Faciola Lab - Livestock Nutrition at UF

04/24/2026

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04/24/2026

I have the best students!

Congratulations to Charese Hammond, Mikaela Martin, Jenna Larson, and India Wilson for receiving the 2026 Florida Feed Association Scholarship!

Charese and Mikaela are grad students in the lab. Jenna is an undergraduate in the lab and India is about to start her MS with Dr. Vyas.

I'm grateful for these students and the support of our allied industries!

UF Animal Sciences Department
UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Florida

04/10/2026

Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week!

We had a fantastic time celebrating our incredible graduate students, an essential part of our community and the driving force behind our teaching, research, and extension missions.

Great Cuban food from Mi Apa, wonderful live music by Maggie Clifford & Rafael Abdalla, and even better company made for a truly special evening.

Grateful for this community and the opportunity to celebrate it together!

UF Animal Sciences Department
UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

04/10/2026

Congratulations to Abigail Erwin who presented her poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Florida!

She worked with Gerald Salas-Solis on our National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project on sustainable dairy nutrition.

Proud of her and Gerald! UF's Symposium was quite impressive with ~600 abstracts! Kudos to our Center for Undergraduate Research!

04/10/2026

Thank you American Dairy Science Association Graduate Student Division for having me on your Career Pathways in Dairy Production panel.

I'm grateful to connect and give back to this exciting community! You are the future of our industry and the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) The cheese knife set was perfect and so thoughtful 😊 Thank you! 🧀

American Dairy Science Association

02/05/2026

Heartbreaking seeing the consequences of not listening to science.

Health officials in New Mexico have said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy

01/28/2026

Go Gators! 🐊

01/28/2026

01/20/2026

Gerald Salas-Solis’s first first-author publication is out!

In this study, we evaluated hydroponically sprouted , , and for in situ nutrient degradation, fractional disappearance rate, and effective ruminal degradation.

Plenty more work ahead, but a great milestone for an exciting project.

Check it out: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/12/1/55



University of Florida
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
UF Animal Sciences Department

This study aimed to evaluate in situ ruminal nutrient degradation, fractional disappearance rate, and effective ruminal degradation of hydroponically sprouted barley, wheat, and triticale. Two ruminally canulated lactating cows were used in a complete randomized block design with four treatments and...

01/20/2026

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence?ICID=ref_fark

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees