UF College Of Veterinary Medicine phi zeta research emphasis day June 14, 2004

Outstanding achievers in research at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine were honored June 14 during Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day.

Awards given were as follows:

Best Platform Presentation by a Graduate Student

Weirong Zhang, department of physiological sciences – Effect of activation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG) on the cardiorespiratory response to peripheral chemoreceptor stimulation

Best Poster Presentation

Melissa A. Bourgeois, class of 2006 – The role of beta-1 integrin in mediating skeletal responses to altered mechanical loading in vivo Best Platform Presentation by a Resident Tracie Ann Murchie – measuring gentamicin and penicillin concentrations in allantoic fluid of pregnant pony mares by in vivo microdialysis

Best Platform Presentation by a Veterinary Student - Tie for First Place

Megan K. Ross, Class of 2006 – GnRH immunocontraception of male cats, Antonia Gardner, Class of 2004 – Radiographic evaluation of cardiac size in flying fox species (pteropus rodricensus, P. hypomelanus and P. vampyrus