Stephan Wildeus

Stephan Wildeus, Ph.D.

Professor - Research

Phone:          (804) 524-6716
Fax:                (804) 524-5186
       Email:             swildeus@vsu.edu

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Education

Post-Doc (1985) – Texas A&M University (Animal Reproduction)

Ph.D. (1983) – James Cook University Australia, (Reproductive Physiology)

B.Sc. (1978) – Montana State University (Animal Science)

Research Interest

Sustainable, forage-based hair sheep and goat production systems

Accelerated mating systems for sheep and goats

Assisted reproductive technologies in small ruminants

Cryopreservation of small ruminant germplasm

Small ruminant breed resource preservation

Professional Society Memberships

American College of Animal Physiology

American Society of Animal Science

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists

International Goat Association

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy

Selected Publications

Wildeus, S., K. E. Turner and J. R. Collins. 2007. Growth, intake, diet digestibility, and nitrogen use in three hair sheep breeds fed alfalfa hay. Small Rumin. Res. 22:15-19.

Wildeus, S. and A. M. Zajac. 2005. Gastrointestinal parasitism in hair sheep and meat goat breeds grazing naturally infected pasture. Sheep Goat Res. J. 20:42-46.

Wildeus, S. 1997. Hair sheep genetic resources and their contribution to diversified small ruminant production in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 75:630-640.

Wildeus, S., R. D. Randel, and W. D. Humphrey. 1987. Influence of repeated low-dose injections of gonadatropin-releasing hormone on the postpartum interval and serum luteinizing hormone concentrations in Brahman cross cows. Theriogenology 27:711- 719.

Wildeus, S. and K. W. Entwistle. 1983. Spermiogram and sperm reserves in hybrid Bos indicus x Bos taurus bulls after scrotal insulation. J. Reprod. Fert. 69:711-716.

Selected Grants

Effect of management practices on alpaca fiber production. USDA/CSREES Capacity Building Grants Program, 2008-2011, $498,886.

Feeding and grazing strategies to control gastrointestinal parasites in meat goats. USDA-ARS Specific Cooperative Agreement, 2000-2005, $100,000.

Hair Sheep Workshop. National Sheep Industry Improvement Center, 2005, $15,000.