The AASV is pleased to announce the program for the Student Seminar at the 2009 AASV Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas. Forty-six veterinary students from seventeen 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 8, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, and the scholarship awards will be announced during the noon luncheon on Monday, March 9. The program follows:
1:00
Andrea Pitkin
University of Minnesota
Evaluation of a low-cost protocol for reducing the risk of aerosol spread of PRRS virus
1:15
Joseph Bender
Iowa State University
Erysipelas: Condemnation and outbreak investigation
1:30
María José Clavijo M.
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Development and validation of a quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of Actinobacillus suis: The miracle tool?
1:45
Meggan Bandrick
University of Minnesota
Maternal influences on piglet immune response to vaccination
2:00
Sara Dillon
North Carolina State University
Sow mortality investigation in a 2500-sow farm
2:15
Jason Norris
University of Prince Edward Island
The value of a desiccant in the cleaning and disinfecting of swine housing
2:30
Andrew Bents
University of Minnesota
Analysis of marketing data to identify economic opportunities for producers
2:45
Brent Carmichael
Iowa State University
Pre-colostral stillborn piglet blood sampling procedure when a PRRSv positive sow herd is being monitored for time-to-negative interval
3:15
Emily McDowell
Iowa State University
Diagnostic investigation into a reproductive failure associated with porcine parvovirus and porcine circovirus coinfection
3:30
Jess Waddel
Iowa State University
Investigation of associations between risk factors, reported clinical PRRS breaks and reproductive performance in swine breeding herds
3:45
Andrew Zwambag
University of Guelph
A longitudinal study of MRSA colonization in pigs
4:00
Rafael Carreon
Universidad Federale de Uberlandia (Brazil)
Selection of a universal vaccine candidate for Actinobacillus suis based on genotype, toxin, and whole cell protein profiles
4:15
Erin Kane
Kansas State University
Effects of vaccination timing and diet source on performance of nursery pigs immediately after weaning
4:30
Peter Lasley
Iowa State University
Effect of flooring-type and post-weaning production method on the timing of seroconversion to Lawsonia intracellularis in a multi-site production system
4:45
Aaron Nystrom
University of Minnesota
Investigation of pre-wean mortality in the sow farm
5:00
Session concludes