Resident Wins First Place at Emergency & Critical Care Symposium

Melanie Jarrett, 3rd year anesthesia resident with the NC State University Veterinary Hospital, won first place for her abstract presentation at the recent 2015 International Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Symposium in Washington, D.C.

Jarrett gave the award-winning presentation,“Recovery of horses from general anesthesia following induction with either propofol or midazolam followed by ketamine” during the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia abstract presentation sessions. The work involved collabration with Kate Bailey, Kristen Messenger,Timo Prange, Lysa Posner, and B. Gaines.

Messenger also presented, “The population pharmacokinetics of orally administered carprofen in dogs” during the afternoon session.