Congratulations to all presenters at the 2021 LFS Graduate Student Conference. You’ve all delivered amazing presentations that captured the wide breadth of programs within LFS. Here are this year’s winners:
Poster Presentation Winners
1st Place: Kai von Kentzell, Investigation into owner-reported differences between foreign- and Canadian-sourced dogs
2nd Place: Erin Ryan, Humane pest control? Non-target interactions with a captive bolt trap for commensal rodents
3rdPplace: Linda Lu, Characterization and application of bacteriophages for biocontrol of Shiga toxin producing Escherchia coli
Oral Presentation Winners:
1st Place: Kathryn McLellan, Effects of free-choice pasture access on lameness recovery and behaviour in dairy cattle
2nd Place: Lexis H. Ly, Exploring the relationship between human social deprivation and animal surrender to shelters in British Columbia, Canada
3rd place: Anna Ratuski, Use of a get-away loft by lactating laboratory rats: Do rat moms need a break from their pups?
People’s Choice awards:
Sammy Blair — Oral presentation, A narrative review of ‘school farms’ in British Columbia’s secondary schools and the connection of food literacy as an evolving framework for food education
Jessica C. S. Marques – Poster Presentation, Tail chalk improves estrous detection when using automated activity monitors