WVC Food Animal Incentive awards

At the 2011 Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas, five veterinarians were awarded the 2011 Food Animal Incentive awards. Each of the award winners is conducting post-graduate veterinary work in food animal medicine.

• The 2011 Food Animal Incentive Award winners are:
• Leslie Charles, DVM, University of Florida
• Brandon Fraser, DVM, Kansas State University
• Amanda Kowalski, DVM, University of Illinois
• Rachel Record, DVM, University of Prince Edward Island
• Aaron Lucas, DVM, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

2011 Food Animal Incentive Award Recipients: Brandon Fraser, DVM; Aaron Lucas, DVM; Leslie Charles, DVM; Rachel Record, DVM; and Amanda Kowalski, DVM.

1. Team up against bovine respiratory disease
2. Cornell genetic testing process cuts costs by up to 75 percent
3. 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
4. USDA approves newly formulated PULMO-GUARD vaccine for cattle
5. UK first in EU to get Merck's new Schmallenberg vaccine
6. K-State launches MAB program for animal health professionals

1. Arcanobacterium pyogenes renamed
2. Cornell genetic testing process cuts costs by up to 75 percent
3. Zoetis, Texas Tech partner in Salmonella research
4. Parnell launches FDA-approved reproductive hormone
5. USDA approves newly formulated PULMO-GUARD vaccine for cattle
6. Reducing stress at branding time