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Your Pathology Image Could Grace Our Next Newsletter Cover!
by Images ＠ Davis-Thompson Foundation June 2, 2025

June 2, 2025

The Davis-Thomson Foundation invites you to submit digital gross, microscopic, or ultrastructural images depicting a lesion, to be featured on the front page of the monthly newsletter. Each month a new image will take pride of place in the issue. Worried about image copyrights? Have no fear, the foundation does not claim copyright for any material published by us. Submission information: · Submission deadline: submit anytime; all submissions roll over to be considered for future covers if we have already selected an image for the upcoming newsletter. · *Send your image by e-mail to: * o Dr. Kate Watson and Dr. Donald McGavin: images(a)davisthompsonfoundation.org Figure Requirements (see examples below): · Do not exceed the maximum file size of 5 MB. · Acceptable formats are TIFF and JPEG. o *Minimum acceptable resolution is 300 pixels/inch* (120 pixels/cm) for half-tones (i.e., photographs, histology images). § When you are saving a file such as a TIFF from any package such as Photoshop, you are given the option of compressing the file. LZW compression will speed up the upload and download times and will not affect your image in a negative way. Figure Legend provided within the email or as a word document attachment separate from the image file: · Name/names of contributors and their affiliated institutions. · Brief (no longer than 2 sentence) description of the lesion including: o Signalment o Diagnosis o Any other pertinent information you want to share Cheers, Drs. Kate Watson and Donald McGavin

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Davis-Thompson Foundation Newsletter: June
by Francisco Alejandro Uzal June 1, 2025

June 1, 2025

Dear colleagues Welcome to the June issue of the Davis-Thompson Foundation newsletter, with the compliments of our outstanding Managing Editors, Javier Asin and Jeann Leal. Thank you, Javier and Jeann! Please peruse these pages to find a very large number of training opportunities around the world. Just to mention a few, CLIIC is starting next week and Just in Time Mock exams is coming soon. More information about these, and many more training events is available at: https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/events-calendar/ Roger Kelly, University of Queensland, Australia, continues generously sharing his enormous expertise, and this month he sent us another a great article for our Expert's corner on collection and submission of skin specimens for histopathology. Thank you again, Roger!!! Something new this year will be a Latin Comparative Pathology Group (LCPG; the Latin American Division of the DTF) session at the annual meeting of AAVLD, which we hope will become a permanent feature of that meeting. This year, the session will be on screwworm, a disease that is moving north at a fast pace and threatens to enter the US soon. If you are attending the AAVLD meeting, join us for this inaugural great session. And of course, the traditional LCPG session at the annual meeting of ACVP has already been scheduled. And at risk of repeating myself, I am closing my message by thanking our wonderful volunteers from all over the world. As we have said it before: nothing of what we do would be possible without your selfless dedication! Thank you! Warm regards, Francisco Uzal, DVM, MSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVP Chief Executive Officer Davis-Thompson Foundation Ph: 951 751 0027 E-mail: fauzal(a)ucdavis.edu<mailto:fauzal@ucdavis.edu> www.davisthompsonfoundation.org<https://www.davisthompsonfoundation.org/> [https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1oticUQZYjDPU-1vMA4wHKvLb2SScHV-J]

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DTF-LCPG # 262 – Question Sheet
by Claudio Barros June 1, 2025

June 1, 2025

davis_members(a)list.cldavis.org, discussion(a)aavld.org, rozuna(a)aavld.org DTF-LCPG # *262* – Question Sheet Dear All, Attached is the *Question Sheet *for Diagnostic Exercise #*262 **: *Cristina Madelein Toledo1, Kevin Berrios Fuentes1, Junior Raxa Chavarría Rivera1, Ervin Antonio Cano Gómez1, Mario Guillermo Rimoldi2, Francisco Carvallo3 1Universidad de Ciencias Comerciales, Managua, Nicaragua.2Clemson Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Clemson University, SC, USA.3Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, VA, USA. *Corresponding author: *Cristina Toledo; cristina.toledo(a)ucc.edu.ni Claudio The Diagnostic Exercises are an initiative of the Latin Comparative Pathology Group (LCPG), the Latin American subdivision of The Davis-Thompson Foundation. Members and non-members from any country of residence may contribute to these exercises. Please consider contributing a case to this initiative. It does not have to be unusual, and all pathology sub-specialties are welcome! Please consult instructions on how to format and submit your DE at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercises-instructions/ Previous cases are available at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercise/

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DTF-LCPG # 261 – Answer Sheet
by Claudio Barros June 1, 2025

June 1, 2025

Dear All, Attached is the *Answer Sheet *for Diagnostic Exercise *#261* contributed by Fabricio Moreira1, Milena Carolina Paz1, Fernado Octavio Mascarenhas Ladeira1, Ana Lucia Schild1 and Claudio Barros2 1Laboratório Regional de Diagnóstico (LRD), Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. 2Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. *Corresponding author: alschild(a)terra.com.br Best Regards Claudio The Diagnostic Exercises are an initiative of the Latin Comparative Pathology Group (LCPG), the Latin American subdivision of The Davis-Thompson Foundation. Members and non-members from any country of residence may contribute to these exercises. Please consider contributing a case to this initiative. It does not have to be unusual, and all pathology sub-specialties are welcome! Please consult instructions on how to format and submit your DE at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercises-instructions/ Previous cases are available at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercise/

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Avian diagnostician position at CAHFS, UCDavis
by Francisco Alejandro Uzal May 23, 2025

