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	Daniel Schaefer, Professor and Department Chair                      Department of Animal Science; 256A Animal Science Bldg. 1675 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 Telephone: 608.263.4513 Fax: 608.262.5157 email: schaeferd@ansci.wisc.edu PubMed citations

Education:

B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Meat and Animal Science 1973
M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Meat and Animal Science 1975
Ph.D. University of Illinois-Urbana, Nutritional Sciences 1979

Research Interests:

• To evaluate factors that increase beef production in grazing systems
• To examine strategies for feedlot management that enhance animal production efficiency and food safety
• To explore the implications of electron acceptors other than bicarbonate in the rumen ecosystem

Courses Taught:

• Animal Sciences: 101-Livestock Production, 3 lectures/yr and lab session for one week (1988-1996)
• Animal Sciences: 399 - Coordinative Internship, 1-3 student/yr (1985-present)
• Animal Sciences: 431 - Beef Cattle Production, co-teach 3 credits/yr; 5-23 students/yr (1981-present)
• Animal Sciences: 505 - Rumen Microbiology (crosslisted with BACT and DS) 2 credits/1-2 yr; 6-10 students/yr (1982-present)
• Animal Sciences: 875 - Ruminant Nutritional Physiology I (crosslisted with DS) 4 credits; 23 students/ Lecture (2004,2006,2009)
• Farm & Industry Short Course: Beef Cattle Management - co-teach 2 credits/yr; 12-40 students/yr (1981-present)
• Advising - 10-18 undergraduate advisees/semester

Committee Responsibilities:

Departmental Committee Memberships:

Animal Operations Committee, Chair (1999 - Present)

College Committee Memeberships

FISC Standing Committee

University Committee Memberships

University Academic Planning Council

Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, Director Searcha nd Screen Committee, Chair

University of Wisconsin System

UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee

Awards

2009 – Robert G. F. and Hazel T. Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award for Excellence – “faculty member whose integration of outstanding efforts in teaching, research, extension and outreach exemplify the land grant mission”

Publications:

Faustman, C., W. K. M. Chan, D. M. Schaefer and A. Havens. 1998. Beef Color Update: The Role for Vitamin E. J. Anim. Sci. 76:1019-1026.

Agca, Y., R. L. Monson, D. L. Northey, O. Abas Mazni, D. M. Schaefer and J. J. Rutledge. 1998. Transfer of fresh and cryopreserved IVP bovine embryos: Normal calving, birth weight and gestation lengths. Theriogenol. 50:147-162.

LeVan, T. D., J. A. Robinson, J. Ralph, R. C. Greening, W. J. Smolenski, J. A. Z. Leedle and D. M. Schaefer. 1998. Assessment of reductive acetogenesis with indigenous ruminal bacterium populations and Acetitomaculum ruminis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:3429-3436.

Immonen, K., D. M. Schaefer, E. Puolanne, R. G. Kauffman and E. V. Nordheim. 2000. The relative effect of dietary energy density on repleted and resting muscle glycogen concentrations. Meat Sci. 54:155-162.

Schaefer, D. M. 2000. Potential for altering quality of muscle and milk from ruminants. In: Antioxidants in Muscle Foods, E. Decker, C. Faustman and C.J. Lopez-Bote, J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 155-197.

Shere, J.A., C.W. Kaspar, K.J. Bartlett, S.E. Linden, B. Norell, S. Francey and D.M. Schaefer. 2002. Shedding of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in dairy cattle housed in a confined enviroment following waterborne inoculation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:1947-1954.

Mourino, F., K.A. Albrecht, D.M. Schaefer and P. Berzaghi. 2003. Steer performance on kura clover-grass and red clover-grass mixed pastures. Agron.J. 95: 652-659.

Larraín, R. E., M. P. Richards, D. M. Schaefer, L. L. Ji, and J. D. Reed. 2007. Growth performance and muscle oxidation in rats fed increasing amounts of high-tannin sorghum. J. Anim. Sci. 85:3276-3284.

Larraín, R. E., D. M. Schaefer and J. D. Reed. 2008. Use of digital images to estimate CIE color coordinates of beef. Food Research International 41:380-385.

Larraín, R. E., D. M. Schaefer, M. P. Richards, and J. D. Reed. 2008. Finishing steers with diets based on corn, high-tannin sorghum or a mix of both: color and lipid oxidation in beef. Meat Sci. 79:656-665.

Larraín, R. E., D. M. Schaefer, S. C. Arp, J. R. Claus, and J. D. Reed. 2009. Finishing steers with diets based on corn, high-tannin sorghum or a mix of both: feedlot performance, carcass characteristics and beef sensory attributes. J. Anim. Sci. 87:2089-2095.

Guo, W. S., D. M. Schaefer., X. X. Guo., L. P. Ren., and Q. X. Meng. 2009. Nitrate as a sole dietary nitrogen source to improve rumen microbial nitrogen synthesis and to inhibit methane production in vitro. Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 22:542-549.