AASV announces Student Seminar participants

October 16, 2007 — AASV Staff

The AASV is pleased to announce the program for the Student Seminar at the 2008 AASV Annual Meeting in San Diego. Thirty-three veterinary students from thirteen universities submitted abstracts for consideration. A panel of three veterinarians representing private practice, industry, and academia reviewed and scored the abstracts to select fifteen for oral presentation at the meeting.

Alpharma Animal Health, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provides a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate. At the meeting, the students' oral presentations and written materials will be judged to determine the recipients of scholarships ranging from $500 to $5000, funded by Alpharma Animal Health and Elanco Animal Health. The Student Seminar will take place Sunday, March 9, from 1:00 to 5:15 pm, and the scholarship awards will be announced during the noon luncheon on Monday, March 10. The program follows:

1:00
Matt Allerson
University of Minnesota
Maternally derived antibody transfer to piglets following SIV vaccination

1:15
Andrea Lazier
University of Guelph
A case study of Pneumatosis intestinalis in swine

1:30
Tyson Dinslage
Iowa State University
An application of evidence based medicine: The impact of Mycoplasma hyponeumoniae vaccines on average daily gain in swine

1:45
Megan Nemechek
North Carolina State University
Water flow variation and medication with tetracycline in swine finishing facilities

2:00
Jennifer Arnold
Iowa State University
Impact of Ingelvac CircoFLEX on PCV2 and porcine circovirus associated disease in a wean-to-finish production system

2:15
Maryn Ptaschinski
University of Wisconsin
Failure of TGE serology in a previously TGE positive flow

2:30
Maria Clavijo
Venezuela
Molecular characterization of Streptococcus suis isolates recovered from US swine herds - unraveling the human link

2:45
BREAK

3:15
Gwenda Olson
University of Saskatchewan
Effect of farrowing induction on liver glycogen levels in piglets

3:30
Kathryn Bonistalli
Massey University
Effect of blood sample handling post-collection on M. hyopneumoniae antibody titers

3:45
Seth Baker
University of Minnesota
A pilot study of the prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs in Brazil

4:00
Gavin Yager
Iowa State University
Comparison of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae serology tests

4:15
Carissa Schloesser
University of Minnesota
Accuracy and precision of Pulse-Micro-Dose injection device using Draxxin, Excede, and Excenel

4:30
Lucas Santos
Brazil
Streptococcus suis infection in the US: Serovars, genotypes, and zoonotic potential

4:45
Andrea Pitkin
University of Minnesota
Aerosol transmission of PRRS: Application to the field

5:00
Jess Waddell
Iowa State University
Investigation of mortality in multi-source nurseries

5:15
Session concludes

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