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Sources: Craig Smith, smithcra@k-state.edu;
and Ben Wileman, bwileman@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415, bbohn@k-state.edu
Thursday, April 8, 2010
TWO K-STATE GRADUATE STUDENTS EARN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 1xbet online games login PRESENTATIONS AT CAPITOL GRADUATE 1xbet online games login SUMMIT
MANHATTAN -- 1xbet online games login presentations by two Kansas State University graduate students earned honors at the seventh annual Capitol Graduate 1xbet online games login Summit, March 25, at the Docking State Office Building in Topeka.
Craig Smith, doctoral student in agricultural economics, Haven, and Benjamin Wileman, doctoral student in pathobiology, Wamego, each earned 0 scholarships from KansasBio for their 1xbet online games login posters.
The Capitol Graduate 1xbet online games login Forum is opportunity for select graduate students from K-State, the University of Kansas, KU Medical Center and Wichita State University to showcase their 1xbet online games login through poster presentations to the interested public, state legislators and state officials. In all, 32 graduate students from the state's 1xbet online games login universities were selected to participate in the summit.
Smith and Wileman were among the 10 K-State students who presented 1xbet online games login at the summit. The 10 students were selected earlier this semester at a forum featuring 70 poster presentations on 1xbet online games login being conducted at K-State that is relevant to issues being faced in the state of Kansas.
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&1xbet online games login ;With sedimentation threatening the current and future utility of many of our state's reservoirs, it is particularly critical, especially in tight budgetary times, that conservation investments be targeted to projects that yield the most environmental improvements per dollar spent,&1xbet online games login ; Smith said. &1xbet online games login ;This can be a challenging task, considering the multitude of political, economic and environmental variables involved in the local decision-making process. To aid in the development of cost-effective watershed scale management plans, agricultural economists at K-State developed the user-friendly tool, Watershed Manager.&1xbet online games login ;
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Smith's major professor is Jeffrey Williams, professor of agricultural economics.
Wileman's poster was &1xbet online games login ;Passive Immunity to a Commercial E. Coli-SRP Vaccine in Beef Cattle Colostrum from Cows Grazing Native Range.&1xbet online games login ; SRP is a registered trademark.
As one of the top beef-producing states in the nation, Kansas has the responsibility of also being a leading innovator in beef production that includes beef safety technologies, Wileman said. An example of this is that the majority of the beef cattle 1xbet online games login on the newly licensed and trademarked E. coli O157:H7 SRP bacterial extract vaccine from Epitopix LLC has been done in Kansas through the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine.
&1xbet online games login ;This unique industry-academic relationship has enabled Kansas producers to take a proactive approach toward beef food safety,&1xbet online games login ; Wileman said. &1xbet online games login ;My research poster examined the ability of the E. coli SRP vaccine to be passed on to calves through the colostrum of vaccinated cows.&1xbet online games login ;
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&1xbet online games login ;These two points raise two important questions,&1xbet online games login ; he said. &1xbet online games login ;Can we get the E. coli SRP antibodies into the colostrum and into the calf? And, what impact does that have on E. coli O157 shedding down the production cycle at the point of harvest?
&1xbet online games login ;This project demonstrated that we can get the E. coli O157 SRP antibodies in the colostrum and into the calves,&1xbet online games login ; Wileman said. &1xbet online games login ;The longer term study, which is in progress, is looking at what affect does cow vaccination and calf vaccination have on E. coli O157 shedding at the point of harvest. With Kansas being the seventh largest cow-calf state in the U.S., this research will have a significant effect on Kansas producers and will help aid them in producing a safe and nutritious beef product.&1xbet online games login ;
Wileman's major professor is Dan Thomson, Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology in the department of clinical sciences.