Veterinary students selected for first AASV poster session

November 15, 2006 — AASV Staff

Ten veterinary students from seven universities will participate in the first-ever Student Poster Session, to be held at the AASV 2007 Annual Meeting in Orlando. The session is chaired by Dr. Glen Cassar and will take place on Sunday, March 4. The poster authors will be present with their posters from noon until 1:00 pm, and the posters will remain on display until 5:00 pm. Alpharma Animal Health has generously provided a $250 stipend for each student participant. The program for the session follows:

1. Characterizing temperature abuse in diagnostic submissions
Jennifer Christensen, Iowa State University

2. Effect of neonatal piglet management on piglet performance, thermoregulation and
passive antibody transfer
Clayton Johnson, University of Illinois

3. Discoloration of bones in market hogs
Andrea Lazier, University of Guelph

4. Occurrence of PCVAD and associated risk factors in a production system
Mary Luebbers, University of Minnesota

5. A kinematic analysis of walking posture and gait in neonatal pigs after castration
Valerie Millette, University of Saskatchewan

6. An observational research study of porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) in finishing phase pigs and the impact of parenteral anti-infectives
Megan Nemechek, North Carolina State University

7. Observations of aggression during lairage in cull slaughter boars from country
assembled for export
Leanne Paetkau, University of Saskatchewan

8. Case Study: Chronic ear necrosis syndrome
Christine Pelland, University of Guelph

9.Herd dynamics of Lawsonia intracellularis: Cross-sectional and series studies using
IPMA, PCR and VNTR
Beth Thompson, University of Minnesota

10. Quantification of antimicrobial resistance: tet (C) as a model
James White, Ohio State University

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