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PROGRAM
We have an exciting program, including a hands-on necropsy demonstration, case presentation session, keynote wildlife pathology lectures, and roundtable discussions to help overcome barriers to collaboration.
Date and Time | Topic | Speaker | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
20 Nov 2025 | |||
12:30PM - 1PM | Registration | Manatee Room | |
1PM - 1:10PM | Welcome | ||
1:10PM - 2:10PM | Gross descriptive pathology | Piyaporn Eiamcharoen | |
2:10PM - 2:50PM | Case Presentations - Session 1 | ||
2:50PM - 3PM | Break | ||
3PM - 4PM | Case Presentations - Session 2 | ||
4PM - 4:25PM | Break | ||
Rotations: | |||
4:25PM - 6:15PM | Necropsy, biobanking and pathology sampling demonstration | Chia-Da Hsu | MWG PM Room |
4:25PM - 6:15PM | Biosecurity and HPAI | ||
4:25PM - 6:15PM | Cytology and blood smear | ||
21 Nov 2025 | |||
DTF pathology lectures: | Zoo Learning Center,
Hornbill Room | ||
8AM - 9AM | General histopathology | Heather Fenton | |
9AM - 10AM | Avian pathology | Heather Fenton | |
10AM - 10:15AM | Coffee/tea break | ||
10:15AM - 11:15AM | Marine mammal pathology | Heather Fenton | |
11:15AM - 12:15PM | Felid pathology | Elliott Chiu | |
12:15PM - 1:15PM | Lunch | ||
1:15PM - 1:30PM | Collaborations in Wildlife Pathology | Carmen Smith | |
Keynote lecture: | |||
1:30PM - 2:30PM | Overview of wildlife disease investigations: Applying pathology to conservation projects | Heather Fenton | |
2:30PM - 3:00PM | Panel and group discussions: Reflections on keynote topic, field sampling techniques and limitations | Heather Fenton, Chia-Da Hsu, Piyaporn Eiamcharoen, Elliott Chiu, Carmen Smith | |
3PM - 3:15PM | Mandai Nature | Sonja Luz | |
3:15PM - 4PM | Roundtable discussions | ||
4PM - 4:30PM | Break | ||
4:30PM - 5:30PM | Roundtable discussions, cont. | ||
5:30PM - 6PM | Closing remarks and farewell |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Heather Fenton
Wildlife Pathologist
Keynote presentation and lecture series on pathology of non-domestic animals with generous support from the Davis-Thompson Foundation
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