Priority Area: Ensuring animal health and welfare
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Expanding calf housing options into underutilized UW animal research facilities
Cederquist’s project will utilize 72 new Calf-Tel Individual Calf Pens to establish a calf rearing facility in underutilized space at Arlington Ag Research Station. The addition of these Calf-Tel Pens…
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Acquisition of high parameter flow cytometer to disentangle complex microbe-host interactions that drive neonatal development in dairy cows
Rostoll Cangiano’s project will utilize a new ThermoFisher Attune NxT flow cytometer, a benchtop cell analyzer that can measure multiple parameters of cell function in realtime, to better understand the…
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Increasing research capacity in enteric methane emissions and sustainable dairy farming: acquisition of a GreenFeed unit
Peñagaricano’s project utilizes a C-Lock GreenFeed unit, an automated, head-chamber type system, to monitor methane and carbon dioxide mass fluxes from the breath of ruminant animals. This delivers reliable estimates…
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Multi-barn high-resolution camera system for behavioral monitoring of dairy heifers
Van Os’s project will use a high-resolution camera system to monitor young dairy heifers throughout three barns at the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station. Cameras will provide a top-down view of…
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Tracking longitudinal bovine mammary gland development via ultrasound technology
Laporta’s project will utilize a new ultrasound unit for research studies primarily involving dairy cattle mammary gland biology. The new ultrasound unit will expand capabilities of high-quality research in lactation…
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Acquisition of an automated platform (OmniLog ID Plus system)
Mantovani’s project will use a Biolog OmniLog Plus ID System, a technology that can identify over 2,500 species of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, yeasts, and fungi, to decipher the interplay…
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Characterizing the behavior and management of dairy cows and neonate calves shortly after birth
Despite advancements in nutrition and epidemiology, dairy cows remain at high risk of disease after giving birth. A main gap in our knowledge is the optimal housing environment for these…
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Large capacity chilled centrifuge for blood sample preparation
PI: Larry Baumann Baumann, a professor of animal and food science, is also a veterinarian. He teaches a wide variety of courses in CAFES, including a course in dairy production,…
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Fencing project to split milking herd barn from single group to two groups to allow research
PI: Larry Baumann Baumann, a professor of animal and food science, is also a veterinarian. He teaches a wide variety of courses in CAFES, including a course in dairy production,…
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Ultracold freezer for long-term storage of blood and tissue samples
PI: Larry Baumann Baumann, a professor of animal and food science, is also a veterinarian. He teaches a wide variety of courses in CAFES, including a course in dairy production,…