The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students during the AASV annual meeting in Omaha, Neb.
Brent Carmichael received the $5,000 scholarship for top student presentation. Brent is a third-year veterinary student at Iowa State University. His presentation was titled "The impact of pooling piglet serum samples on PRRSv PCR performance in sow herds being monitored for time-to-negative interval." Alpharma Animal Health provided the financial support for the Top Student Presenter award.
Additional scholarships totaling $20,000 were provided by Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, on behalf of Elanco Animal Health.
Four veterinary student presenters received $2,500 scholarships: Shamus Brown, Iowa State University; Amber Hazel, University of Minnesota; Melissa Hensch, Iowa State University; Michael Peace, North Carolina State University.
Five veterinary student presenters received $1,500 scholarships: Kate Dion, Iowa State University; Andrea Pitkin, University of Minnesota; Cassandra Roe, Iowa State University; Trevor Schwartz, Iowa State University; Paul Thomas, Iowa State University.
Those student presenters receiving $500 scholarships were: Abbey Canon, Iowa State University; Jenna Cherry, Iowa State University; Nicolas Crossland, Kansas State University; Rachael Gately, Texas A&M University; Micah Taylor, University of Illinois.
Forty-four veterinary students representing 11 universities submitted abstracts for consideration. From those submissions, fifteen students were selected to present during the annual meeting. Alpharma Animal Health, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provided a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate.
Judges representing private practice, academia and industry selected the recipients on the basis of communications skills in the writing of the abstract and the presentation of the case report, and on applicability of the research to swine medicine.