Title: Supporting Decision-Making Using Dairy Farm Simulation, Optimization, and Artificial Intelligence Presenter: Yijing Gong, Dairy Science Ph.D. candidate (advisor: Dr. Victor E. Cabrera) Location: MSABD RM 1111 or virtual

Interested in learning more about the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences and the Dairy and Food Animal Management major in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW-Madison? Join us for the day to meet with current students and faculty to learn more about the majors, facilities, and programs offered! Please complete this short form […]

Title: “How did it happen, and what did we learn? H5N1 remains alive and well in U.S. Dairy, but Wisconsin retains our “Gold Status." Speaker: Keith Poulsen, DVM PhD, DACVIM Clinical Associate Professor, Large Animal Internal Medicine Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Title: “Understanding the impact of the farm and lairage environments on Salmonella contamination in market hogs." Speaker: Alejandra Abrego Title: “Evaluating the Efficacy of Hydrated Surface Lethality as a Novel Approach for Food Safety in Thermal Processing.” Speaker: Jordan Hartley

Title: “Evidence for a novel role of Pregnancy-Associated Glycoproteins (PAGs) in maintenance of the bovine corpus luteum of pregnancy." Speaker: Livia Martino Duarte   Title: “Effects of feeding alternative forage silages on early lactation performance and gas production in multiparous Holstein cows.” Speaker: Barbara Dittrich

Title: Characterizing immune cell metabolism and systemic function during the transition period of dairy cows Presenter: Trinidad Fernandez Wallace, Dairy Science M.S. candidate (advisor: Dr. Lautaro Rostoll Cangiano) Location: MSABD RM 1115

Title: Characterizing and Diagnosing Subclinical Mastitis in Dairy Sheep Presenter: Andre Aguiar Zambon, Animal Sciences M.S. candidate (advisor: Dr. Sarah Adcock) Location: MSABD RM 1115

Title: “Pregnancy loss in lactating dairy cows: Physiologic mechanisms and practical manipulation” Speaker: Milo Wiltbank, Professor, UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences

Graduate Student Updates and Q&A Speaker: Laura Hernandez, Professor, UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences

Title: Mechanisms of developmental programming in the preimplantation embryo Speaker: Dr. Pete Hansen, University of Florida, Distinguished Professor and L.E. “Red” Larson Professor