The AASV is pleased to announce the participants in the fourth annual Veterinary Student Poster Competition, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. The competition will be held Sunday, March 2, during the 2014 Annual Meeting in Dallas. 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 44 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, March 2. 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 Boehringer-Ingelheim-sponsored AASV Luncheon on Monday, March 3. Boehringer-Ingelheim is providing the following 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/2014/postercomp.htm. The following presentations have been selected for the competition:
- Variation in sow vocalizations during restraint
Matthew Cook, University of Pennsylvania - Evaluation of PRRSV contamination of driver’s boots and foot pedals during feed truck deliveries
Amy Daniels, University of Illinois - Oral-fluid collection from gestating sows housed in large static pens
Lauren Glowzenski, University of Pennsylvania - Comparison of maternally derived antibodies in weaned pigs following pre-farrow or pre-breeding vaccination of dams with FluSure XP
Jessica Johnson, University of Minnesota - Evaluation of swine transport vehicle decontamination practices
Justin Kuecker, Iowa State University - The impact of pooling nasal swab samples on the diagnostic sensitivity of influenza A virus RRT-PCR
Carrie Lee, University of Minnesota - Dermestes maculatus infestation of swine barns
Christine Mainquist, Iowa State University - The evaluation of PRRSv transfer via tattooing in the suckling pig
Chad O’Connor, University of Illinois - Oral fluids from individually-housed, "untrained" sows: Baseline parameters
Brent Pepin, Iowa State University - The effect of serum sample temperature handling on PRRS
Lauren Scruggs, Auburn University - Effect of tulathromycin or ceftiofur crystalline free acid injection on post-weaning performance and economic return in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infected pigs
Christopher Sievers, Iowa State University - Using placental umbilical cord serum to determine porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) status of breeding herd
Tyler Te Grotenhuis, Iowa State University - Effects of an iron dextran injection at weaning on pigs’ blood hemoglobin status and nursery performance
Shannon Walsh, Ontario Veterinary College - Novel use of DNA traceback for genetic selection in the Canadian swine industry
Christina Yamazaki, Atlantic Veterinary College - Improved pre-weaning surveillance using oral fluids: A pilot study
Lisa Yeske-Livermore, Iowa State University