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PROCEEDINGS

ONE HUNDRED ANDTENTH

ANNUAL MEETING

of the

UNITED STATES ANIMALHEALTH ASSOCIATION

P. O. Box K227Richmond, Virginia 23288

804/285-3210FAX 804/285-3367

E-mail: [email protected]

The Hilton Minneapolis HotelMinneapolis, Minnesota

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The United States Animal Health Association appreciatesthe United States Department of Human Health Services,Food and Drug Administration’s financial support for thepublication of these Proceedings.

Copyright 2007by

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number17-12842

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What is the USAHA?The nation’s animal health forum since 1897

The United States Animal Health Association(USAHA), the nation’s animal health forum for overa century, is a science based, national organization ofofficial state and federal animal health agencies,national allied organizations, districtrepresentatives and individual membersfounded in 1897 to protect animal and publichealth.USAHA’s mission is to:• Serve as a forum for communication and

coordination among state and federalgovernments, universities, industry andother groups on issues of animal health and diseasecontrol, animal welfare, food safety and publichealth.

• Serve as a clearinghouse for new information andmethods that may be incorporated into laws,regulations, policy and programs.

• Act to develop solutions to animal-health relatedissues based on science, new information andmethods and the ability to develop a consensus

for changing laws, regulations, policies andprograms.The Association’s mission is implemented

through deliberations of science-based committeesand the adoption of resolutions and

recommendations, aimed at solving problems.USAHA has 33 committees, varying in sizefrom 11 to 135 members.

USAHA is administered by theExecutive Committee and Board of Directors,which also determines policy. TheAssociation’s headquarters will move to St.

Joseph, Missouri in 2007, previously located inRichmond, Virginia.

USAHA has met annually since its founding in1897 and produces a printed proceedings of eachmeeting. These proceedings represent the mostcomplete history of the nation’s animal healthendeavors over the past century. The proceedingsrepresents the most complete history of the nation’sanimal health endeavors over the past century.

USAHA MembershipOfficial State Animal Health Agency (50)

Official Federal Animal Health Agency (1)USDA-APHIS-Veterinary Services

Territory Animal Health Agency (1)North Mariana Island

Foreign Animal Health Agency (3)Australia, Canada, New Zealand

Other Federal Agencies (10)USDA-Agriculture Research ServiceUSDA-Cooperative State Research, Education and

Extension ServiceUSDA-APHIS-Wildlife ServicesUSDHHS-Food and Drug AdministrationUSDHHS-Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUSDHHS-Science and Technology DirectorateUSDI-U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceUSDI-National Park ServiceUSDI-USGS-National Wildlife Health CenterUSDOE-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Alabama Alaska ArizonaArkansas California ColoradoConnecticut Delaware FloridaGeorgia Hawaii IdahoIllinois Indiana IowaKansas Kentucky LouisianaMaine Maryland MassachusettsMichigan Minnesota MississippiMissouri Montana NebraskaNevada New Hampshire New JerseyNew Mexico New York North CarolinaNorth Dakota Ohio OklahomaOregon Pennsylvania Rhode IslandSouth Carolina South Dakota TennesseeTexas Utah VermontVirginia Washington West VirginiaWisconsin Wyoming

National Allied Organizations (36)Alpaca Owners & Breeders Assn.American Assn. of Avian PathologistsAmerican Assn. of Bovine VeterinariansAmerican Assn. of Swine VeterinariansAmerican Assn. of Veterinary Laboratory DiagnosticiansAmerican Assn. of Wildlife VeterinariansAmerican Assn. of Zoo VeterinariansAmerican Bantam Assn.American Farm Bureau FederationAmerican Quarter Horse Assn./American Horse CouncilAmerican Sheep Industry Assn.American Veterinary Medical Assn.Assn. of American Veterinary Medical CollegesBattelleExotic Wildlife Assn.Holstein Friesian Assn. USA, Inc.International Assn. of Fish & Wildlife AgenciesInternational Lama RegistryLivestock Exporters Assn., USALivestock Marketing Assn.National Aquaculture Assn.National Bison Assn.National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn.National Chicken CouncilNational Dairy Herd Improvement Assn., Inc.National Institute for Animal AgricultureNational Livestock Producers Assn.National Milk Producers FederationNational Pork BoardNational Pork Producers CouncilNational Renderers Assn.National Turkey FederationNorth American Deer Farmers Assn.North American Elk Breeders Assn.Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United

Stockgrowers of AmericaU.S. Poultry & Egg Assn.

Regional Delegates (8)Northeast (2) North Central (2) South (2) West (2)

Individual Members (1,068)

Life Members (140)

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2006TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. 2006 Officers and CommitteesA. Officers ......................................................................................... 16B. Committees .................................................................................. 17

II. 2006 Annual Meeting Proceedings

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006

A. USAHA/AAVLD President’s Reception and DinnerInvocation – Wayne Godwin ......................................................... 36Memorial Service – Lee Myers ..................................................... 37Welcome to Minnesota – Gene Hugoson, Minnesota

Commissioner of Agriculture .................................................. 38Response to the Welcome – David Thain ..................................... 40Remarks – Bruce Knight, USDA Under Secretary ........................ 41AAVLD President’s Remarks – Donal O’Toole.............................. 44USAHA President’s Remarks – Bret Marsh ................................. 46Recognize Sponsors – Bret Marsh ............................................... 48USAHA Medal of Distinction Award – Bret Marsh ......................... 49APHIS Administrator’s Award – Ron DeHaven .............................. 52AAVLD Awards – Gary Osweiler .................................................. 55National Assembly Award – Jim Watson ...................................... 59

B. USAHA/AAVLD Scientific Session

ANIMAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE – THE NEXT 20 YEARSMONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2006

International H5N1 High Path Avian Influenza Efforts –Ron DeHaven, Administrator, Animal and Plant HealthInspection Service (APHIS), United States Department ofAgriculture (USDA) ................................................................ 60

Zoonotic Disease Activities at the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention – M. K. Glynn, Centers for Disease Control andPrevention ............................................................................. 63

Integration of Food Surveillance Systems – Pat McCaskey, USDAFood Safety Inspection Service, Food Emergency ResponseNetwork ................................................................................. 67

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The National Animal Health Surveillance System –Brian McCluskey, Center for Epidemiology and AnimalHealth, Veterinary Services ................................................... 69

Monitoring the Health of Wildlife Worldwide and Implementing theGlobal Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance Wildbirds(GAINS) – Robert Cook, Wildlife Conservation Society .......... 79

The Future of Surveillance Systems – Kimothy Smith,Department of Homeland Security ......................................... 82

C. USAHA SCIENTIFIC PAPERSComparison of RRT-PCR and Virus Isolation Findings from

New York Live Bird Market Samples – S.C. Trock,M. Gaeta, T. Howard, L. Weisse, S. Kim, J. Beeby,E. Madera, K. Tropea, E. Dubovi, J. Pederson, D. Senne ...... 91

Increased Pathogenicity of H5N1 Vietnam Viruses in Ducks –M.J. Pantin-Jackwood, D. Suarez and D. Swayne ................. 93

Value of Diagnostic Test Performance Indicators in SurveillanceProgram Design – F. Elvinger, M.C. Thurmond, B.L. Akey. .... 94

Comparative Genome Sequencing of Salmonella enteritidisIsolates that Vary in Virulence Characteristics –J. Guard-Bouldin .................................................................... 97

Molecular Characterization Mycobacterium bovis Isolatesfrom The United States Using Spoligotyping and RestrictionFragment Length Polymorphism Analysis – N. B. Harris,J. B. Payeur, R. M. Myers, C. Lutze-Wallace ...................... 102

D. POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Protocol Changes from the Standard M. paratuberculosis CultureMethods to Increase Sensitivity of Johne’s Diagnosis –B. E. Mamer, J. E. England, B. C. Anderson ....................... 110

E. USAHA MEMBERSHIP MEETING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2006

Membership Luncheon and Meeting, Presiding,Bret Marsh, USAHA President ............................................ 112

State of the Association – Bret Marsh ........................................ 112Treasurer’s Report – William Hartmann ...................................... 115Report of the Committee on Nominations – Richard Willer ......... 117

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006

Report of the Committee on Nominations – Richard Willer ......... 118Passing the Presidential Gavel – Bret Marsh ............................. 119President’s Address – Lee Myers .............................................. 120Recognition of Immediate Past President – Richard Willer ......... 123Report of the Committee on Resolutions – Richard Willer .......... 124

F. COMMITTEE BUSINESS

USAHA/AAVLD COMMITTEE ONANIMAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Report of the Committee – K. Roehr and P. Blanchard ............... 125

USAHA/AAVLD COMMITTEE ONANIMAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Report of the Committee – B. L. Akey and F. Elvinger ................ 131

COMMITTEE ON ANIMAL WELFARE

Report of the Committee – S. L. Halstead .................................. 137The Public and Animal Health Consequences of Pet Ownership

in Disasters – Sebastian E. Heath....................................... 145The Biophysics of Acclimatization, Thermal Comfort Zones

and Disease – Vaughan Langman ....................................... 146

USAHA/AAVLD COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE

Report of the Committee – S. E. LaPatra and Kevin Snekvik ...... 147

COMMITTEE ONBIOLOGICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Report of the Committee – R. W. Tully ....................................... 152North American Reference Tuberculin Project – J. M. Arnoldi ..... 157Regulation of Genetically-Engineered Animals and Animal

Products in the United States – R. E. Pacer ........................ 158Influence of Delivery Method on Immunologic Responses to

Brucellosis Vaccine – S. Olsen ........................................... 160

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COMMITTEE ONBLUETONGUE AND BOINE RETROVIRUSES

Report of the Committee – J. Pearson ....................................... 161

COMMITTEE ON BRUCELLOSIS

Report of the Committee – G. Plumb ......................................... 170Report of the Education Subcommittee on Brucellosis ............... 173Report of the Feral Swine Subcommittee on Brucellosis and

Pseudorabies, Co-Chairs: C. Black and J. Corn .................. 174Scientific Advisory Subcommittee on Brucellosis – P. Elzer ....... 176Status Report – Fiscal Year 2006 Cooperative State-Federal

Brucellosis Eradication Program – D. A. Donch ................... 178Planning Cattle Brucellosis Surveillance – E. Ebel ..................... 185Brucellosis in Yellowstone Bison: An Individual-Based

Simulation Model of Vaccination Strategies – J. Treanor ...... 192Application of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Brucella abortus in

Wildlife and Cattle – F. Roberto ........................................... 196The Epidemiological Challenge of Evaluating Brucellosis

Seroprevalence in Free-Ranging Rocky Mountain Elk inMontana – M. W. Atkinson .................................................. 200

An Update on the Interagency Bison Management Plan forYellowstone National Park and Montana – T. Linfield ........... 203

Environmental Persistence of Brucella Organisms in NaturalEnvironments of the Greater Yellowstone Area -A Preliminary Analysis – K. Aune ........................................ 205

COMMITTEE ONCAPTIVE WILDLIFE AND ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK

Report of the Committee – R. A. Cook ....................................... 213Experimental Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease

(CWD) of Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), White-tail Deer(Odocoileus virginianus), and Mule Deer (Odocoileushemionus hemionus) to White-tailed Deer by IntracerebralRoute – R. Kunkle ............................................................... 221

COMMITTEE ONDIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY & VETERINARY

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Report of the Committee – B. Frost and B. Osburn .................... 223

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National Animal Health Laboratories Network – B. Martin ........... 225Canadian Animal Health Surveillance Network – P. Kitching ....... 231The National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease

Defense – T. Nipp ................................................................ 232High Throughput Multiplexed Detection Assays – P. Hullinger .... 236Status of the Veterinary Workforce Expansion Act – L. Heider ... 237Tri-National Report ..................................................................... 240

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT

Report of the Committee – G. Meerdink ..................................... 242

COMMITTEE ON FEED SAFETY

Report of the Committee – K. G. Custer ..................................... 243

COMMITTEE ON FOOD SAFETY

Report of the Committee – D. E. LaFontaine .............................. 245Carver Plus Shock Method For Food Sector Vulnerability

Assessments – I. Walls ...................................................... 258

COMMITTEE ONFOREIGN AND EMERGING DISEASES

Report of the Committee – C. C. Brown ..................................... 269Atypical BSE – What It Means – L. Detwiler .............................. 275

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Report of the Committee on Government Relations –J. W. Leafstedt .................................................................... 280

COMMITTEE ON IMPORT-EXPORT

Report of the Committee – C. E. Brown ..................................... 289Import and Export and Related Activities of the National Center

or Import and Export FY 2006 – A. Vaquer .......................... 297Import and Export Statistics for the Past Year – L. White .......... 308

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Exposure to a Persistently Infected Heifer Can Cause PersistentTesticular Infection with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus –M.D. Givens, K.P. Riddell, M.S. Abrams, P.H. Walz,R.L. Carson , D.A. Stringfellow, Y. Zhang, B.W. Brodersen ... 323

Update of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in Assisted ReproductiveTechniques – J. Gard ........................................................... 325

COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF CATTLE,BISON, AND CAMELIDS

Report of the Committee – H. D. Lehmkuhl ................................ 327Detection of PrPsc in Formalin Fixed Tissues by Western Blot –

E. Nicholson ....................................................................... 332

COMMITTEE ONINFECTIOUS DISEASES OF HORSES

Report of the Committee – P. J. Timoney ................................... 333Salmonella Infection at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital: The

University of Pennsylvania Experience – H. Aceto ............... 3362006 Multi-State Occurrence of Equine Viral Arteritis –

P. Timoney .......................................................................... 354Report of the Equine Infectious Anemia Subcommittee –

S. L. Halstead ..................................................................... 363Report of the Equine Piroplasmosis Subcommittee –

K. Fowler ............................................................................. 365NAHNS Equine 2005 Study – J. Traub-Dargatz .......................... 369

USAHA/AAVLD COMMITTEE ONINTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Report of the Committee – R. D. Willer ...................................... 370The Global Early Warning and Response System for Major

Animal Diseases including Zoonoses (GLEWS) –N. G. Willis .......................................................................... 381

Advanced Diagnostics and Expanded Capabilities for ForeignAnimal Disease Detection and Surveillance –P. J. Hullinger ...................................................................... 394

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COMMITTEE ON JOHNE’S DISEASE

Report of the Committee – R.G Ehlenfeldt ................................. 396Monitoring Responses by Use of Five Color Flow Cytometry in

Subsets of Peripheral T Cells Obtained from CattleInoculated with a Killed Mycobacterium Para TB Vaccine –R. Platt, J.A. Roth, R. Royer, C.O. Thoen............................ 407

Report of the Johne’s Working Group – R. Whitlock .................. 417National Johne’s Disease Demonstration Herd Project –

S. Wells .............................................................................. 438NVSL Approved Laboratories for Johne’s Disease – Organism

Based Test – J. Payeur ....................................................... 451NVSL Approved Laboratories for Johne’s Disease – ELISA Based

Test – J. Marquardt .............................................................. 453Recommended Test Regimen for the Detection of

Paratuberculosis in Cattle ................................................... 461

COMMITTEE ON LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION

Report of the Committee – B. R. Hillman ................................... 463

COMMITTEE ONNOMINATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

Report of the Committee – R. D. Willer ...................................... 480

COMMITTEE ON PARASITIC DISEASES

Report of the Committee – J. L. Corn ......................................... 519

COMMITTEE ON PHARMACEUTICALS

Report of the Committee – E. K. Wagstrom ............................... 533

COMMITTEE ON PROGRAM

Report of the Committee – L. M. Myers ..................................... 541

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND RABIES

Report of the Committee – J. P. Sanders ................................... 542Report of the Subcommittee on Zoonotic Disease and

Surveillance – T. Lynn.......................................................... 545

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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC RELATIONS ANDINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Report of the Committee – M. A. Littlefield ................................. 546

COMMITTEE ON SALMONELLA

Report of the Committee – P. L. McDonough ............................. 548The National Poultry Improvement Plan Report – D. Waltman .... 559The National Veterinary Services Laboratory Report –

B. Morningstar-Flugrad ........................................................ 564National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System Report –

D. Dargatz ........................................................................... 571Report of the Salmonella enteritidis Subcommittee –

E. Gingerich ........................................................................ 576Update from CDC: Human Salmonella Trends – E. Scallan ....... 577Update on FDA’s Current Priorities: Identification of Research

Needs Relating to Salmonella enteritidis Contaminationof Eggs – G. A. Ramirez ...................................................... 581

FSIS Update on Salmonella Performance Standards –K. Petersen ......................................................................... 583

Mutational Mapping and Location of Single Mucleotide Polymor-phisms in Salmonella enteritidis Isolates that Vary inVirulence – J. Guard-Bouldin ............................................... 586

Case Report of Salmonella in Poultry Meat – QuestionableLabels and Confusing Products Salmonella enteritidis andSalmonella typhimurium Outbreaks Associated withFrozen Chicken Entrees, Minnesota, 2005-2006 –K. Elfering ........................................................................... 588

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonellafrom Swine Operations in Five States – D. Dargatz .............. 592

COMMITTEE ON SCRAPIE

Report of the Committee – J. Logan ........................................... 593Status Report-Fiscal Year 2005: Cooperative State-Federal

Scrapie Eradication Program – D. Sutton and G. Ross ........ 597Descriptive Analysis and Scrapie Infected/Source Flocks and

Investigations in FY 2006 – D. Norden and C. Gaiser .......... 601

COMMITTEE ON SHEEP AND GOATS

Report of the Committee – C. B. Wolf ........................................ 603

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COMMITTEE ONTRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES OF POULTRY

Report of the Committee – J. A. Smith ....................................... 606Report of the Vaccinal Laryngotracheitis Subcommittee –

Update 2006 ........................................................................ 6122006 United States Broiler Industry Update – B. Hewat .............. 615United States Table Egg Industry Update October 2005 to

October 2006 – E. Gingerich ............................................... 616Current Health and Industry Issues Faciang the Turkey Industry –

D. Rives, D. Mills, S. Clark .................................................. 619National Poultry Improvement Plan Status Report –

A. Rhorer ............................................................................. 624National Veterinary Services Laboratories Summary of Poultry

Pasteurella-Salmonella-Mycoplasma Activities 2006 –B. Morningstar-Flugrad ........................................................ 631

Avian Import Activities Fiscal Year 2006 – L. White .................... 633National Veterinary Services Laboratory Activities – D. Senne .... 634Report of the Subcommittee on Avian Influenza and Newcastle

Disease – D. Swayne .......................................................... 639Rapid Antigen Capture Method for the Surveillance of Avian

Influenza – C. M. Lamichhane, D. Perez, J. Gelb, T. Ellis,B. Glidewell and H. Song .................................................... 641

Avian Influenza Research Update – D. L. Suarez, D. E. Swayne,D. R. Kapczynski, E. Spackman and M. Pantin-Jackwood .. 642

Movement Protocol for Liquid Egg Product, Further ProcessedEgg Products, Inedible Egg, Table Eggs and Broken EggShells, Egg-Type Hatching Eggs, and Day-Old ChicksWithin, Out of, and Into a Control Area – H. Medina............. 645

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Updates –M. J. David .......................................................................... 650

National Animal Health Reporting System (NAHRS) Report –A. Scott .............................................................................. 651

Report of Revisions to the Summary Highly Pathogenic AvianInfluenza (HPAI) Response Plan – August 2006 – P. N. Kleinand J. Rooney ..................................................................... 652

Update on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), WildlifeServices (WS) Program’s Partnerships to Accomplish theGoal of Early Detection of Highly Pathogenic (HP) H5N1Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) in Wild, Migratory Birds –S. R. Swafford ..................................................................... 654

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Update on United States Department of Interior Surveillance ofMigratory Birds for Early Detection of Highly PathogenicAvian Influenza H5N1 – C. J. Brand ..................................... 656

National Animal Health Surveillance System – B. McCluskey .... 658Report on Individual Bird ID – E. Zirkle ....................................... 661Live Bird Marketing System (LBMS) Low Pathogenicity Avian

Influenza (LPAI) Program Working Group Report –F. Hegngi ............................................................................. 664

National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Poultry2004 – L. Garber ................................................................. 666

COMMITTEE ONTRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES OF SWINE

Report of the Committee – M. Engle .......................................... 668

COMMITTEE ON TUBERCULOSIS

Report of the Committee – K. M. Connell ................................... 673Report of the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee on Tuberculosis –

M. V. Palmer ....................................................................... 674Status of the State and Federal Cooperative BovineTuberculosis

(TB) Eradication Program Fiscal Year 2006 –Michael Dutcher .................................................................. 683

TB Surveillance in U.S. Livestock FY 2006 – K. Orloski ............. 690Elephant TB Diagnostics and Guidelines – M. Miller ................. 693Current Status of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program

in Mexico – J. A. Gutiérrez Reyes ....................................... 696Status Report of the U. S.-Mexico Bi-National Tluberculosis and

Brucellosis Eradicatioin Committee – B. G. Johnson ........... 698

COMMITTEE ON WILDLIFE DISEASES

Report of the Committee – J. R. Fischer .................................... 700

G. OTHER REPORTSUSDA-ARS 2006 Animal Health Research Review ..................... 723Future Direction of Animal Health Research – C. G. Gay ........... 724Bovine Viral Diarrhea: Issues That Need to be Addressed as

We Work to Improve BVDV Control and Move TowardsEradication – J. F. Ridpath .................................................. 725

Tuberculosis: a Re-emerging Disease at the Interface ofDomestic Animals and Wildlife – M. V. Palmer .................... 727

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Why Are Avian Influenza Viruses Emerging and WhatTools Are Needed to Prevent and Control the Infectionand Disease? – D. E. Swayne, D. L. Suarez,M. Pantin-Jackwood, E. Spackman, D. Kapczynski,C. Afonso, ........................................................................... 728

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: What is “Atypical BSE”and Can We Detect It? – J. A. Richt .................................... 730

Bovine and Equine Babesiosis: Converging Risks for theUnited States – Don Knowles .............................................. 731

The Impact Of The Chicken Genome Sequence—Marek’sDisease, A Case Study – H. H. Cheng ................................. 733

III. Organizational Matters

A. Bylaws ..................................................................................... 736B. Proposed Bylaw Changes......................................................... 748C. USAHA Administrative Policies ................................................. 751D. Previous Meetings .................................................................... 752

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I. 2006 Officers and CommitteesA. OfficersB. Committees

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2005-2006 USAHA OFFICERS

Second row, left to right: Don Hoenig, Second Vice-President; J LeeAlley, Secretary; Bill Hartmann, Treasurer; Rich Breitmeyer, Third Vice-President.

First row, left to right: Lee Myers, President-Elect; Bret Marsh, President;Jim Leafsteadt, First Vice-President.

