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Dr. Dianne Hellwig
Associate Professor of Agriculture
Goldthwait Agriculture Building,
Room 214
CPO 1916
| Office Hours: |
MTW 10-12 noon; F 2-4:30 PM |
Phone: 859-985-3599
(office), 859-200-2294 (cell)
Fax: 859-985-3698
E-Mail:
At Berea College since 2002
| Degrees |
- B.S. Animal Husbandry, Delaware
Valley College, 1976
- M.S. Animal Science, University
of Arkansas, 1983
- Ph.D. Animal Science, University
of Arkansas, 1986
- D.V.M. Veterinary Medicine, Iowa
State University, 1994
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| Courses |
- ANR 110 Introduction to Animal Science
- ANR
492 Coordinator for Senior Seminar
- ANR
360 Diseases of Livestock
- ANR
365 Animal Breeding and Reproduction
- ANR
308 Support for Limited Resource Agriculture
- ANR
386 Service Learning through Cooperative
Extension
- ANR
386 Starting and Training Colts
- ANR
123 Companion Animal Management
- ANR
109 Domestic Animal Behavior
- GSTR
355 World Issues Since
1945
- ANR
390A Animal Skeletal
System
- ANR
490A Comparitive
Animal Anatomy
- ANR
390A Born to Run: A Husky
Mutt
- Internships
ANR 495 Maternal
Behavior of
Swine
ANR 395 and
495 Veterinary Assistance
ANR 395 Horse
Stable Feasibility Plan
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| Special Interests |
- sheep and goat production
- rotational grazing
- parasitology
- animal behavior
- livestock husbandry
- agriculture on a small acreage
- animal disease resistance
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| Affiliations |
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- American Association of Bovine Practitioners
- American Association of Small Ruminent Practitioners
- National
Rambouillet Association
- National
Association of College Teachers in Agriculture
- Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association
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| Papers and Publications |
- Hellwig, D.H. Where
can I find a veterinarian when I need one? 2000. American
Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association Newsletter, September, pp. 30 – 31.
- Hellwig, D.H. Keeping
lambs healthy. 2000. American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders
Association Newsletter January pp. 6 – 7.
- Hellwig, D.H. The
effective use of colostrum in newborn calves. 2000. Field
Day Proceedings, Livestock and Forestry Branch Station, Batesville,
AR, pp.7 – 9.
- Hellwig, D.H. Keeping calves healthy in a stocker operation. 1999. Proceedings
of the 1999 Cattle Grower’s Conference, Arkadelphia, AR, and
Proceedings of the Stocker Cattle for Arkansas conference,
Batesville, AR.
- Hellwig, D.H. Developing a vaccination program for your herd. 1999. Arkansas
Cattle Business, 35(4):36 - 49.
- Hellwig, D.H. The value of a necropsy. 1998. Arkansas
Cattle Business, 34(7):22-25
Research Publications
- Coblentz, W. K., K.
P. Coffey, T. F. Smith, D. S. Hubbell, III, D. A. Scarbrough,
J. B. Humphry, B. C. McGinley, J. E. Turner, J. A. Jennings, C. P.
West, M. P. Popp, D. H. Hellwig, D. L. Kreider, and C. F. Rosenkrans,
Jr. 2006. Using orchardgrass and endophyte-free fescue versus endophyte-infected
fescue overseeded on bermudagrass for cow herds: four-year summary
of forage characteristics. Crop Sci. (in press).
- Coblentz, W. K., K.
P. Coffey, T. F. Smith, D. S. Hubbell, III, D. A. Scarbrough,
J. B. Humphry, B. C. McGinley, J. E. Turner, J. A. Jennings, C. P.
West, M. P. Popp, D. H. Hellwig, D. L. Kreider, and C. F. Rosenkrans,
Jr. 2006. Using orchardgrass and endophyte-free fescue versus endophyte-infected
fescue overseeded on bermudagrass for cow herds: four-year summary
of cow-calf performance. Crop Sci. (in press).
- Coffey, K.P., W.K.
Coblentz, D.A. Scarbrough, J. B. Humphrey, B.C. McGinley, J. E. Turner,
T.F. Smith, D. S. Hubbell, III, Z.B. Johnson, D. H. Hellwig, M.P. Popp,
and C.F. Rosenkrans, Jr., Effect of rotation frequency and weaning
date on forage measurements and growth performance by cows and calves
grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue pastures overseeded with crabgrass
and legumes., 2005. J. An. Sci. 83: 2684 – 2695.
- Panivivat, R., E.B.
Kegley, D.W. Kellogg, J.A. Pennington, K. Vandevender, D.H. Hellwig,
T.J. Wistuba, and S.L. Krumpelman. 2002. Preference for
and bacterial counts in sand and granite fines used as bedding for
lactating dairy cows. Ark. Anim. Sci. Dept. Rep., pp. 143 – 146.
- Davis, M.E., C.V.
Maxwell, D.C. Brown, B.Z. de Rodas, Z.B. Johnson, E.B. Kegley, D.H.
Hellwig and R.A. Dvorak. 2002. Effect of dietary mannan oligosaccharides
and(or) pharmacological additions of copper sulfate on growth performance
and immunocompetence of weanling and growing/finishing pigs. J. Anim.
Sci. 80:2887 – 2894.
- Davis, J.R., J.K.
