2007 Graduate Student Competition Awards and Other Awards
1. The Calvin W. Schwabe Award is presented annually by the AVEPM to honor lifetime achievement in veterinary epidemiology and preventive medicine. The 2007 Calvin Schwabe Award was presented by Dr. Paul Morley to Dr. Clive C. Gay.
2. The Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Student Awards, presented by Dr. Tom Wittum:
Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics: Oral: $250 awarded to each winner
No. 65: W. L. Walker*, Effects of internal teat sealant use on udder health and milk yield in a commercial Jersey dairy herd. W. L. Walker*, P. J. Rajala-Schultz and T. E. Wittum. Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
No. 68: T.C. Boyer*, GIS as a tool for regionalization of orbivirus infection risk: a case study in Illinois and Indiana. T.C. Boyer1*, R.S.. Singer1, and M.P. Ward2. 1Dept. of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul. MN. 2Dept. of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University. College Station. TX.
Food and Environmental Safety: Oral $250 awarded to winner
No. 81: T. M. Platt*, In-feed antimicrobial drug administration and antimicrobial susceptibility of non-type-specific Escherichia coli. T. M. Platt1*, G. H. Loneragan1, L. A. Branham2, M. J. Engler3, D.U. Thomson4, R. S. Singer5, M. M. Brashears2. 1 Feedlot Research Group, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX. 2Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. 3Cactus Feeders, Amarillo, TX. 4Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 5University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Poster: $250
No. 46P: H. L. Abrecht*, Evaluation of serum total protein as an indicator of IgG level in dairy calves up to eight days old. H. L. Abrecht 1*, W.B. Epperson 2. 1 Dept. of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2 Dept. of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS.
Mark Gerhart Memorial Award:
No. 80: W.Q. Alali*, Longitudinal Study of Antimicrobial Resistance among Escherichia coli Isolated from Integrated Multi-site Cohorts of Humans and Swine. W.Q. Alali1*, H.M. Scott1, R.B. Harvey2, Bo Norby1. 1Dept. of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 2Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, USDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX.
3. The Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist Award was presented to Dr. John E. Butler by Dr. Chris Davies.
4. The American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Student Awards were presented by Dr. Carol Chitko-McKown.
First Place Oral: $500 award and Certificate
No. 114: Amanda A. Adams *, Characterization of the immunological and physiological response of aged horses to equine influenza infection. A. A. Adams*, C. C. Breathnach, T. Sturgill, T. Chambers & D. W. Horohov. Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Second Place Oral: $200 award and Certificate
No. 112: R. R. Kulkarni*, Immunization of broiler chickens against Clostridium perfringens-induced Necrotic Enteritis and identification of B-cell epitopes in protective antigens. Kulkarni, R. R.*, Parreira, V.R., Sharif, S. and Prescott, J. F. Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Poster, 1st Place: $500 award and Certificate
No. 132P: L. K. Beura*, Certain PRRSV proteins inhibit IFN-β promoter activation. L. K. Beura*, B. Kwon, K. Saira, S. Subramaniam, A. K. Pattnaik, C. Jones and F. A. Osorio. Nebraska Center for Virology and Dept. of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Poster, 2nd Place: $200 award and Certificate
No. 104P: A. A. Elliot*, Relationship of CXCR1 genotypes with Responses to Experimental Challenge with Streptococcus uberis. A.A. Elliott*, S.P. Oliver, G.M. Pighetti. Department of Animal Science. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
5. The American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists Award and the Society for Tropical Medicine Award were presented by Dr. Bill Stich:
The Society for Tropical Medicine Student Award: $100
No. 119: E. Cobo*, Systemic immunization induces protection against Tritrichomonas foetus colonization in bulls, unlike preputial infection. E. Cobo (1*), L. Corbeil (1,2), R. BonDurant (1). (1)University of California, Davis, (2)University of California, San Diego.
The American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists Student Award: $50 plus 1 year membership in AAVPNo. 123: James B. Reinbold*, Diagnosis of bovine anaplasmosis following iatrogenic infection. James B. Reinbold1*, Johann Coetzee1, BVSc, Kamesh Sirigireddy2, Larry Hollis3, Casey Wood2, Katherine Kocan4, Roman Ganta2. 1Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 2Deptartment of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiolology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 3Department of Animal Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 4Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
6. The NC-1007 Gastroenteric Diseases Student Awards were presented by Dr. Radhey S. Kaushik:
Oral: $150
No. 161: Paul Plummer*, Transcriptional and functional analysis of Campylobacter genes involved in chicken colonization. (FSRRN) Eva Barton1, Orhan Sahin1, Paul Plummer1*, Lynn A. Joens2, Michael E. Konkel3, Bryan A. White4, and Qijing Zhang1. 1Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; 2Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ 85721; 3School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; and 4Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.
Poster: $150
No. 71P: J. Erume*, Relative contributions of LT and STb to the virulence of F4+ Escherichia coli in swine. J. Erume1*, E. M. Berberov1, S. D. Kachman2, M. A. Scott3, D. H. Francis4, and R. A. Moxley1. 1Dept. of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, and 2Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. 3Dept. of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan St. University, East Lansing, MI. 4Dept. of Veterinary Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
7. The American College of Veterinary Microbiologists selected Dr. Gordon R. Carter as the Distinguished Veterinary Microbiologist award recipient for 2007.
8. The American College of Veterinary Microbiologists Student Awards were presented by Dr. Mary DeBey to:
Invitro: $200 awarded
No. 147: S. P. S. Pallai*, Infection and transmission studies with low pathogenic H5 subtype avian influenza viruses of different origins. S.P.S. Pillai1*, K. Jung1, K. Hong1, M. Strother1, M. Pantin-Jackwood2, D. L. Suarez2, C-W Lee1. 1Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio. 2Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Athens, Georgia.
Molecular: $200 awarded
No. 3: S. M. Szczepanek*, Global in vitro Transcriptomic Comparison of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Strains Rlow and F . S. M. Szczepanek1,2*, S. Frasca Jr.1,2 ,and S. J. Geary1,2. 1Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, 2Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, 06268.
Invivo: $200 awarded
No. 18: S. Ahluwalia*, Differential immune response against Chlamydophila abortus associates with differential severity of staphylococcal and streptococcal mastitis in postpartum and post-abortion sheep. Sudhir Ahluwalia1*, Jutta Kronewetter2, Renate Schneider2, Maria Müller3, Ernst Heinen4, Norbert Schmeer4, and Bernhard Kaltenboeck1. 1Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA; 2II. Medical Clinic, Veterinary Medical University, A-1210 Vienna, Austria; 3Federal Institute for Control of Animal Viral Diseases, A-1123 Hetzendorf, Austria; 4Bayer HealthCare AG., D-40789 Monheim, Germany.
Poster: $200 awarded
No. 128P: E. Brown*, Genetic marker development in the Nsp2 region of a US type I PRRSV. J. J. Bao, X. F. Gao*, E. Brown*, J. Christopher-Hennings, H. Liu, R. Daly, D. Knudsen, E. Nelson, B. Berkenpas, R. Breen, Y. Fang. Center for Infectious Disease Research and Vaccinology, Veterinary Science Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
The Don Kahn Award: $400 awarded
No. 134: D. M. Madson*, Experimental inoculation of mature boars with different isolates of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2). D.M. Madson1*, T. Opriessnig1, S. Ramamoorthy2, C. Kuster3, N. Pal1, X.J. Meng2, P.G. Halbur1. 1Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 2Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. 3Kuster Research and Consulting, Genesco, IL
9. The Biosafety and Biosecurity Student Awards, sponsored by the Animal Health Institute, were announced and presented by Bob Ellis:
First Place: $200, Plaque, and Laboratory Biosafety book
No. 36: HB. Kim*, Evaluation of virucidal effect in vitro on disinfectants and formalin against porcine circovirus type 2. H.B. Kim*, K.S Lyoo and H.S. Joo. Department of Veterinary Population Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Second Place: $150, plaque and Laboratory Biosafety book
No. 25: M. F. Spindel*, Development of a one-step real time reverse transcription PCR assay for the rapid detection of canine influenza virus in nasal swab specimens. M.E. Spindel1*, S. Dillion1, K.F. Lunn1, G.A. Landolt1. Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Poster: $200, plaque, and Laboratory Biosafety book
No. 33P: K. A. Smith*, New prospects for Vaccine Production: An immortalized Chick embryo Cell Line that grows Human and Avian Influenza Virus. K.A. Smith*, C.J. Colvin, P.S.D. Weber, and P.M. Coussens. Molecular Pathogenesis, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
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