AASV Announces Student Seminar Participants for 2019

October 13, 2018 — AASV Staff

The AASV is pleased to announce the program for the Student Seminar at the 50th AASV Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Forty-four veterinary students from 14 universities submitted abstracts for consideration. A panel of six veterinarians representing private practice, industry, and academia reviewed and scored the abstracts to select 15 for oral presentation at the meeting. The panel approved all of the remaining 29 abstracts for poster presentation. Zoetis, sponsor of the Student Seminar and Poster Session, provides a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate in the oral session and co-sponsors a $250 stipend for each poster presenter.

At the meeting, the students' oral presentations and written materials will be judged to determine the recipients of AASV Foundation scholarships ranging from $500 to $5000, funded by Elanco Animal Health and Zoetis. The Student Seminar, co-chaired by Drs Andy Bowman and Maria Pieters, will take place Sunday, March 10, from 1:00 to 5:15 pm. The scholarship awards will be announced during the noon luncheon on Monday, March 11. The schedule for the Student Seminar oral presentations follows:

Concurrent Session #1: Student Seminar
Sunday, March 10, 2019
1:00 - 5:15 PM
Session Co-chairs: Andrew Bowman and Maria Pieters

Sponsored by ZOETIS

1:00
Clinical validation of infrared (IR) thermometers in periparturient sows
Enise DeCaluwe-Tulk, University of Guelph

1:15
Opening of a hinged farrowing crate increases the variety of behaviors expressed by a lactating sow
Matthew Herber, University of Pennsylvania

1:30
Validation of a modified method of processing fluid collection to mitigate cross-contamination with a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome modified live virus vaccine
Daniel Brown, University of Illinois

1:45
Methods for achieving a successful and safe gilt inoculation with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
Marjorie Schleper, University of Minnesota

2:00
Evaluation of various ante-mortem sampling techniques for detecting Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae following seeder pig exposure
Sophia Leone, Colorado State University

2:15
Evaluation of efficacy of ultraviolet germicidal chambers in swine farms
Katelyn Rieland, University of Minnesota

2:30
Use of processing fluids to monitor sows for porcine circovirus type 2 and determine parity influence on viral detection
Kayla Castevens, North Carolina State University

2:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:15
Evaluation of PCV3 prevalence in placental umbilical cord blood and processing fluids and reproductive outcomes following mass vaccination with an RNA-Particle platform PCV3 vaccine
Abby Vennekotter, University of Illinois

3:30
Effects of antibiotic and non-antibiotic interventions applied to swine umbilici within the first 24 hours of life on the incidence of umbilical infection, growth, and mortality
Anne Szczotka, Iowa State University

3:45
Effects of perinatal antibiotic administration on fecal microbiota and selection of antimicrobial resistant genes in piglets
Brandi Burton, University of Illinois

4:00
Development of a scoring system to determine the prevalence, severity, and associated risk factors of tail-biting and lameness
Sam Baker, Iowa State University

4:15
Detecting porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by pooling pen-based oral fluid samples
Kimberlee Baker, Iowa State University

4:30
Efficacy of a T-cell epitope DNA vaccine, an inactivated vaccine, and use of both in the H1N1 pig challenge model
Joshua Hewitt, Iowa State University

4:45
Evaluation of the efficacy of ceftiofur crystalline free acid versus autogenous vaccination for control of Streptococcus suis and Haemophilus parasui in a commercial swine production system
Matt Finch, Iowa State University

5:00
Impact of orientation on the efficacy of decontamination of supplies with aerosolized chemical disinfectants
Erin Kettelkamp, University of Illinois

5:15 Session concludes

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