UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research Center - Tulare, CA

10/21/2025

https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=43922

12/07/2023

Thank you for all who came out to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Vet School and 40 years of the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center in Tulare, CA. Proud to be providing services for all these years.

04/13/2023

Our very own Dr. Martin Breen!!!

Outstanding Large Animal Research Study and Presentation Award
• Dr. Martin Breen (resident), Dairy Production Medicine: “Effect of Group Housing of Prewean Dairy Calves on Health and F***l Shedding of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia Coli and Enterococcus SPP”

Dr. Camilla Quattrini (right) accepts the Chris Smith Award for Outstanding Equine Research Study and Presentation at the 2023 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium. On March 24, 2023, the UC Davis veterinary hospital hosted the 44th annual Gerald V. Ling Veterinary Intern and Resident R...

05/27/2022

Dr. Abdelfattah was invited to present research work at the NIAMRRE Annual Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska. Thank you for your great work.

03/23/2022

Postdoctoral position in Veterinary Epidemiology at UC Davis

POSITION DESCRIPTION

A Postdoctoral Scholar position is available at the UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center (VMTRC) in Tulare, CA https://www.vmtrc.ucdavis.edu. The Postdoctoral Scholar will work with a multidisciplinary research team, focusing on implementing selective dry cow therapy programs on dairies with automatic milking systems. The position responsibilities will include the design and implementation of mastitis research projects on dairies, data analysis, communication of research outcomes with the scientific community and stakeholders, and development of research proposals. The qualified candidate should have a strong background in epidemiology, statistics, dairy cattle production or a related field, and proven record in scientific publication. Knowledge of database management and ability to work with a statistics software such as Stata, R or SAS is required. The candidate is expected to be proficient in written and oral English and possess excellent communication skills as the candidate will be working with a multi-disciplinary team of veterinarians, milk quality specialists, epidemiologists, extension specialists, producers, and graduate and undergraduate students. The initial appointment will be for 12 months with a possible extension, depending on funding availability and performance. The salary and benefits will be provided based on UC Davis policy for the Postdoctoral Scholars.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education: The candidate must have a Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Animal Science, Statistics, or a related field.
Additional qualifications (required at time of start):
• Strong publication records, or the potential for developing one.
• Strong knowledge of statistical analysis software (Stata, R or SAS).
• Experience in designing and performing field and lab-based experiments.
• Experience in leading research projects and research teams.
• Potential to write grants and high-quality scientific papers.
• Excellence in writing and oral communication.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of the team and diligently to meet deadlines.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Document requirements
• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research
• Statement of Outreach/Extension (Optional)
• Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion documented in the application file will be used to evaluate applicants.
• Graduate school transcripts (unofficial copies acceptable)

Reference requirements
• 3-5 required (contact information only)

A Postdoctoral Scholar position is available at the UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center (VMTRC) in Tulare, CA https://www.vmtrc.ucdavis.edu. The Postdoctoral Scholar will work with a multidisciplinary research team, focusing on implem...

12/08/2021

https://www.dairybusiness.com/environmental-factors-seem-to-influence-dairy-cow-bunching-say-uc-scientists/

"Cow bunching" can cause discomfort, increase heat stress and impede the cows' access to

10/01/2021

Please Congratulate Manuel Parriera (Left) on 20 years of service to the University of California - Davis. Thank you Manuel.

09/17/2021

We would like to welcome Dr. Yoonsuk Lee (Left) to our current group of residents. Pictured in the center is Dr. Martin Breen (2nd year resident) and to the right Dr. Barros de Oliveira (3rd year resident).

11/06/2020

2020 American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Award of Excellence given to UCDavis, SVM Professor and Director of the VMTRC, Dr. Terry Lehenbauer!

Presented at the 53rd AABP Annual Conference, September 26, 2020, this award was established in 1989 and is given annually by the AABP Board of Directors. Candidates for the award must be a member who is nominated from teaching, research, industry or government areas. The nominee's professional activities must have had a consistent and direct influence on daily activities of veterinarians in bovine practice. Selection criteria include the following:

1. Contributions to continuing education for bovine practitioners.

2. Active participation in organized veterinary medicine and/or specialty boards.

3. Relationship with and contributions to the bovine industry.

4. Publications that have had a significant impact on the practice of bovine medicine in the past two years.

5. Regulatory or legislative activities during the past two years that have enhanced the practice of bovine medicine.

11/06/2020

AABP 2020 Graduate Students Award!
Our very own Ainhoa Valldecabres won the AABP 2020 Research Summaries Graduate Students Award (3rd place) and comes with $500.00. Ainhoa presented, "Associations of serum calcium and subclinical hypocalcemia at calving with productive, reproductive and health outcomes in multiparous Jersey cows". The competition was stiff at this national conference with an initial screening before the judging. She will be graduating December 2020 with a Ph.D. in Animal Biology.

She can be reached at [email protected]
http://www.linkedin.com/in/avalldecabres

For more information about AABP:
https://www.aabp.org/

08/20/2020

The First DPM Students of Fall 2020!
Kendall, Leah and Rama (left to right)

03/05/2020

Dairy Production Medicine (DPM) Veterinary Students: Rachel Davidson, Cari McKinley and Andrew Paterson from University of Glasgow and Lenneke Heerts from Utrech University are here for a rotation.