Project Type: Graduate student assistantship
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Beyond immunoglobulin concentrations: Exploring the potential of fresh colostrum on immune development and health in dairy calves
Calves are born immunologically naïve and depend exclusively on colostrum for transfer of immunity to confer antibody, and cell-mediated protection against environmental pathogens during the first weeks of life and…
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Evaluating the effects of manure-based products on silage corn nitrogen uptake, fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency, soil nitrogen transformations, and nitrous oxide emissions
This proposed work aims to investigate the potential of processed manure to improve agricultural sustainability by addressing the challenges presented by large amounts of cattle manure. Dissolved air flocculation (DAF)…
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Application of dairy components in improving chronic disease risk
The objective of this project is to propose an effective nutritional strategy that will prevent lean mass loss, after bariatric surgery in postmenopausal women. This project hypothesizes that the use…
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A systematic review of the economics of nutritional interventions to reduce enteric methane production in dairy cows
Enteric methane from dairy cows is an important source of methane emissions and has been increasing more rapidly than emissions from beef production. Methods proposed to decrease enteric methane production…
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Controlling ruminant methane emissions employing lactic acid bacteria and their metabolites
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are natural colonizers of the gastrointestinal tract of young livestock. Several LAB produce antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and previous research indicated that LAB metabolites can reduce methane…
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Investigating the disproportionality of pollutant loading based on farmer social indicators
The overarching areas this research project will cover are land use interactions with water quality in Wisconsin in a modeling-based study, as well as investigating the impacts of various outreach…
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Pyrolyzing dairy manure solids to recover manure nutrients
Manure nutrients are a valuable crop resource, but losses of manure nutrients are a major concern for dairy systems in Wisconsin. Manure processing to recover manure nutrients can reduce losses…
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Manufacturing natural cheeses containing bioactive peptides with improved antihypertensive properties
Iesalnieks joins Ibáñez Alfaro’s research team to examine the antihypertensive peptide properties in cheese that could be used to lower high blood pressure in humans. The goal is to create…
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Improving the performance of dairy heifer operations by understanding maternal and management stressors impacting heifer growth and feed efficiency
Riesgraf joins Weigel’s team exploring the effects of stressful life experiences on heifers, including maternal stress during late gestation and neonatal stress before weaning. This study looks closely at dry…
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Assessing maize silage yield and quality using UAV-based hyperspectral imagery and machine learning
Fan is working alongside Zhang to explore genetic and management technologies and innovations that enhance dairy forage production and nutritional value. The overarching goal is to help maintain and stabilize…
