WDA and Davis-Thompson Foundation, Annual Wildlife Pathology Workshop

The event begins with a keynote lecture by Dr. Karen Fox, entitled “Next-generation sequencing applications for wildlife diagnostics.”

The rest of the day will be a histopathology workshop. Participants are encouraged to submit histo slides as unknown cases for others to evaluate. If you have an interesting case with good microscopic lesions, submit it!

Whole-slide images will be distributed to conference participants for evaluation before the workshop.

The submitter(s) of each case will present the clinical findings, gross lesions, and their histopathology findings. They will summarize the case with ancillary diagnostic results and a final diagnosis.

Instructions for Case Submission:

1. Please submit 2 replicate H&E-stained slides no later than June 9, 2025. Limit slides to one piece of tissue with the lesion. Try to avoid any artifacts on the slide.
   Slides must be shipped to:
   • Attention: Kevin Keel
     UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
     Dept of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
     Building VM3A, Room 4206
     1285 Veterinary Medicine Mall
     Davis, CA 95616
     (530) 752-2941
     
2. Submit your slide information and a case synopsis by email to [email protected]. Please include “WDA Pathology Workshop” in the subject line.
   • Your case synopsis must be limited to two pages and should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF file.
     • Submit page 1 on institutional letterhead. Include the following information in this order:
       • Contributor(s)
       • Institution
       • Signalment
       • History
       • Gross findings
     • Page 2 must include the following information in this order:
       • Histopathology (full description of microscopic lesions)
       • Clinical Pathology (summary of any findings if relevant)
       • Morphologic Diagnosis (include the etiology in parentheses)
       • Discussion
   • Your email must include the slide information (ie, the metadata for your slide):
     • Slide name (ie the label on the slide)
     • Morphologic diagnosis including the etiology
     • Species: Common name (Genus and species)
     • Tissue
     • Stain
       
3. Slide presentations (e.g. Powerpoint) will be uploaded to Box. An invitation to Box will be provided after you have submitted your slides and conference materials.
   

Cost:

• Regular (non-students) – $200 USD / $276 CAD
• Student – $100 USD / $135 CAD

Registration is only open to Conference attendees.