SAVOY, Ill. -- Two students were honred with research awards at the Poultry Science Association's recent annual meeting.
Vanessa K. Kretzschmar-McCluskey received the Maurice Stein Fellowship Award. This award, given to a graduate student, recognizes Kretzschmar-McCluskey's work on the natural prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis in the shell eggs of laying hens. She is pursuing her doctorate studies at Auburn University. The scholarship foundation is managed by the United Egg Producers.
Dr. Craig D. Coufal received the Alltech Student Research Manuscript Award. The award is given to a student author for his or her presentation and publication as senior author of an outstanding research manuscript in Poultry Science or The Journal of Applied Poultry Research. Coufal is now an assistant Extension professor in the Department of Poultry Science at Mississippi State University.