Research

Publications

Agroecological performance of smallholder dairy cattle systems in the Peruvian Amazon Pizarro, D. M.; Erickson, M. G.; Gomez-Bravo, C. A.; Picasso, V. D.; Lucantoni, D.; Mottet, A.; Wattiaux, M. A. (2025)
Assessing the impact of oscillating dietary crude protein on the stability of the rumen microbiome in dairy cattle Viquez-Umana, F. L.; Erickson, M. G.; Young, J. D.; Zanton, G. I.; Wattiaux, M. A.; Suen, G.; Mantovani, H. C. (2025)
Building value for dairy farmers and advisors in the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Environmental Stewardship Program Erickson, MaryGrace; Rovai, Maristela; Villamediana, Patricia; Schmidt, Amy M.; Stowell, Richard R.; Cortus, Erin L. (2025)
Chloride in Livestock and Poultry Manure Samples in the US Upper Midwest Cortus, Erin L.; Erickson, MaryGrace; Mueller, Sabrina; Breker, John S.; Urriola, Pedro E.; Wilson, Melissa L. (2025)
Manure use benefits and barriers according to agricultural stakeholders Erickson, MaryGrace; Cortus, Erin; Koelsch, Rick; Johnson, Leslie; Wilson, Melissa L.; Andersen, Dan; Zelt, Mara; Schmidt, Amy Millmier (2025)
Uncertainty of Manure Output Estimated with Intrinsic Markers for a Lactating Dairy Herd Erickson, MaryGrace; Cortus, Erin L. (2025)
Crude protein oscillation in diets adequate and deficient in metabolizable protein: effects on nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance, plasma amino acids, and greenhouse gas emissions Erickson, M. G.; Reinhardt, L. A.; Svaren, L.; Sullivan, M. L.; Zanton, G. I.; Wattiaux, M. A. (2024)
Nonlinear models of 15N partitioning kinetics in late-lactation dairy cows from individually labeled feed ingredients Reed, Kristan F.; Erickson, MaryGrace; Barros, Tiago; Danes, Marina A. C.; Powell, J. Mark; Zanton, Geoffrey I.; Wattiaux, Michel A. (2024)
Reducing dietary crude protein: Effects on digestibility, nitrogen balance, and blood metabolites in late-lactation Holstein cows Erickson, M. G.; Barros, T.; Aguerre, M. J.; Colmenero, JJ Olmos; Bertics, S. J.; Wattiaux, M. A. (2024)
Dynamic lactation responses to dietary crude protein oscillation in diets adequate and deficient in metabolizable protein in Holstein cows Erickson, M. G.; Zanton, G. I.; Wattiaux, M. A. (2023)

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Retrospective ratings of learning across pre-pandemic, emergency-remote, and post-pandemic instruction in an introductory biology laboratory Santos, Jorge Antonio De los; Erickson, MaryGrace; Wattiaux, Michel A.; Parrish, John J. (2023)
Student Perceptions of Biology laboratory Instruction in Pre, During, and Post-Pandemic: A Comparative Survey Study Erickson, MaryGrace; Wattiaux, Michel A.; Parrish, John J. (2023)
Associating Synchronous and Asynchronous Remote Teaching Formats with Situational Interest and Motivation Simmermeyer, Elizabeth; Erickson, MaryGrace; Walsh, Stefanie; Karcher, Elizabeth (2022)
Case Study: Introductory Student Onboarding With a Place-Based, Blended Welcome Tour Erickson, MaryGrace; Wattiaux, Michel A (2022)
Brief, written reflections improve interest of introductory animal science undergraduates Erickson, MaryGrace; Wattiaux, Michel A; Marks, Danielle; Karcher, Elizabeth L (2021)
Practices and perceptions at the COVID‐19 transition in undergraduate animal science courses Erickson, MaryGrace; Wattiaux, Michel A. (2021)
Animal sciences undergraduate education since the ASAS centennial: a national survey and scoping review Erickson, MG; Ranathunga, SD; Wattiaux, MA (2020)
Characterizing Student Engagement with Hands-On, Problem-Based, and Lecture Activities in an Introductory College Course Erickson, MaryGrace; Marks, Danielle; Karcher, Elizabeth (2020)
Effect of glucose infusion dose and stage of lactation on glucose tolerance test kinetics in lactating dairy cows Malacco, V. M. R.; Erickson, M.; Cardoso, F. F.; Biese, B. P.; Laguna, J. G.; Donkin, S. S. (2020)
High school student and teacher perceptions of an online learning experience integrating STEM and Poultry Science Erickson, M.; Erasmus, Marisa A.; Karcher, Darrin M.; Knobloch, Neil A.; Karcher, Elizabeth L. (2020)
Longitudinal measurement invariance and stability of individual interest across a 16‐week introductory animal sciences course Erickson, MaryGrace; Wattiaux, Michel A.; Karcher, Elizabeth L. (2020)
Structured support advances extension educator intercultural development during a short-term study abroad experience Erickson, MaryGrace; Grant, Jacie; Karcher, Elizabeth L. (2020)
Interest and active learning techniques in an introductory animal science course Erickson, Mary Grace; Guberman, Dan; Zhu, Hao; Karcher, Elizabeth (2019)
Poultry in the classroom: effectiveness of an online poultry-science-based education program for high school STEM instruction Erickson, Mary G.; Erasmus, Marisa A.; Karcher, Darrin M.; Knobloch, Neil A.; Karcher, Elizabeth L. (2019)
Undergraduates' experiences of transculturation toward engaged pedagogy through a partnership program in animal sciences Erickson, Mary Grace; Guberman, Daniel; Karcher, Elizabeth (2019)
Decreasing the dietary ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids increases the n-3 concentration of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in weaned Holstein heifer calves Worden, L. C.; Erickson, M. G.; Gramer, S.; Tap, C.; Ylioja, C.; Trottier, N.; Preseault, C. L.; VandeHaar, M. J.; Lock, A. L.; Karcher, E. L. (2018)