Robert A Dailey
Professor
Division of Animal & Nutritional SciencesP.O. Box 6108
Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Design
West Virginia University 2105 Agricultural Sciences
304-293-1865
rdailey@wvu.edu
EDUCATION
Post Doctoral, Emory University, Atlanta, Neuroendocrinology, 1975
PhD: University of Wisconsin – Madison, Endocrinology, Reproductive Physiology,
1973
MS: University of Wisconsin – Madison, Endocrinology, Reproductive Physiology,
1969
Military: Active Duty-U.S. Army, February 27, 1969-January 8, 1971
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Folliculogenesis, Hypothalamic-pituitary Function, Reproductive Management, Reproductive
Immunology
Interim Director Division of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 1994 -1995
Interim Dean and Director College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences
and the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, 1999-2000
Davis-Michael Scholars Program Coordinator, 2002-present
Davis-Michael Professor , 2002-present
ANNUAL TEACHING
AnPh 424 Reproductive Physiology
AnPr 336 Dairy Cattle History and Selection
AnPr 339 Dairy Cattle Judging Team
Honors 494 Sr Sem Values and Ethics in Food and Fiber Production
AVS 402 Values and Ethics in Agriculture and Forestry (W) (three
sections)
AVS 411/semester Dairy Heifer Management
AVS 699 /semester Graduate Journal Club
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Odhiambo JF, Poole DH, Hughes L, DeJarnette JM, Inskeep EK,
Dailey RA. Pregnancy outcome in dairy and beef cattle after artificial
insemination and treatment with seminal plasma or transforming growth factor beta-1
Theriogenology. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.04.013.
Odhiambo, JF, Rhinehart JD, Helmondollar R, Pritchard JY, Osborne PI, Felton EE,
Dailey RA. Effect of weaning regimen on energy profiles and reproductive
performance of beef cows. J Animal Sci 2009 87:2428-2436 doi:10.2527/jas.2008-1138.
Lingenfelter BM,
Dailey RA, Inskeep EK, Vernon MW, Poole DH, Rhinehart JD, Yao J. Changes
of maternal transcripts in oocytes from persistent follicles in cattle. Mol Reprod
Dev. 2007 Mar;74(3):265-72.
Starbuck MJ, Inskeep EK,
Dailey RA. Effect of a single growth hormone (rbST) treatment at breeding
on conception rates and pregnancy retention in dairy and beef cattle. Anim Reprod
Sci. 2006 Jul;93(3-4):349-59.
Holásková I, Lewis GS, Elliott M, Blemings KP,
Dailey RA. Effect of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide complex on reproductive
efficiency in sheep. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2004 Sep;52(3):197-203.
Starbuck MJ,
Dailey RA, Inskeep EK. Factors affecting retention of early pregnancy
in dairy cattle. Anim Reprod Sci. 2004 Aug;84(1-2):27-39.