February 2013 Newsletter
picture Welcome Dr. Stockler!

Welcome Dr. Stockler! Dr. Ricardo Stockler joined the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center as a Dairy Production Medicine Clinician, effective January 1, 2013. Dr. Stockler obtained his DVM from the College of Veterinary Medicine “FIFEOB” in Sao Joao da Boa Vista, State of Sao Paulo in Brazil in 2002.  After graduating from veterinary school, [...]

picture Welcome to the VMTRC booth at the 2013 WAE

Welcome to our VMTRC booth, 6014 Farm Credit Dairy Center!

picture Eleven more days until the WAE, come see our new posters!

We have previously circulated posters of the Yellow Lab and the Cat.  We now have Owls and Otters!  Come get yours at our booth, Farm Credit Dairy Center, booth 6014, North wall, near the East door.

picture First DPM Students of 2013

A warm VMTRC welcome to our first group of Dairy Production Medicine Students in 2013!  Erin Branyon-Espinoza, Myrrh Sagy, Stacy Potter, Erin Jones, and Joe Quinlan have already been working on farm and they are all Aggie!

picture UC Scientists Tackle Deadly Disease of Dairy Calves

November 21, 2012 A UC Davis team of veterinarians and other scientists has undertaken a project dedicated to improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of bovine respiratory disease in dairy calves. The group was awarded $600,000 in September to conduct the project, “Risk assessment, welfare analysis, and Extension education for dairy calf respiratory disease management [...]

picture Springville 7th Grade Science Class Visits

Instructor Chris O’Brien brought his 7th Grade Science Class from Springville, California to tour our site, on 10 Dec, 2012.  What a delightfully educational visit it was . . . for both the students and for us.  The students enjoyed asking questions of Dr. Lehenbauer regarding careers related to veterinary work.  Dr. Adaska of CAHFS [...]

picture This group of Dairy Production Medicine students is 100% Aggie!

We extend a warm  VMTRC welcome to our current group of Dairy Production Medicine students:  Josh Betschart, Russ Sakai, Kevin Bauer, and Jim Myers.  All are UC Davis students.