Student Manuscript Competition

(List of past winners and manuscript titles)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO VETERINARIANS

WILDLIFE PHARMACEUTICALS VETERINARY STUDENT COMPETITION 

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO VETERINARIANS INVITES VETERINARY STUDENTS TO ENTER THEIR PRESENTATION IN A TOPIC AREA RELATED TO ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE TO THE ANNUAL WILDLIFE PHARMACEUTICALS VETERINARY STUDENT COMPETITION. THE INTENT OF THE COMPETITION IS TO FOSTER SCHOLARLY EFFORT IN DEVELOPING CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS IN ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE AND THE RELATED SCIENCES. 

Wildlife Pharmaceuticals will present a $600 first place award and a $400 second place award. Award winners will be judged on their presentation at the annual AAZV meeting in the fall of 2009. Presentation subjects can include any of a number of traditional veterinary or related science disciplines that impact the management of non-domestic animals, but they should fit within the session topics identified for the 2009 AAZV conference. The participants will be judged on their oral presentation at the AAZV Conference.  

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE WILDLIFE PHARMACEUTICALS VETERINARY STUDENT COMPETITION: 

1) You must have been enrolled in veterinary school during the study, and the work must be submitted within one year of graduating from veterinary school. The subject must entail original research, retrospective studies or case reports; a literature review alone would not be appropriate for this competition.  The work must have been completed while enrolled in veterinary school and prior to graduation, although this does not imply that the study was done at the school (i.e. could have been completed during external an external preceptorship, clinical rotation, summer program or other), but must have been done prior to graduation from veterinary school.

The study must be submitted within one year of the student’s date of graduation from veterinary school. 

2) You must be accepted as a speaker in one of the planned sessions for the 2009 AAZV Annual Conference. Respond to the Call for Papers for the 2009 Conference by contacting the appropriate Session Chair. (The closing date for submission of titles to session chairs is February 22, 2009.)  

3) Once your paper has been accepted by a Session Chair, follow the instructions for speakers, submitting an abstract for the Conference Proceedings. The submitted abstract must be in the format specified for the AAZV Annual Conference Proceedings. Please refer to the Instructions for Proceedings Contributions sent to you by the Session Chair. Next, apply to participate in the 2009 Post-Graduate Competition. Participants may only enter ONE presentation in the competition, regardless of the number of presentations they plan to give during the meeting.

4) Submit electronic copy of your final Proceedings abstract and a cover letter to the AAZV Education Committee Competition Coordinator, Dr. Luis Padilla at PadillaL@si.edu or mail an electronic media copy to the address listed below. Submission must be received by May 1, 2009. Submission of abstract to session chair DOES NOT automatically enter you into the post-graduate competition, and YOU must contact the competition coordinator directly.  Please note that May 1 is the final day that submissions are accepted (i.e. e-mail must be received no later than May 1, 2009 and mail correspondence must have been delivered by this day). 

TITLE SUBMISSION TO SESSION CHAIRS BY February 22, 2009.

ABSTRACTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY Dr. Padilla BY MAY 1, 2009. 

Submit a cover letter introducing yourself with the abstract to the address below. Please include your full name, university and graduating class year, any degrees (AHT, BS, MS, etc.), address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address. Provide the name of a faculty or zoo staff mentor, and indicate the circumstances and dates during which the work was completed.  An acknowledgement of receipt of abstract and acceptance into the competition will be given prior to the conference (contact the e-mail address below should there be any uncertainty as to entry status). If you have not applied or met the aforementioned deadlines, you will not be allowed to enter the competition at a later date, or at the conference. 

SUBMIT LETTER OF APPLICATION AND ABSTRACT TO: 

Dr. Luis R. Padilla

Veterinary Medical Officer

Department of Animal Health

Smithsonian National Zoological Park

3000 Connecticut Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20008

padillaL@si.edu