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2006 LMBV Workshop

Tentative Agenda, Thursday February 9, 2006

1:00      Opening Remarks

Greg Southard – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas LMBV Update      

Jon Stein – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Arkansas Update

Trish Barbash – US Fish and Wildlife Service, Lamar Fish Health Lab/Wild Fish Survey Update

Norm Heil – US Fish and Wildlife Service, Warm Springs Fish Health Lab/Wild Fish Survey Update

Jason Woodland – US Fish and Wildlife Service, First Isolation of Largemouth Bass Virus on a Federal Hatchery

Trish Varner – Texas Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic Laboratory, Interesting LMBV Case Report

3:00      Break

Tim Bister – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Largemouth bass population trends in two Texas reservoirs with LMBV-attributed die offs

Hal Schramm – Mississippi State University, Tournaments and LMBV: Viral Transmission and Fish Survival

John Grizzle – Auburn University, LMBV Research at Auburn University

Brent Treadaway - Apoptosis in Largemouth Bass Virus-Infected Blue Gill Fry-2 Cells      

John Hawke – Louisiana State University, ELISA Test for LMBV 

Open Discussion

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