64th Western Poultry Disease Conference (March 23-25, 2015)
(Scientific Program as of February 9, 2015)
7:00
7:50
Shahbaz Haq
8:00
Steve Davis
9:00
Martine Boulinanne
9:15
9:30
9:45
Derek Detzler
Chris Morrow
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome; Opening Remarks
TOPIC: Raised Without Antibiotics
Moderator: Rocio Crespo
Invited Speaker: Necrotic enteritis, a persistent challenge for raised without antibiotic
birds
Evaluating alternatives to antimicrobials with a necrotic enteritis experimental model in
broiler chickens
Antibiotic reduction and removal in commercial poultry production
Avian mycoplasma control – central for antibiotic independent production
POSTER VIEWING & BREAK: 9:45AM – 10:00 AM
TOPIC:
10:00
10:45
Michael Czarick
Charles Hofacre
11:00
11:30
H.L. Shivaprasad
Tara Roberts
11:45
Hind Kasab-Bachi
12:00
1:30
Kalen Cookson
1:45
Anita Menconi
2:00
John Schleifer
2:15
Kristen Roza
2:30
3:00
Bob O’Connor
3:30
Silvia Carnaccini
3:45
4:00
Sarah Mize
Todd Kellman
4:15
Ernesto Soto
4:30
Darrel Kapczynski
4:45
Francesco Bonfante
5:00
6:00
Raised Without Antibiotics/Antimicrobial Resistance
Moderator: Nancy Reimers
Invited Speaker: The Growing Importance of Nighttime Air Quality
Poultry On-Farm National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) - A
progress report
Health challenges in poultry grown as organic or antibiotic free or in alternate housing
Risk factors for antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolates from Ontario broiler
chicken flocks at chick placement: a comparison of three production system types
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium perfringens isolates obtained from commercial
Ontario broiler chicken flocks
LUNCH BREAK
TOPIC: Infectious Bronchitis /Probiotics/Salmonellosis
Moderator: Maurice Pitesky
A comparison of vaccination programs against a contemporary Cal-99 IBV isolate in
commercial broilers
Evaluation of a hatchery administered lactic acid bacteria probiotic product on early body
weight and mortality in broiler chickens under field conditions
Reducing the incidence of bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis in broilers with a
dietary combination of Bacillus Subtilis C-3102 (Calsporin) probiotic and IMW50 yeast cell
wall preparation
Increasing standardization in real-time PCR diagnostics with a modular system and its
benefit to laboratory throughput
Salmonella Control – Lessons Learned – Foster Farms/2014
Poster Viewing & Break 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
TOPIC: Avian Influenza/Newcastle Disease
Moderator: H.L. Shivaprasad
Diagnosis of a Low Path Avian Influenza H5N8 American Strain in Commercial Quail Layers
in Central Valley California
Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (LPAI) H5N8 in Stanislaus County, California
Mapping of the spatial-temporal intersection of avian influenza reservoirs in California as
a mechanism for guiding surveillance in domestic poultry
Inclusion of the gene that codifies for avian interleukin 2 into a live recombinant vaccine
against avian influenza H5 in a Newcastle disease virus vector
Research update on outbreaks of H5N8 and H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza in the
U.S.
Synergy or interference of a velogenic Newcastle Disease virus challenge in H9N2 avian
influenza – infected chickens are dose dependent
WPDC BUSINESS MEETING
WPDC WELCOME RECEPTION (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)
64th Western Poultry Disease Conference
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015
7:00
8:00
9:00
Blake Wang
Simone Stoute
9:15
9:30
9:45
Ali Nazmi
Jianping Li
10:15
11:00
11:15
Greg Mathis
Jaime Ruiz
Elisa Russo
11:30
11:45
Lindsay Kehler
Seiche Genger
12:00
1:30
2:15
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15
James Guy
Rocio Crespo
Holly Sellers
H.L. Shivaprasad
Maritza Tamayo
3:45
Silvia Carnaccini
4:00
4:15
Rudiger Hauck
Anya Kajlich
4:30
Geoffrey Lossie
4:45
5:00
Christina Lindsey
Registration and Continental Breakfast
TOPIC: Vaccines/Raised Without Antibiotics
Moderator: Silvia Carnaccini
Invited Speaker: Feeding raised without antibiotic birds. What is required?