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USAHA COMMITTEES

Helen Acland, PAJohn B. Adams, VABruce L. Akey, NYGary Anderson, KSJohn Andrews, ILJoe Annelli*, MDTammy Beckham, NYShane Brookshire, MOBeverly Byrum, OHDavid Chico, NYLeslie Cole, OKWalter Cook, WYRandall Crom*, MDMark Davidson, COKevin Dennison, COShelley Doak, MENeil Dyer, NDCharles Eastin*, DCRobert Eckroade, PAOrlo R. Ehart, DCDee Ellis, TXFrancois Elvinger, VABrian Fleeger, PATim Frana*, IALevle Gayle, TXLarry M. Granger, MDBethany Grohs*, DCJeffrey Hamer, NJSebastian Heath*, MDRobert A. Heckert, MDDonald Hoenig, MEGregory Jillison, NMJoseph Kellum, Jr., MSPaul Kitching, CANPatrice Klein, MDKathy Kurth, WIElizabeth A. Lautner, IARandall Levings, IAMartha Littlefield-Chabaud, LACindy Lovern*, IL

Amy W. Mann, DCBarbara Martin, IAThomas J. McGinn, III, DCRandy McMillan*, IDLee Myers, GADale Moore*, CABrian V. Noland, COStephanie Ostrowski*,GAGary Osweiler, IARobert Owen, PAKristy Pabilonia, COMichel Pawlowski*, DCDeidre Qual, NDPaul E. Rodgers, COSamia Metwally*, NYMo D. Salman, CODave Scarfe*, ILRobert Shull, WIMarilyn Simunich, IDHarry Snelson, NCGary Sherman, DCPaul Sundberg, IASabrina Swenson, IAGeorge Teagarden, KSDave Tomkins, TXAlfonso Torres, NYCarol Tuszynski*, COLyle P. Vogel, ILWilliam Wagner*, VASherrilyn Wainwright*, CODavid Warner*, NCPatrick Webb, IAGary Weber, DCDiana Whipple, IAPaul Williams*, GADennis Wilson, CARonald B. Wilson, TNWilliam Wilson, WYPam Zaabel, IA

*Agency liaison representatives

USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Animal Emergency ManagementCo-Chairs: Patricia C. Blanchard, Tulare, CA

Keith Roehr, Lakewood, CO

USAHA COMMITTEES FOR 2006

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USAHA COMMITTEES

John B. Adams, VAJ Lee Alley, ALStan D. Bruntz, COJames T. Case, CAMax E. Coats, Jr., TXMichael Coe, UTRobert J. Eckroade, PAMark Engle, KYJaime Estupinan, VAPeter J. Fernandez, APORobert Fourdraine, WIBob Frost, CAJennifer Greiner, INDavid W. Hertha, ALJohn P. Honstead, CORobert F. Kahrs, FLStanley H. Kleven, GAPaul Knepley, PAElizabeth A. Lautner, IADonald H. Lein, NYKelli S. Ludlum, DCJodi A. Luttropp, VTJanet Maass, CO

USAHA/AAVLD Committee On Animal Health Information SystemsCo-Chairs: Bruce L. Akey, Albany, NY

Francois C. Elvinger, Blacksburg, VA

Kevin D. Maher, IALarry D. Mark, VAMichael Martin, SCCharles E. Massengill, MODeidre A. Qual, NDJohn R. Ragan, MDValerie Rice, AZStanley R. Robertson, MSLeon H. Russell, Jr., TXMo D. Salman, COA. David Scarfe, ILJack L. Schlater, IAJohn A. Schmitz, NERobert Smith, VAChris Spaulding, WADavid Thain, NVMark C. Thurmond, CAVictor L. Velez, CAStephen E. Weber, CODavid A. Wiklund, MNSaul T. Wilson, Jr., ALNora E. Wineland, CO

Committee On Animal WelfareChair: Steven L. Halstead, Lansing, MI

Vice Chair: Ria de Grassi, Sacramento, CA

Wilbur B. Amand, PAJoan M. Arnoldi, WIChris D. Ashworth, ARTeri N. Baird, CODale D. Boyle, DCMatt Brockman, TXShane Brookshire, MOBeth Carlson, NDTim Cordes, MDStephen K. Crawford, NHRon DeHaven, DCSean Dolan, IADebra S. Duncan, KSReta Dyess, TXJ. Amelita Facchiano, TXKathleen D. Finnerty, NYNancy A. Frank, MIChester A. Gipson, MDGail C. Golab, ILNancy E. Halpern, NJMarlene Halverson, MNJeffrey J. Hamer, PADel E. Hensel, COTerry Klick, OHAnthony P. Knight, COCathy A. Liss, DCMartha A. Littlefield, LACalvin W. S. Lum, HI

Amy W. Mann, DCCharles E. Massengill, MOTerry R. Menlove, UTSandra K. Norman, INRoger E. Olson, MDJohn R. Ragan, MDNancy J. Robinson, MOKeith Roehr, CODavid D. Schmitt, IAAndy Schwartz, TXDale F. Schwindaman, MDPhilip Stayer, MSBruce N. Stewart-Brown, MDCarolyn L. Stull, CAPaul L. Sundberg, IAGeorge Teagarden, KSRobert M. S. Temple, OHMary Kay Thatcher, DCCharles D. Vail, COMax Waldo, NEGary M. Weber, DCDave Whittlesey, CONorman G. Willis, CANRoss Wilson, TXNora E. Wineland, CORichard W. Winters, Jr., TXMichael Wood, VTErnest W. Zirkle, NJ

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USAHA COMMITTEES

USAHA/AAVLD Committee on AquacultureCo-Chairs: Scott E. LaPatra, Buhl, ID

Kevin Snekvik, Pullman, WA

Deborah L. Brennan, MSJones W. Bryan, SCWilliam W. Buisch, NCJohn A. Caver, SCFred Cunningham, MSRobert G. Ehlenfeldt, WIJames M. Foppoli, HIAnthony M. Gallina, FlJoe S. Gloyd, DELarry M. Granger, MDBetsy Hart, WVBurke L. Healey, OKDonald E. Hoenig, MERobert F. Kahrs, FL

Myron J. Kebus, WILester H. Khoo, PAVader M. Loomis, PAJohn R. MacMillian, WVLarry D. Mark, VABrian M. O’Quin, ORLanny W. Pace, MSCharles Palmer, CAJill B. Rolland, MDJohn P. Sanders, Jr., WVA. David Scarfe, ILNorman G. Willis, CANRia de Grassi, CA

Committee On Biologics & BiotechnologyChair: Robert W. Tully, Lenexa, KS

Vice Chair: Charles A. Mihaliak, Indianapolis, IN

Joan M. Arnoldi, WICharles A. Baldwin, GAKaren E. Burns-Grogan, GAYung Fu Chang, NYJames J. England, IDWilliam H. Fales, MORobert W. Fulton, OKJoe S. Gloyd, DEKeith N. Haffer, SDLarry L. Hawkins, MORudolf G. Hein, DERichard E. Hill, IA

Joe N. Huff, COMajon Huff, CORobert F. Kahrs, FLTerry Klick, OHHiram N. Lasher, DELloyd H. Lauerman, WAJohn C. Lawrence, MERandall L. Levings, IABob E. Pitts, GADeepanker Tewari, PADeoki N. Tripathy, ILLawrence Williamson, IN

Committee On Bluetongue And Bovine RetrovirusChair: James E. Pearson, Ames, IA

Vice Chair: William C. Wilson, Laramie, WY

T. Lynwood Barber, CONathan Bauer, TXEdward J. Dubovi, NYJames F. Evermann, WARobert W. Fulton, OKBob Gerlach, AKChester A. Gipson, MDJoel Goldman, LALarry L. Hawkins, MOChris S. Hayhow, KSRobert B. Hillman, NYThomas J. Holt, FLRobert F. Kahrs, FL

Oscar Kennedy, VAN James MacLachlan, CADaniel G. Mead, GAJames O. Mecham, WYBennie I. Osburn, CAEileen N. Ostlund, IARichard E. Pacer, MDLaurie S. Prasnicki, WIDavid E. Stallknecht, GASusan W. Tellez, TXMark C. Thurmond, CAMary Anne Williams, CAGeorge O. Winegar, MI

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Committee On BrucellosisChair: Glenn Plumb, Yellowstone Park, WY

Vice Chair: Claude E. Barton, Nashville, TN

John B. Adams, VAL. Garry Adams, TXJ Lee Alley, ALKeith E. Aune, MTTerry L. Beals, OKC. Carter Black, GARichard E. Breitmeyer, CABecky L. Brewer-Walker, OKMarcus Bridges, MTShane Brookshire, MOJohn Chatburn, IDMax E. Coats, Jr., TXThomas F. Conner, OHWalter E. Cook, WYEd Corrigan, WIDonald S. Davis, TXMark L. Drew, IDAnita J. Edmondson, CARobert G. Ehlenfeldt, WIPhilip H. Elzer, LASteven R. England, NMDonald E. Evans, KSDavid E. Fly, NMJames M. Foppoli, HITony G. Frazier, ALBob Frost, CAFrank D. Galey, WYTam Garland, MDBob Gerlach, AKArnold A. Gertonson, COMichael J. Gilsdorf, MDL. Wayne Godwin, FLWilliam L. Hartmann, MNSteven G. Hennager, IABob R. Hillman, TXE. Ray Hinshaw, AZSam D. Holland, SDMajon Huff, CODennis A. Hughes, NEDavid L. Hunter, MTPamela Luisa Ibarra, MEXJon G. Johnson, TX

Susan J. Keller, NDTerry Klick, OHJohn A. Korslund, MDTerry Kreeger, WYMaxwell A. Lea, Jr., LAThomas F. Linfield, MTJim Logan, WYPhillip M. Mamer, IDBret D. Marsh, INBarbara M. Martin, IACharles E. Massengill, MOGeorge L. Merrill, NYAndrea Mikolon, CARick S. Nabors, TXDwayne C. Oldham, WYSteven C. Olsen, IAJanet B. Payeur, IAAngela Pelzel, TXAlejandro Perera, MEXValerie E. Ragan, MDThomas J. Roffe, MTShawn P. Schafer, NDHeidi A. Schleicher, IADavid D. Schmitt, IAGerhardt Schurig, VAMarilyn Simunich, IDWilliam C. Stoffregen, IARobert Stout, KYPaul L. Sundberg, IAGeorge Teagarden, KSKenneth J. Throlson, NDRick Wallen, WYJames A. Watson, MSGary M. Weber, DCDiana L. Whipple, IAMargaret A. Wild, CORichard D. Willer, AZLarry L. Williams, NESteve Wolcott, COTaylor Woods, MOGlen L. Zebarth, MN

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Committee On Captive Wildlife And Alternative LivestockChair: Robert A. Cook, Bronx, NY

Vice Chair: Michele A. Miller, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Wilbur B. Amand, PADaniel R. Baca, TXJohn R. Behrmann, PAScott W. Bugai, TXBeth Carlson, NDTim Condict, OKPam Dennis, OHMark L. Drew, IDTim J. Feldner, MTJohn R. Fischer, GATam Garland, MDBob Gerlach, AKColin M. Gillin, ORMichael J. Gilsdorf, MDChester A. Gipson, MDDean Goeldner, MDJames Hail, OKSam D. Holland, SDFred Huebner, IADavid L. Hunter, MTJohn P. Huntley, NYJeffry J. Huse, NYCarolyn Inch, CANMike J. Jablonski, NYHolly C. Johnson, MNKarl G. Kinsel, TXPatrice N. Klein, MDTerry Klick, OHTerry Kreeger, WYSteve K. Laughlin, OHCalvin W. S. Lum, HI

