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 45th Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX. 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 3rd:
- $500 Award – Tyler Te Grotenhuis, Iowa State University – Top student poster entitled “Using placental umbilical cord serum to determine porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) status of breeding herd”
- $400 awards:
- Christine Mainquist, Iowa State University
- Amy Daniels, University of Illinois
- $300 awards:
- Christopher Sievers, Iowa State University
- Brent Pepin, Iowa State University
- Lisa Yeske-Livermore, Iowa State University
- $200 awards:
- Justin Kuecker, Iowa State University
- Chad O’Connor, University of Illinois
- Jessica Johnson, University of Minnesota
- Carrie Lee, University of Minnesota
- Lauren Glowzenski, University of Pennsylvania
- Shannon Walsh, University of Quelph
- Matthew Cook, University of Pennsylvania
- Lauren Scruggs, Auburn University
- Christina Yamazaki, University of Prince Edward Island
In addition to the poster competition awards, each student poster participant received a $250 travel stipend from Zoetis and the AASV.