The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students during the AASV annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo.
Angela Delks received a $5,000 scholarship for best student presentation. Angela is a third-year veterinary student at Purdue University. Her presentation was titled "Duration of viability of desiccated PRRSV in a PRRS MLV vaccine." Alpharma Animal Health provided the financial support for the Best Student Presenter award.
Additional scholarships totaling $20,000 were provided by Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, on behalf of Elanco Animal Health.
Four veterinary student presenters received $2,500 scholarships: Christine Pelland, University of Guelph; Adam Moeser, North Carolina State University; Rayna Gunvaldsen, University of Saskatchewan; and Jenny Cho-MacSwain, University of Minnesota.
Five veterinary student presenters received $1,500 scholarships: Janet Sunstrum, University of Guelph; Sarah Jensen, Colorado State University; Maya Kuratomi, University of Minnesota; Heather James, University of Saskatchewan; and Krista Toner, University of Prince Edward Island.
Those student presenters receiving $500 scholarships were: Andrew Mack, The Ohio State University; Lindsay Simpson, North Carolina State University; Ryan Schaefer, Iowa State University; J. Joel Sullivan, Iowa State University; and Amber Borcherding, Iowa State University. Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, on behalf of Elanco Animal Health, provided financial support for these four awards.
Thirty-five students representing 14 universities submitted abstracts for consideration. From those submissions, fifteen students were selected to present during the annual meeting. Alpharma Animal Health, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provided a $500 travel stipend to each student selected to participate.
Judges representing private practice, academia and industry selected the recipients on the basis of communications skills in the writing of the abstract and the presentation of the case report, and on applicability of the research to swine medicine.