Konstantin Lyashchenko, NYPhillip M. Mamer, IDLeslie McFarlane, UTRobert G. McLean, COThomas P. Meehan, ILBruce L. Morrison, NEJanet B. Payeur, IALaurie S. Prasnicki, WIMichael Pruitt, OKShawn P. Schafer, NDTom A. Scheib, WIDavid D. Schmitt, IAStephen M. Schmitt, MICharly Seale, TXJ. Gary Shoun, COJoe Starcher, WVLes C. Stutzman, OHCleve Tedford, TNRobert M. S. Temple, OHJohn B. Thurston, INKimberly K. Wagner, WIRick Wahlert, COKenneth Waldrup, TXRay Waters, IADave Whittlesey, COKyle Wilson, TNRichard W. Winters, Jr., TXSteve Wolcott, COJill Bryar Wood, TXGlen L. Zebarth, MN

Committee on Diagnostic Laboratory & Veterinary Workforce DevelopmentCo-Chairs: Bob Frost, Lincoln, CA

Bennie I. Osburn, Davis, CA

J Lee Alley, ALAlex A. Ardans, CARichard H. Barnes, MDThomas W. Bates, CAJudith Bossé, CANH. Michael Chaddock, DCNeville P. Clarke, TXJohn R. Clifford, DCKaren Conyngham, TXRon DeHaven, DCLeslie A. Dierauf, WIBrian R. Evans, CANPeter J. Fernandez, APOJ. Pat Fitch, CAFrank D. Galey, WYTam Garland, MDPamela Luisa Ibarra, MEXPaul Kitching, CANElizabeth A. Lautner, IA

Randall L. Levings, IAAndrew T. Maccabe, DCBret D. Marsh, INBarbara M. Martin, IAGrant Maxie, CANRichard H. McCapes, CATerry F. McElwain, WADonal O’Toole, WYGary D. Osweiler, IAWillie M. Reed, MIRalph C. Richardson, KSY. M. Saif, OHKimothy Smith, DCMark Spire, KSJohn U. Thomson, IAAlfonso Torres, NYLyle P. Vogel, ILRichard D. Willer, AZJose Angel del Valle Molina, MEX

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Committee On EnvironmentChair: Gavin Meerdink, Mahomet, IL

Vice Chair: Randall A. Lovell, Martinsburg, WV

Frank D. Galey, WYL. Wayne Godwin, FLJohn P. Honstead, COGary D. Osweiler, IAJane F. Robens, MD

Paul F. Ross, IAManuel A. Thomas, Jr., TXLarry J. Thompson, GAGary M. Weber, DC

Committee On Feed SafetyChair: Kevin G. Custer, Des Moines, IA

Vice Chair: Richard Sellers, Arlington, VA

David C. Ailor, DCC Roy D. Brister, AREric C. Gonder, NCC. Ross Hamilton, TXJay Hawley, INLarry E. Hendricks, ILTom Holder, MDRex D. Holt, GADavid C. Kradel, PAElizabeth A. Lautner, IA

Gerald G. May, OHDavid L. Meeker, VAGary D. Osweiler, IAJane F. Robens, MDJames E. Stocker, NCH. Wesley Towers, DEElizabeth K. Wagstrom, IAW. Douglas Waltman, GAGary L. Waters, MT

Committee On Food SafetyChair: Daniel E. LaFontaine, Elgin, SC

Vice Chair: Bonnie J. Buntain, Washington, DC

Marilyn F. Balmer, MDJohn R. Behrmann, PAJoseph L. Blair, VADale D. Boyle, DCRichard E. Breitmeyer, CATerry L. Burkhardt, WIDavid M. Castellan, CAJan Charminski, WVMax E. Coats, Jr., TXCarl W. Cushing, VTKevin M. Elfering, MNWyatt Frampton, UTBob Gerlach, AKL. Wayne Godwin, FLEric C. Gonder, NCLarry M. Granger, MDDonald E. Hoenig, METom Holder, MDRex D. Holt, GADanny R. Hughes, ARJohn P. Huntley, NYLee C. Jan, TXRobert F. Kahrs, FLSusan J. Keller, NDSpangler Klopp, DEElizabeth A. Krushinskie, GAElizabeth A. Lautner, IA

Kelli S. Ludlum, DCMichael M. Mamminga, IABret D. Marsh, INDavid T. Marshall, NCJames D. Mckean, IALee M. Myers, GAJill A. Nezworski, MNCarol A. Olmstead, MTKenneth E. Olson, ILGary D. Osweiler, IAGerardo Quaassdorff, VTJohn R. Ragan, MDNancy J. Robinson, MOKerry Rood, VTLeon H. Russell, Jr., TXJohn P. Sanders, Jr., WVGlenn N. Slack, KYHarry Snelson, NCPhilip Stayer, MSBruce N. Stewart-Brown, MDStanley A. Stromberg, OKManuel A. Thomas, Jr., TXLyle P. Vogel, ILLarry L. Williams, NENora E. Wineland, COJohn F. Wortman, Jr., NMRia de Grassi, CA

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Committee On Foreign and Emerging DiseasesChair: Corrie C. Brown, Athens, GA

Vice Chair: Alfonso Torres, Ithaca, Ny

Helen M. Acland, PAJohn B. Adams, VABruce L. Akey, NYWilbur B. Amand, PAAlex A. Ardans, CAJoan M. Arnoldi, WIMarianne Ash, INCharles A. Baldwin, GAThomas W. Bates, CATammy R. Beckham, NYJohn R. Behrmann, PADerek J. Belton, NZBob H. Bokma, MDJohnny E. Braddy, MDPhilip E. Bradshaw, ILRichard E. Breitmeyer, CADeborah L. Brennan, MSBecky L. Brewer-Walker, OKShane Brookshire, MOWilliam W. Buisch, NCSuzanne L. Burnham, TXJohnny D. Callahan, MDJerry J. Callis, NYJohn A. Caver, SCGeorge W.. Chambless, NCYung Fu Chang, NYNeville P. Clarke, TXLeslie E. Cole, OKThomas F. Conner, OHRobert A. Cook, NYJoseph L. Corn, GAPaula L. Cowen, CORobert A. Crandell, TXStephen K. Crawford, NHFred DeGraves, OHLinda A. Detwiler, NJEdward J. Dubovi, NYDee Ellis, TXFrancois C. Elvinger, VAJohn I. Enck, Jr., PALuis Alberto Espinoza, El SalvadorPeter J. Fernandez, APOSteven Finch, MDJames M. Foppoli, HIRose Foster, MOW. Kent Fowler, CAWyatt Frampton, UTAnthony M. Gallina, FLDorothy W. Geale, NZJohn E. George, TXBob Gerlach, AKPaul Gibbs, FLColin M. Gillin, ORJoel Goldman, LAMara Elma E. Gonzalez, San SalvadorNancy E. Halpern, NJJeffrey J. Hamer, PA

Lenn R. Harrison, KYLarry L. Hawkins, MORudolf G. Hein, DEDavid W. Hertha, ALOwen W. Hester, ALRichard E. Hill, IADonald E. Hoenig, MESam D. Holland, SDThomas J. Holt, FLFloyd P. Horn, MDDennis A. Hughes, NEJohn P. Huntley, NYJohn L. Hyde, NYRobert F. Kahrs, FLPatrice N. Klein, MDAnthony P. Knight, COElizabeth A. Lautner, IARandall L. Levings, IALinda L. Logan, APOJanet Maass, COEdward T. Mallinson, MDBret D. Marsh, INMary J. Marshall, UKBarbara M. Martin, IAMaryAnn T. McBride, NCRobert G. McLean, CODavid L. Meeker, VAFonda A. Munroe, CANThomas J. Myers, DCDana M. Nelson, CATerry L. Nipp, DCJames E. Novy, TXBruno Oesch, SwitzerlandRaul Casas Olascoaga, UruguayRichard E. Pacer, MDCharles Palmer, CAAndres M. Perez, CAKelly R. Preston, TXGerardo Quaassdorff, VTDeidre A. Qual, NDKeith Roehr, COJames A.. Roth, IAMo D. Salman, COA. David Scarfe, ILJack L. Schlater, IARichard D. Slemons, OHHarry Snelson, NCDavid L. Suarez, GADavid E. Swayne, GAPamela K. Swift, CAR. Flint Taylor, NMCleve Tedford, TNDavid Thain, NVLee Ann Thomas, MDMark C. Thurmond, CAJohn B. Thurston, INPeter J. Timoney, KY

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Paul O. Ugstad, CALyle P. Vogel, ILG. Gale Wagner, TXThomas E. Walton, COMarsharee Wilcox, MDMargaret A. Wild, COCatherine L. Wilhelmsen, MDLarry L. Williams, NERob Williams, DC

Norman G. Willis, CANRonald B. Wilson, TNWilliam C. Wilson, WYSaul T. Wilson, Jr., ALRichard W. Winters, Jr., TXJohn H. Wyss, VAPaul Yeske, MNPam Zaabel, IA

Committee On Foreign and Emerging Diseases(Continued)

Committee On Government RelationsChair: James W. Leafstedt, Alcester, SD

Vice Chair: Donald E. Hoenig, Belfast, ME

J Lee Alley, ALWilbur B. Amand, PARobert G. Ehlenfeldt, WINancy E. Halpern, NJWilliam L. Hartmann, MNBob R. Hillman, TX

Donald H. Lein, NYBret D. Marsh, INLee M. Myers, GAR. Tracy Rhodes, WYRichard D. Willer, AZ

Committee On Import-ExportChair: Charles E. Brown, II, DeForest, WI

Vice Chair: George O. Winegar, Howell, MI

Bob H. Bokma, MDSuzanne L. Burnham, TXTim Cordes, MDLinda A. Detwiler, NJWilliam H. Fales, MOLisa A. Ferguson, MDBob Frost, CAChester A. Gipson, MDMara Elma E. Gonzalez, San SalvadorSteven G. Hennager, IAJay Hickey, DCRobert B. Hillman, NYRobert F. Kahrs, FLOscar Kennedy, VARalph C. Knowles, FLElizabeth A. Lautner, IAJay C. Lemmermen, FLAmy W. Mann, DC

Richard D. Mitchell, CTLee M. Myers, GAGillian E. Mylrea, NZJames E. Pearson, IAKelly R. Preston, TXGerardo Quaassdorff, VTPaul E. Rodgers, CODavid A. Stringfellow, ALSusan W. Tellez, TXLynn Anne Tesar, SDLee Ann Thomas, MDPeter J. Timoney, KYCharles D. Vail, COJames A. Watson, MSGary M. Weber, DCDavid Winters, TXCindy B. Wolf, MN

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Committee On Infectious Diseases Of Cattle, Bison And CamelidsChair: Howard D. Lehmkuhl, Ames, IA

Vice Chair: James F. Evermann, Pullman, WA

Helen M. Acland, PATeri N. Baird, COKaren Baum, VABob H. Bokma, MDBruce L. Branscomb, NVBecky L. Brewer-Walker, OKBeth Carlson, NDYung Fu Chang, NYThomas F. Conner, OHKaren Conyngham, TXA. A. Cuthbertson, NVEdward J. Dubovi, NYJames J. England, IDBob Frost, CARobert W. Fulton, OKJohn E. George, TXLenn R. Harrison, KYBurke L. Healey, OKDel E. Hensel, CO

David L. Hunter, MTRobert F. Kahrs, FLDonald H. Lein, NYJanet Maass, COMary J. Marshall, UKPatrick L. McDonough, NYRobert M. Meyer, COMichael W. Miller, COPhillip A. O’Berry, IASteven C. Olsen, IAMichael Pruitt, OKJohn A. Schmitz, NESusan M. Stehman, NYGeorge Teagarden, KSSusan W. Tellez, TXRobert M. S. Temple, OHJohn U. Thomson, IACheryl L. Tillman, ORMarsharee Wilcox, MD

