Symposium of the Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society

The 28^th Symposium of the Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society will be held September 28–30, 2010 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The theme of the meeting will be Respiratory Response to Insult—Adaptive or Maladaptive?.

2010 Symposium Goal

Understanding linkages between short-term and chronic respiratory insult with altered lung responses in the context of development of respiratory disease.

In fitting with the comparative respiratory theme of this society, we hope that this year's symposium will be of broad interest to clinicians, practitioners, and respiratory researchers alike.  Despite the fact that differences exist in the various respiratory syndromes that occur in humans and across companion, food animal, and lab animal species, common alterations in basic lung responses arise that seemingly contribute directly to the development of chronic respiratory disease states.  Moreover, animals and humans may be similarly exposed to environmental contaminants (e.g., ambient and indoor air pollutants, dusts, particles, aeroallergens, endotoxin, etc).  As such, chronic exposure may serve to further perpetuate these non-specific lung responses.

It is critical to better understand how or why an acute (likely beneficial) short-term response, can in some cases persist, in essence becoming a significant component of ongoing disease symptomatology, if not continued lung insult.

 In this symposium, we will emphasize how improved understanding of the pathophysiologic changes occurring, with cross species comparisons, may allow for more effective restoration of lung health.

Symposium Registration

Registration Prices

Item	Member	Member Student/ Resident/ Technician Member	Non-member	Non-member Student/ Resident/ Technician Non-Member
Symposium Registration	$225	$150	$300	$200
Pre-symposium Dry Lab	$50	$25	$50	$25
Printed Proceedings	$20	$20	$20	$20

Registration before September 1, 2010 saves the registrant $25. Registration includes course notes on a CD (printed notes are available for an additional charge of $20). Both an online registration form and a PDF registration form are available.

Membership

Annual membership for the VCRS is $50 ($25 for graduate students or residents). Membership includes reduced registration at the annual VCRS scientific symposium and a copy of the meeting proceedings (even if the member chooses not to attend the meeting). Membership dues will be due on the first of June each year. Interested persons should complete the online registration form or send a completed membership form with appropriate payment or credit card information to:

You may also email the information to Susan Brogan, or fax to (508) 887-4539.

Location Information

The event will be held at:

A reduced guest room rate of $109, plus tax, for symposium registrants is available until September 18 or until the group block is sold out.

More information about the symposium—including a scientific progam schedule, call for abstracts, and workshop details—can be found on the VCRS website.

About the VCRS

The Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide a forum for the discussion of the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the respiratory system, and the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease in all animals. The VCRS sponsors lectures at major veterinary meetings, an annual scientific symposium, an internet web page, and a research award. The Joan O’Brien Research Award is a monetary and plaque award given in recognition of Dr. O’Brien’s work and presented at the VCRS symposium to the outstanding resident/graduate student research presentations.