The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students during the 47th AASV Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Christine Mainquist-Whigham, Iowa State University, received the $5,000 scholarship for top student presentation. Her presentation was titled "Residue depletion profile of ampicillin trihydrate in cull sows." Zoetis provided the financial support for the Top Student Presenter award.
Additional scholarships totaling $20,000 were funded by Elanco Animal Health. Four veterinary student presenters received $2,500 scholarships: Sara Davenport, University of Pennsylvania, Taylor Engle, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Holly Salzbrenner, Iowa State University, and Ryan Strobel, University of Minnesota.
Five veterinary student presenters received $1,500 scholarships: Alyssa Anderson, University of Minnesota, Victoria Foerster, Iowa State University, Olivia Myers, North Carolina State University, Quynn Steichen, Kansas State University and Kathleen Wood, North Carolina State University.
Those student presenters receiving $500 scholarships were: Sindu Manoharan, University of Pennsylvania, Timothy Pearson, University of Tennessee, Eric Perrin, University of Guelph, Scott Radke, Iowa State University and Brent Sexton, Iowa State University.
Fifty-five veterinary students from 16 universities submitted abstracts for consideration. From those submissions, fifteen students were selected to present during the annual meeting. Zoetis, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provided a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate.