{"id":23381,"date":"2024-04-26T11:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=23381"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:04:07","slug":"veterinary-clinical-sciences-graduate-students-receive-awards-at-dairy-nutrition-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/veterinary-clinical-sciences-graduate-students-receive-awards-at-dairy-nutrition-conference.php","title":{"rendered":"Veterinary Clinical Sciences Graduate Students Receive Awards at Dairy Nutrition Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69de04352bcba&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69de04352bcba\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jillian-and-Natnicha_2024-Dairy-Conference-copy2a-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"(left-right) VCS graduate students Jillian Grantz and Natnicha Taechachokevivat display the awards they won in the 2024 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference Student Presentation Showcase.\" class=\"wp-image-23372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jillian-and-Natnicha_2024-Dairy-Conference-copy2a-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jillian-and-Natnicha_2024-Dairy-Conference-copy2a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jillian-and-Natnicha_2024-Dairy-Conference-copy2a-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jillian-and-Natnicha_2024-Dairy-Conference-copy2a-314x235.jpg 314w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jillian-and-Natnicha_2024-Dairy-Conference-copy2a.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(left-right) <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/vcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VCS<\/a> graduate students Jillian Grantz and Natnicha Taechachokevivat display the awards they won in the 2024 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference Student Presentation Showcase.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Congratulations are in order for two graduate students who work in the research laboratory of Dr. Rafael Neves, assistant professor of food animal ambulatory, after they won awards at the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tristatedairy.org\/\">Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference<\/a>.&nbsp; Held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the three-day annual event is a collaborative effort between Purdue University, Michigan State University, The Ohio State University, and the allied dairy industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the Student Presentation Showcase on Monday, April 15, graduate students from Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State University, and the University of Wisconsin vied for prizes up to $2,250 in the MS and PhD divisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jillian Grantz<\/strong> won 1st place in the MS division oral competition for her presentation entitled, \u201cEvaluation of the plasma oxylipin and endocannabinoid profile and the platelet and plasma proteome in postpartum dairy cows experiencing elevated systemic inflammation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natnicha Taechachokevivat<\/strong> was awarded 2nd place in the PhD student oral competition for her presentation entitled, \u201cThe epidemiology of systemic inflammation: Associations of plasma haptoglobin in the first week postpartum with disease and milk yield in Holstein cows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jillian and Natnicha successfully competed against students from MSU, OSU, Penn State and Purdue to win awards in their respective categories.&nbsp; \u201cI am beyond proud of them,\u201d commented Dr. Neves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference primarily serves individuals who provide nutritional advice to dairy farmers. \u00a0Attendees include feed industry personnel, nutrition consultants, university faculty and students, extension personnel, and veterinarians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations are in order for Jillian Grantz and Natnicha Taechachokevivat, two graduate students who work in the research laboratory of Dr. Rafael Neves, assistant professor of food animal ambulatory, after they won awards at the recent Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":23372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1054,29,42],"tags":[1158,2257,26,56],"class_list":["post-23381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-graduate-student","category-our-people","category-students","tag-awards","tag-dairy-nutrition-conference","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23393,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23381\/revisions\/23393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}