Dr. Jessica Bates (pictured on right), a current post doctorate fellow at SMEC, and Joel Sparks (pictured on left), a former SMEC intern, were each accepted for a Poster Presentation at the 1st Annual Iowa State University Graduate & Professional Student Research Conference hosted by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) being held on Friday, April 4, 2014 from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Dr. Bates’ poster presentation will be on, “Translactational transfer of meloxicam for piglet analgesia during castration and tail docking,” and Joel Sparks’ poster presentation will be on, “Comparison of chlortetracycline (CTC) concentrations in feed, plasma, and oral fluids with pathogen MICs in treated commercial swine sites.”