Abstract
The Focused Scientific Sessions of the combined 70th Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP) begin on Sunday, November 10, 2019, following the Opening Reception where the veterinary student posters are displayed (Saturday evening, November 9). Sunday and Tuesday sessions include clinical pathology, diagnostic pathology, education, experimental disease, natural disease, and industrial and toxicologic pathology topics. We anticipate a large number of original abstracts from institutions all over the world.
The meeting abstracts will be published on the ACVP website and will add to the permanent searchable archive of annual meeting abstracts available since 2012. Abstracts can be viewed in an “open access” location on the ACVP website approximately one month before the meeting, where they can be searched by any word in the title or body of any abstract. Moving the abstracts to the ACVP website has brought flexibility to the timeline by allowing a later abstract submission date of July 1 again this year. Use of the website also allows easy access to veterinary pathology topics and increases the visibility of ACVP and ASVCP while providing an enhanced resource to serve people around the globe.
The Focused Scientific Session Committees have been hard at work organizing programs to showcase the work of our College members and to bring innovative science and technology from outside resources to the attention of our membership. Highlights for the focused group programs at the San Antonio annual meeting include the following:
Clinical pathology: We’re Not Crazy! Integration of Clinical Pathology and Tissue Analysis for Comprehensive Kidney Evaluation International Reference Preparations for Protein Biomarker Development for Species Specific Assays
Diagnostic pathology:
Don’t miss 2 afternoons packed with interesting case reports.
Education:
Wellbeing in the Workplace: Identifying and Responding to Mental Health Needs
Individual Wellbeing: Identifying and Responding to Your Own Needs
Experimental disease:
Analyzing Genetic and Microenvironmental Mediators of Carcinogenesis with the Zebrafish Model
Circulating microRNAs as Biomarkers of Canine Cancer
The Connection Between Cancer and the Gut Microbiome
Natural disease: The Wonderful World of Vitamin D: Bone Disease and More Pathology of Virulent Newcastle Disease: The 2018-19 California Outbreak Newly Described Diseases in Artic Foxes, Elephant Seals and Harbor Seals
Industrial and toxicological pathology: New Developments in Carcinogenicity Testing: Should We Do Away With It? Challenges in Multiplexing and Imaging Techniques
Posters will be divided into different poster sessions this year and can be reviewed during all session breaks in the exhibit hall, so come and take a look! Veterinary Student Poster Session: Saturday, November 9, during the Opening Reception Poster Session A: Sunday, November 10, from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Poster Session B: Monday, November 11, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., consisting only of ACVP Young Investigator Award candidates Poster Session C: Tuesday, November 12, from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
I want to thank the session chairs, co-chairs, awards chair, and the ACVP administrative staff who contribute so much to the success of the annual meeting. There is always a diverse set of topics to educate and challenge us. I am looking forward to a terrific meeting in San Antonio, and I hope to see as many of you there as possible.
Footnotes
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