A hearty VMTRC welcome to 5 students here for this rotation:  Cassandra Peterson, Jessica McKinney, and Jen Wilkins from Illinois; Lauren Huggins and Betsy Bamburger from UC Davis.

Heat stress is responsible for reducing milk production and large declines in pregnancy rates during hot summer months.  The Dairy Heat Stress Road Show brings together experts who helped participants to understand strategies available to combat the effects of heat stress and improve cow comfort. This seminar was made possible by an Agriculture and Food Research [...]

Two students from the Netherlands and two from the U. S. A. team up on this rotation.  Vera Captein and Feiko Bosma are here for two weeks from the Netherlands.  Amanda Wright, Oklahoma State and Betsy Bamberger, UC Davis stayed on from the previous group.

The Cardboard Cow appeared at the Fresno Fairgrounds 23 March, 2012, brought by Jennifer Crook and Grant Jones-Wiebe.  CC was accompanied by stethoscopes, clean cow bones, and models of animals with visible, anatomically correct internal structures.

Once again the Cardboard Cow appears to help children learn about veterinary science.  She was presented to over 400 children.  Each child was able to palpate CC, hear their own heartbeat through a stethoscope, and touch real cow bones . . . clean cow bones.  Grant Jones-Wiebe communicated to the students, some of the many careers [...]

6 March 2012, Tuesday, Teacher Matt Wenstrand brought his Caruthers High School, Veterinary Science Class to visit us.  The students peppered our vets, Dr. Aly and Dr. Moeller, and our lab presenters, Jen Crook and Kris Maloy, with questions.  Thank you for coming and keep up your studies.

On Monday, 5 March, 2012, five students joined us for a few weeks.  They are:  Christine Twisdale, Amanda Schmidt, Jessica Collier, and Betsy Bamburger, all from UC Davis;  Amanda Wright from Oaklahome State.  Welcome to the VMTRC.