2010 AWARDS

POSTER:

Ashley Smit – Elemental analyses of liver, kidney and pancreas in Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in the Tri-State mining area

Deepthi Uppalapati – Identification of unique tumoricidal genes in rat umbilical cord stem cell

Emily Archer – Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Intestinal Lipid Alterations Occur Prior to Antibody-Induced PGE2 Production

Amit Kumar – Attachment of Fusobacterium necrophorum to bovine endothelial cells and its inhibition by polyclonal antibodies raised against bacterial outer membrane proteins

BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH PRESENTATION

1st place:
Wenjun Ma – Viral reassortment and transmission after coinfection of pigs with classical H1N1 and triple reassortant H3N2 swine influenza viruses

2nd Place :
Ranjni Chand – Investigation of the genetic flexibility of the non-structural protein (nsp) 2 region in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome(PRRS) virus

3rd Place :
Charles Coats – Development of Primary Neuronal Culture of Embryonic Rabbit Dorsal Root Ganglia for Microfluidic Chamber Analysis of Trans-neuronal Spread and Axonal Transport of Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1

Mahlon Vorhies Production Animal:
Eliot Linsenmeyer – Evaluation of retreatment and case fatality rates for calves treated with antimicrobials and ancillary Flunixin Meglumine for BRD complex

Case Report:
William Crumley – Ophthalmomyiasis externa in a puppy due to Cuterebra infestation

Clinical Science Research Presentations:

1st Place :
Benjamin Wileman – Passive Immunity to a Commercial E. coli-SRP® Vaccine in Beef Cattle Colostrum from Cows Grazing Native Range

2nd Place :
Charles Dodd – Prevalence and persistence of Salmonellawithin pens of feedlot cattle

3rd Place :
Eliot Linsenmeyer – Evaluation of retreatment and case fatality rates for calves treated with antimicrobials and ancillary Flunixin Meglumine for BRD complex

Other Special Awards

Benjamin Kurz Memorial Research Scholarship
Christopher George

Dr. Cornelius Graduate Student Travel Award
Shanzhong Gong

A.S.R. Ganta Graduate Student Award
Raghavendra Amachawadi

A.S.R. Ganta Veterinary Student Award
John Ayers

Miller Pathology Scholarship Award
Katherine Edwards

Dr. Harish C. and Ved K. Minocha Scholarship
John Patton

Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence
Dr. David C. Poole, Anatomy & Physiology