Hats Off to Veterinary Student Award Recipients

Pictured, left to right: Jessica Garcia, Megan McMahon and Monika Dzuiba.
Pictured, left to right: Jessica Garcia, Megan McMahon and Monika Dzuiba.
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Congratulations to the recipients of top honors in the student case presentation competition and, also, the research summaries graduate student awards. Awards were presented at the 2021 American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual conference in Salt Lake City earlier this month.

2021 Student Case Presentation Competition Winners
•    Overall Winner – Monika Dzuiba, Michigan State University
Negatively Controlled Trial Investigating the Effect of Dry Cow Therapy on Clinical Mastitis and Culling

Research Report Winners
o    Research Project – First Place
Monika Dzuiba, Michigan State University
Negatively Controlled Trial Investigating the Effect of Dry Cow Therapy on Clinical Mastitis and Culling

o    Research Project – Second Place
Megan McMahon, University of Minnesota
Effect of water tank sanitation on water quality, bacterial and viral contamination, and feed intake of cattle in a midwestern feedlot

Clinical Case – Jessica Garcia, The Ohio State University
Management of a zoonotic emerging multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serotype 4, 5, 12, i- on dairies in the Midwest
 
2021 AABP Research Summaries Graduate Student Awards

•    First Place – Lisa Gamsjäger, University of Calgary
Do volume, immunoglobulin G content and feeding method of the first colostrum meal impact subsequent nursing behavior and transfer of passive immunity in beef calves?

•    Second Place – William Crosby, Mississippi State University
Comparison of sampling methods and diagnostic techniques for recovery of Mannheimia haemolytica from feedlot cattle

•    Third Place – Claira Seely, Cornell University
The association of prepartum urine pH and periparturient activity and rumination time on postpartum subclinical hypocalcemia dynamics in Holstein cows

Top Honors Awarded to AABP Dairy and Beef Veterinarians

 

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