Moo-ving Dairy Cow Nutrition Forward
April 10-12, 2023 was the annual Tri-State Dairy Conference in which undergraduate students Sara Johnson and Sophia Green accompanied Dr. Heather White to Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sophia Green presented her research on “Variation in the Feed Bin: Impact of TMR sorting during the feed day” during the Undergraduate Student Competition and received 3rd place for …
On one of the hottest days of the year, Dr. White went to a small dairy farm in northern Illinois to sample cows with Erin and Sophia Green. The farm staff took a video of their adventures, and posted it to their YouTube Channel! See the video for more information:
The White Lab was well represented at ADSA this year in Kansas City, MO! Billy, Henry, Malia, Faith, and Gaelan all presented at least one poster each at the annual conference. Their abstracts can be found in the “Abstract” tab at the top of the page. Gaelan will be off to Iowa State University to …
Henry completed and received his Ph.D in Dairy Science Nutrition in May 2022. He will be a Dairy Nutrition Consultant with Purina in Wisconsin. Congratulations and good luck Henry!!!
One of the White Lab’s own undergraduate researchers was awarded the Sophmore Research Fellowship for her proposed Summer 2022 project! Sophia will be going to dairies and will be analyzing metabolites from blood taken from transition cows. Congratulations Sophia on the award! We can’t wait to see what you will find out this summer!
Two undergraduate students who work in Dr. White’s lab were recently featured in the Animal & Dairy Sciences newsletter! Kylie Konyn, a UW–Madison freshman and new addition to the White Lab, discussed her experience growing up on an 800 cow dairy in Southern California and how she made the decision to come to UW–Madison for …
During the Fall 2021 semester, Dr. White’s Lab had two undergraduate Bio152 students and they presented their research at the Bio152 Symposium on Dec 14, 2021. Sophia Edwards‘s project titled “Calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and cholesterol are affected by the transition period in dairy cows, but nutritional interventions do not improve metabolic health” gave her the …
The 2021 annual American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) meeting took place virtually last week and the White Lab was well represented! Multiple abstracts were presented, and awards were received by two current lab members and an alumnus! Gaelan Combs is an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Heather White’s lab. Gaelan competed in the undergraduate abstract presentation …