The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) provided an opportunity for 15 veterinary students to compete for awards in the Veterinary Student Poster Competition. United Animal Health sponsored the competition, offering awards totaling $4,000.
Thirty-five veterinary students from 14 universities submitted abstracts for consideration. Based on scores received in the original judging of abstracts submitted for the AASV Student Seminar, the top 15 abstracts not selected for oral presentation at the annual meeting were eligible to compete in the poster competition.
$500 scholarship: Brenna Werner, University of Minnesota – Top student poster entitled “An investigation of the number of pigs in gestation pens that will chew on a rope during oral fluid collection”
$400 scholarships (l to r): Joel Spencer, United Animal Health; Morgan Johnson, Iowa State University; and Juan Hernandez Cuevas, The Ohio State University.
$300 scholarships (l to r): Joel Spencer, United Animal Health; Kaci Way, The Ohio State University; Sarah Albers, University of Wisconsin; and Paul McDonald, Purdue University.
$200 scholarships (front row l to r): Alexis Berte, Iowa State University; Elisha Snezek, University of Georgia; Alexandra Bishop, Iowa State University; and Amanda Patev, University of Pennsylvania. (back row l to r): Joel Spencer, United Animal Health; Austin Janssen, Iowa State University; Braden Steidley, Oklahoma State University; and Erin Larsen, Lincoln Memorial University. Not pictured is Bridget Cincotta, University of Pennsylvania.
In addition to the poster competition awards, each student poster presenter received $250 from the Zoetis Foundation to offset the costs of poster production and presentation.
