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Kent A. Weigel, Department Chair Greetings alumni, stakeholders, and friends! I hope you are all doing well. We have an exciting newsletter for you, packed with features about student successes, faculty achievements, and interesting projects. Read more… | |
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| | Love of animals steers student toward veterinary track For as long as she can remember, Ella Gonzales has always had a love for animals. Whether it was dogs, cats, hamsters, or even a pet snake, she was exposed to all kinds of domesticated animals as a youngster and decided she wanted to make a career of working with them. Gonzales, a native of Racine, enrolled at UW-Madison in the fall of 2021 in the Animal and Dairy Sciences Department with a goal of eventually gaining admittance to… Read more… | |
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| Not one, not two, but three majors for Hoffman When Isaiah Hoffman came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from his home state of Pennsylvania, he basically had no interest in returning to his family’s farm to pursue a career as a dairy farmer. But it didn’t take him long to change his mind. Hoffman, a junior in the Animal and Dairy Sciences Department, grew up on a small dairy farm in Pennsylvania, a 100-acre farm his parents bought in 50-acre increments in 1999 in 2017. Read more… |
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| | First MSABD Ph.D. grad receives ‘40 Under 40’ honor Aaron Bodie wasn’t sure what to do when he got the word that Steve Ricke, his mentor and dissertation adviser at the University of Arkansas, was taking a job as director of the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bodie heard Ricke give a class presentation about food safety microbiology a few years earlier and it sparked his interest in the topic. He ended up working in Ricke’s food-safety lab as a technician… Read more… | |
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‘Amazing’ facilities attract Gragg to UW–Madison Sara Gragg was settling into a career as an associate professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., when she learned about an opportunity in the relatively new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) program within the UW–Madison Animal and Dairy Sciences Department. Read more..
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| Researcher focuses on immune development in dairy animals The first few weeks of life can be critical to the development of an animal’s immune defenses for a lifetime, according to a new faculty member in the Animal and Dairy Sciences Department at UW-Madison. Lautaro Rostoll-Cangiano, who joined the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences faculty in January of 2023, is conducting extensive research on the intricate dynamics… Read more… | |
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Grant aids collaborative methane research In one of the larger collaborative projects in recent memory at the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Francisco Peñagaricano and his research collaborators hope to play a role in reducing the methane produced by the 9.3 million dairy cattle across the country. Peñagaricano, a native of Uruguay, is working collaboratively with three other UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences professors… Read more… | |
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| AI a consistent theme for honored professor Guilherme Rosa didn’t really know the magnitude of the award he was receiving when he was told he was being honored with a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship by UW–Madison. “(Department Chair Kent Weigel) told me it is one of the highest awards that the university gives, campus-wide,” Rosa says. it’s nice the university can recognize agriculture and livestock production. ”It’s quite an honor.“ Read more…
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White a leader in lab, on research farm From the time that the discussions began about creating a collaborative dairy research program between UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls, Heather White could see the benefits of the three schools working together to focus on Wisconsin’s most important agricultural industry. White met with stakeholders to talk about the bottlenecks facing the dairy industry and testified at legislative hearings on the Dairy Innovation Hub. Read more… | |
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| Laporta a ‘rising star’ in department Jimena Laporta first came to Madison in 2010 as part of a study abroad program while she was a master student in her home country of Uruguay. She came back again six months later to work on a Ph.D. in lactation biology, and in 2020, she came to stay when she was recruited into the UW–Madison’s Animal and Dairy Sciences Department as part of the Target of Opportunity Program, a program aimed at helping departments diversify their faculty. Read more.. | |
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Dairy Innovation Hub funds spur Dairy Cattle Center facelift When the UW–Madison Dairy Cattle Center (DCC) was renovated in 2013, project organizers had envisioned including a welcoming space that would offer educational programming and be visually appealing. But as the $3 million project was being completed, it was decided that renovating the cattle and educational spaces would receive top priority, and when the funds ran out, the lobby renovation got put on the back burner. Read more…
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| Video game teaches proper cow-handling skills There’s more than one way to improve cow-handling skills on the dairy farm, a UW-Madison animal welfare researcher has found. Jennifer Van Os, an assistant professor and Extension specialist in animal welfare in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Animal and Dairy Sciences Department, has developed a serious video game that she believes could transform training in farm animal handling. Read more…
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| Golf outing supports student learning opportunities It has been nearly 66 years since retired dairy farmer Joe Rowbotham graduated with a degree in dairy science from UW–Madison, and the Walworth County man is still appreciative of the education he received during his time there. He was a member of the dairy judging team in 1957 and has fond memories of his time at the UW. Rowbotham and his two sons, Rob and David, both who received degrees from the Dairy Sciences Department, will be playing in the Animal and Dairy Sciences Classic Golf Outing on May 14 at University Ridge Golf Course. Read more…
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| | | Swine in Biomedical Research Conference 2024 in Madison Hosted at the lakeside University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the eighth in the quintessential conference series. SBR 2024 will advance this mission and continue to foster collaborations between clinicians, biomedical researchers and animal scientists, and spark partnerships with the biomedical industry. Come immerse yourself in innovative research in porcine models, a welcoming community, and the beautiful lakefront ambiance! Read more…
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For students interested in learning more about our programs
Know a high school or college transfer student that is interested in UW-Madison who wants to major in either animal and veterinary biosciences or dairy science? They can scan the QR code and fill out the form to receive admissions and department information. We are excited to share what our programs have to offer! Click here to complete the form. | |
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