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Bacon, Madison E., Marcia I. Endres, and Bradley J. Heins. Effects of an herbal tincture therapy and willow bark (Salix extract) on the physiological and behavioral response to disbudding in dairy calves under organic management.  J Dairy Sci., https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-26239

Bacon, Madison E., Marcia I. Endres, and Bradley J. Heins. 2025. "Effects of Willow Bark (Salix Extract) on Pain and Stress Following Disbudding of Organic Dairy Calves" Animals 15, no. 4: 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040575

Portner, S.L. and B.J. Heins. 2024. Reasons for disposal and cull cow value of Holstein cows compared with Holstein, Jersey, Montbéliarde, Normande, and Viking Red crossbred cows. J Dairy Sci., 107: 9656 – 9665. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-24652

Dean CJ, Peña-Mosca F, Ray T, Wehri TJ, Sharpe K, Antunes AM Jr, Doster E, Fernandes L, Calles VF, Bauman C, Godden S, Heins B, Pinedo P, Machado VS, Caixeta LS, Noyes NR. Exploring associations between the teat apex metagenome and Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections in primiparous cows under organic directives. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr 17;90(4):e0223423. doi: 10.1128/aem.02234-23. Epub 2024 Mar 18. PMID: 38497641; PMCID: PMC11022539.

Swartz, D. M., Schutz, M. M., Pereira ABD, & Endres, M. I. (2024). Effects of a sorbitol-containing additive fed to dairy cows for 30 days postpartum. Journal of dairy science. doi: 10.3168/jds.2024-25571

Lage CFA, Marques, T. C., Bruno, D. R., Endres, M. I., Ferreira, F., Pires APA, . . . de Lima, F. S. (2024). Farmers' Perceptions on Implementing Automatic Milking Systems in Large USA Dairies: Decision-Making Process, Management Practices, Labor, and Herd Performance. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 14(2). PubMed Central ID Number: PMC10812517 doi: 10.3390/ani14020218

Perttu, R. K., Peiter, M., Bresolin, T., Dórea JRR, & Endres, M. I. (2024). Predictive models for disease detection in group-housed preweaning dairy calves using data collected from automated milk feeders. Journal of dairy science, 107(1), 331-341. doi: 10.3168/jds.2022-23037

Lage, C, T. Marques, D. Bruno, M. I. Endres, F. Ferreira, F. Lima. 2024. Farmers’ perceptions on implementing automatic milking systems in large USA dairies: Decision-making process, management practices, labor, and herd performance. Animals 14: 218.

Brito, L., B. Heringstad, I. Klaas, K. Schodl, V. E. Cabrera, A. Stygar, M. Iwersen, M. Haskell, K. Stock, N. Gengler, J. Bewley, M. Hostens, E. Vasseur, C. Egger-Danner, and Christa. 2025 (accepted). Using data from sensors and other precision farming technologies to enhance the sustainability of dairy cattle breeding programs. Journal of Dairy Science00:00–00.

Higaki, S., E. N. Freitas, A. Negreiro, J. R. R. Dorea, and V. E. Cabrera. 2025 (in press). Leveraging unsupervised machine learning techniques for detecting outliers in the daily milk yield data of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science00:00–00. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25889

Gong, Y., H. Hu, K. Reed, and V. E. Cabrera. 2025 (in press). Advancing dairy farm simulations: A two-step approach for tailored lactation curve estimation and its systemic impact. Journal of Dairy Science 00:00–00. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2025-26334

Gontijo, D., D. R. Santana, G. Assis Costa, V. E. Cabrera, and E. N. A. Freitas. 2025 (in press). Dairy GPT: Empowering dairy farmers to interact with numerical databases through natural language conversations. Smart Agricultural Technology 00:00–00. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.101097

Gong, Y., A. Bellingeri, F. Fumagalli, G. S. Sechi, A. S. Atzori, F. Masoero, A. Gallo, and V. E. Cabrera. 2025. A mixed integer linear programming framework for mitigating enteric methane emissions on dairy farms through optimized crop and diet planning. Journal of Cleaner Production 511:145636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145636

Barton, R., J. Burchard, V. E. Cabrera, D. Cook, W. Cooley, R. Cue, L. Fadul, J. Mattison, and A. Saha. 2025. Data ownership and privacy in dairy farming: Insights from U.S. and global perspectives. Animals 15:524. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040524