Committee On Infectious Diseases Of HorsesChair: Peter J. Timoney, Lexington, KY

Vice Chair: James A. Watson, Jackson, MS

Helen M. Acland, PADebbie Barr, CANDerek J. Belton, NZC. Carter Black, GABruce L. Branscomb, NVShane Brookshire, MOJones W. Bryan, SCSuzanne L. Burnham, TXC. L. Campbell, FLCraig N. Carter, KYJohn A. Caver, SCMax E. Coats, Jr., TXLeroy M.. Coffman, FLTim Cordes, MDEd Corrigan, WIStephen K. Crawford, NHMichelle H. Davidson, CALeonard Eldridge, WADee Ellis, TXJ. Amelita Facchiano, TXW. Kent Fowler, CATony G. Frazier, ALPaul Gibbs, FLKeith N. Haffer, SDNancy E. Halpern, NJSteven L. Halstead, MIJeffrey J. Hamer, PANanette Hanshaw-Roberts, PABurke L. Healey, OKCarl Heckendorf, COSteven G. Hennager, IA

Michael E. Herrin, OKRobert B. Hillman, NYRalph C. Knowles, FLDonald P. Knowles, Jr., WAMaxwell A. Lea, Jr., LADonald H. Lein, NYMary Jane Lis, CTMartha A. Littlefield, LAAmy W. Mann, DCPatrick L. McDonough, NYRichard D. Mitchell, CTLee M. Myers, GAGillian E. Mylrea, NZSandra K. Norman, INDon L. Notter, KYEileen N. Ostlund, IAAngela Pelzel, TXBob E. Pitts, GAJewell G. Plumley, WVMichael A. Short, FLRobert Stout, KYDavid Thain, NVManuel A. Thomas, Jr., TXBelinda S. Thompson, NYKerry Thompson, DCH. Wesley Towers, DESusan C. Trock, NYCharles D. Vail, COTaylor Woods, MOErnest W. Zirkle, NJ

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USAHA/AAVLD Committee on International StandardsChair: Richard D. Willer, Phoenix, AZ

Vice Chair: Norman G. Willis, Ottawa, Ont., CAN

Joan M. Arnoldi, WIKaren Conyngham, TXMichael J. David, MDPeter J. Fernandez, APOJohn R. Fischer, GABob Frost, CA

Elizabeth A. Lautner, IABret D. Marsh, INMatt A. Taylor, CANAlfonso Torres, NYGary M. Weber, DC

Committee On Johne’s DiseaseChair: Robert G. Ehlenfeldt, Madison, WI

Vice Chair: Scott J. Wells, St. Paul, MN

Ron Ackerman, COJohn B. Adams, VAMarilyn F. Balmer, MDCharles E. Brown, II, WITodd M. Byrem, MIMichael A. Carter, MDYung Fu Chang, NYMichael T. Collins, WIThomas F. Conner, OHRobert A. Cook, NYEd Corrigan, WIStephen K. Crawford, NHRobert J. Eisner, NJJohn I. Enck, Jr., PAWilliam H. Fales, MOKeith R. Forbes, NVKeith A. Friendshuh, MNBob Frost, CAL. Wayne Godwin, FLJeffrey J. Hamer, PABeth Harris, IAWilliam L. Hartmann, MNSteven G. Hennager, IADonald E. Hoenig, MESam D. Holland, SDJohn P. Honstead, CODavid L. Hunter, MTKaren R. Jordan, NCSusan J. Keller, NDJohn C.. Lawrence, MEPepi F. Leids, NYDonald H. Lein, NYThomas F. Linfield, MTMary Jane Lis, CTVader M. Loomis, PAGordon ‘Cobbie’ Magness, SDBeth E. Mamer, ID

Charles E. Massengill, MOGeorge L. Merrill, NYChris W. Murdock, MOEdwin M. Odor, DEKenneth E. Olson, ILBoyd Parr, SCElisabeth Patton, WIJanet B. Payeur, IAKristine R. Petrini, MNJewell G. Plumley, WVLaurie S. Prasnicki, WIMichael Pruitt, OKSebastian Reist, NJSuelee Robbe-Austerman, SDPaul E. Rodgers, COAllen J. Roussel, Jr., TXJohn J. Schiltz, IAHeidi A. Schleicher, IAAndy Schwartz, TXSarah B. S. Shapiro Hurley, WIWilliam P. Shulaw, OHShri N. Singh, KYBen Smith, WAJudith R. Stabel, IASusan M. Stehman, NYLes C. Stutzman, OHCleve Tedford, TNDeepanker Tewari, PAJohn B. Thurston, INJames A. Watson, MSGary M. Weber, DCDiana L. Whipple, IARobert H. Whitlock, PARonald B. Wilson, TNChing-Ching Wu, INRia de Grassi, CA

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Committee On Livestock IdentificationChair: Bob R. Hillman, Austin, TX

Vice Chair: Kevin D. Maher, Ames, IA

Jim Akers, KYJ Lee Alley, ALJoan M. Arnoldi, WITeri N. Baird, COJohn R. Behrmann, PAPaul Brennan, INBecky L. Brewer-Walker, OKAllen Bright, NEMatt Brockman, TXJames T. Case, CAJohn Chatburn, Boise, IDKaren Conyngham, TXTerry Detrick, OKAnita J. Edmondson, CAJames J. England, IDJ. Amelita Facchiano, TXGlenn K. Fischer, TXRobert Fourdraine, WITony G. Frazier, ALL. Wayne Godwin, FLLarry M. Granger, MDRandy R. Green, DCJennifer Greiner, INKent Haden, SCSteven L. Halstead, MIJeffrey J. Hamer, PAE. Ray Hinshaw, AZJoe N. Huff, COJon G. Johnson, TXDick Jurgens, ILSusan J. Keller, NDCleon V. Kimberling, COTerry Klick, OHRalph C. Knowles, FLMaxwell A. Lea, Jr., LAJames W. Leafstedt, SDJim Logan, WY

Kelli S. Ludlum, DCJodi A. Luttropp, VTAmy W. Mann, DCBret D. Marsh, INTerry R. Menlove, UTJim Niewold, ILDwayne C. Oldham, WYKenneth E. Olson, ILBoyd Parr, SCAngela Pelzel, TXLaurie S. Prasnicki, WIJohn R. Ragan, MDValerie E. Ragan, MDNancy J. Robinson, MOBill Sauble, NMShawn P. Schafer, NDCharly Seale, TXJ. Gary Shoun, CORick L. Sibbel, IAGlenn N. Slack, KYBob Smith, OKGlenn B. Smith, GAMark Spire, KSJoe Starcher, WVRobert Stout, KYRichard C. Traylor, TXVictor L. Velez, CAElizabeth K. Wagstrom, IARick Wahlert, COGary M. Weber, DCJohn F. Wiemers, ILGary W. Wilson, OHRoss Wilson, TXCindy B. Wolf, MNTaylor Woods, MOJohn F. Wortman, Jr., NM

Committee On Nominations And ResolutionsChair: Richard D. Willer, Phoenix, AZ

Bruce Akey, NYJ Lee Alley, ALWilbur B. Amand, PAPhilip E. Bradshaw, ILJones W. Bryan, SCC. L. Campbell, FLSteven L. Halstead, MIJoe B. Finley, TXAnthony G. Frazier, ALBob Frost, CAThomas J. Hagerty, MNWilliam L. Hartmann, MNBob R. Hillman, TXJohn F. Hudelson, CO

Maxwell A. Lea, Jr., LADonald H. Lein, NYKeith Roehr, COMichael R. Marshall, UTRichard H. McCapes, CAJohn R. Ragan, MDGlenn B. Rea, ORA. P. Schneider, IDJ. C. Shook, PAH. Wesley Towers, DEMax A. Van Buskirk, PALarry L. Williams, NEErnest W. Zirkle, NJ

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Committee On Parasitic DiseasesChair: Joseph L. Corn, Athens, GA

Vice Chair: J. Mathews Pound, Kerrville, TX

Bob H. Bokma, MDCorrie C. Brown, GALeroy M. Coffman, FLA. A. Cuthbertson, NVJ. Kieth Flanagan, FLJohn E. George, TXChester A. Gipson, MDLarry L. Hawkins, MOThomas J. Holt, FLRalph C. Knowles, FLLinda L. Logan, APOTerry F. McElwain, WADaniel G. Mead, GAAndrea Mikolon, CADana M. Nelson, CA

Don L. Notter, KYJames E. Novy, TXRichard E. Pacer, MDAngela Pelzel, TXKelly R. Preston, TXJack L. Schlater, IARobert Stout, KYLee Ann Thomas, MDPaul O. Ugstad, CADavid F. Vogt, NCSusan E. Wade, NYG. Gale Wagner, TXKenneth Waldrup, TXJames A. Watson, MSJohn H. Wyss, VA

Committee On PharmaceuticalsChair: Elizabeth K. Wagstrom, Clive, IA

Vice Chair: Larry L. Hawkins, Carrollton, MO

James R. Bradford, MIThomas J. Burkgren, IAWilliam H. Fales, MOPaula J. Fedorka-Cray, GAJoe S. Gloyd, DERichard E. Hill, IAPatrick L. McDonough, NY

Valerie H. Patten, NYA. David Scarfe, ILPaul L. Sundberg, IAR. Flint Taylor, NMDeepanker Tewari, PALyle P. Vogel, IL

Committee On The ProgramChair: Lee M. Myers, Atlanta, GA

Vice Chair: James W. Leafstedt, Alcester, SD

Bruce L. Akey, NYJ Lee Alley, ALPatricia C. Blanchard, CARichard E. Breitmeyer, CACorrie C. Brown, GACharles E. Brown, II, WIDavid M. Castellan, CAKathleen M. Connell, WARobert A. Cook, NYJoseph L. Corn, GAKevin G. Custer, IARobert G. Ehlenfeldt, WIFrancois C. Elvinger, VAMark Engle, KYJohn R. Fischer, GABob Frost, CASteven L. Halstead, MIWilliam L. Hartmann, MNBob R. Hillman, TX

Donald E. Hoenig, MEScott E. LaPatra, IDHoward D. Lehmkuhl, IAMartha A. Littlefield, LAJim Logan, WYBret D. Marsh, INGavin Meerdink, ILBennie I. Osburn, CAJames E. Pearson, IAGlenn Plumb, WYKeith Roehr, COJohn P. Sanders, Jr., WVJohn A. Smith, GAKevin Snekvik, WAPeter J. Timoney, KYRobert W. Tully, KSElizabeth K. Wagstrom, IARichard D. Willer, AZCindy B. Wolf, MN

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Committee On Public Health And RabiesChair: John P. Sanders, Jr., Kearneysville, WV

Vice Chair: Nancy A. Frank, Lansing, MI

Helen M. Acland, PASue K. Billings, KYDale D. Boyle, DCCharles S. Brown, NCWilliam H. Clay, DCLeroy M.. Coffman, FLJoseph L. Corn, GADonald S. Davis, TXThomas J. DeLiberto, COLeslie A. Dierauf, WIJoseph M. Dreels, NYMike R. Dunbar, COJames M. Foppoli, HIWyatt Frampton, UTThomas M. Gomez, GAEric C. Gonder, NCKeith N. Haffer, SDRichard E. Hill, IADonald E. Hoenig, MEKristin G. Holt, GA

John P. Honstead, COPatrice N. Klein, MDSpangler Klopp, DEDonald H. Lein, NYMartha A. Littlefield, LANina Marano, GARobert G. McLean, CODavid L. Meeker, VALee M. Myers, GASandra K. Norman, INLeon H. Russell, Jr., TXRobert H. Singer, CADennis Slate, NHPaul L. Sundberg, IALewis P. Thomas, NVBelinda S. Thompson, NYLyle P. Vogel, ILSusan E. Wade, NYMargaret A. Wild, COIgnacio T. dela Cruz, MP

Committee On Public Relations And Information TechnologyChair: Martha A. Littlefield, Baton Rouge, LA

Vice Chair: Karen Conyngham, Austin, TX

J Lee Alley, ALKathleen M. Connell, WAThomas J. Holt, FLLarry D. Mark, VA

Lee M. Myers, GAJames A. Watson, MSGary M. Weber, DCRichard D. Willer, AZ

Committee On SalmonellaChair: David M. Castellan, Sacramento, CA

Vice Chair: Patrick L. McDonough, Ithaca, NY

Joan M. Arnoldi, WIDeanna L. Baldwin, MDMarilyn F. Balmer, MDJohnny E. Braddy, MDRichard E. Breitmeyer, CAMax Brugh, GAJones W. Bryan, SCKaren E. Burns-Grogan, GAJohn A. Caver, SCStephen R. Collett, GAKevin G. Custer, IASherrill Davison -Yeakel, PARichard L. Dutton, NERobert J. Eckroade, PAKevin M. Elfering, MNJohn I. Enck, Jr., PAPaula J. Fedorka-Cray, GAKathleen E. Ferris, IAJames M. Foppoli, HIRose Foster, MO

Tony G. Frazier, ALRichard K. Gast, GAHashim M. Ghori, AREric N. Gingerich, PAR. David Glauer, OHEric C. Gonder, NCRandy R. Green, DCJean Guard-Bouldin, GACarl J. Heeder, MNRudolf G. Hein, DEBill W. Hewat, NCTom Holder, MDCarolyn Inch, CANHeidi D. Kassenborg, MNHailu Kinde, CADavid C. Kradel, PAElizabeth A. Krushinskie, GADale C. Lauer, MNElizabeth A. Lautner, IAJerry D. Maiers, NC

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Edward T. Mallinson, MDBeth E. Mamer, IDHugo Medina, MNDavid L. Meeker, VADavid J. Mills, WIDonald S. Munro, PAThomas J. Myers, DCKakambi V. Nagaraja, MNSteven H. Olson, MNRobert L. Owen, PAStephen Pretanik, DCJo Anna Quinn, NCNancy Reimers, CAKurt E. Richardson, GA

Committee On Salmonella(Continued)

John P. Sanders, Jr., WVH. L. Shivaprasad, CAJill A. Snowdon, MDPhilip Stayer, MSBruce N. Stewart-Brown, MDHilary S. Thesmar, DCElizabeth K. Wagstrom, IAW. Douglas Waltman, GAGary L. Waters, MTScott J. Wells, MNDavid H. Willoughby, CANora E. Wineland, COHelen S. Wojcinski, MIChing-Ching Wu, IN

Committee on ScrapieChair: Jim Logan, Shoshoni, WY

Vice Chair: Joe D. Ross, Sonora, TX

Deborah L. Brennan, MSShane Brookshire, MOBeth Carlson, NDJohn R. Clifford, DCThomas F. Conner, OHWalter E. Cook, WYJerry W. Diemer, COAnita J. Edmondson, CADee Ellis, TXLisa A. Ferguson, MDKeith R. Forbes, NVMichael J. Gilsdorf, MDR. David Glauer, OHWilliam L. Hartmann, MNCarolyn Inch, CANSusan J. Keller, NDAllen M. Knowles, TNStephanie K. Kordick, NC

Thomas F. Linfield, MTMary Jane Lis, CTMichael R. Marshall, UTCheryl A. Miller, INBrian V. Noland, COEdwin M. Odor, DECharles Palmer, CAKristine R. Petrini, MNJewell G. Plumley, WVMichael Pruitt, OKPaul E. Rodgers, COPamela L. Smith, IADiane L. Sutton, MDA. Thomas, Jr., TXDelwin D. Wilmot, NENora E. Wineland, COCindy B. Wolf, MN

Committee On Sheep And GoatsChair: Cindy B. Wolf, St. Paul, MN

Vice Chair: Donald P. Knowles, Jr., Pullman, WA

Derek J. Belton, NZDeborah L. Brennan, MSJohn R. Clifford, DCMax E. Coats, Jr., TXThomas F. Conner, OHLinda A. Detwiler, NJLisa A. Ferguson, MDAnthony M. Gallina, FLChester A. Gipson, MDR. David Glauer, OHJoe S. Gloyd, DEDavid W. Hertha, ALJoe N. Huff, COCleon V. Kimberling, CO

Anthony P. Knight, COHoward D. Lehmkuhl, IAMary Jane Lis, CTJim Logan, WYLinda L. Logan, APOGordon ‘Cobbie’ Magness, SDDavid T. Marshall, NCMichael R. Marshall, UTCheryl A. Miller, INDwayne C. Oldham, WYCharles Palmer, CAKristine R. Petrini, MNMichael Pruitt, OKSuelee Robbe-Austerman, SD

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Committee On Sheep And Goats(Continued)

Paul E. Rodgers, COJoe D. Ross, TXJoan D. Rowe, CAMo D. Salman, COJohn A. Schmitz, NEWilliam P. Shulaw, OHSusan M. Stehman, NY

Diane L. Sutton, MDCleve Tedford, TNDavid Thain, NVCheryl L. Tillman, ORGeorge O. Winegar, MINora E. Wineland, CODavid Winters, TX

Committee On Transmissible Diseases Of Poultry And Other Avian SpeciesChair: John A. Smith, Baldwin, GA

Vice Chair: Willie M. Reed, Okemos, MI

Bruce L. Akey, NYJohn K. Atwell, NCGeorge P. Badley, ARMarilyn F. Balmer, MDSue K. Billings, KYRichard E. Breitmeyer, CADeborah L. Brennan, MSPaul Brennan, INShane Brookshire, MOMax Brugh, GAKaren E. Burns-Grogan, GADavid M. Castellan, CAJohn A. Caver, SCGeorge W. Chambless, NCTravis A. Cigainero, TXMax E. Coats, Jr., TXStephen R. Collett, GADebra C. Cox, MDSherrill Davison -Yeakel, PARobert J. Eckroade, PAAly M. Fadly, MISteven Finch, MDOscar J. Fletcher, NCRose Foster, MOHashim M. Ghori, AREric N. Gingerich, PAR. David Glauer, OHEric C. Gonder, NCRandy R. Green, DCJames C. Grimm, TXScott J. Gustin, ARNancy E. Halpern, NJJeffrey J. Hamer, PAChris S. Hayhow, KSCarl J. Heeder, MNFidelis N. Hegngi, MDRudolf G. Hein, DEMichael E. Herrin, OKDavid W. Hertha, ALBill W. Hewat, NCDonald E. Hoenig, MEFrederic H. Hoerr, ALGuy S. Hohenhaus, MDTom Holder, MDJohn P. Huntley, NY

Eric L. Jensen, ALLHailu Kinde, CADaniel J. King, GAPatrice N. Klein, MDStanley H. Kleven, GASpangler Klopp, DEPaul Knepley, PAMichael D. Kopp, INDavid C. Kradel, PAElizabeth A. Krushinskie, GAChinta M. Lamichhane, MDHiram N. Lasher, DEDale C. Lauer, MNChang-Won Lee, OHJose A. Linares, TXMary Jane Lis, CTMartha A. Littlefield, LAHoward M. Magwire, DCJerry D. Maiers, NCEdward T. Mallinson, MDMaryAnn T. McBride, NCAndy McRee, NCHugo Medina, MNThomas R. Mickle, GACharles A. Mihaliak, INAndrea M. Miles, NCDavid J. Mills, WIRicardo A. Munoz, MEDonald S. Munro, PALee M. Myers, GAThomas J. Myers, DCJill A. Nezworski, MNSteven H. Olson, MNRobert L. Owen, PAMary J. Pantin-Jackwood, GAJames E. Pearson, IAAngela Pelzel, TXJewell G. Plumley, WVKelly R. Preston, TXMarshall Putnam, GAJo Anna Quinn, NCG. Donald Ritter, DECharles Roney, GAA. Gregorio Rosales, ALMichael L. Rybolt, DC

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Y. M. Saif, OHJohn P. Sanders, Jr., WVJohn J. Schiltz, IADavid D. Schmitt, IARick Sharpton, NCJack A. Shere, NCH. L. Shivaprasad, CARichard D. Slemons, OHErica Spackman, GAJoe Starcher, WVPhilip Stayer, MSBruce N. Stewart-Brown, MDDavid L. Suarez, GADavid E. Swayne, GA

Hilary S. Thesmar, DCH. Wesley Towers, DEDeoki N. Tripathy, ILSusan C. Trock, NYDon W. Waldrip, GAW. Douglas Waltman, GAGary L. Waters, MTJames A. Watson, MSLawrence Williamson, INDavid H. Willoughby, CAMichael Wood, VTChing-Ching Wu, INErnest W. Zirkle, NJ

Committee On Transmissible Diseases Of Poultry And Other Avian Species(Continued)

Committee On Transmissible Diseases Of SwineChair: Mark Engle, Franklin, KY

Vice Chair: Harry Snelson, Burgaw, NC

Paul L. Anderson, MNJohn K. Atwell, NCC. Carter Black, GAPhilip E. Bradshaw, ILBecky L. Brewer-Walker, OKCorrie C. Brown, GAThomas J. Burkgren, IAMax E. Coats, Jr., TXJames E. Collins, MNGene A. Erickson, NCJames M. Foppoli, HINancy A. Frank, MIMichael J. Gilsdorf, MDLarry M. Granger, MDThomas J. Hagerty, MNEdwin C. Hahn, ILMichael E. Herrin, OKHoward T. Hill, IASam D. Holland, SDJohn A. Johnston, INCharles F. Kirkland, NCJohn A. Korslund, MDElizabeth A. Lautner, IAJames W. Leafstedt, SD

Donald H. Lein, NYBret D. Marsh, INDavid T. Marshall, NCCharles E. Massengill, MOJames D. McKean, IADavid A. Nolan, KSSandra K. Norman, INGary D. Osweiler, IARichard E. Pacer, MDKristine R. Petrini, MNKurt D. Rossow, MNMo D. Salman, COJohn J. Schiltz, IAJeff Schnell, IARick L. Sibbel, IADennis Slate, NHJames E. Stocker, NCPaul L. Sundberg, IAPaul O. Ugstad, CALyle P. Vogel, ILMax Waldo, NEMargaret A. Wild, COLarry L. Williams, NEPam Zaabel, IA

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USAHA COMMITTEES

Committee On TuberculosisChair: Kathleen M. Connell, Olympia, WA

Vice Chair: Michael S. VanderKlok, Lansing, MI

John B. Adams, VABruce L. Akey, NYJoan M. Arnoldi, WIDaniel R. Baca, TXLowell R. Barnes, INNathan Bauer, TXTerry L. Beals, OKDerek J. Belton, NZRichard E. Breitmeyer, CABecky L. Brewer-Walker, OKShane Brookshire, MOCharles E. Brown, II, WIJohn R. Clifford, DCThomas F. Conner, OHRobert A. Cook, NYEd Corrigan, WIDonald S. Davis, TXJere L. Dick, MDPhil Durst, MIMichael T. Dutcher, MDReta Dyess, TXAnita J. Edmondson, CADee Ellis, TXSteven R. England, NMDonald E. Evans, KSJoe B. Finley, TXJohn R. Fischer, GAJames M. Foppoli, HINancy A. Frank, MIBob Frost, CATam Garland, MDMichael J. Gilsdorf, MDR. David Glauer, OHLarry M. Granger, MdThomas J. Hagerty, MNSteven L. Halstead, MIBeth Harris, IABurke L. Healey, OKDel E. Hensel, COBob R. Hillman, TXE. Ray Hinshaw, AZDonald E. Hoenig, MESam D. Holland, SDFred Huebner, IAJohn P. Huntley, NYPamela Luisa Ibarra, MEXCarolyn Inch, CANBilly G. Johnson, ARJon G. Johnson, TXSusan J. Keller, NDKarl G. Kinsel, TXTerry Klick, OH

