AAZV 31st Annual Zoo & Wildlife Pathology Workshop 2024, co-sponsored by the Davis-Thompson Foundation is an all-day, in-person workshop in association with the annual meeting of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and the European Association of Zoo & Wildlife Veterinarians in Toronto, Canada. This workshop brings together zoo veterinarians and pathologists for a full day of discussion of interesting cases in zoo and wildlife pathology. This year’s keynote lecturer will be Dr. Sarah Poynton, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her keynote presentation is titled “Parasites of Fish: what are we looking at, and why do they matter?”.
CALL FOR CASES!
Following the keynote lectures, pathologists from around the world will present their most interesting recent cases throughout an interactive all-day session with an emphasis on parasitic diseases of zoo & wildlife species.
Got a lesion with an interesting parasite in it? Calling for cases that shed light on how parasitic diseases
impact our zoo animals and wildlife. As usual, we will consider any zoo or wildlife case submissions, even if they do not fit the theme.
If you wish to present a case, please email Alison Righton (arighton@sdzwa.org) with a brief description (1-2 sentences) of the case by 16 June 2024. Those applicants with chosen cases will be notified by email by the following week.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CASES SELECTED
1. 5 replicate H&E slides plus 2 unstained are required. PLEASE limit slides to one piece of tissue with
the lesion to facilitate Aperio® scanning for digital production. Send by 16 August 2024 to:
Shipping Address:
Alison Righton, DVM, Dipl. ACVP
Disease Investigations, San Diego Zoo
1354 Old Globe Way
San Diego, CA, USA 92101
Mailing Address:
Alison Righton, DVM, Dipl. ACVP
Disease Investigations, San Diego Zoo
PO Box 120551
San Diego, CA, USA 92112
2. Please prepare your 2 to 3 page write up in Microsoft Word (NOT pdf) using the following headings on
institutional letter head and send via email to Alison Righton (arighton@sdzwa.org) by 16 August 2024 :
Page 1. CONTRIBUTOR(S)/ INSTITUTION: SIGNALMENT: HISTORY: GROSS FINDINGS:
Page 2 and 3. HISTOPATHOLOGIC AND CLINICAL PATHOLOGY FINDINGS:
MORPHOLOGIC/ETIOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS: DISCUSSION: REFERENCES:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The syllabus and scanned slides from the case write-ups should be available at least one week before the workshop and can be downloaded from the Davis-Thompson Foundation website at:
https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/available-slide-conferences/. Workshop registration includes access to images and case information. All participants must register for this course. Remember that you are welcome to attend the workshop even if you have not submitted a case.
Registration through the AAZV website: https://www.aazv.org/page/2024AbstractCall
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