Animal and Veterinary Sciences Lecturer Christina Rohan was honored with the 2022 Horse Person of the Year award on April 6th at the Vermont Horse Council’s Equine Industry Summit. Continue reading “Rohan Awarded 2022 Horse Person of the Year”
ASCI Students Test Paprika and Marigold Supplements in Laying Hens
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”
March 2022 CALS in the News
CALS and Extension faculty, staff and students are making headlines for their commentaries, research findings, as subject matter experts, and for outreach collaborations. Below is a collection of recent stories.
March 2022 New Hires
Eric Hatungimana, Postdoctoral Associate, Animal and Veterinary Sciences (ASCI)
Dr. Eric Hatungimana is a postdoctoral associate and will be working on sustainable intensification of forage-based dairy farms through improved forages and feeding, under the supervision of ASCI Associate Professor Sabrina Greenwood. His research project aims at managing forages to maximize economic and environmental gains as well as agronomic productivity of dairy farms in the northeast U.S. Continue reading “March 2022 New Hires”
Animal Biosciences PhD Students Awarded Pre-doctoral Fellowships
Caitlin Jeffrey and Victoria Taormina, Ph.D. students in the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (ASCI) Animal Biosciences program, received pre-doctoral fellowship grants under the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program. The fellowships from the Education and Workforce Development Program provide two years of salary, tuition and materials and supplies support for their thesis projects. Continue reading “Animal Biosciences PhD Students Awarded Pre-doctoral Fellowships”