Awards Liverpool 2013

Oral abstract award
This year, BSAVA have kindly provided one prize per society, comprising a book (chosen by the award winner) from the BSAVA series.  The prize is intended to be given for an oral presentation, and can be for a first, second or third prize.  For instance, where a society also has awards sponsored by other companies (see below), the BSAVA award is usually given for the second or third prize.


Awards Liverpool

ESCG-Nestlé Purina GI Health award winner

1st prize - offered by Nestlé Purina
M.R. Trehy
SERUM PANCREAS-SPECIFIC LIPASE CONCENTRATIONS IN DOGS WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL FOREIGN BODIES
Small Animal Teaching Hospital, NESTON, United Kingdom

2nd prize
Silke Schmitz
A PILOT STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF PROBIOTIC TREATMENT ON GENE EXPRESSION IN INTESTINAL BIOPSIES FROM DOGS WITH FOOD-RESPONSIVE CHRONIC ENTEROPATHY.
Royal Veterinary College, NORTH MYMMS, United Kingdom

ESVE best oral abstract

Best oral presentation - Dechra award
M.M.J. Kool
ACTIVATING MUTATIONS OF GNAS IN CANINE CORTISOL-SECRETING ADRENOCORTICAL TUMORS
Utrecht University, UTRECHT, The Netherlands


2nd prize
M.F. van den Berg
SF-1 EXPRESSION IN CANINE CORTISOL-SECRETING ADRENOCORTICAL TUMORS
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, UTRECHT, The Netherlands

ESVIM-ISCAID best oral abstract

Merial Award for the best oral presentation in infectious diseases
K. Mende
EVALUATION OF AN IN-HOUSE DOT ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY TO DETECT ANTIBODIES AGAINST FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet/Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, MUNICH, Germany


Award to the best oral presentation in non-infectious diseases
S.J. Viitanen
C -REACTIVE PROTEIN IN CANINE LOWER AIRWAY DISEASES AND IN CARDIOGENIC PULMONARY EDEMA
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, Finland


ESVNU best oral abstract

1st prize - offered by Novartis
S. Marynissen
SERUM CYSTATIN C IN DOGS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS OR CUSHING'S SYNDROME
University of Ghent, faculty of Veterinary Medicine, MERELBEKE, Belgium


2nd prize
A.C. Sánchez-Lara
FELINE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH UPREGULATION OF TRANSGLUTAMINASE, A CROSS-LINKING ENZYME
Academic Nephrology Unit, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom
 

ESVC best oral abstract

1st prize
J. Lee,
PATHOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS AND CLINICAL CORRELATES IN CANINE DEGENERATIVE MITRAL VALVE DISEASE AT SURGICAL BIOPSY
Nihon University, FUJISAWA, Japan


2nd prize
K.F. Scollan
MEXILETINE SERUM LEVELS WITH TWICE DAILY DOSING IN COMBINATION WITH SOTALOL IN HEALTHY DOGS
Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, United States of America
 

ESVCN best oral abstract

1st prize
Poppy Gant
CAN YOU TELL HOW FAT A CAT IS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS?
University of Liverpool

ESVONC best oral abstract

1st prize
M.J. Voorhorst
BIOAVAILABILITY OF CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND VINCRISTINE AFTER INTRAPERITONEAL ADMINISTRATION IN CATS
Utrecht University, UTRECHT, The Netherlands

Best poster research communications ECVIM-CA

1st prize
V. Buehler
ESVONC
EVALUATION OF CLINICAL STAGING INCLUDING CYTOLOGY OF LIVER AND SPLEEN IN FELINE MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA
University of veterinary medicine, Hannover, HANNOVER, Germany

2nd prize
J. Dahan 
ESCG
WHAT IS THE BEST ENDOSCOPIC INTESTINAL BIOPSY FORCEPS IN DOGS? AN EX-VIVO HISTOPATHOLOGICAL APPROACH.
National veterinary school, TOULOUSE, France


3rd prize
A.M. Canonne 
ISCAID
LONG TERM FOLLOW UP IN DOGS WITH EOSINOPHILIC BRONCHOPNEUMOPATHY TREATED WITH INHALED GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID THERAPY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium, LIÈGE, Belgium