Acknowledgments T his conference was organized by the Minorities Affairs Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB MAC). It is one of several activities aimed at broadening participation in research-related careers. Organization of the conference was executed by a Planning Committee comprised of standing ASCB MAC members and ad hoc members from the broader research community.

Background: Respiratory tract infections caused by some viruses with cattle origin have been demonstrated in sheep and goats. OBJECTIVES: The main goal of this study was to determine Bovine Herpes virus type 1 BHV1antigen in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded lung tissue of pneumonic sheep, using immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining method. METHODS: For this purpose, the lungs of 4079 sheep, which...