2008 Summer Scholars

	Name: Brian Adams Mentor: Dusan Palic Project Title: Rapid Determination of Immunomodulation Potential for Feed Additives Using Fathead Minnow Neutrophil Function
	Name: Preston Ayers Mentor: Dean Riedesel Project Title: Reducing Perioperative Hypothermia in Anesthetized Patients
	Name: Jenna Bjork Mentor: Christine Petersen Project Title: Detection of Brucella canis DNA in canine blood via PCR Analysis
	Name: Marie Bockenstedt Mentor: Doug Jones/Jesse Hostetter Project Title: Development of an in vivo diagnostic for Johne’s Disease using Emerging Technologies of Nanoparticles and Encapsulating Hydrogel
	Name: Rachel Brincks Mentor: Tim Day Project Title: Acetylcholine G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Planarians
	Name: Stephanie Holloway (Byers) Mentor: Claudia Baldwin Project Title: Efficacy of L-lysine in Treatment and Prevention of Feline Upper Respiratory Infection in a Traditional Shelter Setting
	Name: Kiril Dimitrov Mentor: David Smith (NE) Project Title: Improving Diagnostic Capabilities to Prevent the Transmission of Johne’s Disease
	Name: Mariya Dimitrova Mentor: Mark Ackermann Project Title: VEGF Signaling In Lung Epithelial Cells: Influence on RSV Infection in a Lamb Model
	Name: Laura Durant-Elliott Mentor: Justin Greenlee Project Title: TNF-a Expression in the Retinas of Experimentally Inoculated Scrapie-Affected Sheep
	Name: Hadley Evans Mentor: Richard Martin Project Title: Investigating the Efficacy of Profender® in vitro Against the Swine Intestinal Roundworm Oesophagostomum dentatum
	Name: Christine Fanelli Mentor: Lisa Nolan Project Title: Sustainability of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) in the Poultry Environment
	Name: Elizabeth Wormley (Farrington) Mentor: Matthew Ellinwood Project Title: Semi-quantitative Clinical and Quantitative Behavioral Endpoints in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (MPS IIIB) Dogs
	Name: Charles Geneczko Mentor: Greg Phillips Project Title: Characterization of Antimicrobial Persistence in Foodborne Pathogens
	Name: Jennafer Glaesemann Mentor: Paul Plummer Project Title: Effect of Chlamydophila spp. on Somatic Cell Count in Dairy Goats
	Name: Katie McGuire Mentor: Julia Ridpath Project Title: Investigation of white-tailed deer persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus and their infectivity for other deer
	Name: Garret Moenk Mentor: Ronald Griffith Project Title: Effectiveness of selected-coccidial compounds and construction of Eimeria spp. PCR primers from Northern Bobwhite, Chucker Partridges, and Ring-necked Pheasants
	Name: Monique Pairis Mentor: Suzanne Millman Project Title: Can fear be effectively assessed in Swine? A study measuring fear levels during a Human Approach Test
	Name: Katherine Polak Mentor: Claudia Baldwin Project Title: Risk Factors for Feline Upper Respiratory Disease Complex in Animal Shelters and Correlation with Body Weight Performance
	Name: Zoe Quirk Mentor: James West Project Title: Efficacy of Formic Acid as a Means of Controlling Mycoplasma bovis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Dairy Cattle
	Name: Nick Rappa #1 Mentor: Al Jergens Project Title: Small Animal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Computer-aided Instructional Program
	Name: Nick Rappa #2 Mentor: Dianna Jordan / Ronald Griffith Project Title: Bacterial colonization of pigs infected with Actinobacillus suis
	Name: Michael Rice Mentor: Annette O’Connor Project Title: Lack of Blinding and Randomization Not Associated With Better Study Outcomes: Antibiotic Treatment of Bovine Respiratory Disease: 1970-2005
	Name: Clara Quevedo Salazar Mentor: Christine Petersen Project Title: Familial risk of Leishmania infantum determined by cohort analysis implies vertical transmission
	Name: Meredith Sherrill Mentor: Matthew Ellinwood Project Title: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Development of an Appendix of Approved Animal Procedures
	Name: Katie Weeks Mentor: Steve Carlson Project Title: Salmonella Catabolism of Antibiotics: a Precursor to "Super Resistance"
	Name: Meghan Wymore Mentor: Al Jergens Project Title: Differential Expression of Mucosal Genes Associated with Canine Inflammatory Bowel Disease
	Name: Amanda Young Mentor: Greg Somerville Project Title: Identification of tricarboxylic acid cycle impaired strains of Staphlyococcus epidermidis
	Name: Ann Young Mentor: Suzanne Millman Project Title: A case study evaluating sow and housing effects on preweaning mortality rates