Dairy Faculty

Ángel Abuelo, DVM, MRes, PhD, MSc, DABVP, DECBHM, FHEA MRCVS
assistant professor in cattle health and wellbeing

Email: abuelo@msu.edu

Interests:

  • The interaction between nutrition and the immune system of neonatal dairy calves
  • How different nutritional interventions (e.g., supplementation with antioxidants, changes in late-gestation maternal nutrition, etc.) can improve the immune responses of calves and, therefore, increase their resistance to diseases
Abuelo Laboratory

Sheep Faculty

Richard Ehrhardt, PhD, MS
Small Ruminant Specialist
Animal Science (ANR)/ Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Phone: 517-353-2906
Email: ehrhard5@msu.edu

Interests:

  • Flock health and management interactions
  • Grazing management and health relations
  • Breeding soundness exams for rams

Swine Faculty

Madonna Benjamin-Gemus, DVM, MS
Assistant Professor

Phone: 517-353-9831
Email: gemus@cvm.msu.edu

Interests:

  • Animal Welfare