Sandra Godden

Professor

Contact Information:
Phone: 612-625-8177
Email: godde002@umn.edu

225 Veterinary Medical Center
1365 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55108

Degrees
B.Sc. University of Guelph (1989)
D.V.M. University of Guelph (1993)
D.V.Sc. University of Guelph (1998)

Research Interests

• Applied research in calf health management, mastitis control, Johne's disease control and transition cow management.
• Epidemiologic studies of MRSA and Shiga toxin producing E. Coli on Minnesota dairy farms.

Instructional Areas

• Veterinary Science:
  • Clinical epidemiology
  • Metabolic diseases of ruminants
  • Applied dairy nutrition
  • Johne's disease, biosecurity
  • Calf health management
  • Housing and cow comfort

Publications

For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine, and Google Scholar.

Current Funding

• "Evaluation of Control Points to Reduce Transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Dairy Cattle," College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
• "FT-IR Microscopy of Mineral Structure in Osteoporosis Part 2," NIH
• "Evaluation of administration of Bovamine® in the first colostrum on feeding on passive transfer of immunoglobulins in newborn Jersey calves," NPC, Inc.
• "An investigation of Selenium status on the success of passive transfer of immunoglobulin and general health in newborn dairy calves," Dairy Farmers of Canada
• "Development and application of a Minnesota dairy health surveillance network," Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station

Honors and Awards

• 5/2010 Award for Excellence in Didactic Teaching - Veterinary Population Medicine Department
• 5/2007 Award for Excellence in Didactic Teaching - Veterinary Population Medicine Department

Current Students

• Luis Mendonca, MS, Residency in Dairy Population Medicine - co-advisor
• Christina Foutz, MPH - co-advisor