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April Newsletter
by Bruce Williams March 29, 2020

March 29, 2020

Here is the Foundation’s April newsletter n.PDF format. Our front page story details how the Foundation is currently weathering the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as flyer for courses we are still conducting, some we hope to conduct, and recaps of previous courses. Enjoy! b

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For everyone who couldn't get a seat at our upcoming webinar...
by Bruce Williams March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020

To all of the many very interested parties who were unable to get a seat in our upcoming webinar on "Updates of Clostridial Disease".... This webinar filled to overflow in approximately 20 mins. (I do hope that everyone who snagged a seat plans on showing up or you have stolen a seat from someone who really wanted one.) For those of you who couldn't get a seat - not to worry, as the webinar will be pre-recorded and uploaded to the Foundation YouTube channel concurrently. For those of you who wonder why the Foundation doesn't have more seats available... a) We are pre-recording it and it will be available to everyone at no charge (didn't I just say that?) b) The 30 minutes of Q and A at the end would be absolute CHAOS with more than 100 people. c) With literally over TWO HOURS of experience in tele-education, we are learning this as we go along. We have no tele-education budget, we are handing out course refunds like hotcakes, and right about now we are the only vet path organization that is offering anything telewhatever. So we ask that you are patient as we adjust to a rapidly changing paradigm. If we find that limiting live seats to these webinars is a serious mistake, I promise we will fix that going forward.

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First free webinar from the Davis-Thompson Foundation
by Bruce Williams March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020

More excellent news from the Foundation! Beginning Friday 3 April, the Foundation will present the first in a series of biweekly one-hour webinars (with an additional 30 minutes for Q&A). These webinars will be presented at 12PM Eastern Standard Time. Our first webinar, entitled "An Update on Enteric Clostridial Diseases". This webinar, will be presented by Foundation President and UCDavis Professor of Pathology Paco Uzal, emphasizing gross and morphologic lesions in animals, will also cover recent discoveries on the pathogenesis of enteric clostridial diseases in animals, and recent changes in clostridial taxonomy and toxin classification. These webinars are free, and there are currently 100 seats available for this first webinar on a first-come first serve basis. The webinar will utilize computer audio only (there are no dial-in numbers). PLEASE, if you are not sure of your availability to attend, do not take a seat away from someone who can by reserving "just in case". We will make this lecture subsequently available through the Foundation YouTube channel. Registration for this webinar is available at: https://us04web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R3Hi72ivSl-sq8SEZz90gg

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2020 Descriptive Veterinary Pathology Course is now a telecourse!
by Bruce Williams March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020

We have excellent news concerning this year's Descriptive Pathology Course. This course will continue on 1-5 June, as planned, but will now be conducted entirely online as a telecourse. Lectures will be presented on the Zoom platform, gross and microscopic exams will be graded with personal feedback as in all iterations of this course, and virtual slides will be utilized in place of glass slides. There are currently 34 seats remaining at this telecourse, and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tuition for this course is $350 for individual, university, or corporate Foundation members, and $450 for non-members (which includes a one-year Foundation membership.) For more information and registration, please visit: http://www.cldavis.org/upcoming.html#242 <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cldavis.org%2Fupcoming.html…> .

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Descriptive pathology course: June 1-5 GOING VIRTUAL
by Francisco Uzal March 26, 2020

March 26, 2020

Dear all This course will be given by video conference instead of in person. The dates and the general program remain unchanged. For those of you that have already registered, an~ 50% refund will be issued (or if you prefer not to attend at all, a full refund will be offered). Dr Bruce Williams will be contacting each of you personally soon. If you have not yet registered, please wait for a day or two until the registration site is updated with the new, reduced price. More details to follow soon. Thank you for your patience and a huge thank you to our faculty for working on this virtual version. Paco Uzal

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Two more courses cancelled
by Francisco Uzal March 26, 2020

March 26, 2020

Dear all It is with a heavy heart that we are announcing the cancellation of following Davis/Thompson Foundation meetings: * Third Annual DTF Eastern European Veterinary Pathology Meeting, Ohrid, North Macedonia and * European Division Symposium on Mouse and Laboratory Animal Pathology, Torino Italy Both meetings will be rescheduled as soon as the circumstances permit. With our huge thanks to the organizers and lecturers for all the work they already put into these meetings. Stay safe Bruce Williams (CEO) and Paco Uzal (President) Davis Thompson Foundation [cid:F4BBE2FF-B620-4EBF-9EA0-801222CB2FE5@fios-router.home][cid:B370249E-3A00-4F4F-9707-7FCE94C0C550@fios-router.home]

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2020 POLA Course coming up
by Francisco Uzal March 22, 2020

March 22, 2020

Dear all More great DTF courses being scheduled. Stay tuned. Paco Uzal

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Marine Species Histopathology Workshop canceled
by Francisco Uzal March 22, 2020

March 22, 2020

Dear all The 13th CL Davis & SW Thompson DVM Foundation Marine Species Histopathology Workshop, originally scheduled for May 16 2020 in Tampa, Florida, has been canceled. As with other DTF canceled activities, we will re-schedule it as soon as the circumstances permit. Stay safe Paco Uzal

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DTF Seminar flyers going out......
by Francisco Uzal March 20, 2020

March 20, 2020

Dear all As you probably saw over the past few days, your Foundation keeps busy posting flyers for courses and seminars. These courses were planned before the COVID-19 outbreak, and while there is a chance that we may still have to postpone them to a later date, we wanted to make sure that everybody knows about them. Also, when possible we are working on virtual backup options, like in the case of the upcoming Descriptive Pathology course (in-person version still ON, but our faculty is working hard on a virtual version in case it has to be cancelled). Thank you for your continuous support. Bruce Williams and Paco Uzal

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More courses to come......
by Francisco Uzal March 19, 2020

March 19, 2020

Dear all Despite COVID19, the fantastic Davis/Thompson Foundation faculty keeps working and organizing courses, and we hope that we are going to re-start our in-person teaching activities soon. Please see attached flyers on two great courses: * Workshop on Pathology and Basic Mechanisms of Disease (Corrie Brown), University of Zambia, 21-23 July 2020 * Oral Pathology of Companion Animals -ACVP Pre-Congress Workshop- (Cincy Bell and Brian Murphy), Chicago Marriot Downtown, 31 October 2020 Stay safe Paco Uzal

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