Scientific Program


Day 1 (August 4)

12:00 ~ Registration
13:00 ~ 18:00 Collaboration session
Room: B-311
-Clinical Nutrition for veterinary technicians sponsored by The Japanese Society of Preemptive Veterinary Medicine
  • Homemade pet food
    • Sean J. Delany, Balance IT, USA (90 min)
  • Global epidemic: Obesity in dogs and cats
    • Yuki Okada, Interseeds Inc., USA (30 min)
  • Biochemistry and Cytology in veterinary medicine (provisional)
    • Dennis DeNicola, IDEXX, USA (90 min)
  • Preemptive nutrition: Beyond nutrition requirements
    • Leighann Daristotle, Blue Buffalo Company Ltd., USA (90 min)
Room: E-111
-Latest topics in clinical pathology sponsored by The Japanese Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology
  • History of feline medicine and surgery in Japan
    • Takuo Ishida, Akasaka Animal Hospital, Japan (90 min)
  • Current state-of-art for clinical application of canine major acute phase proteins
    • Mads Kjelgaard-Hansen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (90 min)
  • Diagnostic performance of cytology for assessment of hepatic lipid content in dairy cattle
    • Michael M. Fry, University of Tennessee, USA (90 min)

Day 2 (August 5)

9:00 ~ 10:45 Session 1, Animal Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Chair: Toshiro Arai (Japan)
  • 9:00 ~ 10:00
  • Metabolism and cancer: Lipids in tumorigenesis and cancer progression in canine lymphoma
    • Erica Behling-Kelly, Cornell University, USA (60 min)
  • 10:00 ~ 10:45
  • Measuring uptake and status of trace elements in cow
    • Guilaume Counotte, The Netherland (20 min)
10:45 ~ 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15~13:00 Session 2, Hematology and Cytology
  • Chair: Sakurako Neo (Japan), Kaori Ide (Japan)
  • 11:15 ~ 12:15
  • Characterizing inflammatory disease: Maximizing information from CBC and CRP
    • Dennis DeNicola, IDEXX, USA (60 min)
  • 12:15 ~ 13:00
  • The first trial of experimental quality assurance for hematology in veterinary medicine in Kanto
    • Sakurako Neo, Azabu University, Japan (20 min)
  • Hematologic and plasma biochemical reference intervals for health monitoring of snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera)
    • Carolina Rios, Universidad Santo Tomas, Chile (20 min)
13:00 ~ 13:45 Lunch
13:45 ~ 15:30 Session 3, Hereditary Diseases
  • Chair: Osamu Yamato (Japan), Teita Ishizaki (Japan)
  • 13:45 ~ 14:45
  • Hereditary disorders of blood cells
    • John W Harvey, University of Florida, USA (60 min)
  • 13:45 ~ 15:30
  • Canine prostate specific esterase and prostatic growth
    • Bodil Strom Holst, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden (20 min)
  • Transport stress markers in the whale shark (Rhinocodon tytus): changes in clinicopathological and blood gas parameters during transportation between and aquarium and the seaside
    • Osamu Yamato, Kagoshima University, Japan (20 min)
15:30 ~ 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 ~ 17:45 Session 4, Immunology
  • Chair: Makoto Bonkobara (Japan)
  • 16:00 ~ 17:00
  • New insight and perspective of canine polyarthritis
    • Kohei Murakami, Matsumoto Dental University, Japan (60 min)
  • 17:00 ~ 17:45
  • Challenge, failure, and success in acute phase protein reagent validation non-domesticated mammals and exotic species
    • Carolyn Cray, USA (30 min)
  • Immunological tolerance of Propolis against food allergy in a murine model
    • Martia Rani Tacharina, Airlangga University, Indonesia (15 min)
18:30 ~ 19:30 Evening Executive Board Dinner Meeting at Hisamatsu Restaurant
19:30 ~ 21:00 Evening Seminar of acute phase proteins for Invited Speakers at Sakai Food Court (sponsored with EIKEN CHEMICAL)

Day 3 (August 6)

