Dr. Darrin M. Karcher

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Michigan State University
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Animal Science
Appointed: 2007

Mailing Address

1287 Anthony Hall
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-0210
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (517) 355-8402
Fax: (517) 353-1699
dkarcher@msu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Purdue University, Animal Sciences, 2007.
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Animal Sciences, 2003.
B.S., Ohio State University, Agricultural Education, 2001.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Science.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

Michigan State University Avian Science Club
Poultry Science Association
Worlds Poultry Science Association

Honors and Awards

2007, Graduate Travel Award, LOUJA, Purdue University
2006, Honorary Agricultural Society, Gamma Sigma Delta, Purdue University
2005, Leadership Scholarship Award, Book-Harmon, Purdue University
2003, Education Enhancement Award, Julie Ann Busby Memorial Fund, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2003, Mentor Award, Botany/Zoology 152, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2001, Honorary Agricultural Society, Gamma Sigma Delta, Ohio State University
2001, Top Ten Outstanding Senior, School of Agriculture, Ohio State University

Funding Received

  • Michigan 4-H Youth Development Participation Fee Fund: Bi-State Poultry Youth Clinic, $3,750, 2008 to 2009.
  • Michigan Animal Agriculture Industry Coalition: Turkey femur integrity - a structural and functional analysis, $49,400, 2008 to 2009.
  • Life Sciences Group, Inc: Addition of copper sulfate to laying hen water, $1,620, 2008 to 2008.
  • Life Sciences Group, Inc: Effects of copper sulfate added to the water of laying hens, $30,004, 2008 to 2009.
  • Midwest Poultry Research Program: Femur spiral fracturing: Genetic influence and femur composition in today's commercial toms, $39,768, 2008 to 2009.
  • Purdue University: For Small But Important Things, $370, 2006 to 2006.

Publications

  • Karcher DM, Fleming-Waddell JN, Applegate TJ (Jul 2008) Developmental changes in insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and -II mRNA abundance in extra-embryonic membranes and small intestine of avian embryos., Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society Abstract
  • Karcher DM, Applegate T (Feb 2008) Survey of enterocyte morphology and tight junction formation in the small intestine of avian embryos., Poultry science, 87 (2), 339-50 Abstract
  • Karcher DM, McMurtry JP, Applegate TJ (Dec 2005) Developmental changes in amniotic and allantoic fluid insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and -II concentrations of avian embryos., Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology, 142 (4), 404-9 Abstract
  • Applegate TJ, Karcher DM, Lilburn MS (Mar 2005) Comparative development of the small intestine in the turkey poult and Pekin duckling., Poultry science, 84 (3), 426-31 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 12/15/2008

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