News & Events

147th AVMA Annual Convention

July 31 - August 3, 2010, Atlanta, GA

AVMA 2010

RTP Rodent Pathology Course

September 26-28, 2010, in Cary, NC

Thia is a three-day course that will be dealing with Hepatobiliary System Pathology.

Details can be found at: http://rtprodentpathology.org/

 

Veterinarians and Veterinary Student Scholarships

The Charles River CHARTER Program is proud to sponsor a limited number of scholarships to the Annual Charles River Short Course. This popular educational opportunity fills up fast and often has a waiting list for openings. We save a few spots for veterinary students and veterinarians who are not currently active in laboratory animal medicine but who are interested in learning more about this exciting and challenging field.
 
Application deadline is April 1st, each year
Winners are notified May 1st, each year
 

To learn more about this great opportunity visit Charles River ’s Humane  Care Initiative CHARTER Program Awards & Scholarships.

 

AMP Biomedical Advocacy Clips

The following link (http://www.youtube.com/user/RaisingVoices ) will connect you to AMP's YouTube channel, Raising Voices, which hosts a variety of biomedical research advocacy clips, many of which come from the DVD, Veterinarians Speaking for Research.

 

ILAR Issues that may be of special interest

 

ILAR Journal 49(2):
MICROBIAL QUALITY CONTROL FOR NONHUMAN PRIMATES

ILAR49-2

Issue Editors: Joseph W. Kemnitz and Keith G. Mansfield

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction: Challenges in Microbial Quality Control for Nonhuman Primates
Joseph W. Kemnitz and Keith G. Mansfield

Specific Pathogen-free Macaques: Definition, History, and Current Production
William R. Morton, Michael B. Agy, Saverio V. Capuano, Richard F. Grant

Nonhuman Primate Quarantine: Its Evolution and Practice
Jeffrey A. Roberts and Kirk Andrews

Development, Application, and Quality Control of Serology Assays Used for Diagnostic Monitoring of Laboratory Nonhuman Primates
Joe H. Simmons

New Approaches to Tuberculosis Surveillance in Nonhuman Primates
Nicholas W. Lerche, JoAnn L. Yee, Saverio V. Capuano, and Joanne L. Flynn

Impact of Infections and Normal Flora in Nonhuman Primates on Drug Development
            Vito G. Sasseville and Richard W. Diters

Opportunistic Infections in Immunologically Compromised Nonhuman Primates
Lynn M. Wachtman and Keith G. Mansfield

Nonhuman Primate Infections after Organ Transplantation
Silke V. Haustein, Amanda J. Kolterman, Jeffrey J. Sundblad, John H. Fechner, and Stuart J. Knechtle

Macaque Models of Human Infectious Disease
Murray B. Gardner and Paul A. Luciw

 

ILAR Journal 49(3):
Detection and Management of Microbial Contamination
in Laboratory Rodents

ILAR49-3

Issue Editors: Stephen W. Barthold and Abigail L. Smith

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction: Microbes and the Evolution of Scientific Fancy Mice
Steve Barthold

Opportunistic Infections of Mice and Rats: Jacoby and Lindsey Revisited
Anthony Carty

Lurking in the Shadows: Emerging Rodent Infectious Diseases
Dave Besselsen, Craig Franklin, Bob Livingston, and Lela Riley

Old Enemies: Still with Us after All These Years
Charlie Clifford and Julie Watson

New Building, Old Parasite: Mesostigmatid Mites—An Ever-Present Threat to Barrier Facilities
Julie Watson

From Bench to Cageside: Risk Assessment for Rodent Pathogen Contamination of Cells and Biologics
Norm Peterson

Role of Housing Modalities on Management and Surveillance Strategies for Adventitious Agents of Rodents
Bill Shek

Institutional Responsibilities in Contamination Control in Research Animals and Occupational Health and Safety for Animal Handlers
Ben Fontes

International Harmonization of Health Monitoring
Werner Nicklas

Rodent and Germplasm Trafficking: Risks of Microbial Contamination in a High-Tech Biomedical World

            Esther Mahabir, Beth Bauer, and Jörg Schmidt