2024 ANS Graduate Research Forum
19th Annual Animal Science Graduate Research Forum
The 19th Annual Animal Science Graduate Research Forum consisted of ten oral presentations and nine posters. Award winners included the following students:
New Graduate Student Award: Simon Collier
(MS Student; PI: Cathy Ernst) Title: Impact of parity on stall utilization in free access stall systems
MS 1st: Katie Baugh
(PI: Janice Siegford) Title: Productivity, floor eggs, mortality, and welfare across two cage-free aviary configurations
MS 2nd: Renee Harbowy
(PI: Brian Nielsen) Title: Effects of different fat sources in equine diets on palatability and physiological responses
PhD 1st: Ali Santos
(PI: Richard Pursley) Title: Effect of antral age of the ovulatory follicle on fertility of lactating dairy cows
PhD 2nd: Haylee Reisinger
(PI: Barry Bradford) Title: Abomasal infusion of docosahexaenoic acid to mid-lactation dairy cows dose-dependently enhanced neutrophil phagocytosis in whole-blood in vitro stimulations
PhD 3rd: Nattawipa (Eye) Ampaiwan
(PI: Jackie Jacobs) Title: Feline stakeholder attitudes and opinions on community cat welfare
Outstanding Posters:
Paiton McDonald
(PI: Barry Bradford) Title: Bovine neutrophils and mononuclear cells differentially express hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 at early and mid-lactation
& Ghayyoor Ahmad
(PI: Zheng Zhou) Title: Abomasal infusion of branched-chain amino acids or branched chain keto-acids decreased risk of oxidative stress in fresh cows
This event took place October 17 and was sponsored by COGS and the Department of Animal Science. Judges throughout the day: poster judges Dr. Dale Rozeboom, Dr. Jerry Kehr, Dr. Miriam Weber, Dr. Wen Huang, Dr. Jason Knott, and Dr. Laman Mamedova and our oral presentation judges: Dr. Brian Nielsen, Dr. Jackie Jacobs, Dr. Francine Czerniawski, and Dr. Jongkyoo Kim. The 2024 organizing committee consisted of Paiton McDonald, Jair Esteban Parales-Giron, Erika Eckhardt, and Dr. Jongkyoo Kim.
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