2008 Student Presentations
Congratulations to all our SLRP participants on a job well done! Thanks for all of your hard work and enthusiasm over the last four months.
2008 Poster Presentation Results
Poster Presentation Winners for 2008
First Place Awards
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Brown | Pathobiology | OVC Digital Library |
| Willow Johnson | Pathobiology | Immunity to Rhodococcus equi |
| Tracie King | Pathobiology | Comparison of Two Sample Types for the Detection of E. coli and Antimicrobial Resistance in Small Mammals |
Second Place
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Garner | OMAFRA | The Impact of feeding Alsike clover infected with Cymadothea trifolii on the health and blood parameters of New Zealand rabbits |
| Stefan Lang | Biomedical Sciences | Characterizing Purkinje cell loss in mice exposed to valproic acid in utero |
| Caitlin Littlejohn | Population Medicine | An evaluation of growth parameters in dairy heifer calves vaccinated at different times in the pre-weaning period |
| Eric Traficante | Biomedical Sciences | Roles of uteroglobins in the maintenance and loss of early pregnancy in horses |
Third Place
| Name | Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Edwards | Pathobiology | Quantification of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) intelectin |
| Elizabeth Kuczynski | Pathobiology | Expression of Programmed Cell Death-1 molecules by feline dendritic cells and their role during FIV infection |
| Jacqueline Saint-Onge | Population Medicine | The validity of clinical trials in pre-harvest food safety: Evaluating the need for standardised reporting |
Thank you
Special thanks to our team of volunteer evaluators who took on the challenge of ranking all our student's posters:
|
Dr. Cathy Gartley |
Dr. Jon Lamarre |
Ulrike Sorge |
2008 Oral Presentations
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Justine Rudniski | Population Medicine | Extra-label drug use on Ontario sheep farms |
| Jennifer Montgomery | Pathobiology | Infection Prevention and Control Best Practices for Small Animal Veterinary Clinics |
| Tracie King | Pathobiology | Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife |
| Melissa Davies | Clinical Studies | Point of Care Assessments: Correlation of Serum and Tissue Icterus with Laboratory Values |
| Crystal Throop | Population Medicine | The prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst shedding in calves fed ad libitum acidified versus calves on traditional milk feed program |
| Kim Hester | Population Medicine | A comparison of feeding behaviour of weaned dairy calves with high, average, and low post-weaning weight gain |
| Erin Preiss | Population Medicine | Does three-dimensional positioning of electrodes used for transvenous electrical cardioversion in horses influence cardioversion energy? |
| Kate Warnick | Population Medicine | Pattern of heart rate responses in horses with arrhythmias |
| Craig Hogland | Pathobiology | Effects of receptor binding on B-lymphocytes |
| Heidi Bainbridge | Biomedical Sciences | Induction of cervical dilation for artificial insemination in ewes |
| Theresa Procter | Population Medicine | Investigating the suitability of a wildlife disease database for quantitative disease surveillance |
| Jessica Mortlock | Biomedical Sciences | IGF-1 Mediated post-transcriptional regulation of IL-8 gene expression by the mRNA binding protein HUR |
| Rebecca Brill | Biomedical Scineces | Integrated venous function in rat mesentery |
| Robyn Elgie, Adam Thompson & Jacqueline Saint Onge | Population Medicine | Quality of clinical trials in veterinary medicine |
| Charlotte Sir | Population Medicine | Investigating the evidence for effective interventions during processing to reduce Campylobacter ssp. on chicken carcasses |
| Holly Spring | Population Medicine | Decision Making in Veterinary Medicine |
| Talia Gurwitz | Pathobiology | An evaluation of overwintering of gastro-intestinal nematodes on Ontario sheep farms |
| Elise Tatone | Pathobiology | A case study of Cysticercus Ovis in Ontario feedlot lambs |
| Brett Gamble | Population Medicine | An evaluation of the SOPC cow bedding conditioner on bacteriological contamination of bedding and overall udder health |
| Andrew Zwambag | Population Medicine | Longitudinal study of MRSA in pigs |
| Monika Stevens | Pathobiology & OMAFRA | Evaluation of various poultry euthanasia practices and disposal of carcasses |
| Sarah Moore | Population Medicine | The diffusion of common cryoprotectant solutes into equine embryos |
| Terra Wakeford | Population Medicine | Preliminary investigation of the safety and immunogenicity of a Clostridium difficile carbohydrate vaccine in pigs |
| Darrell Cowen | Population Medecine | The relationship between heamoglobin status and growth performance in calves |
| Jee Lee | Biomedical Sciences | Glyoxylic acid histochemical staining of rat mesenteric veins and arteries |
