Poster Awards

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We are happy to announce the winners of the poster awards.

[Due to the distribution of abstract entries, awards were given to Early-Career participants - noted with a * - as well as other entries]

Sessions 1:  Brucella / Anthrax / Biosafety & Security

1st Prize

P-08 Robab Katani* (Nelson Mandela - African   Institute of Science and Technology / Penn State) 

Public Health Risks Associated with Bushmeat Consumption in Tanzania: Identification of DNA Signature of B. Anthracis, Brucella, and Coxiella     

P-11 Joseph Kingston (DFRL, Mysuru) 

Anthrax Bivalent proteins r-PB, r-PAbxpB derived from protective   antigen and spore proteins for comprehensive protection against Bacillus anthracis   

2nd Prize 

P-01 Bhairab Mondal* (SN Biotech)

Brucella Colorimetric DNAzyme Biosensor for Convenience Detection of Brucella Sp from Environmental and Clinical Samples   

3rd Prize P-05 G Dhinakar Raj (TANUVAS)

Brucella Brucellosis – A cross-sectional seroprevalence survey in   humans and bovine using monoclonal-based blocking ELISA    

Sessions 2: TB / Burden of Disease

1st Prize 

P-62 Sunil Kumar Mor* (University of Minnesota) Burden of Disease 

Importance of next generation sequencing and bioinformatics analysis in capacity building and characterization of upper respiratory tract viruses of domestic and wild birds in India

2nd Prize 

P-58 N.K. Mahajan (LUVAS) Burden of Disease 

Surveillance of Newcastle disease virus using qRT-PCR in commercial and backyard poultry and migratory birds in Haryana, India   

3rd Prize 

P-50 Niranjana Sahoo (OUAT) Burden of Disease 

Highly pathogenic influenza A virus (H5N1) isolation from a Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) rescued from a residential area in Bhubaneswar smart city, India

Session 3: Antimicrobial Resistance / Intersectoral Collaboration

1st Prize 

P-37 Asima Zehra* (School of Public Health and Zoonoses, GADVASU) AMR 

Comparative analysis of MRSA and BORSA in community and food of animal origin   

2nd Prize 

LB-05 Capt SB Rama Raju Sagi* (Central Military Veterinary Laboratory) AMR 

Antimicrobial resistance associated with Rhodococcus equi infection in equine – A therapeutic engima

3rd Prize 

P-42 Purushottam Kaushik (Bihar Vet College) 

AMR Isolation and characterization of lytic bacteriophage MRSPP specific for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from dog with chronic skin disease    

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Poster Event!