Meet our host:
Dr. Abigail Carpenter received her B.S. from Michigan State University, her M.S. from the University of Minnesota, and her Ph.D. from Kansas State University. Her first position was at the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, where she held teaching, research, and service positions, focusing on dairy nutrition management in her research and outreach activities. In 2019, she moved back to the U.S. for an industry position as a dairy nutritionist at CSA Animal Nutrition in Dayton, OH. She returned to academia in 2021, accepting a position as Assistant Teaching Professor in dairy management at Iowa State University. She officially moved to her current appointment with ISU in July 2022, where she has an expanded role as the state dairy extension specialist.

Meet our guest: 

Dr. LeBlanc is a veterinarian and professor working in dairy cattle health management. His most significant contributions have been in the area of dairy cattle reproduction, specifically in improving reproductive performance through better prevention and treatment of reproductive disease and development of reproductive management programs. He collaborates extensively with colleagues in his department and in other institutions, with a research approach that integrates animal science, applied physiology, nutrition with veterinary medicine.