AASV Veterinary Student Activities at the 2014 Annual Meeting
March 1-4, 2014 - Dallas, Texas
It is part of the mission of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians to "mentor students, encouraging life-long careers as swine veterinarians." To help fulfill this mission, the association encourages veterinary students to attend the AASV annual meeting and offers a variety of activities for student participation during the conference:
FREE REGISTRATION
Registration for the AASV
annual meeting is FREE for AASV Veterinary Student Members. Student
registration for the meeting includes attendance at the scientific
sessions, a copy of the meeting proceedings, Monday luncheon ticket,
Monday awards reception ticket, Tuesday breakfast ticket, and admission
to the company-sponsored social events. In addition, veterinary students
may register for pre-conference seminars free of charge!
$200 TRAVEL STIPEND
Each veterinary student who attends the AASV Annual Meeting receives a
$200 (US$) travel stipend, courtesy of Newport Laboratories
and the AASV Foundation! To qualify, you must be a current Student
AASV
Member AND you must pre-register for the meeting by February 7. When
you register for the meeting, you will receive an email message within
a
few days, confirming that you qualify for the stipend. If you don’t
receive the confirmation message, contact AASV prior to the meeting to
make sure you are registered! Pick up your check in person at the
meeting registration desk in Dallas.
VET HUNT
This fun activity provides the opportunity to network with
veterinarians at the conference. Look in your registration packet for
the list of participating vets, then introduce yourself, visit with, and
collect the business cards of at least ten of them to qualify for the
prize drawing, held during the Merck Student Reception on Sunday
evening.
STUDENT BREAKFAST
Enjoy breakfast, compliments of the AASV, on Sunday, March 2 at 6:30
am. Meet and visit with students and
faculty advisors from veterinary colleges from across the country and
around the world.
STUDENT PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR
For several years now, the AASV has offered a very popular
pre-conference seminar designed especially for new and soon-to-be
veterinarians. Registration is free for veterinary students and '12 and
'13 DVM graduates. Click the heading below to expand for seminar program details.
Seminar #10: Swine Medicine for Students
Seminar co-chairs: Angie Supple and Jeremy Pittman
This seminar has the goal of providing students with supplementary
information for their course curricula at school. This year we will
provide information on the economics of raising pigs, an important
aspect to consider when providing veteriary care for a farm or system.
We will also provide a series of short and concise case studies by
recent graduates of common and not-so-common problems, highlighting the
thought process of a case work-up. We will end with a popular
interactive case presentation where students will work in groups to
think through a real-life case example.
As always, recent graduates and life-long students are encouraged to participate.
8:00 Introductions and "multi-sourced commingling"
Angie Supple
8:20 Pig Economics 101
Jason Hocker
Case presentations:
9:15 Late finishing diarrhea
Daren Miller
9:30 Post-weaning E. coli
Melissa Hensch
9:45 Neurological disorder of swine
Sara Hough
10:00 BREAK
Case presentations:
10:15 Severe respiratory disease in early finishing pigs
Pete Schneider
10:30 Porcine circovirus type 2: Sorting fact from fiction to develop control strategies
Megan Potter
10:45 Respiratory disease associated with swine influenza virus (SIV)
Pete Thomas
11:00 Interactive case
Jeremy Pittman
12:00 Seminar concludes
PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS
Students may register for any of the numbered pre-conference seminars
free-of-charge. You may register for one seminar on Saturday and one on Sunday.
STUDENT POSTER SESSION
Veterinary students present research and case studies
in poster format on Sunday, March 2. The
display begins at 12:00 noon on Sunday, with the poster authors
available for discussion until 1:00 pm. The posters will be available
for viewing until 5:00 pm, and again on Monday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
Zoetis and AASV provide a $250 stipend to each
participating poster author. Additionally, posters #1 - #15 will be
judged by a practitioner panel for the awarding of scholarships
sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
STUDENT SEMINAR
Some say the best presentations of the meeting are made during the
AASV Student Seminar on Sunday afternoon (March 2, 1:00 - 5:00 pm). On the basis of submitted abstracts, 15 students have
been selected to make presentations of research, case studies, and
literature reviews. Zoetis sponsors this session and
provides a $750 travel stipend to each student presenter. The students'
oral and written presentations are judged, and a $5,000 scholarship,
funded by Zoetis, is awarded to the top presentation. Elanco Animal
Health provides $20,000 to fund 14 additional scholarships of varying
amounts to the runners-up.
SPEED INTERVIEWS
This opportunity for 3rd and 4th-year students provides an opportunity to practice interview skills and learn about externships and job openings, while networking with swine veterinarians. The speed interviews will be held Sunday, March 2, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in "Atrium" at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Participants must register in advance with AASV Student Delegate Amy Daniels.
STUDENT RECEPTION
Don’t miss the Student Reception sponsored by Merck Animal Health on
Sunday, March 2 from 8:30 - 11:00 pm. You’ll find
plenty of snacks & beverages along with truly magical entertainment.
Make the most of this opportunity to interact with students, swine
veterinarians, researchers, and industry representatives in an informal
setting – who knows, you might line up your next externship or identify a
potential job opportunity!
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION
The announcement of the recipients of the AASV Foundation Veterinary
Student Scholarships, funded by Zoetis and Elanco Animal
Health, and the Student Poster Competition Scholarships, funded by
Boehringer Ingelheim, takes place during the AASV Luncheon at 12:30 pm
on Monday,
March 3. Join the AASV in recognizing and
congratulating all of the Student Seminar and Poster Competition
participants!