11.15 Coffee Break 11.15-12.00 Clinicopathologic aspects of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis): diagnostic implications, M. Mylonakis 12.00-12:45 Canine rickettsiosis, L. Solano- Gallego 12.45-14.15 Lunch Break 14.15-15.15 Canine and feline leishmaniosis, L.Solano- Gallego, G. Baneth 15.15-15.45 Coffee Break 15.45-16.30 Hereditary immunodeficiencies and infectious diseases, U.Giger 16.45-18:00 ECVCP AGM
THURSDAY, October 18 th Lecture Hall 2 9:00-10:45 Free communications Iron status, inflammatory and oxidative blood markers in black and white European captive rhinoceroses, N. Soetart The acute phase response in healthy and injured southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), E. Hooijberg Morphologic evaluation of bone marrow aspirates from Hispaniolan Amazon parrots (Amazona ventralis), D. Schwartz Feline refractometers systematically underestimate urine specific gravity, I. Lilliehöök Investigation of the status quo for veterinary point of care (POC) laboratories in Switzerland: availability, application and quality management, M. Stirn Inter- instrumental comparisons between hematology analyzers in Japan, S. Neo Tools to facilitate learning and teaching of veterinary clinical pathology, S. Medić 10:45-11:15 Coffee Break 11:15-12:00 Toxicologic Clinical Pathology Haematotoxicity, P. Cotton 12:00-12:45 Toxicologic Clinical Pathology In vitro to in vivo predictive toxicology-myelo-hepato-and cardio - toxicity, J. Harding, P. O Brien 12:45-14:15 Lunch Break 14:15-15:00 Regulatory validation, M. Burgess- Wilson, I. Roman 15:00-15:45 Immunotoxicology, B. Finney
FRIDAY, October 19 th Lecture Hall 1 9:00-9:45 Canine angiostrongylosis, S. Sotiraki 9:45-10:30 Bovine respiratory disease and BVD diagnosis, P. Burr 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session 11:00-11:45 Mycobacterial infections, P. Burr 11:45-12:30 Canine dirofilariosis, S. Sotiraki 12:30-14:00 Lunch Break 14:00-14:45 Feline infectious peritonitis, A. Giordano 14:45-15:30 Cytology diagnosis in cutaneous skin infections, R.Farmaki 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session 16:00-16:45 Feline haemoplasmosis, K. Papasouliotis 17.00-18.00 ESVCP AGM
FRIDAY, October 19 th Lecture Hall 2 9.00-10.30 Free Communications Comparison of different tissue specimens and PCR assays for the diagnosis of canine ehrlichia canis infection, M. Mylonakis Identifying reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in faecal microbiota using high resolution chromosome conformation capture, I. Kean Consecutive antibiotic treatment with doxycycline and marbofloxacin clears bacteremia in mycoplasma haemofelis-infected cats, M. Novacco Rate of leishmania infantum infection based on serology, blood pcr and parasite specific interferon-gamma in cats and dogs living in the same area of south of Spain (Cordoba), V. Priolo Serological evaluation of associations between canine leishmaniosis and multiple vectorborne co-infections: a prospective case-control study, C. Attipa Clonality testing in dogs with lymphadenomegaly due to leishmania infantum infection, A. Melendez Lazo 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session 11.00-12.30 Free Communications Evaluation of red blood cell distribution width in dogs with hypothyroidism, C. Martinez Homeostasis model assessment and its relation to body fat in cats, E. Strage Clinical and biological follow-up of canine primary hypothyroidism secondary to immunemediated thyroiditis: an observational cohort study of 68 dogs, N. Soetart Cardiac myocyte injury is correlated with the degree of the consumptive coagulopathy present in dogs with babesia rossi infection, A. Goddard 12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
9:00 Introduction 9:05 Case 1 SATURDAY, October 20 th CASE SESSION Lecture Hall 1 Approach to diagnosis of defects in erythrocyte metabolism including a case of Heinz body anemia in a horse, J. Harvey 10:00 Case 2 Splenic aspirates from a dog with azotemia, I. Oikonomidis 10:15 Case 3 Aqueous humor from a dog, H. Ferreira 10:30 Case 4 Coelomic fluid from a chicken, K. Irvine 10:45 Case 5 Pericardial fluid from a cat, S. Evans 11:00 Case 6 Sysmex scattergram in a cat, T. Lavabre 11:15 Case 7 Peripheral nucleated red blood cells in a cat, L. Magna 11:30 Case 8 Mandibular lymph node enlargement and lymphocytosis in a Shih tzu, S. Bernardi 11:45 Case 9 Large subcutaneous tumour in a roe deer, A. Penrose
12:00-12:30 Light Lunch 12:30-14:00 Mystery Slide Session SATURDAY, October 20 th Lecture Hall 2 9:00 11:00 Free Communications Flow cytometric approach to non-hematopoietic cells in canine cavitary effusion, M. Melega Hemostatic parameters in preterm and full-term pigs of identical postnatal age, A. Krogh A peculiar nuclear morphological alteration of canine neutrophils, A. Stranieri Evaluation of a cytological grading system for cutaneous and subcutaenous soft tissue sarcomas (STS) in dogs, S. Sanchez Redondo 11:00-12:00 Canine and feline blood types, crossmatches and transfusion reactions, U. Giger End of Congress - Closing remarks