9:00 ~ 10:45 Session 5, Inflammation
  • Chair: Terumasa Shimada (Japan)
  • 9:00 ~ 10:00
  • Endothelial dysfunction in systemic inflammation
    • Amelia Goddard, University of Pretoria, South Africa (60 min)
  • 10:00 ~ 11:00
  • Haptoglobin concentration in cattle with inflammatory diseases
    • Elizabeth M.S. Schmidt, UNESP, Brazil (20 min)
  • Haptoglobin as an indicator of on-going acute inflammation in pre-slaughter cows
    • Funmi C Thomas, Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria (20 min)
  • Paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) as a diagnostic marker for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
    • Sara Meazzi, University of Milan, Italy (20 min)
11:00 ~ 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 ~ 12:20 Session 6, Heiner Sommer Prize Lecture
  • Chair: Amelia Goddard (ISACP president), University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • 11:20 ~ 12:20
  • Acute Phase Proteins
    • Jose Joaquin Ceron, University of Murcia, Spain (60 min)
12:20 ~ 12:50 Lunch
13:00 ~ 21:00 Bus Tour (Asakusa, Tokyo Sky Tree, Shinjuku in Tokyo)

Day 4 (August 7)

9:00 ~ 10:30 Session 7-1, Laboratory quality and standards, Reference interval
  • Chair: Naoaki Matsuki (Japan)
  • 9:00 ~ 10:00
  • An expedition into the World of reference values: for all of us, for some of us, for each of us, and for our imperiled planet
    • Kristen Friedrichs, University of Wisconsin, USA (60 min)
  • 10:00 ~ 11:00
  • Validation of a novel immunoturbidometric assay for assessment of serum amyloid a concentrations in serum from horses
    • Lise Nikolic Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (15 min)
  • Analytical validation of paraoxonase-1 (PON1) activity and assessment of pre-analytical factors
    • Gabriele Rossi, University of Miami, USA with Murdoch University, Western Australia (15 min)
  • Evaluation of point of care test of B-type natriuretic peptide in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and health control
    • Sofia HanĂ¥s, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden (15 min)
  • Reference intervals for selected hematological, biochemical and systemic cytokine profile in slaughtered cattle
    • Felipe Correa, Universidad Andres Bell, Chile (15 min)
11:00 ~ 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 ~ 12:45 Session 7-2, Standardization of acute phase protein analysis
  • Chair: David Eckersall (UK)
  • 11:30 ~ 12:45
  • Standardization of calibration of acute phase proteins and novel biomarkers of the future: A role of the International society for Animal Clinical Pathology
    • David P. Eckersall, University of Glasgow, UK (20 min)
  • Preparation of canine C-reactive proteins serum reference material: feasibility studies
    • Matilde Pineiro, Acuvet Biotech, Spain (20 min)
  • Standard material of SAA analysis
    • Takuo Ichiyanagi, Eiken Chemical Co Ltd, Japan (20 min)
  • Discussion (15 min)
12:45 ~ 13:30 Lunch
13:15 ~ 14:45 Session 8, Special Lecture, One health science
  • Chair: Toshiro Arai (Japan)
  • 13:30 ~ 14:45
  • To overcome irreversible diseases by apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage (AIM)
    • Toru Miyazaki, University of Tokyo, Japan
14:45 ~ 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 ~ 17:15 Session 9, General Topics
  • Chair: Ikki Mitsui, Teita Ishizaki, Kaori Ide (Japan)
  • 15:15 ~ 16:15
  • Native canine procalcitonin purification and antibody affinity evaluation for sepsis diagnosis
    • Laura Brookes, Murdoch University, Australia (20 min)
  • Linear mathematical modeling the transmission dynamics and control of dog rabies populations with vaccination in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia
    • Rifaldy Fajar, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia (20 min)
  • Bio-nanocomposite films of titanium dioxide nanoparticles incorporated gellan gum (GG+TiO2-NPs) for wound healing
    • N.A. Ismail, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia (20 min)
  • 16:15 ~ 17:15
  • Screening for canine immunoassay interference
    • Daniel Bergman, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden (20 min)
  • Evaluation of serum urea, creatinine, CK-MB and antioxidant status of kidney and heart following lipopolysaccharide administration in rats pre-treated with olive leaf extract
    • Alireza Rocky, Lorestan University, Iran (20 min)
  • Big-IGF-2 producing-adenocarcinoma in a dog showing hypoglycemia
    • S. Noguchi, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Japan (20min)
17:25 ~ 17:55 ISACP Business Meeting
18:30 ~ 21:00 Gala Dinner at Toriyoshi Restaurant, Kichijoji

Day 5 (August 8)