Cabrera, V. E., J. Bewley, M. Breunig, T. Breunig, W. Cooley, A. De Vries, R. Fourdraine, J. Giordano, Y. Gong, R. Greenfield, H. Hu, A. Lenkaitis, M. Niu, E. A. Noronha, and M. Sullivan. 2025. Data integration and analytics in the dairy industry: Challenges and pathways forward. Animals 15:329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15030329

Baldin, M., J. M. Bewley, V. E. Cabrera, K. Jones, C. Loehr, G. Mazon, J. D. Perez, M. Utt, and J. Weyers. 2025. Standardization for data generation and collection in the dairy industry: Addressing challenges and charting a path forward. Animals 15:250. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15020250

Higaki, S., G. L. Menezes, R. E. P. Ferreira, A. Negreiro, V. E. Cabrera, and J. R. R. Dórea. 2024. Objective dairy cow mobility analysis and scoring system using computer vision-based keypoint detection technique from top-view 2D videos. Journal of Dairy Science 108:3942–3955. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25545. Editor’s Choice.

Menezes, G. L., G. Mazon, R. E. P. Ferreira, V. E. Cabrera, and J. R. R. Dorea. 2025. Artificial intelligence for livestock: A narrative review of the applications of computer vision systems and large language models for animal farming. Animal Frontiers 14:42–53. https://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfae048

Cantor, M.C. 2025. An evaluation of the precision livestock farming landscape for dairy cattle management: What we know, and what the future holds. Conference Proceedings for Western Dairy Management Conference. April 2025.

Costa, J.H.C. M. Woodrum Setser, and M.C. Cantor. Heifers, an opportunity and a liability. 2025. Conference Proceedings for National Mastitis Council. January 2025.

Fernandes, I.L.B.*, A. Welk, D.L. Renaud, D. Sockett, T.L. Felix, and M.C. Cantor. 2025. The association of lung consolidation and respiratory pathogens identified at weaning on the growth performance of beef-on-dairy calves. J. Dairy Sci. 108:3980–3990. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25617.

Fernandes, I.L.B.*, M.C. Cantor, A. Fonseca, E. Ganda, and T.L. Felix. 2025. The association of lung consolidation in beef x dairy cattle at weaning with feedlot growth performance, carcass characteristics, and liver microbiome diversity. J. Anim. Sci. In press. doi: /10.1093/jas/skaf358.

Goetz, H.M., M.A. Steele, K. Nott, H.R. McCarthy, A.J. Lopez, M.C. Cantor, and D.L. Renaud. 2025. Evaluating the change in immunoglobulin G and accuracy of assessing transfer of passive immunity during the first 7 days of age in Holstein dairy calves fed colostrum replacer. J. Dairy Sci. 108:6340–6348. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25854.

Lee, A.*, M. Brause, D. Foy, and M.C. Cantor. 2025. Review: Establishing precision, bias, and reproducibility standards for dairy cattle behavior sensors. Sel. Keynote Lect. 75th Annu. Meet. Eur. Fed. Anim. Sci. Florence Italy. Animal. 19:101613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101613.

McCarthy, H.R., M.C. Cantor, A.J. Lopez, A. Pineda, M. Nagorske, D.L. Renaud, and M.A. Steele. 2024. Effects of supplementing colostrum beyond the first day of life on growth and health parameters of preweaning Holstein heifers. J. Dairy Sci. 107:3280–3291. doi:10.3168/jds.2023-23649.

Plaugher, G.D.*, and M.C. Cantor. 2025. A scoping review on pair housing dairy calves: health and performance outcomes and tactics to reduce cross-sucking behavior. Front. Vet. Sci. Volume 12-2025. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1568164

Plaugher, G.D.*, and M.C. Cantor. 2025. The effects of feeding pelleted timothy hay to ameliorate the duration, frequency, and latency to start cross-sucking behavior in paired dairy calves. JDS Commun. In press. https://doi.org/10.3168/jdsc.2025-0789.

Welk, A., M.C. Cantor, H.W. Neave, J.H.C. Costa, J.L. Morrison, C.B. Winder, and D.L. Renaud. 2025. Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on neonatal calf diarrhea when administered at a disease alert generated by automated milk feeders. J. Dairy Sci. 108:1842–1854. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25413.

Malekkhahi, M., I. Flamenbaum, and A. De Vries. 2025. The economic benefit of cooling cows. Chapter 7.1 (pages 99-107) in: Managing Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle. Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation No. 534/2025. https://doi.org/10.56169/NFGC1866 .

Review and revision of the St-Pierre dairy cow model to estimate losses from heat stress. 2025. Malekkhahi, M., I. Flamenbaum, and A. De Vries. J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 108, Suppl. 1. Page 64 (abstract 1259)

Nino De Guzman, C., L. Prada, S. Bellinzoni, P. Muñoz, C. Hernandez, C. Ibarguren, R. Weng, Q. Kolar, V. E. Cabrera, B. J. Heins, R. Lynch, E. K. Miller-Cushon, G. M. Schuenemann, P. Pinedo, and A. De Vries. 2025. Associations between mastitis incidence and risk factors in US organic-certified dairy farms. J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 108, Suppl. 1. Page 93 (abstract 1350)

De Vries, A., and R. Foudraine. 2025. Associations of the Fresh Cow Index with performance later in lactation. J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 108, Suppl. 1. Page 326 (abstract 2421)

Hussein, S.M., T. C. Jenkins, M. J. Aguerre, W. Bridges, G.J. Lascano. 2025. Simulating Precision Feeding of High-Concentrate Diets with High-Fat Inclusion and Different Plant-Based Saturated, Unsaturated, and Animal Fat Sources in Continuous Culture Fermenters. Animals 2025, 15:2406.

Singh, J., A. B. Koc, M. J. Aguerre, J. P. Chastain. 2025. Real-Time Forage Biomass Estimation Using IMU Sensor-based Systems. Smart Agricultural Technology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.101424.

Singh, J., A. B. Koc, M. J. Aguerre, J. P. Chastain. 2025. Biomass Estimation of Bermudagrass in Pastures: A Comparison of Sensor-Based Field Robotic Systems. Smart Agricultural Technology Journal 9:100597.

Toledo, M., S. Hussein, M. Pena, M. J. Aguerre, W. Bridges, G. Lascano. 2024. Effects of caffeine when mimicking rumen fermentation and nutrient digestibility of a lactating cow using a continuous culture system. Ruminants 4: 406-417.

Hussein, S.M., M. J. Aguerre, T. C. Jenkins, W. Bridges, G.J. Lascano. 2024. Screening dietary fat sources and concentrations included to low and high forage diets using an in vitro gas production system. Fermentation 10:506.

Bruinjé, T.C., O. Bogado Pascottini, S.J. LeBlanc. (2025). Inflammatory and metabolic markers in postpartum dairy cows developing reproductive tract inflammatory disease: A case-control study. J. Dairy Sci. (Accepted on Sep 25^th 2025)

Borchardt, T.A. Burnett, T. C. Bruinjé, A.M.L. Madureira. (2025) Using automated activity monitoring to detect resumption of cyclicity in early lactation –Meta-analysis. JDS Communications, 6:705-709, https://doi.org/10.3168/jdsc.2025-0785.

Dodd, F. Schenkel, F. Miglior, T.C. Bruinjé, M. Gobikrushanth, J. Carrelli, O. Masahito, D.J Ambrose, C. Baes (2025). Potential of anogenital distance as a genetic selection trait in Canadian Holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 108:5114-5124 2025 https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-26021

Bruinjé, T.C., S.J. LeBlanc. (2025) Invited Review: Inflammation and Health in the Transition Period Influence Reproductive Function in Dairy Cows. Animals, 15, 633, https://doi.org/10.3390/ ani15050633

Bruinjé, T.C., D.J. Ambrose, S.J. LeBlanc. (2025) Symposium review: In-line milk progesterone monitoring as a tool for precision reproductive management. JDS Communications, 6:267-271. https://doi.org/10.3168/jdsc.2024-0649

Sandeepa^§ and Uddin ME*. 2025. Incorporating biodiversity in assessing the sustainability of livestock systems using life cycle assessment: A Mini Review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Impact Factor: 3.1). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1422922

A. Rahman, M. A. H. Sarker, M. H. Rashid, M. S. Bari^§, S. Afrin, R. Jahan, M. A. Kabir, E. Rukke, P. Salunke, Uddin ME*, M. A. Islam. 2025. Carry-over effects of feeding tropical fresh or air-dried roughage to Holstein-Friesian crossbred dairy cows on nutritional, techno-functional and sensory properties of mozzarella cheese. Journal of Dairy Science (Impact Factor: 4.4). https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2025-26819.

Santana OI, Uddin ME†, and Wattiaux MA. 2025. Feeding behavior of Holstein and Jersey cows fed 2 dietary forage levels based on alfalfa silage or corn silage. Journal of Dairy Science (Impact Factor: 4.4). https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25708

Marcela Bulnes^§, G. Mendizabal, J. Bonilla, M. Suazo, T. C. Michelotti, A. Paz, J. Lefler, C. Marotz, J. Halfen, T. Fernandes, E. Trevisi, M. E. Uddin*, J. S. Osorio. 2024. Effects of supplementing rumen-derived direct-fed microbials during the transition period and mid-lactation on lactation performance, metabolism, rumen fermentation and microbial abundance in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science (Impact Factor: 4.4). https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25058.

Redoy^§, R.A., S. Ahmed, J. L. B. Urbina, D.H. Kleinschmit, M. Socha, P. Salunke, Uddin ME*. 2024c. Supplementation of isoacids under low or high forage diet of lactating dairy cows: Effects on production performance, digestibility, and milk fatty acid profile. Journal of Dairy Science (Impact Factor: 4.4). https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25358.

Redoy^§,R.A., S. Ahmed, M. M. Bulnes, D.H. Kleinschmit, Uddin ME*. 2024b. Isoacid supplementation influences feed sorting, chewing behaviors, and enteric methane emissions differentially in mid-lactation dairy cows depending on dietary forage level. Journal of Dairy Science (Impact Factor: 4.4). https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25370.

Islam, T., M. A. Rahman, L.J. Valentine, and P. S. Erickson. 2025. Incremental nicotinic acid supplementation to preweaned dairy calves: Effects on growth, blood metabolites, purine derivatives and indirect rumen development. J. Dairy Sci. 108: 7011-7022.

Stahl, T.C., L. J. Valentine, A. Abend, T. Islam, and P. S. Erickson. 2025. In vitro and in situ estimation of ruminal and intestinal digestion of lobster and crab shell meal. Appl. Anim. Sci. 41:148-155.

Johnston, K., D. Reyes, K. Klobucher, T. Stahl, N. Price, P. Erickson, and A. Brito. 2025. Prepartum supplementation of Ascophyllum nodosum meal or ethylenediamine dihydroiodide: Effects on colostrum yield and growth and health of dairy calves. J. Dairy Sci. 108:3586–3601

Beckett, L.M., Gast, B., Tobolski, E., Jones, L., Gouveia, K., Han-Hallett, Y., Casey, T., Boerman, J.P., 2025. Dam prepartum skeletal muscle reserves and supplementation with branched-chain volatile fatty acids during late gestation influence calf birth weight and calf muscle metabolic activity. JDS Commun. 6, 293–298.

Bérat, H., Gengler, N., Maskal, J.M., Boerman, J.P., Brito, L.F., 2025. Using milking robot data for genetic evaluation of behavioral traits in Holstein cattle.

Boerman, J.P., Brito, L.F., Montes, M.E., Maskal, J.M., Doucette, J., Kalbaugh, K., 2025. Data processing techniques to improve data integration from dairy farms. JDS Commun. 6, 339–344.

Centeno-Delphia, R.E., Glidden, N., Long, E., Ellis, A., Hoffman, S., Mosier, K., Ulloa, N., Cheng, J.J., Davidson, J.L., Mohan, S., Kamel, M., Szasz, J.I., Schoonmaker, J., Koziol, J., Boerman, J.P., Ault, A., Verma, M.S., Johnson, T.A., 2025a. Nasal pathobiont abundance is a moderate feedlot-dependent indicator of bovine respiratory disease in beef cattle. Anim. Microbiome 7, 27.

Centeno-Delphia, R.E., Long, E.A., Ellis, A.C., Hofmann, S., Mosier, K., Ulloa, N., Cheng, J.J., Richards, A., Boerman, J.P., Koziol, J., Verma, M.S., Johnson, T.A., 2025b. Nasal pathobiont abundance does not differ between dairy cattle with or without clinical symptoms of bovine respiratory disease. Anim. Microbiome 7, 16.

Dos Santos Neto, J.M., Worden, L.C., Boerman, J.P., Bradley, C.M., Lock, A.L., 2025. Long-term effects of abomasal infusion of linoleic and linolenic acids on the enrichment of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids into milk fat of lactating cows. JDS Commun. 6, 206–211.

Hanno, S.L., Casey, T.M., Rojas de Oliveira, H., Boerman, J.P., 2025. Assessment of skeletal muscle dynamics and milk production across a 300-day lactation in multiparous dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 108, 1092–1102.

Kern, J., Jorgensen, M.W., Boerman, J., Erasmus, M.A., Johnson, J.S., Pempek, J., 2025. Differences in colostrum management and transfer of passive immunity between purebred dairy and dairy × beef crossbred calves in Indiana and Michigan. Transl. Anim. Sci. 9, txaf062.

Lyu, J., Ramesh, M., Simonds, M., Boerman, J.P., Reibman, A.R., 2025. Automatic retrieval of specific cows from unlabeled videos. arXiv [cs.CV].

Moreira, R.P., Vicari, M.R., Mulim, H.A., Casey, T.M., Boerman, J.P., Rehman, H., Markworth, J.F., Fu, X., Oliveira, H.R., 2025. Cattle breed used in single-cell RNA-Seq impacts fiber-type proportions from deconvolution analyses of muscle RNA-Seq: A comparison of software tools.

Neave, H.W.*, 2025. Symposium Review: Measuring minds: Understanding the mental states of dairy cattle in different management conditions. JDS Comm. (in press).

Neave, H.W.*, G. Zobel, S. McCoard, and J.H.C. Costa., 2025. Improving the welfare of ruminants around weaning: Transitioning from milk to a solid diet. Vet. Clinics: Food Animal Practice. (in press).

Neave, H.W.*, J.L. Rault, E.H. Jensen, and M.B. Jensen., 2024. Oxytocin response of dairy cows to nursing and permanent separation from their calves, and the influence of the cow-calf bond. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 281: 106429.

Pacheo, H.A., R.O. Hernandez, S. Chen, H.W. Neave, J.A. Pempek, and L. Brito., 2025. Invited Review. Phenotyping strategies and genetic background of dairy cattle behavior in intensive production systems – from trait definition to genomic selection. J. Dairy Sci. 108: 6–32.

Welk, A., M.C. Cantor, H.W. Neave, J.H.C. Costa, J.L. Morrison, M.B. Jensen, C.B. Winder, and D.L. Renaud., 2025. Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on neonatal calf diarrhea when administered at disease alert generated by automated milk feeders. J. Dairy Sci. 108: 1842–1854.

Whalin, L., K. Barth {9 additional authors in alphabetical order} H.W. Neave, {4 additional authors in alphabetical order}, J. Johnsen., 2025. Invited Review: Future directions for cow-calf contact research and sustainable on-farm application. J. Dairy Sci. (in press).

Spencer, A., J. M. Piñeiro, D. Duhatschek, T. Hairgrove, C. Daigle, and J. Cleere. 2025. Evaluating the efficacy of maternal bovine appeasing substance in reducing stress and enhancing growth performance in dairy calves after disbudding. J Dairy Sci. S0022-0302(25)00680-0. doi: 10.3168/jds.2025-26398.

Dhital, B., Chen, Y.T., Paudyal, S., Pudasaini, R., Chen, Y.T. and Chiang, H.I., 2025. Genomic Signatures of Beta-Lactam Resistance and Reversion in Staphylococcus aureus from Bovine Mastitis. Letters in Applied Microbiology, p.ovaf107.

Paudyal, S., Piñeiro, J.M., Pilati, A.G., Dauscheck, D., Shrestha, B. and Neupane, R., 2025. Evaluating the impact of milk sample-based pregnancy test procedures on milk production and daily time budgets of dairy cows. JDS Communications.

Duhatschek, D., Pilati, A.G., Luckasson, L., Goeser, J., Coons, E., Ferraretto, L.F., Bell, J., Smith, J.K., Paudyal, S. and Piñeiro, J.M., 2025. Effects of a novel onboard sorghum kernel processor and height of cut on berry processing score and ruminal in situ starch disappearance of forage sorghum ensiled for 0 and 90 days. JDS Communications.

Duhatschek, D., Bell, J., Ferraretto, L.F., Duretto, D., Goeser, J., Coons, E., Smith, J.K., Paudyal, S. and Piñeiro, J.M., 2025. Effect of forage sorghum hybrids varying in berry size on berry processing score and in situ starch digestibility. JDS Communications.

Shrestha, B., Paudyal, S., Kaniyamattam, K. and Grohn, Y.T., 2025. Organic dairy cattle longevity and economic implications: contemporary perspectives. Journal of Dairy Science.

Longer, M.S, M. Woodrum Setser, S, G. Figueroa, S, J. Costa, D. L. Renaud, and K.C. Creutzinger. 2025. Swapping milk for electrolytes: investigating dairy calf activity and hunger after replacing a meal. Front. Anim. Sci. In press.

Woodrum Setser, M. S, D. Brown, J. Costa, and K.C. Creutzinger. 2025. Taste Aversion as a Motivation Test of Hunger in Dairy Calves. Front. Anim. Sci. In press.

Sigl, S. S, J. M. C. Van Os, S. Burney, and K. C. Creutzinger. 2025. Characterizing dry and early lactation dairy cow management practices in Wisconsin and Minnesota. J. Dairy Sci. 108: 4049-4061.