John Fetrow

Dr. John Fetrow

Professor of Dairy Production Medicine

fetro001@umn.edu

Degrees
MBA, 1981: Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
VMD, 1977: University of Pennsylvania College of Veterinary MedicineBachelor’s degree in biology, 1973: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Board Certification: American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Dairy Specialty

Research Interests

• Economics of decision-making in food animal production (dairy)
• Epidemiology of dairy disease
• Farm performance evaluation and dairy record systems
• Standardizing operating protocols on dairies, particularly relating to drug use

Clinical Interests

• Dairy production medicine
• Instructional areas
• Dairy production medicine
• Epidemiology
• Food animal production economics
• Large animal nutrition
• Animal welfare in production agriculture

Recent publications

Fetrow J, Jones G, Cady R.  Dairy Production Medicine in the United States. Submitted to The Bovine Practitioner, 2004

Carrier, J, Stewart S, Godden S, Fetrow J, Rapnicki P: Evaluation of three cow-side diagnostic tests for the detection of subclinical ketosis in fresh cows. Submitted to the Journal of Dairy Science. 2004

Godden et al. Effect of Pasteurizing Colostrum and Colostrum Feeding Strategies on Colostrum and Serum Immunoglobulin Concentrations in Commercial Dairy Calves submitted to Journal of Dairy Science 2003

Godden S, Stewart S, Cady R, Eicker S, Fetrow, J, Rapnicki P, Weiland W, and Spencer H.  The relationship between herd rbST-supplementation and other factors and risk for removal for cows in Minnesota Holstein dairy herds. Submitted to J. Dairy Sci. Oct. 2003.

Godden, S., P. Rapnicki, S. Stewart, J. Fetrow, A. Johnson, R. Bey, and R. Farnsworth.  Effectiveness of an internal teat sealant in the prevention of new intramammary infections during the dry and early lactation periods in dairy cows when used with an intramammary antibiotic. J. Dairy Sci. 86:3899-3911. 2003

Fetrow J,  Ames T, Farnsworth R, Godden S, Rapnicki P, Stewart S, Vrieze J:  Minnesota’s Transition Management Facility: A Private-Public Partnership in Dairy Veterinary Education and Applied Research, accepted for publication in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 2004

Fetrow J, Eicker S, Stewart S, Rapnicki P: Observations on the economics of dairy cattle reproduction. Proceedings of the Dairy Certificate Course in Reproduction, Ontario Veterinary College, November 2003

Honors and Awards

• American Association of Bovine Practitioners: Distinguished Service Award
• Norden Award for Distinguished Teaching in Veterinary Medicine
• Merck AgVet Award for Creativity in Teaching

Current Graduate Students
Dr. Jerome Carrier: Ph.D. candidate: major advisor
Dr. Eran Raizman: Ph.D. candidate: member of committee