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Professor
Extension Dairy Scientist

Ph.D. - North Carolina State University, 1982

Phone: 301-405-1374
Email: markv@umd.edu

Research Interests:

Studies in my laboratory examine the relative importance of factors influencing reproduction and lameness in dairy cattle. As a member of a research team, we have developed a device to automatically identify lameness in cows. We have receive a patent on the device and have licensed it to Boumatic, Inc, a leading dairy equipment manufacturer.

With a collaborator I have developed Dairy-L@listserv.umd.edu, the first and most successful Internet electronic mail network for agriculture. DAIRY-L is an
electronic mail forum for technology transfer by dairy professionals.

Awards and Honors:
- Certificate of Honor for fostering development of distance education program in Russia, from Minister of Agriculture, Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Moscow, September 2001.         
- Honorary Membership, American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, September 1999.
- Selected one of "Twenty Five Most Influential" people in agriculture by Farmer's
Digest Magazine, November 1998.
- Alfa Laval Agri Dairy Extension Award from the American Dairy Science Association, July 1998.
- University of Maryland at College Park Alumni Association - College of Agriculture and National Resources Chapter award for Excellence in Extension, March 1996.
- Elected President of Northeast Branch of American Dairy Science Association, 1991.
- Gamma Sigma Delta (Honorary Fraternity of Agriculture) Certificate of Merit for
Excellence in Extension, 1985.
- Maryland Extension Professional Partner Award, 1992.