Our primary research program focuses on how common stressors livestock encounter during gestation impact their offspring and future generations. We seek to better understand the thresholds of stress that lead to lifelong and generational consequences, with a particular focus on neonatal success and reproductive competency.

Collaborators: Dr. Terry Engle (Ruminant Nutrition) , Dr. Alex Snider (Reproductive Physiology, USMARC)

Relevant Publications: 

Rachael M Stucke, Alison M Kuderka, Ellen A Roberts, Ryne D Haggard, Alejandro Quevedo, Terry E Engle, Caitlin N Cadaret, Lambs from ewes fed a poor-quality diet with realimentation exhibit increased incidence of hypothermia and divergent pre-weaning growth, Journal of Animal Science, Volume 104, 2026, skag211, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag211

Vautier AN and Cadaret CN (2022) Long-Term Consequences of Adaptive Fetal Programming in Ruminant Livestock. Front. Anim. Sci. 3:778440. doi: 10.3389/fanim.2022.778440