The American Association of Avian Pathologists saluted scientific achievements of its members last week with an awards luncheon at the association’s 59th annual conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Awardees include Dr. Charles Hofacre from the University of Georgia, recipient of the Phibro Animal Health Excellence in Poultry Research Award; John Glisson, US Poultry & Egg Association and the University of Georgia, and John Smith, Fieldale Farms receiving the AAAP’s 2016 Special Service Awards; and Silvia Carnaccini, University of California-Davis, and Hyesun Jang, The Ohio State University, receiving the Reed Rumsey Student Awards for clinical and basic research, respectively, in avian influenza.

AAAP and its sponsors also awarded 12 academic scholarships and 11 preceptorship awards. A complete list of this year’s awards can be found here.