Neil Dyer                                 
Professor

Office: Van Es 
Phone: (701) 231-7521
E-mail: neil.dyer@ndsu.edu

Education

• DVM from Iowa State University (1991).
• M.S. in Veterinary Pathology from Iowa State University (1995).
• Board Certification in Veterinary Pathology (1997).

Teaching interests

• Public health
• Parasitology
• Infectious diseases of domestic and wild animals

Diagnostic service

Regular rotation in the biopsy/necropsy/cytology sections of the NDSU-VDL

Selected publications

• Dyer, NW, Hansen-Lardy L, Krogh D, Schaan L and E Schamber. 2008. An outbreak of chronic pneumonia and polyarthritis syndrome caused by Mycoplasma bovis in feedlot bison (Bison bison). J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 20:369-371.
• Barigye R, Dyer NW, Newell TK, Khaitsa MK, Trout JM, and M. Santin. Molecular and immunohistochemical detection of Assemblage E Giardia duodenalis in scouring North Dakota calves. 2008. Journal of Parasitology 157:196-202.
• Barigye R, Mostrom M, Dyer NW, Newell TK and GP Lardy. 2008. Ethylene glycol toxicosis in adult beef cattle fed contaminated feeds. Can Vet Journal 49:1018-20.
• M Ndiva Mongoh, Dyer NW, Stoltenow CL, and ML Khaitsa. 2008. A review of management practices for the control of anthrax in animals: The 2005 outbreak in North Dakota – case study. Zoonoses and Public Health 55:279-290.
• M Ndiva Mongoh, Hearne R, Dyer NW, Stoltenow CL, and ML Khaitsa. 2008. Private and public economic incentives for the control of animal diseases: the case of anthrax in livestock J. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 55:319-328.
• Uzoigwe JC, Oloya J, Dyer NW, Gibbs PS, and ML Khaitsa, 2008. Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in Cattle in North Dakota, 1995 - 2005. The Bovine Practitioner, 42:160-168.
• Gaukler, S.M., Linz G.M., Sherwood, J.S., Dyer, N.W., Bleier W.J., Wannemuehler, Y.M., Nolan, L.K., Logue, C.M. 2009. Escherichia coli, Salmonella and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Wild European Starlings at a Kansas Cattle Feedlot. Avian Diseases 53:544-551
• M. N. Mongoh, N. W. Dyer, W. Tidball, M. L. Khaitsa. Plaque-Reduction Neutralization Tests (PRNT) of equine sera after vaccination of horses against West Nile virus: 39 horses. Africa Journal of Animal and Biomedical Sciences 4 (2), 2009 ISSN: 1819-4214
• Neville BW, Schauer CS, Karges K, Gibson ML, Thompson MM, Kirschten LA, Dyer NW, Berg PT and GP Lardy. Effect of Thiamin Concentration on Animal Health, Feedlot Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Ruminal Hydrogen Sulfide Concentrations in Lambs Fed Diets Based on 60% Distillers Dried Grains Plus Solubles. 2010. J Anim Sci, 88:2444-2455.

Marc Bauer                                  
Associate Professor  

Office: 155 Hultz Hall
Phone: (701) 231-7691
E-mail: Marc.Bauer@ndsu.edu

Research interests:
Feedlot nutrition and management
Byproduct utilization
Nutrient digestion, absorption, and utilization

Training/Education:
PhD, Nutritional Physiology - University of Kentucky. 1996
MS, Ruminant Nutrition - University of Nebraska. 1992
BS, Animal Science - University of Nebraska. 1984

Courses taught:
ANSC 435/635 Nutrition Laboratory Techniques
ANSC 470 Applied Animal Nutrition
ANSC 736 Experimental Nutrition Methods
ANSC 776 Digestive Physiology

Recent publications:
Bohnert, D. W., C. S. Schauer, M. L. Bauer, and T. DelCurto. 2002. Influence of rumen protein degradability and supplementation frequency on steers consuming low-quality forage: I. Site of digestion and microbial efficiency. J. Anim. Sci. 80:2967-2977 .

Loe, E. R., M. L. Bauer, G. P. Lardy, and J. S. Caton. 2002. Dietary inclusion of concentrated separator by-product fed to newly received feedlot steers. Ani. Feed Sci. Technol .

Loy, T. W., G. P. Lardy, M. L. Bauer, W. D. Slanger, and J. S. Caton. 2002. Effects of supplementation on intake and growth of nursing calves grazing native range in southeastern North Dakota. J. Anim. Sci. 80:2717-2725 .

Bauer, M. L., D. L. Harmon, D. W. Bohnert, A. F. Branco and G. B. Huntington. 2001. Influence of a-linked glucose on sodium-glucose cotransport activity along the small intestine in cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 79:1917-1924.

Bauer, M. L. , D. L. Harmon, K. R. McLeod, and G. B. Huntington. 2001. Influence of a-linked glucose on jejunal sodium-glucose cotransport activity in ruminants. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 129A:577-583 .

Scheaffer, A. N., J. S. Caton, M. L. Bauer, and L. P. Reynolds. 2001. Influence of pregnancy on body weight, ruminal characteristic, and visceral organ mass in beef heifers. J. Anim. Sci. 79:2481-2490 .

Caton, J.S., M.L. Bauer, and H. Hidari. 2000. Metabolic components of energy expenditure in growing beef cattle. Asian-Aus. J. Anim. Sci. 13:702-710. (Invited).