Dr. Colin Tobin is the Animal Scientist at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center. Colin manages a diverse and broad animal research program at CREC, working directly with producers to address the needs of animal agriculture in the Northern Great Plains as well as testing concepts for tomorrow's producers.
Presentation Details:
Title: Detecting Livestock Welfare Concerns and Production Issues Using Accelerometer and Global Positioning Systems
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks III
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Time: 11:15 AM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 209 A/B
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Colin Tobin
North Dakota State University |
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Emily A. Melchior received her B.S. from Berry College and M.S. from the University of Tennessee. In 2018, Emily began her Ph.D. program at New Mexico State University under Drs. Shanna Ivey and Eric Scholljegerdes. During her Ph.D. program, Emily investigated the use of a modified-live viral or killed viral vaccination regimen on beef cow herd longevity, calf growth and development, and immune performance. Her research was conducted at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center at NMSU. Emily has secured >$170k in funding, including a USDA Predoctoral Fellowship, served as ASAS National Graduate Student Director, and as a teaching assistant in 10 animal science courses. Emily received first place in the M.S. competition at the ASAS Southern Section meeting in 2018 and received the W.D. Farr Scholarship from the National Cattlemen’s Foundation in 2020. Emily has authored or co-authored 10 research publications and proceedings, and 12 abstracts presented at scientific meetings.
Presentation Details:
Title: Influence of a Lifetime Regimen of a Modified-live Viral or Killed Viral Vaccination Against Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus on Beef Cattle Performance
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks III
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Time: 10:45 AM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 209 A/B
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Emily A. Melchior
New Mexico State University |
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Erin Bryan received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois with Dr. Anna Dilger. Her dissertation focuses on fetal programming, specifically the effect of maternal inflammation during gestation on offspring muscle development and immune function. Using gestating sows, she has implemented both a disease model and a novel non-pathogenic model, which she largely designed. Erin has authored five peer-reviewed works thus far and presented her research findings at several conferences. She is also very active in teaching both entry and graduate level courses, serving as a teaching assistant and guest lecturer all but one semester of her graduate career. Upon graduation, Erin hopes to work in the animal health sector finding ways to improve welfare and efficiency of livestock.
Presentation Details:
Title: The Effect of Chronic Maternal Lipopolysaccharide Exposure during Late Gestation on Offspring Muscle Development
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks II
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Time: 3:35 PM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 201 |
Erin E. Bryan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Dr. Kwangwook Kim recently completed his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of California Davis, with Dr. Yanhong Liu and is continuing his research as a postdoctoral scholar. His dissertation focused on the detrimental impacts of trace amounts of antibiotic and oligosaccharide-based polymer as a potential alternative to antibiotics on weaned pigs. Using an established enterotoxigenic E. coli challenge model, he concurrently examined the effects of trace amounts of antibiotic or oligosaccharide-based polymer on growth performance, diarrhea condition, local and systemic immunity, intestinal integrity, and changes in metabolic pathways and intestinal microflora of weaned pigs. Dr. Kim has published 8 peer-reviewed articles and 16 abstracts as the first author. Dr. Kim was awarded the 2022 ASAS Midwest Stahly/Peo Outstanding Graduate Student in Swine Nutrition, 2020 ASAS Midwest Animal Science Young Scholar, and won the first prize on the 2019 ASAS Midwest Graduate Oral Competition.
Presentation Details:
Title: Supplementation of Oligosaccharide-based Polymer Enhanced Growth and Disease Resistance of Weaned Pigs by Modulating Intestinal Integrity and Systemic Immunity
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks II
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Time: 4:35 PM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 201
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Kwangwook Kim
University of California, Davis |
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Madie Wensley is a doctoral student in Swine Nutrition at Kansas State University. A native of Michigan, Madie completed her B.S. degree at Michigan State University and M.S. degree at K-State. During her M.S. Degree, she published 4 manuscripts concerning phytase, bone mineralization, and an amino acid biomass product for pigs. Madie’s doctoral research focuses on the period of nutrient disruption at the time of weaning in pigs with an overall goal of reducing mortality and improving the feed intake and subsequent growth of weanling pigs. Her research in this area has involved over 17,000 pigs in 10 experiments with results finding that strategic nutritional intervention strategies around the time of weaning can reduce nursery pig mortality. Madie also has coordinated the research relationship between K-State and Iowa Select Farms and JBS Live Pork to summarize research conducted in their facilities. She also has mentored multiple undergraduate students through research projects as undergraduate research coordinator.
Presentation Details:
Title: Strategies to Maintain Nutrient Intake, Reduce Weight Loss, and Improve Livability in Newly Weaned Pigs
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks II
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Time: 4:05 PM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 201
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Madison R. Wensley
Kansas State University |
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Matias Bermann is an unusually gifted recent PhD. graduate. He obtained a B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires. He then enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the University of Georgia and fulfilled all requirements for the degree in 2.5 years. His knowledge of mathematics and statistics is extraordinary. While a graduate student, he gave many guest classes on complicated topics at a faculty level. He was the first author of 5 peer-reviewed papers and helped his fellow students and other scientists to finish 5 other papers. He currently has 2 manuscripts under review and 9 close to submission. His academic contributions have already been applied by the industry, including American Angus Association and Zoetis, and by numerous scientists using the BLUPF90 software suite. Lately, he developed a theory and wrote a computer program to rapidly calculate an accurate approximation of reliabilities of genomic breeding values for up to 4 million genotyped animals.
