Hart and Mackay receive top honors for veterinary posters

Hillary Hart, sophomore veterinary student, and Edward Mackay, veterinary graduate student, received top honors for a poster they developed during the recent annual meeting of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Washington, D.C.

The poster described the discovery of a protein associated with inherited glaucoma in dogs. Identification of the protein and the genetic mutation that produces it could lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms that gradually elevate fluid pressure within the eye in both dogs and man.