Creutzinger, Katherine

Kate Creutzinger

Assistant Professor

Animal and Food Science
Office: Animal Science Building
Phone: 715-425-4849

Email: katherine.creutzinger@uwrf.edu

Education:

BSc, The Ohio State University, Animal Science; MSc, University of Saskatchewan, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, PhD, The Ohio State University, Animal Science

Courses Taught:

• Introduction to Dairy Production (DASC 106)
• Introduction to Animal Welfare (ANSC 115)
• Quantitative Animal Welfare Assessment (ANSC 415)
• Senior Seminar (ANSC 485/DASC 485)

Research Interests:

Kate’s predominant research focus is on improving the welfare of dairy cattle. Specific themes include:

• Using cow behavior to create better pre- and post-calving environments
• Investigating novel ways to assess the impact of dairy cow-calf contact on animal welfare
• Addressing challenges for surplus dairy calves using a mixed methods approach

Publications:

Recent Publications

ORCID 0000-0002-6237-5145

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1GDEwmEAAAAJ&hl=en&inst=15239752988751053915

Bajus, A., D. Renaud, H. Goetz, M. Stelle, D. Kelton, K. L. Proudfoot, and K. C. Creutzinger. 2023. The effect of transportation duration on lying behavior in young surplus dairy calves. J. Dairy Sci. In press.

Creutzinger, K. C., J. Pempek, S. Locke, D. Renaud, K. Proudfoot, K. George, D. Wilson, and G. Habing. 2022. Dairy producers’ perceptions of male calves in the Midwestern United States. Front. Anim. Sci. 3:1000897.

Goetz, H., K. C. Creutzinger, D. Kelton, J. Costa, C. Winder, and D. Renaud. 2023. A randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of long-distance transportation on surplus dairy calves: Part I. Impact on health and growth. J. Dairy Sci. 106:2784-2799.

Goetz, H., K. C. Creutzinger, D. Kelton, J. Costa, C. Winder, N. Gomez, and D. Renaud. 2023. A randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of long-distance transportation on surplus dairy calves: Part II. Impact on hematological variables. J. Dairy Sci. 106:2800-2818.

Creutzinger, K. C., K. Broadfoot, H. M. Goetz, K. L. Proudfoot, J. H. C. Costa, R. K. Meagher, and D. L. Renaud. 2022. Assessing dairy calf response to long-distance transportation using conditioned place aversion. JDS Commun. 3:275-279.