Apple, D.H. Hellwig, E.B. Kegley and F.W. Pohlman. 2002. The
effects of feeding broiler litter on microbial contamination of beef
carcasses. Bioresour-Technol. 84:191-196.
- Silzell, S.A., D.H.
Hellwig, E.B. Kegley, K.P. Coffey, K. Beers, and L.B. Daniels. 2002. Effects
of supplemental thiamin on growth performance and immune function in
stressed stocker cattle. J. App. Anim. Res. 22:145-156.
- Robins, J., S. Krumpelman,
and D.H. Hellwig. Examination of hospital pen management for
stocker cattle operations. 2001. Animal Science Research
Report, in press.
- McBeth, L.J., K.P.
Coffey, W.K. Coblentz, D.H. Hellwig, J.E. Turner, and D.A. Scarbrough. Impact
of spontaneous heating during storage of bermudagrass hay on in situ
degradation kinetics from steers. 2001. Animal Science
Research Report, in press.
- Silzell, S.A., E.
B. Kegley, K.P. Coffey, D.H. Hellwig, L.B. Daniels, and K. Beers. Case
Study: Interaction of amprolium and supplemental dietary thiamin on
thiamin status and growth performance of calves new to the feedlot
environment. 2001. Prof. Anim. Sci. !7: 202 – 207.
- Kegley, E.B., D.H.
Hellwig, D.R. Gill, and F.N. Owens. Effect of Agrado on
growth performance and health of calves new to the feedlot environment. 2001. Prof.
Anim. Sci. 17:208 – 211.
- Coffey, K.P., W.K.
Coblentz, J.B. Humphrey, E.L. Piper, C.F. Rosenkrans, Jr., D.S. Hubbell,
III, K.F. Harrison, T.M. Denard, F.W. Pohlman, D.H. Hellwig. Growth
performance and serum prolactin concentrations of stocker steers implanted
with trenbolone acetate while grazing endophyte-infected fescue in
the spring. 2001. Prof. Anim. Sci. 17:166 – 173.
- Scarbrough, D.A.,
W.K. Coblentz, K.P. Coffey, J.E. Turner, G.V. Davis, D.W. Kellogg and
D.H. Hellwig. Effects of calendar date and summer management
on the in situ dry matter and fiber degradation of stockpiled bermudagrass. 2001. J.
Anim. Sci. (in press)
- Hellwig, D.H., E.B.
Kegley, Z.B. Johnson, and B. Hunsaker. Flunixin meglumine as
adjunct therapy for bovine respiratory disease in stocker cattle. 2000.
Arkansas Animal Science Research Report. p. 10 – 11.
- Hellwig, D.H., J.B.
Morris, Z.B. Johnson, and B. Hunsaker. Serum acute-phase inflammation
proteins as a means of assessing effectiveness of flunixin meglumine
therapy for bovine respiratory disease. 2000. Arkansas Animal
Science Research Report. p. 13 – 15.
- Davis, E., C.V. Maxwell,
E.B. Kegley, B. deRodas, K. Friesen, and D.H. Hellwig. Efficacy
of mannin oligosaccharide (Bio-Mos) addition at two levels
of supplemental copper on performance and immunocompetence of early
weaned pigs. 2000. Arkansas Animal Science Report, p.
15 – 18.
- Coffey, K.P., D.H.
Hellwig, C.F. Rosenkrans, Jr., W.K. Coblentz, D. Hubbell, III, Z.B.
Johnson, K. Harrison, and B. Watson. Effect of pre-weaning and/or
pre-vaccination on weight change during the weaning process. 2000. Arkansas
Animal Science Research Report, p. 80 – 83.
- Davis, J.R., J.K.
Apple, D.H. Hellwig, E.B. Kegley, and F.W. Pohlman. The
impact of feeding poultry litter on microbial contamination of beef
carcasses. 2000. Animal Science Research Report, p. 69 – 71.
- Coffey, K.P., D.H.
Hellwig, C.F. Rosenkrans, Jr., W.K. Coblentz, L.B. Daniels, T.H. Holt,
D.S. Hubbell, III, and H.B. Watson. Effect of pre-weaning and/or
pre-vaccination on weight change during the weaning process. 1999. University
of Arkansas Animal Science Research Report, p. 80 –83.
- Copeland, S., D.H.
Hellwig, E.B. Kegley, Z. Johnson, and S. Krumpelman. Evaluation
of hospital treatment regimens for the University of Arkansas Beef
Research Facility at Savoy. 1999. University of Arkansas
Animal Science Research Report, p. 132 – 134.
- Hellwig, D.H., E.B.
Kegley, and S.L. Silzell. A comparison of mass antibiotic treatments
on arrival with regards to morbidity, mortality and performance in
Arkansas stocker cattle. 1998. Arkansas Research Report.
p. 96 – 97.
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| Research Programs |
- Focus on livestock production utilizing a pasture-based system with
regards to animal health and the control of parasites
- Exploration of
alternative livestock production systems in order to expose students
to a variety of production options
- Utilization of
technology to enhance teaching in agriculture
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| Biography |
| Thirty-one
years of experience with livestock agriculture and companion
animals. Dedicated to the enhancement of the human-animal
bond. Recognized as an innovative educator dedicated to motivating
students to become critical thinkers and life-long learners
. Reside on a small acreage 12 miles west of Berea with a
husband and an assortment of livestock and pets. |
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