Faculty
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Terry Engelken, Section Leader
Associate Professor
Beef Production Medicine, Cow - Calf and Stocker
515-294-2192
engelken@iastate.edu
Research Interests:
- Effect of suckling calf disease on end product quality of beef
- Respiratory disease in the suckling beef calf ("summer pneumonia")
- The effect of nutritional management on cow/calf productivity
- Production economics of cow/calf operations
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V.L. Cooper
Senior Clinician/Pathologist
BVD, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Caprine, Equine, Canine, Feline
515-294-1950
vcooper@iastate.edu
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Grant Dewell
Assistant Professor
Extension
Beef Production Medicine, Epidemiology, Economics, Food Safety
gdewell@iastate.edu
515-294-2822
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Renee Dewell
Clinician
Beef Production Medicine, Biological Risk Management, Food Safety, Welfare
rdewell@iastate.edu
515-294-3837 |
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Steve Ensley
Clinician/Toxicology Section Leader
Toxicology, Field Investigation of Tox Issues, Drinking Water Quality
515-294-1950
sensley@iastate.edu
Research Interests:
- Investigating the adverse health effects of feeding corn co-products
- Sulfur toxicity in ruminants
- Micromineral analysis in production animals
- Environmental impact of antibiotics used in production animals
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Annette O'Connor
Associate Professor
Epidemiology, BVDV, Pink-eye, Salmonella
515-294-5012
oconnor@iastate.edu
Research Interests:
- Application of quantitative epidemiology to infectious diseases and food safety
- Respiratory disease in cattle
- Infectious bovine kerato-conjunctivitus
- Appropriate study design and inference in livestock and food safety research
- Pre-harvest food safety and the ecology of Salmonella in pork
- The development of antimicrobial resistance
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Paul Plummer
Clinician
Ruminant Medicine and Surgery, Molecular Biology, Campylobacter
515-294-8522
pplummer@iastate.edu
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Shaun Sweiger
Lecturer
Beef Production Medicine, Feedlot Cattle, Evidence-Based Practice
515-294-7179
ssweiger@iastate.edu
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