Gordon E. Carstens

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Texas A&M University System
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science
Associate Professor
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Mailing Address

TAMU Mail Stop 2471
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843
United States

Contact Information

g-carstens@tamu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Colorado State University, Ruminant Nutrition, 1988.
M.S., Colorado State University, Nutrition, 1984.
B.S., Iowa State University, Animal Science, 1979.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Science.

Memberships

American Society of Animal Science
American Society of Dairy Science
Plains Nutritional Council
Texas Animal Nutritional Council
Western Regional Committee on Beef Cattle Energetics

Previous Positions

1991-1996, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Animal Science
1988-1990, Lecturer, Texas A&M University, Animal Science
1982-1988, Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Animal Science

Funding Received

  • Zinpro Corporation: Effects of dietary copper level on immune function, performance and disease resistance in stressed calves, $26,000, 1997 to 1998.
  • USDA-NRI: Postnatal involution of brown fat in Bos taurus and Bos indicus calves, $102,000, 1997 to 1999.
  • USDA, Formula Animal Health (TAES): Effects of prenatal and postnatal copper deficiency on immune responsiveness in the bovine, $46,600, 1997 to 1998.
  • USDA-SBIR (Phase I): Ozone conversion of low quality feedstocks to high energy feed, $46,000, 1997 to 1997.
  • Coordinating Board-ARP: Brown adipocyte ontogeny and metabolism in Bos Taurus and Bos Indicus cattle, $108,000, 1996 to 1997.
  • Zinpro Corporation: Effects of prenatal copper on cold tolerance in newborn Simmental calves, $29,000, 1996 to 1997.
  • USDA-NRI: Brown adipocyte ontogeny and metabolism in Bos taurus and Bos indicus calves, $23,000, 1995 to 1996.
  • Zinpro Corporation: Prepartum copper supplementation to enhance brown adipocyte thermogenic function in newborn lambs, $22,500, 1994 to 1995.
  • USDA, Formula Animal Health: Genetic expression of thermogenesis in bovine neonates, $36,000, 1991 to 1992.

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Last Updated: 6/14/2005

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