Evaluation of protection induced by Riemerella anatipestifer-E. coli O78 bacterin in White
Pekin ducks
Diatomaceous earth as a novel adjuvant in poultry vaccines
Nanoparticle-based vaccine for avian influenza virus
Poster Viewing & Break. **All poster presenters to be available for discussion**
TOPIC: Coccidiosis/Raised Without Antibiotics
Moderator: Susantha Gomis
Invited Speaker: Managing coccidiosis in raised without antibiotic birds
Assessment of changes in sensitivity of coccidia to nicarbazin
White striping appearance along growth on broiler chickens treated with different
coccidiosis control programs
Coccidiosis prevention and control in specialty broilers
Jejunal length and weight is increased in commercially-raised turkeys with depressed
growth
LUNCH BREAK
TOPIC: Gut Health/Viral Diseases
Moderator: Rodrigo Gallardo
Invited Speaker: Potential role of viruses in compromising gut health and its prevention
Hepatitis E virus infection in organic layers
Genotypic analysis of avian reoviruses from clinical submissions of viral arthritis
An unusual outbreak of avian encephalomyelitis in vaccinated 12-week-old chickens
Infectious bursal disease situation in Mexico
Poster Viewing & Break
TOPIC: Case Reports
Moderator: Gabriel Senties-Cue
Phallus disease in goose breeders: patho-histologic observations and comparative
bacteriological examinations of altered organs.
Retrospective study of histomoniasis (blackhead) in California turkey flocks, 2000-2013
Postmortem findings in laying hens housed in non-cage systems in California and Iowa:
Presence as severity of lesions and their relationship to stage of lay
Atypical gross lesions associated with Aspergillus fumigatus in organic, cage-free
commercial layers
A longitudinal study of Escherichia coli virulence factors in turkeys
ADJOURN
64th Western Poultry Disease Conference
7:00
8:00
8:45
9:00
9:15
Stephen Collett
Yuko Sato
Susantha Gomis
Emma Wils-Plotz
9:30
Ching Ching Wu
9:45
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015
Registration and Continental Breakfast
TOPIC: Gut Health /Bacterial Diseases/ Immunology
Moderator: Ernesto Soto
Invited Speaker: Optimizing gut health environment of raised without antibiotic birds
Outbreak of Type C botulism in commercial layers
Isolation of Enterococcus and other bacterial species from hatch debris
Immunomodulatory nutrients modify tissue presence and immune related gene
expression of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritdis in chickens
Phytobiologics – using redoxigenic plant immunity to support the immune system in
animals
Poster Viewing & Break 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
11:45
12:00
TOPIC: Raised Without Antibiotics/Bacterial Diseases/Molecular Biology
Moderator: Simone Stoute
Maarten DeGussem
Invited Speaker: Antimicrobial use reduction for animal production: opportunity or
liability for the poultry industry?
Gabriel Senties-Cue
Ornithobacteriosis causing septicemia and neurological signs in California meat-type
chickens
Fred Leung
Application of Next Generation Sequencing in viral and bacterial genome sequencing
Rudiger Hauck
Full genome sequences of ORT strains shows high homology
Roxana SanchezPhenotypic, genotypic and pathogenicity assessment of Salmonella Infantis isolated from
Ingunza
poultry
Joseph Butterweck
Utilization of phage technology to control salmonella
ADJOURN
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Simrika Thapa
2
3
Kevin Bolek
Celina Buscaglia
4
Kelly Hogan
5
Girish Sarma
6
Stephen Spatz
7
Timothy Goldsmith
8
Karen Lopez
9
Cecilia Rosario
10
11
Tara Roberts
Tara Roberts
12
Bertrand Medina
13
Bertrand Medina
10:00
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
Poster Presentations
Protection mediated by in ovo deliver toll-like receptor 2 and 21 lignads against infectious
laryngotracheitis infection
Characterization of immunoglobulin knockout chickens
Survey of hemagglutinating viruses in spotted Nothura from Buenos Aires Province ,
Argentina
The effect of environmental poultry samples on the pH of typical enrichment and preenrichment media.
Safety and efficacy of a chicken embryo origin live fowl pox virus vaccine in 1-day-old
commercial turkeys
Reconstitution of infectious laryngotracheitis from a collection of overlapping cosmid
clones
Using field exercises along with public-private partnerships to increase awareness and
acceptance of continuity of business and secure food supply plans
The secure Egg Supply Plan: business continuity planning for a highly pathogenic avian
influenza outbreak
Serotypes and virulence genes detection in E. coli isolated from processing plant,
supermarket and public market in Mexico
Antimicrobial use on broiler chicken farms in Ontario, Canada
Prevalence, risk factors , and profiles of resistant Salmonella isolates obtained from
Ontario broiler chicken farms at chick placement and pre-harvest
Effect of a specific blend of essential oils and oleoresins of spices as an antibiotic growth
promoter alternative on the boiler performances
Effect of a specific blend of essential oils and oleoresins of spices to improve broiler
performance rearing under stressed conditions