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Fall 2021

Haxhiaj, Klevis

Subclinical mastitis (SCM) remains one of the most important infectious diseases of dairy cows as it is associated with considerable losses in milk production and financial revenue. Currently, most SCM research and practices focus on diagnosing this intramammary infection (IMI) by counting...

Fall 2020

Dumar, Zachary J

Animals use a variety of different means to integrate environmental cues and to coordinate responses to these cues. In sponges (phylum Porifera) this capacity for response is limited by the absence of nervous or endocrine systems. Despite this, sponges are capable of whole-body responses that...

Fall 2024

Paez Martins Narciso, Matheus Henrique

While the importance of pH and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) on rumen development in calves is well-known, their impact on the small and large intestines are unclear. This study investigated the effects of ruminal SCFA concentrations ([SCFA]) and pH on performance and hindgut fermentation and...

Fall 2019

Tays, Catherine

While industrial activities have shaped our modern world and lifestyles, one of their many important environmental effects is the significant increase in methane emissions and the resultant atmospheric methane concentrations. A common byproduct of many industries, methane is often burned off as...

Fall 2024

MacInnis, Courtney I

Nosema ceranae and Lotmaria passim are two commonly encountered digestive tract parasites of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) that have been associated with colony losses in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Though honey bees can be co-infected with these parasites, little is known...

Fall 2022

Bennett, Madeline

Current calf nutrition programs revolve around two central themes: liquid feed, to provide early nutritional needs for the calf, and calf starter, to provide the stimuli for rumen development to prepare the calf for weaning. It is currently unclear how milk provision and calf starter starch...