The AASV is pleased to announce the program for the Student Seminar at the 2012 AASV Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Veterinary students from fourteen universities submitted 47 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. The panel also approved 32 abstracts for poster presentation.
Pfizer Animal Health, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provides a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate in the oral session. 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 Elanco Animal Health and Pfizer. The Student Seminar will take place Sunday, March 11, from 1:00 to 5:15 pm, and the scholarship awards will be announced during the noon luncheon on Monday, March 12. The schedule for the Student Seminar oral presentations follows (the complete conference program is online at http://www.aasv.org/anntmg):
Sunday Session #1: Student Seminar
Sunday, March 11, 2012
1:00 – 5:15 pm
Session Chairs: Drs. Peter Davies & Alex Ramirez
1:00 pm
Sam Holst
University of Minnesota
A pilot study to evaluate the PRRSV carrier status of vasectomized boars in herds attempting PRRSV elimination
1:15 pm
Kevin Dobesh
Iowa State University
Use of buffered Swiffer® cloth for collection of PRRSv from the snout and face of growing pigs
1:30 pm
Cara Dykhuis Haden
Iowa State University
Assessing production parameters and economic impact of swine influenza, PRRS and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae on finishing pigs in a large production system
1:45 pm
Bethany Stammen
Ohio State University
Haemophilus parasuis seroprofiling with OppA universal test
2:00 pm
Megan Thompson
University of Minnesota
Indirect transmission of PRRS virus in the farrowing rooms of a 6000-sow herd
2:15 pm
Michael Nagorske
University of Minnesota
Investigation of a new intervention for reducing the risk of PRRSv introduction into filtered farms by retrograde air movement (back-drafting) through idle fans
2:30 pm
Trevor Schwartz
Iowa State University
Effect of waste environment on survival of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
2:45 pm BREAK
3:15 pm
Brittney McLamb
North Carolina State University
Early weaning impairs gut mucosal defense and exacerbates clinical disease in F18 E. coli infection
3:30 pm
Casey Rabbe
University of Minnesota
An evaluation of Stalosan F powder for deactivation of PRRSv
3:45 pm
Marisa Rotolo
Iowa State University
A new wrinkle in PRRSv PCRs for swine oral fluid specimens
4:00 pm
Kelsey Altholz
North Carolina State University
A pilot study evaluating prevalence of PCV2 viremia in the breeding herd
4:15 pm
Jonathan Tangen
Iowa State University
Comparison of the effect of ceftiofur crystalline free acid and procaine penicillin-G administered at either birth or processing on suckling piglet health and performance
4:30 pm
Jessica Abbott
Iowa State University
Survey of vitamin D levels in swine serum across different stages of production
4:45 pm
Emily Kuntz
University of Illinois
Evaluation of using oral fluids from Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae positive gilts to acclimate weaning age pigs
5:00 pm
Paul Thomas
Iowa State University
Evaluation of sample collection and handling strategies to increase success of PRRSv-ORF5 sequencing in oral fluids