Victor P. LaBranche, MASteve K. Laughlin, OHMaxwell A. Lea, Jr., LAJay C. Lemmermen, FLThomas F. Linfield, MTKonstantin Lyashchenko, NYStephen Maddox, CADaniel M. Manzanares, NMBret D. Marsh, INCharles E. Massengill, MORobert M. Meyer, COAndrea Mikolon, CAMichael W. Miller, COMichele A. Miller, FLDonald P. O’Connor, WIDustin Oedekoven, SDBruno Oesch, SwitzerlandKenneth E. Olson, ILMitchell V. Palmer, IAJanet B. Payeur, IAAngela Pelzel, TXLaurie S. Prasnicki, WIMichael Pruitt, OKNancy J. Robinson, MOMo D. Salman, COBill Sauble, NMShawn P. Schafer, NDGalen H. Schalk, MITom A. Scheib, WIHeidi A. Schleicher, IADavid D. Schmitt, IAStephen M. Schmitt, MIAndy Schwartz, TXCharly Seale, TXSarah B. S. Shapiro Hurley, WILes C. Stutzman, OHGeorge Teagarden, KSManuel A. Thomas, Jr., TXPaul O. Ugstad, CARay Waters, IADiana L. Whipple, IADave Whittlesey, CORichard D. Willer, AZDelwin D. Wilmot, NEKyle Wilson, TNRoss Wilson, TXGeorge O. Winegar, MIDavid Winters, TXSteve Wolcott, COJill Bryar Wood, TXGlen L. Zebarth, MN

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Wilbur B. Amand, PAMarianne Ash, INKeith E. Aune, MTDaniel R. Baca, TXJohn R. Behrmann, PACharles S. Brown, NCScott W. Bugai, TXRobert A. Cook, NYWalter E. Cook, WYJoseph L. Corn, GATodd Cornish, WYThomas J. DeLiberto, COLeslie A. Dierauf, WIMark L. Drew, IDTim J. Feldner, MTBob Frost, CABob Gerlach, AKPaul Gibbs, FLKirsten Gilardi, CAColin M. Gillin, ORDean Goeldner, MDDonald E. Hoenig, MESam D. Holland, SDDavid L. Hunter, MTHolly C. Johnson, MNSusan J. Keller, NDKarl G. Kinsel, TXPatrice N. Klein, MDTerry Klick, OHTerry Kreeger, WYThomas F. Linfield, MTJim Logan, WYPhillip M. Mamer, ID

Committee On Wildlife DiseasesChair: John R. Fischer, Athens, GA

Vice Chair: Stephen M. Schmitt, Lansing, MI

Kristin Mansfield, WACharles E. Massengill, MOLeslie McFarlane, UTRobert G. McLean, CODaniel G. Mead, GARobert M. Meyer, COMichael W. Miller, COBruce L. Morrison, NEMitchell V. Palmer, IAGlenn Plumb, WYLaurie S. Prasnicki, WIKelly R. Preston, TXMichael Pruitt, OKThomas J. Roffe, MTShawn P. Schafer, NDSarah B. S. Shapiro Hurley, WIJonathan M. Sleeman, VADavid E. Stallknecht, GAJoe Starcher, WVSeth R. Swafford, MDPamela K. Swift, CACleve Tedford, TNJohn B. Thurston, INKenneth Waldrup, TXRick Wallen, WYDiana L. Whipple, IADave Whittlesey, COMargaret A. Wild, CORichard D. Willer, AZSteve Wolcott, COJill Bryar Wood, TXTaylor Woods, MOGlen L. Zebarth, MN

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II. 2006 Annual MeetingA. USAHA/AAVLD

President’s Receptionand Dinner

B. USAHA/AAVLD ScientificSession

C. USAHA Scientific PapersD. Poster PresentationsE. USAHA Membership

MeetingF. Committee Business

1. Committee Reports2. Time-Specific

Committee Papers3. Related Papers

G. Other Reports

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A. USAHA/AAVLD PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION AND DINNER

UNITED STATES ANIMAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION(USAHA)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARYLABORATORY DIAGNOSTICIANS

(AAVLD)

PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION AND DINNERSUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006

SPONSORED BY IDEXX LABORATORIES

BRET MARSH, PRESIDING

INVOCATION

Wayne Godwin

Lord, so humbly I come before you thanking you for mercy and grace.Thanking you for the wisdom granted in days past. For those who formedthis organization, for those who have served from that day till now. Thank-ing you Lord for those who serve now, whom you have given the responsibil-ity and the ability to lead. For tomorrows leaders, for You have not lost anypower. I thank you Lord for tonight for the fellowship and the gatheringtogether with one of the most precious gifts from You, our friends. Lord Ithank you for allowing me to always be among men of wisdom and womenwho stood strong for You. Bless now this food, bless the hands that pre-pared it and those that serve. In the precious name of Jesus I pray. Amen

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MEMORIAL SERVICE

Lee Myers

Both the United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) and theAmerican Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) havea long standing tradition of honoring those who have gone before us. Let ustake a moment to pause and recognize our members who have passedaway since the 109th Annual Meeting: John D. Kopec, Gilbert H. Wise, A.R. McLaughlin, William D. Knox, Dave J. Ellis, Michele C. Turner, RobertA. Gessert, John Mason, Leland Grumbles, Francis J. Mulhern, CunqinHan, John B. Healy, and Harvey Rubin.

With the passage of these members we are again reminded of theactual brevity and uncertainty of human life, and the frailty of the ties thatbind us together. We recall with deep affection their friendships, and withgreat respect their contributions to the promotion of animal health. We liftup each and every one of these members as we rededicate ourselves tocontinue their work in the name of USAHA and AAVLD.

Our deep sympathy and affectionate goodwill we express to their fam-ily and friends. We pray that God may bestow upon them the peace thatpasseth all understanding. Please bow with me for a moment of silentprayer.

May the Lord bless us and keep us, may the Lord make his face toshine upon us, and be gracious unto us, may the Lord lift up His counte-nances upon us and give us peace, both now and ever more. Amen.


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WELCOME TO MINNEAPOLIS

Gene HugosonMinnesota Commissioner of Agriculture

Welcome to Minnesota. We are very happy that you selected Minne-sota for your 110th Annual Meeting. I want to formally recognize Dr. BretMarsh, President of the United States Animal Health Association and Dr.Donal O’Toole, President of the American Association of Veterinary Labora-tory Diagnosticians. Thank you Dr. Marsh and Dr. O’Toole for your dedica-tion to animal agriculture and food safety.

Agriculture is the foundation of Minnesota’s economy. The state ishome to many agri-businesses such as General Mills, Hormel, Cenex Har-vest States, Cargill, and Land O’Lakes. In fact, agriculture generates nearlyone-fifth of the state’s overall economic activity with one of every five Minne-sota workers having a job in agriculture or a related industry. Over the past100-year, Minnesota has changed from a mostly rural society with aneconomy solely based on agriculture and mining to a multifaceted statedominated by a world-class metropolitan area.

The State of Minnesota works to expand market opportunities for thosewho grow and process foods locally. The Minnesota Grown program is apartnership between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the grow-ers and processors who provide quality Minnesota Grown products. It wasinitiated in the 1980’s by fruit and vegetable growers. Since then, it hasgrown to include nearly 1,000 growers of a wide variety of food and orna-mental products.

As the state moves farther into the 21st century, it explores new oppor-tunities for Minnesota agricultural within the global marketplace. With 96percent of the world’s consumers living outside American borders, export


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markets are essential for American farmers – and Minnesota farmers inparticular. Minnesota ranked seventh among all agricultural exporting statesin 2001, sending $2.3 billion in agricultural products abroad. Internationalmarkets will only become more important in years to come, as expertspredict much of the growth in food demand will take place outside the US.Minnesota has worked over the years to develop markets for Minnesotaagricultural products in promising regions of the world such as Latin Americaand Asia. Past operations have included working along side other govern-ment agencies as well as with individual farmers and farm organizations.

Thank you again for selecting Minnesota for your 2006 Annual Meet-ing. Welcome to Minneapolis, Minnesota.


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RESPONSE TO THE WELCOME

David ThainNevada Extension Veterinarian

On behalf of the United States Animal Health Association (USAHA)and the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians(AAVLD) we thank you Commissioner Hugoson and Dr. Hartmann for yourwarm and gracious welcome to Minnesota.

It’s a great pleasure to visit Minnesota and to be meeting in such anoutstanding facility. We especially appreciate your arranging such fabu-lous weather. It’s hard to imagine a better location. But I have one!

I would like to personally invite all of you to come to Reno, Nevada nextyear for the 111th Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held at the JohnAscuaga’s Nugget Hotel from October 18-24, 2007. The facility has greatmeeting rooms, a variety of in-house restaurants, plenty of entertainmentand finally what many of you will appreciate more than enough rooms.

I would encourage everyone to book some extra time to enjoy whatNevada has to offer. Consider visiting Lake Tahoe, viewing the changingaspen trees in the Sierras, driving across Highway 50, the loneliest road inAmerica, or visiting the Great Basin National Park. Legendary Virginia Cityand historic Carson City are all within 45 minutes driving time from thehotel.

Nevada has much to offer in scenery, open vistas and remarkable sun-sets. Of course there are the casinos and shows for some of the finestentertainment to be found.

Come to USAHA/AAVLD in Nevada in 2007 and enjoy yourself.


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REMARKS BY BRUCE KNIGHT

Bruce KnightUnder Secretary

Marketing and Regulatory ProgramsUnited States Department of Agriculture

Thank you, Dr. Marsh. I’m delighted to be with you this evening.As the new Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, I

have a professional interest in animal health. I also have a personal one. Igrew up on a farm in the Gann Valley in South Dakota, and I still own a cow/calf operation in my home state today.

Animal agriculture contributed nearly $127 billion to the U.S. economyin 2005.

In the aggregate, that makes it a big business.But it’s also a personal business. Anyone who raises animals cares

about their health. If you farm or ranch, you depend on the welfare of yourlivestock or poultry. Keeping your animals healthy is not only the right thingto do, it’s essential to your livelihood.

Animal agriculture may be a big business, but it encompasses manysmall businesses. It also includes such personal enterprises as backyardflocks and trail horses.

Some of you here tonight have devoted your professional lives to main-taining and improving the wellbeing of our nation’s flocks and herds. Thoseof you in research or testing have worked hard to identify and eradicatediseases or to find vaccines or biologics to prevent disease or foster heal-ing.

The role that each of you play is vital to animal agriculture in the U.S. Iwelcome the opportunity to join you for your conference and learn moreabout what you’re doing and the difference your work is making to produc-


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ers across this nation.I’m still learning about my new role at Marketing and Regulatory Pro-

grams. As I’ve been talking to farmers and ranchers recently, I’ve told themthat I’m still in my “walking the fields” phase in my new position.

