Veterinary Students Selected to Participate in Poster Competition

October 15, 2015 — AASV Staff

The AASV is pleased to announce the participants in the sixth annual Veterinary Student Poster Competition, sponsored by Newport Laboratories. The competition will be held Sunday, February 28, during the 2016 AASV Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Based upon scores awarded in the judging of abstracts submitted for the AASV Student Seminar, the top 15 poster abstracts have been chosen for judging, out of the 40 that were selected for poster presentation at the meeting.

A panel of three judges will conduct a brief interview with each of the 15 students selected to participate, and will evaluate the students' posters at the meeting on Sunday morning, February 28. All posters will be available for viewing by the meeting attendees starting at noon on Sunday and continuing through Monday. The results of the poster competition will be announced during the AASV Luncheon on Monday, February 29. Newport Laboratories is sponsoring the following scholarship awards to the poster competitors:

1st place poster: $500
2nd & 3rd place: $400 each
4th, 5th, & 6th place: $300 each
7th-15th place: $200 each

The judging score sheet is available online at https://www.aasv.org/annmtg/2016/postercomp.htm. The following presentations have been selected for the competition:

1. Identification of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae shedding gilts in the field
   Chris Deegan, University of Minnesota


2. Risk assessment for the introduction of African swine fever virus (ASFV) into the United States
   Jessica Rotschafer, University of Minnesota


3. Comparing biopsy instruments and techniques for antemortem joint tissue collection
   Emily Mahan-Riggs, North Carolina State University


4. Serum inoculation of a finishing swine operation to aid the elimination of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome: A case study
   Ryan Tenbergen, University of Guelph


5. Differentiation of Pasteurella multocida field strains isolated from growing-finishing pigs that died of bronchopneumonia using PCR-RFLP analysis of the omph gene
   Kara Telfer, Iowa State University


6. Cognitive bias testing of commercial and heritage-breed gilts
   Jessica Piergiovanni, University of Pennsylvania


7. Determining the effects of pooling placenta umbilical cord serum (PUCS) on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sensitivity
   Donna Drebes, University of Minnesota


8. Evaluating the use of the EnviroBootieTM to detect Salmonella at five breed-to-wean sites
   Kayla Blake, Auburn University


9. Case study: Investigation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome postive PCR results from a gilt development unit with a negative status
   Nicole Thomas, University of Illinois


10. Effect of antimicrobial administration on the microbiome of the pig
    Katharine Kancer, University of Illinois


11. Effect of pre-farrow ceftiofur sodium administration on Streptococcus suis colonization of peri-parturient females and their litters
    Daniel Gascho, Purdue University


12. Determining the prevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae colonization of weaned piglets from gilt litters
    Thomas Wurtz, Washington State University


13. Evaluation of diagnostic tests for Circumvent PCVM G2 compliance monitoring
    T'Lee Girard, Iowa State University


14. Timing of natural planned exposure for immunity against rotavirus A in prefarrow gilts
    Stephanie Tarlow, Cornell University


15. Determining effects of transport factors on transport loss in a commercial production system
    Megan Pieters, Iowa State University

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