Veterinary Extension
The Veterinary Extension Faculty are active in applied and translational research, investigating various aspects of animal disease prevention and pre-harvest food safety. Many of the projects are collaborative efforts with faculty from other Penn State departments, faculty from other institutions, or personnel from other agricultural organizations.
Faculty
Ernest Hovingh, DVM, PhD
- Extension Veterinarian
eph1@psu.edu
814-863-8526
- Johnes Disease Control and Pennsylvania Program
- Lameness
- Milking Parlor Management
- On-Farm Epidemiology
- Animal Welfare and Well Being
Bhushan M. Jayarao
- Diagnostic Microbiology
- Veterinary Public Health
- Food Safety
- Epidemiology
- New and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Robert J. Van Saun, DVM, MS, PhD
- Extension Veterinarian
- Professor of Veterinary Science
rjv10@psu.edu
814-865-6995
- Transition cow metabolism and its relationship to metabolic and infectious disease
- Develop new diagnostic techniques for nutritional monitoring – metabolic profiling
- Mineral and vitamin metabolism in pregnant animals
- Modeling of rumen function and animal nutrient requirements
David R. Wolfgang, VMD, DABVP
- Field Studies Director
- Extension Veterinarian
drw12@psu.edu
814-863-5849
- Ration formulation and nutrition of dairy cattle
- Disease prevention and herd health promotion
- Cost effective delivery of veterinary services to producers
- Farm based improvements to food quality and food safety
- Milk quality and mastitis control program
- Field Investigations - on farm problem solving
- BVD control programs
- Continuing education programs for large animal veterinarians
- Dairy Production Medicine Course