As you know, when you buy or rent a new quarter section, you have tospend time getting to know it—walking the fields, getting the lay of theland, looking for wet spots, checking the fences, identifying the most pro-ductive areas, checking for weeds. That’s what I’ve been doing at MRP.

Already I’ve been involved in a number of issues that are important tolivestock producers and processors and those who care about animal health.I want to touch briefly on the big three.

First, avian influenza (AI). As you know, we’ve found low pathogenicityH5N1 in wild birds in Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania, andnow Ohio. Fortunately, this garden variety AI we’ve confirmed shouldn’tresult in any trade restrictions.

To address AI, USDA is taking a four-pronged approach. Our goals areto:

• Keep high pathogenic AI offshore by helping affected nations, inpart through the new Crisis Management Center in Rome that Dr.DeHaven helped launch last week.

• Producers and the public.• Conduct surveillance with states and federal partners, focusing on

wild birds, commercial poultry operations, live bird marketingsystems and backyard flocks, and

• Execute AI response plans, as necessary.We have a solid strategy and good contingency plans to deal with AI,

and I’m encouraged by the excellent work APHIS folks are doing in thisarea.

Let’s look for a moment at BSE. As you know, we are transitioning to anew BSE surveillance program in keeping with the very, very low level ofrisk in the U.S. that we found during the two years we conducted enhancedsurveillance.

The findings confirmed what we already knew: that the incidence ofBSE among our herds is extremely low—less than 1 per million adult cattle.We have about 42 million adult cattle in the U.S.

Commensurate with the very low risk, under the new program, we willsample 40,000 each year—in a variety of sites, focusing on populationswhere BSE is most likely to occur. That’s similar to the strategy we usedfor the enhanced surveillance program.

The new program will maintain our ability to detect BSE and assurethat U.S. beef is safe. We’ll continue to exceed science-based interna-tional guidelines—by testing 10 times more cattle than OIE recommends.


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On imports from Canada, we’ll continue to follow the Minimal-Risk rulewhich permits importation of feeder and slaughter cattle under 30 monthsof age and also beef products from cattle this age because the risk is verylow. We’re still considering a proposal to allow importation of cattle over 30months of age. In any case, it’s important to remember that what protectsanimal and human health is our system of interlocking safeguards.

Let’s turn to animal identification. I’m going to be talking with theCommittee on Livestock Identification on Tuesday morning, along with acouple of folks from APHIS, going into depth on animal ID. But I’ll give youthe Reader’s Digest version now of what I plan to say then—just a couple ofthe most important points.

First, the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is voluntary.That’s voluntary with a capital V. No if’s, and’s or but’s. And at the federallevel, it will remain voluntary.

Some states may take a different approach, and that’s their preroga-tive. But from a federal perspective, animal ID is voluntary.

It’s a business decision. And it’s the farmer’s choice. Of course, wethink the wise choice is to participate—at least at the premises level.

Second, it’s confidential. We will keep private, confidential businessinformation safe and secure. We take that responsibility seriously. Andwe have a legal obligation to protect producer privacy.

Here’s the bottom line. USDA is building an animal identification sys-tem with producer and private sector involvement to meet the needs ofanimal agriculture and gain the support of farmers and ranchers. To dothat, we’ve made some changes in NAIS in line with what we’ve heard fromproducers and livestock organizations.

Now we have the infrastructure nearly complete, and we are movingforward. Our priority for the immediate future will be premises registration.That will be our focus for the next year.

In a few weeks, we’ll be launching an improved website and a neweducational campaign to make NAIS easy to understand and appreciateand bring more producers on board. We need and value your partnershipand support in this effort.

In closing, thank you for inviting me to join you at your meetings andthis President’s Dinner. I welcome the opportunity to work together onanimal health, and I am looking forward to getting to know you and workingclosely with you.


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AAVLD PRESIDENT’S REMARKS

Donal O’Toole

Brevity is the essence of wit. In years past I promised myself, havingsat through some long talks at this meeting, that if I was ever up here ratherthan down there, I would be succinct. Here goes.

I wish to make three points. First, this was an important year for AAVLDand USDA. We continued to see evolution of the National Animal HealthLaboratory Network, the NAHLN. What was most impressive were two dem-onstrations of high-volume testing for high impact disease agents, performedat the University of California, Davis and at Colorado State University. It wasan important proof of principal. What it told us was, given the right labora-tory equipment, people, robotics and reagents, some 1,000 animals canbe tested for high impact pathogens by two technicians, with results gener-ated in 24 hours. This sort of multiplex testing can be integrated with ani-mal and sample identification, entry of data into a laboratory database, andsecure transmission of results to a national repository. Frankly, until I sawall the parts put together in a demonstration, I did not think it was possible.Now I know it is. We need to move to the next step. Our state-federalpartnership got this far on the pittance of $10 million per year. If we are tomake effective use of powerful new technologies in a national animal dis-ease emergency, we need to get it into state veterinary laboratories locatedstrategically across the country. This is going to take more money thanhas been invested in the NAHLN to date.

My second comment relates to the people who helped get us to thispoint. Many people were involved in ensuring the nascent NAHLN is ca-pable of high-volume multiplex testing. And it is invidious to single out per-sonalities. But Barb Martin, Terry McElwain and Willie Reed were keyplayers getting the NAHLN to this point. They were advocates and


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persuaders, movers and shakers—and very effective they were too. Onbehalf of colleagues in AAVLD, I acknowledge them and thank them.

My third and last comment relates to a wonderful presentation given byDr. John Andrews in the plenary session on how diagnostic veterinary medi-cine has evolved in the United States. He made some telling observations.One was more a question than an observation, related to the next genera-tion of diagnosticians. Essentially, where are they? As we invest more andmore in informatics and high-end molecular diagnostic methods, we—andthe veterinary schools and USDA—seem to forget our most important as-set: human capital. As every laboratory director in this room knows, it isbecoming increasingly difficult to find good trained diagnosticians, particu-larly in the fields of pathology, toxicology and virology. Not enough arebeing trained. The schools turn out every sort of specialist, including basicresearchers, but they seem to have forgotten the men and women in thetrenches: the diagnosticians who will recognize the first outbreak of FMD inthe USA since 1929, or rinderpest, or Rift Valley fever, or something totallynew. It is becoming a crisis. There is little point having the best-equippednetwork of state-federal laboratories in the world if we do not have top cali-ber people to staff them. I don’t mind going outside the US for diagnosti-cians—I myself came from outside this country. But we need to developthis cadre of specialists at home. It is ironic that so many laboratories arewilling to train the next generation, yet there is no mechanism in place topay them as trainees. We need a national diagnostic fellowship program totrain the next Willie Reed and Terry McElwain.

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USAHA PRESIDENT’S REMARKS

Bret Marsh

With regard to public speaking Franklin Roosevelt said, “Be sincere,be brief and be seated.” I’ll keep that in mind here tonight.

One of the highlights of my professional career has been to serve asyour President. Not because of the title you bestowed upon me, but ratherbecause of the opportunity to serve all of you.

I am very fortunate to have been accompanied on this journey by somevery special people. They are with me here tonight. My sincere thanks tomy wife, Polly, for all of her love and understanding as I went about the taskof representing USAHA. Thanks also to my daughter, Lacey, our secondgrader, and my son, Spencer, our fourth grader, for taking my many travelsin stride over the last few years. Because when I am with all of you, I amnot with them. All of us must establish priorities in our personal and profes-sional lives, and it is never easy in our attempts to do it all. When I think ofthe task of establishing priorities I am reminded of the story of the schoolthat served lunch on a long table. At one end of the table was a big bowl ofbright red apples. And at this particular school a nun wrote a note andplaced it by the bowl of apples and it read “Take only one, remember God iswatching.” At the other end of that long table was a platter of freshly bakedchocolate chip cookies, and a student wrote a note and place it by theplatter and it read, “Take all you want, God’s watching the apples.”

I am grateful also for my colleagues at the Indiana State Board of Ani-mal Health. Because of their dedicated service to the citizens of Indiana, Ihave been able to take on this role.

Take a moment and look around you. This room is filled with produc-ers, representatives of national organizations, academicians, extensionveterinarians, diagnosticians, students, spouses, state and federal animal


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health officials and foreign guests. You can travel to the far reaches of theworld and never find a meeting like this one. A place where all of us, fromso many diverse backgrounds, can meet to find solutions to our most per-plexing problems, and do it in such a way that we’ll all come back nextyear for more!

The most recent publication of the Journal of the American VeterinaryMedical Association (JAVMA) reports that some of our veterinary colleaguesand USAHA members, while attending a recent meeting in Iraq, suggestedusing the United States Animal Health Association as the model for thenew Iraqi Animal Health Organization which will assist in the developmentof Iraq’s veterinary infrastructure. I hope you will all take great pride in thefact that the principles upon which USAHA was founded are the guidepostsbeing used by the world’s newest democracy.

In my official duties representing you I have been graciously received atmeetings from the Secretary of Agriculture’s office in Washington, DC tothe Superintendent’s office at Yellowstone National Park, at District meet-ings from Atlantic City to Reno, San Antonio to Madison. I’ve attendedallied organization meetings in Denver, Colorado to speak at the NationalCattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA); in Columbus, Ohio to meet with thedrafters of the National Fish and Wildlife Health Initiative; in Shelbyville,Tennessee to jointly address the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebrationwith the American Horse Council; in Madison, Wisconsin, to discuss thelatest developments in Chronic Wasting Disease; in Laramie, Wyoming toChair the Brucellosis Vaccine and Diagnostics Workshop; in Kansas City,Missouri to address the ID Expo and in St. Paul, Minnesota to address theAmerican Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP).

I’ve been from Plum Island’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Labo-ratory to Jackson Hole’s National Elk Refuge, from the OIE in Paris, France,to PANAFTOSA in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the US Embassy in Quito,Ecuador to witness South America’s Foot and Mouth Disease eradicationefforts.

In all of these visits my hosts showed the highest respect for USAHAand for the legacy of good work that fills our proceedings book each year.

But our storied past cannot ensure a secure future. We must con-stantly evaluate our role in a rapidly changing world. USAHA is bigger thanall of us and yet it draws its strength from each of us. Since USAHA hasnever failed us, we all accept the task of not failing it.

Throughout this last year, the Executive Committee has applied toUSAHA the same principle William McCay used when he referred to theland. He said, “The land is not something you inherit from your parents, itis something you borrow from your children.”

And so, we will gently pass on this great Association to those whofollow us so they too can carefully plan and shape its future.


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THANKS TO SPONSORSUSAHA’S 110TH ANNUAL MEETING

AginfoLink

Alflex USA, Inc.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Colorado Serum Company

Farnam Companies, Inc

GlobalVetLink, L.C.

IDEXX Laboratories

Minnesota Buffalo Association

National Bison Association

Prionics AG

Reindeer Owners & Breeders Association

Safe Supply of Affordable Food Everywhere


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USAHA MEDAL OF DISTINCTION AWARD

The Executive Committee voted this year to establish a new USAHAAward that would recognize members for their significant contributions tothe Association. At President’s dinners for many years AAVLD’s membershave waited with great anticipation to learn who would receive the PopeAward, and the USAHA Executive Committee believes it is long overduethat we also recognize excellence among our members.

The USAHA Medal of Distinction is awarded annually to recognize oneor more distinguished USAHA members who have demonstrated outstand-ing leadership, provided exemplary service, and have made significant con-tributions to the advancement of the Association.

The Executive Committee selected tonight’s honorees from the pool ofnominees submitted by USAHA members.

Tonight, it is our distinct honor to award the first Medals of Distinctionto two outstanding USAHA members. “Leader make things possible, ex-ceptional leaders make them

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