8:30

REPORTING AQUATIC ANIMAL PATHOGENS – WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Kathleen Hartman, USDA APHIS VS

9:00

PROGRESS AND VISION IN OUR DISEASE FREEDOM AQUASCAPE
Lori Gustafson, USDA APHIS VS

9:30

INFECTIOUS SALMON ANEMIA PROGRAM STANDARDS: EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND GOAL ORIENTATED
Sarah Mielke, USDA APHIS VS

10:00

BREAK

10:30

EXPANSION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF AQUATIC ANIMALS
Alicia Marston, USDA APHIS VS

11:00

VS IN THE FIELD – OUR FRONT-LINE RESPONDERS
Connie Silbernagel, USDA APHIS VS

11:30

HOW WE ASSESS RISKS TO U.S. AQUACULTURE
Christine Ellis, USDA APHIS VS

12:00

LUNCH

1:00

LICENSING VETERINARY BIOLOGICS FOR AQUATIC ANIMALS
Barbara Sheppard, USDA APHIS VS

1:30

VS NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY - WHAT AND WHY BEHIND
AQUACULTURE RELATED REFERENCE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES
Janet Warg, USDA APHIS VS

2:00 

FEASIBILITY AND ACCURACY OF REMOTE ASSESSMENT OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE REGIONAL SHELLFISH SEED BIOSECURITY PROGRAM (RSSBP)
Alison Stout, USDA APHIS VS

2:15

DEVELOPING A HIGHLY SPECIFIC AND ROBUST TAQMAN REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF AN EMERGENT PATHOGEN, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) AND ACUTE HEPATOPANCREATIC NECROSIS DISEASE (AHPND) SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SHRIMP
Arun K. Dhar*, Dinh-Hung Nguyen, Paul J. Schofield and Hung N. Mai,

Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, University of Arizona

2:30

BREAK

3:00

STRENGTHENING THE AQUACULTURE VETERINARY WORKFORCE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL U.S
Myron Kebus, Michigan State University

3:15

ENHANCING VETERINARY SUPPORT FOR AQUACULTURE PRODUCERS IN HAWAI’I
Micah Brodsky, Hawaii Department of Agriculture

3:30

SIMPLE AND EASY-TO-USE POINT-OF-CARE THAT ALLOWS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF Aeromonas hydrophila, A. veronii, AND A. sobria
Anita Kelly, Auburn University

3:45

ASSESSING THE RISK OF MOVING LIVE FISH FROM REARING FACILITIES IN VHSv IVb HIGH-RISK AREAS: AN UPDATE
Kaitlyn St. Charles, University of Minnesota

4:00

COOPERATIVE SHELLFISH HATCHERY AUDITING THROUGH THE REGIONAL SHELLFISH SEED BIOSECURITY PROGRAM
Tal Ben-Horin, North Carolina State University