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Camp ACLAM
At the Charles River Short Course
June 16-19, 2008
Newton, Massachusetts
See brochure for details
2008 Certification Examination
The 2008 examination will be held on Sunday, July 13, 2008 at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. There are now two application dates available. Early applications are due August 15, 2007 and the final date for applications is Dec. 15, 2007..
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145th AVMA Annual Convention
July 19-23, 2008
ACLAM and ASLAP Meetings - updated 28 April 2008
Meetings will be held in the Marriott New Orleans at the Convention Center.
Sunday 7/20 7:30am-4:00pm; ACLAM Board of Directors Meeting - New Levee'
Sunday 7/20 9:00am-12:00pm; ACLAM/ASLAP Program Committee Meeting - Delta Queen
Monday 7/21 8:00am-12:00pm; ACLAM Committee Meeting - Delta Queen
Monday 7/21 5:00pm-6:00pm; ACLAM/ASLAP Reception - Tchoupitoulas
Monday 7/21 5:30pm-6:30pm; ACLAM General Business Mtg - Julia
ILAR Issues that may be of special interest
ILAR Journal 49(2):
MICROBIAL QUALITY CONTROL FOR NONHUMAN PRIMATES
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
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 SchmidtThe Laboratory Rat
The second edition is now available.