2009 TUFTS Proceedings Online

Conference Director:

Dr. Jerold S Bell - Director of the Clinical Veterinary Genetics course at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

• Dr. Dannika Bannasch (University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine) – Addison’s and Inflammatory Disease I the NS Duck Tolling Retriever, DNA Based Testing: Essential Information
• Dr. Jerold Bell (Tufts' Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine) – Ethical Breeding in the Age of Genetic Testing
• Dr. Elinor Karlsson (Broad Institute and FAS Center for Systems Biology at Harvard University) – SNP Chips and Genome Wide Scans in Dogs & Cats, Mapping Canine Diabetes and Other Immunological Traits
• Dr. Cathryn Mellersh (Animal Health Trust, Suffolk, UK) – Identifying Mutations Associated with Hereditary Cataract in the Dog
• Dr. Susan Little (Bytown Cat Hospital) – Clinical Presentation of FIP, Inflammatory Disease in Cats: The Oral Cavity and Bladder as Targets
• Dr. Leslie Lyons (University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine) - Feline Genomics Complex Disease Studies, Deciphering the Host Genetics of FIP
• Dr. Lorna Kennedy (Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Manchester, UK) – Major Histocompatibility Complex Diversity in Dogs & Disease Associations MHC Diversity in the Cat
• Dr. Niels Pedersen (University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine) – Immune Encephalopathies in Toy Breeds, Viral Genetics of FeCV and FIP
• Dr. Ebenezer Satyaraj (Nestle Purina) – Nutrition and the Immune System
• Dr. Tim Gruffudd-Jones (Bristol University School of Veterinary Science) – Diagnostics of FIP, Feline Inflammatory Bowel and Liver Disease
• Dr. Raymond Nachreiner (Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University) – Canine Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: Phenotype Testing and Genetics

The 2009 Proceedings are now available online.

Note: These proceedings do not require you to login with a username and password.

• Supporting Material
  The 2009 Proceedings represent supporting material for 17 manuscripts, 9 articles and 10 poster abstracts.
• Easy to Use
  The online Proceedings give you fully indexed access to all text and illustrations of the speakers' notes.
• Convenience
  The Proceedings are available in both printed and Online formats. The online version will be available to early registrants before the Conference, and to all registrants following the Conference.