Webinar Series Schedule
February 23, 2022
Advances in Indoor Beef Cattle Production
2-4 p.m. ET
Speakers:
- Dr. Bernadette Earley, TEAGASC, Ireland
- Dr. Dan Loy, Iowa State University
- Dr. Terry Engelken, Iowa State University
- Dr. Derek Haley, University of Guelph
- Dr. Maria Devant and Sonia Marti, IRTA
March 23, 2022
Cow-Calf Management and General Production
2-4 p.m. ET
Speakers:
- Dr. Kip Lukasiewicz of Sandhills Cattle Consultants
- Dr. Dan Thomson, Iowa State University
- Dr. Jason Rowntree, Michigan State University
- Kim Brackett
April 27, 2022
Emerging Issues and Student Presentations in Beef Cattle Welfare
2-4 p.m. ET
Speakers:
- Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein Agriculture and AgriFood, Canada
- Dr. Courtney Daigle, Texas A&M
- Caleb Brezina: Evidence of social buffering benefits to castration stress in beef calves housed with familiar pen-mates
- Aiden Juge: Evaluating Dogs' Ability to Detect Bovine Respiratory Disease
- Paula Olivares Guzman: Does providing bedding change the latency and duration of cattle lying behavior
- Cathy McGettigan: The effect of floor type on the performance and welfare of finishing beef steers
- Dorit Albertsen: The natural weaning window in suckler beef cattle
- Francesca Johansen: Naturally weaned beef cattle preferentially associate with related cattle
- Ashlynn Kirk : Scoring septum injuries in beef calves with and without a nose flap
May 25, 2022
Technology Advancements and Opportunities: Tech Talks
2-4 p.m. ET
Speakers:
- Dr. Diego Moya Fernandez, University of Saskatchewan
- Jason Nickell, Merck Animal Health
- Daniela Melendez Suarez, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Mark Rutter, Harper Adams University, UK
- Justin Sexten, Zoetis
- Pieter Vogels, mOovement
June 22, 2022
Virtual Demonstrations in Beef Welfare Management
2-4 p.m. ET
Beef Welfare in Handling
- Dr. Derek Haley, University of Guelph
- Dr. Temple Grandin, Colorado State University
- Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, Agriculture and AgriFood, Canada
Michigan State University's Emergency Response to Accidents Involving Livestock (ERAIL)
- Paola Bacigalupo Sanguesa, MSU Extension Educator
On-farm Euthanasia
- Dr. Madonna Benjamin, Michigan State University
- Dr. Jeannine Schweihofer, Michigan State University
Contact Information
For information and questions, please contact ANR Event Services at events@anr.msu.edu or 517-355-4156.