Department of Population Health, Food Animal Health and Management, Production Medicine Service, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor
Expertise

Farm Practice | Medicine

Biography

Research Interests

  • ​Milk Quality
  • Mastitis
  • Transition Health
  • Dairy Economics
  • Milking Machine Function

Educational Background

  • BS, Biology, University of Georgia, 2003
  • DVM, University of Georgia, 2007
  • Certificate in International Veterinary Medicine,  University of Georgia, 2007
  • MFAM, University of Georgia, 2008

Teaching Experience

The majority of my teaching is clinical teaching for 4th year veterinary students, mostly on client and University owned farms:

  • POPH 5447 – Dairy Production Medicine Rotation
  • POPH 5450 – Advanced Dairy Production Medicine Rotation
  • POPH 5445 – Food Animal Practice Rotation
  • POPH 5446 – Beef Production Medicine Rotation

I also teach in the classroom and laboratories for first to third year veterinary curriculum:

  • POPH 5200 – Management for Food Animal Health and Production
  • IDIS 5130L – Bacteriology Laboratory
  • VPHY 5170 – Basic Comparative Animal Nutrition
  • LAMS 5160 – Large Animal Infectious Disease
  • LAMS 5380 – Large Animal Advanced Surgical Techniques

I am also active in training our current graduate MFAM students in the following courses:

  • POPH 6230 – Problems in Epidemiology and Statistics
  • POPH 8160 – Scientific Writing
  • POPH 6120 – Food Animal Production Medicine Clinical Rounds
  • POPH 6700 – Clinical Food Animal Medicine

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