AASV Announces Veterinary Student Poster Competition Awardees

March 13, 2013 — 

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) provided an opportunity for fifteen veterinary students to compete for awards in the Veterinary Student Poster Competition at the association’s 44th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica sponsored the competition, offering awards totaling $4000.

Based on scores received in the original judging of abstracts submitted for the AASV Student Seminar, the top fifteen abstracts not selected for oral presentation at the Annual Meeting are eligible to compete in the poster competition.

Boehringer Ingelheim announced the following awards during the AASV Luncheon on March 4th:

• $500 Award – Ethan Sponk, University of Minnesota – Top student poster entitled “A serial study to determine piglet vaccination age based on maternal antibody decay, time of infection and potential aerosolization of Mycoplasma hyorhinis”
• $400 awards:
  • Amy Martell, University of Pennsylvania
  • Marisa Rotolo, Iowa State University
• $300 awards:
  • Stacy Brussell, University of Minnesota
  • Deanne Day, Iowa State University
  • Kalie Pettit, University of Minnesota
• $200 awards:
  • Daniel Boykin, North Carolina State University
  • Alexander Hintz, University of Wisconsin
  • Levi Johnson, Iowa State University
  • Michelle Lam, University of Guelph
  • Dana Lembke, Iowa State University
  • Brittney Mclamb, North Carolina State University
  • Shonna Parker, University of Tennessee
  • Shawna Rossini, University of Pennsylvania
  • Kathryn Sullivan, University of Pennsylvania

In addition to the poster competition awards, each student poster participant received a $250 travel stipend from Zoetis.