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AASV Announces Student Seminar Participants for 2013
October 15, 2012 — AASV Staff
The AASV is pleased to announce the program for the Student Seminar at the 2013 AASV Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. Sixty-five veterinary students from 14 universities submitted a record 70 abstracts for consideration. A panel of three veterinarians representing private practice, industry, and academia reviewed and scored the abstracts to select 15 for oral presentation at the meeting. The panel also approved 53 abstracts for poster presentation.
Pfizer Animal Health, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provides a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate in the oral session. 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 Elanco Animal Health and Pfizer. The Student Seminar will take place Sunday, March 3, from 1:00 to 5:15 pm, and the scholarship awards will be announced during the noon luncheon on Monday, March 4. The schedule for the Student Seminar oral presentations follows:
Concurrent Session #1: Student Seminar
Sunday, March 3, 2013
1:00 – 5:15 PM
Session Co-Chairs: Peter Davies and Alex Ramirez
1:00
Utilizing snout wipes for PCR detection and virus isolation of SIV in nursery pigs
Kevin Dobesh, Iowa State University
1:15
Comparison of sampling methods for Lawsonia intracellularis testing using qPCR
Kelsey LaVigne, North Carolina State University
1:30
Evaluation of biosecurity measures and management variables as risk factors for infection of growing pigs that are negative at placement with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
Caleb Robb, Iowa State University
1:45
Evaluation of Flu Detect antigen test kit for the detection of laboratory isolates and experimentally infected swine with influenza A virus
Anne Duquette, University of Minnesota
2:00
Pilot study to assess the effectiveness of thermo-assisted drying and decontamination in reducing PRRSv in the presence of organic matter in livestock transport vehicles
Jacob Schwartz, University of Minnesota
2:15
Use of oral fluid sampling in suckling pigs for PRRSV monitoring
Jordan Graham, Iowa State University
2:30
Post-weaning sudden death in nursery pigs; a case study
Paisley Canning, University of Guelph
2:45 BREAK
3:15
Effect of pre-farrow administration of tulathromycin injectable solution on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae prevalence in suckling pigs at birth and weaning
Sam Holst, University of Minnesota
3:30
Comparison of the isolation of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae from various transport and selective media
Brian Bishop, Iowa State University
3:45
Correlation of individual behavioral responses to different environmental stressors by group housed sows
Alyssa Blaustein, University of Pennsylvania
4:00
Comparison of specimens for monitoring PRRSV in boar studs: What works best?
Brent Pepin, Iowa State University
4:15
Use of daily feeding order at an electronic sow feeder (ESF) to improve the individual animal care of group housed sows
Joseph Katz, University of Pennsylvania
4:30
An investigation of nodular ulcerative skin lesions in growing pigs
Katherine Wedel, University of Minnesota
4:45
Safety of modified live PRRSV 19S1.21 vaccine in late gestation adult breeding swine
Michael Berkland, Iowa State University
5:00
Probability of detecting PRRSV infection using pen-based swine oral fluid specimens as a function of within-pen prevalence
Chris Olsen, Iowa State University