2019 AWARDS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Applied Sciences Poster category awardees

1st place: Emily Johnson – Rehabilitation of the osteological specimens using an alkali-, acid- and enzymatic-based solutions

2nd place: Brianna Salgado – Development of Local Kansas E. coli UTI Antibiograms to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship in Companion Animal Medicine

3rd place (tie): Ally Fitzgerald - Clinical efficacy of an oral long-acting analgesic with a human abuse deterrent in perioperative dogs

3rd place (tie): Emma Winkley - Maximizing usability of veterinary hospitals for clients with mobility disabilities

Basic Sciences Poster category awardees

1st place: Sarah Stuebing - Assessing the likelihood of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus-2 infection in Culicoides sonorensis

2nd place: Jacob Herford - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs reduce vas deferens epithelial MRP4 expression and prostaglandin export

3rd place: Akash Aryal - A novel relational optimization and predictive modeling of the PubChem Bioassay database

APPLIED RESEARCH - ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1st place: Miriam Martin – A field study to investigate the effect of Zuprevo administered alone or in combination with Banamine transdermal on the health and well-being of transported feedlot calves on arrival at the feedlot

2nd Place: Aurelio Cabezas – A description of the U.S. livestock industry: spatial and network analysis of Interstate Certificates of Veterinary Inspection animal movements

3rd Place: Kaitlynn Schuck – In situ hybridization for detection of Rift Valley fever virus

BASIC RESEARCH - ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1st place: Ana Stoian – Infectious dose of African swine fever virus when consumed naturally in liquid or feed

2nd Place: Jinhwa Ransburgh – Bat influenza vectored NS1-truncated live vaccine protects pigs against heterologous virus challenge

3rd Place: Fangfeng Yuan – Isolation and characterization of a divergent strain of porcine sapelovirus from swine farm in US

CLINICAL RESEARCH - ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1st place: Gail Huckins – Pharmacokinetics of oral mavacoxib in Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber)

2nd Place: Dana White – Radiographic angles for determination of atlantoaxial instability

3rd Place: Peter Cho – Evaluation of Multiple Doses of a Long-acting Oral Opioid Containing an Abuse Deterrent in Dogs

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Benjamin Kurz Research Scholarship – Zackery Bieberly

Miller Pathology Scholarship – Haley Blazek

Dr. Harish C. and Ved K. Minocha Scholarship – Vlad Petrovan

Zoetis Animal Health Award for Excellence in Research by a Faculty Member - Dr. Wenjun Ma, Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology