Teaching

DySci/AnSci 311: Comparative Animal Nutriton

This 3-credit course uses a comparative approach to understand nutritional physiology across species. Key concepts students will about include key macro- and micro-nutrients, how these nutrients are utilized and metaoblized, and undesrstand the basis for nutrient requirements. Students of various biological disciplines have taken this course and found it useful for future endeavors. Class meets three times a week for 55 minutes per meeting.

DySci/AnSci 535: Dairy Farm Management

This 3-credit course focuses on the principles of nutrition, reproduction, breeding, and management. Integrating these principles allows students to develop skills in decision making, problem solving, and interpersonal communication. Students are given the opportunity to learn from multiple professors in the Animal and Dairy Science department, as well as to travel to a private farm to understand how the farm works. Class meets twice a week for about 2.5 hours.

DySci/AnSci 824 & 825: Ruminant Nutritional Physiology (RNP) I & II

This 4-credit graduate level course brings in professors and adjunct faculty to discuss their area of expertise in integrated nutritional physiology and the research behind each of the concepts.

RNP I focuses on ruminant microbiology, protein, volitile fatty acid (VFA) utilization, and energy metabolism, as well as concepts of nutrient and metabolite flux, modeling, and tracing. RNP II focuses on lipid metabolism, calf nutrition, forage, vitamins, starch, and fiber, which include nutrition during the preruminanting, tranitional, and ruminating phases; regulation of dry matter intake; and feed efficieny. Either class can be taken first as they are considered parallel in concepts, rather than complimentary to each other.

Each course is taught in alternating fall semesters. Class meets twice a week for 1.5 hours, and once a week for a 2 hour discussion section to further delve into challenging ideas and study design.

Undergraduate Bio152, Independent Reserach Studies, and Internships

There are many opportunities for undergraduate students to get involved in reserach through independent studies and internships during the academic and summer semesters. Openings for Bio152 projects are available as well. Contact Dr. White directly if interested.

Graduate Student Research Assistantships

There are currently open graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.) assistantships available in the White Lab. Contact Dr. White for more information.