9 Aug 2019
“We view this investment in research and the pursuit of new knowledge as the lifeblood of the veterinary profession” – MSD Animal Health.
Holly Kernot
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MSD Animal Health has announced the five winners of its veterinary student research bursaries.
Each year, MSD awards five £1,000 research bursaries to students from UK vet schools who submit the best research project applications in the hope of furthering their studies.
Michelle Townley, veterinary advisor and bursary coordinator at MSD, said: “There has been a great deal of interest from students taking their veterinary studies to the next level, and our aim is to encourage them in this research and allow students to explore new opportunities.
“We view this investment in research and the pursuit of new knowledge as the lifeblood of the veterinary profession.”
University of Glasgow student Alysia Empert-Gallegos scooped a bursary for her project on owner perspectives of canine feeding raw animal diets, while Emily Freeman, of The University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, won hers for research into helminth co-infection relationships between livestock and wildlife in rural Kenya.
Jia Ni Goh from the University of Nottingham impressed with her research into the characterisation of multi-drug resistance in coliforms isolated from sheep feet in response to multiple footbath treatments, as did Kriti Saxena of the RVC for a project on the comparison of the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in faecal Escherichia coli from organic and non-organic broiler chicken farms in England.
Sarah Eikenbusch, of The University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, bagged the final accolade for her research into bovine tuberculosis – an eradication trial in Wales.
Katie Whalley, an RVN at Chipping Norton Veterinary Hospital, received the inaugural MSD vet nurse research bursary to aid her work into the use of an adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence meter to monitor cleaning, which she hopes will help improve hospital hygiene.
All recipients will be invited to present their research conclusions at the MSD research bursary day, where the two best research projects will be awarded a further £1,000 top prize and a £500 runner-up prize, respectively.
