Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the new Dean of OVC! Dean Wichtel met with faculty and staff recently as he begins his tenure. Pathobiology will look forward to working with him in the coming years.

October brings us the accreditation process as well. Thanks for those faculty, staff and students who volun-teered their time to meet with the committee.

Cheers John

June 2015 Department of Pathobiology Monthly Newsletter OCTOBER 2015

PATHOBIOLOGIST

Congratulations

Dr Andrew Peregrine received the Presidents Award after the completion of his term as the President of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists (AAVP) in July 2015. >> AAVP Dr. Bruce Wilkie was named “OVC Distinguished Alumnus of 2015 at the OVC Alumni Association AGM on June 13. >> OVC Alumni Blog

Dr. John Barta received $20,000 funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) in support his research in "Testing the longevity and potency of multivalent live vaccines against coccidiosis in poultry".

NEWS and MEDIA

PHRN will be presenting a new monthly seminar series to bring people together to learn about current poultry research activi-ties. >> OVC BULLETIN - PHRN launches seminar

series

Watch Dr. Andrew Peregrine’s presentation titled “Emergence of Lyme Disease in Cana-da” > > go to video Prof. Shayan Sharif and Dr Eva Nagy (in col-laboration with others) are developing im-munization methods to stunt avian influen-za outbreaks. Stopping the spread of avian influenza in its tracks. > > OVC BULLETIN

The University of Guelph and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), through the Animal Health Laboratory (AHL) and the Ontario Animal Health Network, will be conducting an infectious disease surveillance study in small (non-commercial and non-quota) poultry flocks in Ontario >> more details

DID YOU KNOW about the New Name for Animal & Poultry Science? It will now be called the Department of Animal Biosciences. >> more

FIND OUT about the new research centre that will focus on Treatment, Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease >> more

Above Photo: Ray Kaplan presenting Presidents Award to Andrew Peregrine

Above Photo: Dr. Bruce Wilkie

OVC avian experts to present current research on parrot diseases at Canadian Parrot Confer-ence in November.

>> OVC BULLETIN - Nov 2015 Canadian Parrot Conference PHOTOS: Dr. Dale Smith, Pathobioogy; Dr. Hugues Beaufrère, Avian/Exotic Services

Registered Veterinary

Technicians will receive

10 CE credits. >> more

November 14-15, 2015 Holiday Inn, Guelph

October Events Pathobiology Seminars

Seminars will take place at 11:30 am in PAHL room 1810 unless otherwise noted.

Oct 9 Karen Shapiro “From cats to sea otters: Unravel-ing the mysterious marine ecology of Toxoplasma gondii” Co-Hosted by: Andrew Peregrine and Joelle Ingrao

Oct 16 PABI-6440 Graduate Seminars

Jessica Walsh “Evaluation of on-farm euthanasia methods in commercial meat rabbits”

Abbie Viscardi “Use of analgesics and topical anes-thetics for pain mitigation in piglets undergoing surgical castration and tail docking” Host: Janet MacInnes

Oct 23 Neda Barjesteh “Toll-like receptor ligands as antiviral agents against influenza viruses” Host: Shayan Sharif

Oct 30 John Prescott “Antimicrobial stewardship in Canadian agriculture and veterinary medicine: Light at the end of the tunnel?” Co-Hosted by: Neda Barjesteh and Maggie Ainslie

OVC Events

Oct 13 12-1 pm LLC Room 1714 Dr. Jacqueline M. Katz, Deputy Director of the Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, USA The Roy C. Anderson Me-morial Lecture in Parasitology- College of Biological Science “Assessing the Pandemic Potential of Ani-mal Origin Influenza A Viruses”

For more news and events go to the OVC BULLETIN

PHRN Monthly Seminars

Oct 6 12:30-1:30 PM PAHL Room 1810 Dr. Shayan Sharif (Leader, PHRN) “Enhancing poultry health through research”

U of G Events

MCB Distinguished Speaker Series MacKinnon 031 at 2:30 pm (50 minute time slot) Everyone, as always, is very welcome to attend!

Oct 7 - Dr. Michael Moran, Canada Research Chair and Professor, Molecular Structure & Function, University of Toronto and Sick Kids Hospital "Can 'Omics Integration' Reveal Polygenic Cancer Drivers?" Host: Dr. Nina Jones >> POSTER

Oct 21 - Dr. Tracy Raivio, Professor and AHFMR Senior Scholar, Department of Biological Sciences, Univer-sity of Alberta "Cpx-dependent sensing and adapta-tion to adhesion" Host: Dr. Chris Whitfield

Oct 28 Gairdner Lecture 10:30-12 PAHL Rm 1800 Yoshinori Ohsumi, recipient of the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award, will present the Gairdner Lecture on “Lessons from Yeast – Molecu-lar Machinery of Autophagy.” This free lecture is open to the public.

For more U of G Events click here

Other Events Nov 14-15 Canadian Parrot Conference

Holiday Inn Guelph >> click for details Guest speakers from OVC include: Dr. Dale Smith, Pathobiology Dr Hugues Beaufrère, Avian/Exotics Services Veterinary Technicians - OAVT 10 CE Credits

AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT REMINDERS

GRAD STUDENT CORNER ______________________________________________________________________________________

GRADUATE SEMINARS

Oct 16 11:30 to 12:30 in room 1810

Jessica Walsh, MSc. Title: Evaluation of on-farm euthanasia methods in commercial meat rabbits

Abbie Viscardi, MSc.: Title: Use of analgesics and topical anesthetic fro pain mitigation in piglets un-dergoing surgical castration and tail dockings

UP COMING DUE DATES

Oct 7 - UNIV*7100 - Academic Integrity Course must be completed students that started this fall.

Oct 9 - NSERC Doctoral (on-line applications) The hardcopies of the transcripts are due to the Graduate Program Assistant to upload by Oct 2nd.

Oct 23 - DEFENDING FALL 2015?: You’ll need to apply to graduate at Winter 2016 Convocation by or before Oct 23rd to avoid a late fee. You must also submit all your paper work to the Graduate Program Assistant at least 8 weeks prior to when you want to defend.

Nov 13 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship applications Submit application to the Graduate Program Assis-tant.

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HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION & REMINDERS

Workplace Hazardous Information System (WHMIS) regulations are changing to adopt GHS. There are several key changes to current practices of chemical labeling and hazard communica-tion that will affect U of G personnel handling hazardous materials. Beginning in Fall 2015 U of G personnel handling hazardous materials will be required to take WHMIS 2015 course which will be available online and in class.

While WHMIS training has always been mandatory for those handling hazardous materials, the significant changes introduced with GHS require such personnel to participate in WHMIS 2015 training. Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that all personnel under their supervision complete WHMIS training before handling hazardous materials. Personnel who have completed WHMIS training prior to September 1, 2015, are asked to complete WHMIS 2015 training by December 31, 2015. WHMIS training completed since September 1, 2015 meets the WHMIS 2015 requirements. > OVC BULLETIN

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GLOBAL NEWS PHOTO Franck Prevel / GETTY IMAGES

Toronto Zoo panda Er Shun pregnant with twins.

“...the ultrasounds have been conducted under the care of Dr. Cathy Gartley from the Ontario

Veterinary College at the University of Guelph.“

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