Wednesday, July 25, 2012: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom E (Rhode Island Convention Center)
Convenors:
Lawrence Goodridge
and
Lee-Ann Jaykus
Molecular Subtyping of a Large Collection of Historical Listeria monocytogenes Strains Using an Improved Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA)
Saleema Saleh-Lakha, University of Guelph;
Vanessa Allen, Ontario Public Health;
Jiping Li, University of Guelph;
Franco Pagotto, Health Canada;
Joseph Odumeru, Ministry of the Environment;
Eduardo Taboada, Public Health Agency of Canada;
Burton Blais, Canadian Food Inspection Agency;
Dele Ogunremi, Canadian Food Inspection Agency;
Gavin Downing, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs;
Susan Lee, University of Guelph;
Anli Gao, University of Guelph;
Shu Chen, University of Guelph
Development of Latex Agglutination Tests for Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 and O145
Marjorie Medina, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC;
Weilin Shelver, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-BRL;
Pina Fratamico, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS-ERRC;
Laurie Fortis, U.S. Department of Agriculture-NIFA-IBCE;
Glenn Tillman, U.S. Department of Agriculture-FSIS-OPHS;
Neelam Narang, U.S. Department of Agriculture-FSIS;
William Cray Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture-FSIS;
Emilio Esteban, U.S. Department of Agriculture-FSIS-OPHS-EALS;
Chitrita DebRoy, The Pennsylvania State University
Rapid Detection of Salmonella spp. in Foods and Environmental Samples Using Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification
Paul Norton, Neogen Corporation;
Lisa Pinkava, Neogen Corporation;
Karen Luplow, Neogen Corporation;
Susan Alles, Neogen Corporation;
R. Lucas Gray, Neogen Corporation;
Jill Feldpausch, Neogen Corporation;
Jerry Tolan, Neogen Corporation;
Bryan Kraynack, Ionian Technologies;
Glenn Johns, Ionian Technologies;
Mark Mozola, Neogen Corporation;
Jennifer Rice, Neogen Corporation
