Animal Sciences Events

Callan Lichtenwalter PhD defense

Clark Hall 122 Clark Hall, Pullman, WA

European starling (sturnus vulgaris) seasonal movement on dairies, their impact on lactating cow behavior, and a potential starling deterrence method

Fall Graduate Student Seminar Series

Clark Hall 122 Clark Hall, Pullman, WA

Use of RBST to Avoid Impairments in Mammary Gland Development in Early Breeding Heifers Giulia BerzoiniCosta Leite It is essential to devise new methods or strategies to overcome mammary gland development's detriment provoked by early breeding management practices that are adopted as an attempt to reduce the heifer’s unproductive and non-profitable phase. Bovine somatotropin is […]

Fall Graduate Student Seminar Series

Clark Hall 122 Clark Hall, Pullman, WA

Relationship Between Body Temperatures and Behaviors in Lactating Dairy Cows Makenzie Melby Stress has many negative effects on dairy cows, such as reduced productivity and weakened immune system. These effects impact cow welfare and farm performance. Current methods of measuring stress in dairy cows can be invasive and labor intensive. Infrared thermography (IRT) may provide […]