Presentation Details:
Title: Computing Strategies for National Beef Cattle Evaluations
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks I
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Time: 1:50 PM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 201
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Matias Bermann
University of Georgia |
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Dr. Miriam S. Martin grew up on a ranch in Meadville, Missouri. Miriam completed he undergraduate degree in animal science at the University of Missouri where she discovered her passion for animal welfare. She earned a Masters in livestock behavior and welfare in Temple Grandin’s group at Colorado State University before enrolling in a Doctoral program at Kansas State University in August 2018. Miriam is the first recipient of the FFAR Fellowship in the history of Kansas State University. Dr. Martin’s doctoral studies focused on investigating pain and analgesic strategies in food animals. These studies resulted in the publication of 8 first author papers and 5 co-author publications. Miriam served as the Midwest ASAS Graduate Director and the CVM GSA Vice President. She is also the recipient of a 2022 ASAS Midwest Young Scholars Award. Dr. Martin successfully defended her Ph.D. on October 2021 and she currently serves as the Director of Animal Health and Welfare for the North American Meat Institute.
Presentation Details:
Title: Investigation of Pain and Analgesic Strategies in Cattle Undergoing Painful Husbandry Procedures and Disease Conditions
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks III
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Time: 9:35 AM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 209 A/B
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Miriam S. Martin
Kansas State University |
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Ronald Trotta is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He previously completed his B.S. in Animal Science at the University of Kentucky in 2017 and worked as an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. James Klotz at the USDA-ARS Forage & Animal Production Research Unit. At North Dakota State University, he studied digestive enzymes and transporters involved in intestinal carbohydrate assimilation and completed his M.S. under Dr. Kendall Swanson in 2019. Ronald is now working under Dr. David Harmon at UK and his PhD research is focused on developing strategies to improve starch utilization in ruminants. Ronald has been co-investigator on 6 research grants and has published 15 peer-reviewed journal articles, 5 conference proceedings, and 10 abstracts.
Presentation Details:
Title: Increasing Efficiency of Finishing Beef Production: Optimizing Starch Digestion, Improving Flaking Quality, and Reducing Methane Emissions
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks I
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Time: 2:20 PM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 201
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Ronald J. Trotta
University of Kentucky |
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Samantha M. Howe grew up as the fourth generation of commercial Black Angus beef cattle ranch in south-central Oklahoma. She graduated summa cum laude with her honors college degree and Bachelor of Science in Animal Science with an emphasis in Animal Biotechnology and a minor in microbiology from Oklahoma State University in 2019. She began pursuing her Ph.D. in Animal Science at the University of Arkansas in 2019 under the supervision of Dr. Jiangchao Zhao. Her research focuses on developing potential probiotics to treat or prevent Bovine Respiratory Disease. While at the University of Arkansas, she has received the Doctoral Academy Fellowship, served as President and Vice-President of the Animal Science Graduate Student Association, and was recently named the Department of Animal Science’s Outstanding Ph.D. student.
Presentation Details:
Title: The Selection of Potential Probiotics for Bovine Respiratory Disease Treatment and Prevention
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks III
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 209 A/B
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Samantha M. Howe
University of Arkansas |
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Dr. Sarah C. Klopatek is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Davis. Her current research focus is assessing the change in beef cattle’s water footprint from 1991 to 2019. Dr. Klopatek’s dissertation focused on the environmental, nutritional, and economic trade-offs of grass-fed and grain-fed beef production (5 manuscripts published/pending). Her study was one of the largest and most comprehensive sustainability assessments comparing grass-fed and grain-fed beef systems. In addition, Dr. Klopatek has completed numerous other livestock research projects including: life cycle assessments, a national beef sustainability and Beef Quality Assurance survey, meat quality and safety assessments, heat-stress studies, feed efficiency and methane mitigation trials. She developed an upper division beef systems course and advised the Young Cattlemen’s Association. Dr. Klopatek was the director of the U.C. Davis media training program “Lights, Camera, Research” and has recently been on numerous radio and podcast interviews to discuss beef systems and sustainability.
Presentation Details:
Title: How Advances in Animal Efficiency and Management Have Affected Beef's Water Intensity Across the United States: 1991 Compared To 2019
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks I
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Time: 2:50 PM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 201
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Sarah C. Klopatek
University of California, Davis |
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Dr. Saulo Menegatti Zoca received his DVM from São Paulo State University, Brazil in 2014 where he was involved with research and extension on beef and dairy cattle, and Murrah buffalo. Zoca received his M.S. in 2018 from University of Idaho in Animal Science focused on evaluating different insemination doses and bull fertility. Zoca received his Ph.D. from South Dakota State University in December 2021 focused on understanding male fertility and factors that impact fertility differences between bulls. He has published 8 peer-review manuscripts, 34 abstracts, 11 non-refereed scientific publications and proceedings, and 5 extension and popular press articles.
Presentation Details:
Title: Evaluation of New Markers to Predict Sperm Longevity and Bull Fertility
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks III
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Time: 8:35 AM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 209 A/B
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Saulo Menegatti Zoca
South Dakota State University |
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Dr. Zully E. Contreras-Correa received her B.S. in Biology and her M.S. degree in Animal Science from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. She received her Ph.D. in Animal and Dairy Sciences from Mississippi State University where her research examined melatonin supplementation to beef cattle during compromised pregnancies. She has been heavily involved in teaching and mentoring future animal scientists. She has published 6 peer-reviewed journal articles and 22 scientific abstracts. Her dedication has been recognized by various awards including the MAFES Graduate Research Fellowship, Burroughs Welcome Fund Travel Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Ph.D. scholarship from the Gamma Sigma Delta, CALS Hall of Fame Scholar, and CALS Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year. She is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at MSU developing three-dimensional organoid models to study potential therapeutics to negate the impact of elevated ambient temperatures in livestock.
Presentation Details:
Title: Melatonin: A Promising Therapeutic for Compromised Pregnancies
Session: Young Scholar Award Talks III
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Time: 9:05 AM
Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 209 A/B
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Zully E. Contreras-Correa
Mississippi State University |
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