May 23, 2025

Dear colleagues See attached a great opportunity for an avian diagnostician at the Turlock lab of CAHFS, California. Best regards Francisco Uzal, DVM, MSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVP Chief Executive Officer Davis-Thompson Foundation Ph: 951 751 0027 E-mail: fauzal(a)ucdavis.edu<mailto:fauzal@ucdavis.edu> www.davisthompsonfoundation.org<https://www.davisthompsonfoundation.org/> [https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1oticUQZYjDPU-1vMA4wHKvLb2SScHV-J]

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participate in a research study on diagnostic challenges!
by Jey Koehler May 19, 2025

May 19, 2025

Hello Foundation members and friends. Dr. Giuseppe Giglia, an Italian board-certified veterinary anatomic pathologist and post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy is conducting research on the systematic reporting and data analysis of pathology diagnostic findings and causes of death in animals in the context of their regional animal cancer registry. One of his research lines involves examining how diagnostic uncertainty and levels of diagnostic confidence affect reporting practices in veterinary diagnostic pathology. To better understand the challenges faced in this field, his lab has designed a short (10-minute) survey aimed at veterinary pathologists and residents. The survey explores the (patient, sample, and pathologist-related) factors that influence diagnostic confidence and uncertainty in our daily diagnostic practice. The collected data will be analyzed and insights gathered in a scientific publication intended for submission to Veterinary Pathology to share the results and insights of the survey with all the colleagues. These findings and insights on the variables influencing the diagnostic uncertainty in routine veterinary pathology diagnostic practice may help identify areas where further support to pathologists, or resources, or residency training initiatives could be implemented to reduce their impact on the diagnostic uncertainty. All data will be fully anonymized before the data analysis. The requirement to add an email address to send the form is solely to prevent duplicate entries (this will be deleted when checking the dataset for duplicates before analysis). This and other measures are in place to preserve the validity and integrity of the survey results. Additionally, while questions about society or college memberships may appear specific, they serve only to help us relate the sampled population (sample size) with a known denominator. This allows us to assess whether a representative sample has been reached or whether limitations should be kept in mind for the representativeness of the survey on some aspects. If you would like to participate, please click on The Survey Link<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpVvpL3r-wgimnqYvTHLC3eluPVFHE3li…> Jey Koehler, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVP Professor and Tyler & Frances Young Endowed Chair in Pathology Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine President, Davis-Thompson Foundation www.davisthompsonfoundation.org<http://www.davisthompsonfoundation.org/>

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DTF-LCPG # 260 – Answer Sheet
by Claudio Barros May 15, 2025

May 15, 2025

Dear All, Attached is the Answer Sheet for Diagnostic Exercise #260 contributed by Renata Brizzio1 Cecilia Degiovanni1*, Ana Maria Martin1 1Patologia Animal Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina. *Corresponding author: cecidegiovanni28(a)gmail.com Best Regards Claudio The Diagnostic Exercises are an initiative of the Latin Comparative Pathology Group (LCPG), the Latin American subdivision of The Davis-Thompson Foundation. Members and non-members from any country of residence may contribute to these exercises. Please consider contributing a case to this initiative. It does not have to be unusual, and all pathology sub-specialties are welcome! Please consult instructions on how to format and submit your DE at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercises-instructions/ Previous cases are available at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercise/

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DTF-LCPG # 261 – Question Sheet
by Claudio Barros May 15, 2025

May 15, 2025

Dear All, Attached is the Question Sheet for Diagnostic Exercise #261 contributed by Fabricio Moreira1, Milena Carolina Paz1, Fernado Octavio Mascarenhas Ladeira1, Ana Lucia Schild1 and Claudio Barros2 1Laboratório Regional de Diagnóstico (LRD), Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. 2Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. *Corresponding author: alschild(a)terra.com.br Claudio The Diagnostic Exercises are an initiative of the Latin Comparative Pathology Group (LCPG), the Latin American subdivision of The Davis-Thompson Foundation. Members and non-members from any country of residence may contribute to these exercises. Please consider contributing a case to this initiative. It does not have to be unusual, and all pathology sub-specialties are welcome! Please consult instructions on how to format and submit your DE at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercises-instructions/ Previous cases are available at https://davisthompsonfoundation.org/diagnostic-exercise/

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Pathology Fellow opening at Oregon Health & Science University
by Francisco Alejandro Uzal May 15, 2025

May 15, 2025

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JPC VSPO/WSC guest access re-established
by Bruce Williams May 14, 2025

May 14, 2025

The guest access for the JPC VSPO/WSC server has been established. Clicking on a wholeslide will once again bring up the front page of the Aperio image server, and if you click on the Guest login button, you don't need a password. That being said, the chronic issue of the server freezing up has still not yet been identified. This summer, the JPC will be rebuilding the server (the current server will stay up during this period) to see if a total rebuild will correct the issues that have been plaguing the server since the "Big Crash of '24". The server currently is set to autoreboot daily at 0600, 1400, and 2000 hrs. daily. Utilization of the server during these times offers the greatest chance of the wholeslides working as prescribed. Another utilization note - if you click on a whole slide and get anything other than a "Bad Gateway" message, the server is actually working and try clicking on the whole slide you want to view - sometimes it takes two or three actual clicks before it pops in. b P.S - if you haven't visited Noah's Slidebox lately - we are over 3750 slides and counting and it is an excellent adjunct to VSPO/WSC. -- Bruce Williams Chief Financial Officer Davis-Thompson Foundation 301 467-4024 bruce.williams(a)davisthompsonfoundation.org www.davisthompsonfoundation.org

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