Whitney Knauer, VMD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM)
Contact
Office Address
A315A Vet Med Ctr
1365 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States
Education
Residency in Ambulatory & Production Medicine, Cornell University
Internship in Ambulatory & Production Medicine, Cornell University
VMD, University of Pennsylvania
PhD, University of Minnesota
BS, Cum Laude, University of Vermont
Biography
Summary
Dr. Knauer developed her love of the dairy industry while an undergrad at the University of Vermont. After graduating with an Animal Science degree, she continued her education at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, earning her VMD in 2010. She then completed an Internship and Residency in Ambulatory and Production Medicine at Cornell University in 2013. She completed her PhD under the mentorship of Dr. Sandra Godden at the University of Minnesota and joined the faculty in the fall of 2017 as an Assistant Professor of Dairy Production Medicine where she splits her time between teaching and research. Her teaching interests include animal welfare and behavior, dairy production medicine, and small ruminant and camelid production medicine. Her research interests include young stock health management, dairy cattle behavior and welfare, and the use of precision dairy technologies to predict and detect disease.