Congratulations to our graduate students who completed their degrees in 2022!
Mark William Bohler, Jr
Ph.D.
Advisor: Mark Cline
Dissertation title: Hypothalamic Mechanisms of Food Intake in Birds
Alamanda J. Calvert
Ph.D.
Advisor: Mike Persia
Dissertation title: The effects of a direct fed microbial, calcium level and method of coccidiosis control on broilers experiencing a natural necrotic enteritis challenge
Sara Elizabeth Cloft
Ph.D.
Advisor: Eric Wong
Dissertation title: Outlining a balance-point model of homeostasis in the small intestine of broiler chickens
Nicholas Wege Dias
Ph.D.
Advisor: Vitor Mercadante
Dissertation title: Changes in vaginal microbiome of beef cows enrolled in estrous synchronization protocols and its relation to fertility
Hailey Roselea Galyon
M.S.
Advisor: Rebecca Cockrum
Thesis title: Ruminal Degradation of Polyhydroxyalkanoate and Poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate)
Madison Louise Gonzalez
Ph.D.
Advisor: Sally Johnson
Dissertation title: The effects of tributyrin and butyrate on equine skeletal muscle
Aspen Leigh Gustin
M.S.
Advisor: Timothy Jarome
Thesis title: Protein SUMOylation is a Sex-Specific Regulator of Fear Memory Formation in the Amygdala
Haylee Stachelle Hicks Hanling
Ph.D.
Advisor: Ben Corl
Dissertation title: The Physiology of Enhanced Milk Yield Through Increased Milking Frequency in Early Lactation
Mathew David Landivar
MS, non-thesis
Advisor: Honglin Jiang
Samantha Grace Naughton
M.S.
Advisor: Caroline Leeth
Thesis title: Wearable Devices for Improved Equine Welfare
Jessica Michelle Neary
M.S.
Advisor: Leonie Jacobs
Thesis title: Surgical castration in piglets: its impacts on pain and affective states
Bidur Paneru
MS, non-thesis
Advisor: Leonie Jacobs
Jacquelyn Marie Prestegaard
Ph.D.
Advisor: Mark Hanigan
Dissertation title: Improving nitrogen efficiency and profitability...
Alvaro Gonzalo Morales Ramirez
Ph.D.
Advisor: Mark Hanigan
Dissertation title: Nutritional and genetic characterization of dairy cows managed on pasture-based systems, identifying key aspects to improve their performance
Jordyn Marie Samper
M.S.
Advisors: Mike Persia and Scott Greiner
Thesis title: The Effects of a Single Strain Bacillus subtilis DFM on pullet performance, laying hen performance, and egg quality when fed from day of hatch until 70 weeks
Brooke Skyler Sauder
MS, non-thesis
Advisor: Alan Ealy
Therese Elizabeth Schmidt
M.S.
Advisor: Robin White
Thesis title: Efficacy of Wearable Therapies on the Ability to Improve Performance and Physical Health in Sport Horses
Dallas Rae Soffa
M.S.
Advisor: Shelly Rhoads
Thesis title: Effects of feed additives on uterine morphology and selected reproductive attributes
Ahmerah Unique Thompson
M.S.
Advisor: Gonzalo Ferreira
Thesis title: Evaluating the inclusion of alfalfa hay in diets fed to pregnant and non-lactating Holstein cows during the prepartum period
Dylan Chace Wilson
MS, non-thesis
Advisor: Sally Johnson
Joseph Allan Yonke
Ph.D.
Advisor: Samer El-Kadi
Dissertation title: Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism in the Neonatal Pig