9:00 ~ 10:45 Session 10, Molecular Pathology
  • Chair: Makoto Bonkobara (Japan)
  • 9:00 ~ 10:00
  • Genetic disorders in animals: the clinicopathological findings providing a clue for the diagnosis and scientific research
    • Osamu Yamato, Kagoshima University, Japan (60 min)
  • 10:00 ~ 10:45
  • Protease-activated receptor-2 accelerates tumor growth and angiogenesis
    • Kenjiro Kaji, The University of Tokyo, Japan (15 min)
  • Lapatinib has therapeutic potential for canine transitional cell carcinoma
    • Kosei Sakai, The University of Tokyo, Japan (15 min)
  • The surviving inhibitor YM155 induces apoptotic cell death and non-apoptotic cell death in canine squamous cell carcinoma cells
    • Ryo Miyamoto, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Japan (15min)
10:45 ~ 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 ~ 12:45 Session 11, Regenerative Medicine
  • Chair: Masaharu Hisasue (Japan)
  • 11:15 ~ 12:15
  • An introduction to regenerative medicine for veterinary patients
    • Jennifer G Barrett, Virginia Tech, USA (60 min)
  • 12:15 ~ 12:45
  • Stem cell therapy for tendon injury of racehorses in Japan: Present conditions and future prospects
    • Yoshinori Kasashima, JRA, Japan (30 min)
13:00 ~ 13:30 Close ceremony
(Commendation ceremony for Eitan Bogin Prize and JJ Kaneko Prize)

Poster Presentations


  1. Yukari Asahi et al.
    • Analytical performance of latex agglutination reagents for animal serum amyloid A
  2. Carolina Rios et al.
    • Estimation of reference intervals for haptoglobin in prepartum dairy goats
  3. Jose Joaquin Ceron et al.
    • Analytical and clinical validation of a point-of-case assay for lipase activitiy determination in canine serum
  4. Makoto Habara et al.
    • Investigation of obesityrelated single nucleotide polymorphism in feline melanocortin 4 receptor gene
  5. Md Shafiqul Islam et al.
    • Rapid genotyping assay for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in Chihuahua dogs reveals high frequency of the mutant allele
  6. Ryoko Ito et al.
    • Clinical, clinicopathological, and molecular analysis of canine degenerative myelopathy in Bernese mountain dogs
  7. Shota Kawakami et al.
    • R132 mutations in canine isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) lead to functional changes
  8. Koh Kawasumi et al.
    • Evaluation of anti-oxidant compound in obese dogs
  9. Alexey Kharitonov
    • Recombination canine C-reactive protein as a reliable calibrator for different types of CRP
  10. Moeko Shiroma-Kohyama et al.
    • Real-time PCR genotyping assays for three types of feline progressive retinal atrophy and mutant allele frequencies in pure and mixes-breed cat populations in Japan
  11. Fumi Matsumoto et al.
    • Rapid multiple immunofluorescences for simultaneous detection of CD20 and CD3 in the cytology of dogs and cats
  12. Kazuhiko Ochiai et al.
    • Endogenous Leu322Gln mutation in p53 disrupts the tetramerization ability in the canine mammary gland tumor cell line
  13. Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman et al.
    • Screening for mutant alleles of GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis in Japanese dog breeds
  14. Shingo Takagaki et al.
    • Association between feline morbillivirus infection and chronic kidney disease in cats
  15. Asta Tvarijonaviciute et al.
    • Validation of a new in-house immunoassay for cortisol measurement in canine serum samples
  16. Mona Uchida et al.
    • Expression of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage in canine histiocytic sarcoma and its relation to tumor malignancy
  17. Ichiro Yamamoto et al.
    • Quantitative interaction analysis of cat GPR41 with beta-arrestins
  18. Tae Murai et al.
    • Effects of Astaxanthin supplementation for lipid metabolism in healthy and obese dogs
  19. Yi-Hsien Hsieh
    • Role of C-C motif chemokine ligand 17 (CCL17) in the development of renal fibrosis in mouse unilateral ureteral obstruction model
  20. Y Hirose et al.
    • Feasibility of clinical application of gamma-glutamyl hydroxymethyl rhodamine green for detection of canine breast cancer
  21. S. Lucena et al.
    • Identification of changes in salivary proteome in canine obesity-related metabolic dysfunction
  22. Vanessa Turinelli et al.
    • The misleading mast cells tumours
  23. Romana Turk et al.
    • Acute phase response and oxidative stress in periparturient dairy cows supplemented with zeolite clinoptiolite