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April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Animal Science Students Compete in National Dairy Challenge

group of four students wearing reflective vests standing in front of cow stalls in a dairy barn.

Thanks to senior animal science major Chelsey Patch for sharing the post below about her and fellow students’ experience at the National Dairy Challenge last month:

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April 22, 2022April 28, 2022

ASCI Students Test Paprika and Marigold Supplements in Laying Hens

Three chickens from Dr. Greenwood's teaching lab near a feeder in a barn.

UVM Associate Professor Sabrina Greenwood holds a laying hen that is part of a feed supplement research study. — Sabrina Greenwood, PhD, holding a laying hen.

We have chickens at the Paul R. Miller Research and Education Center! As a part of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Associate Professor Sabrina Greenwood’s teaching lab, students in ASCI 242 (Advanced Animal Nutrition) are helping to care for laying hens, and are adding paprika and marigold to their diets to see the impact of these common plant-based supplements on egg yolk color. Continue reading “ASCI Students Test Paprika and Marigold Supplements in Laying Hens”