Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
De Vries Lab
Led by Albert De Vries · Animal Sciences
What we study
The lab studies dairy herd management using computer models like simulation and optimization. They analyze data on cow performance and farm decisions to improve dairy farming.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Estimation of Probability of Pregnancy Based on Health Status and Estrus Intensity in Organic Dairy Cows
2026 · Dairy
Models pregnancy probability based on health and estrus intensity in organic cows.
- Factors associated with cow- and herd-level somatic cell count patterns on organic dairy farms in the United States
2026 · Journal of Dairy Science
Analyzes factors linked to somatic cell counts in organic dairy cows.
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- Data Integration and Analytics in the Dairy Industry: Challenges and Pathways Forward
2025 · Animals
Explores challenges and solutions for integrating and analyzing data in the dairy industry.
- Targeted reproductive management for lactating Holstein cows: Reproductive and economic outcomes of Double-Ovsynch compared with a targeted approach based on resumption of estrus
2025 · Journal of Dairy Science
Tests whether a targeted reproductive management approach for postpartum cows is as effective as ovulation synchronization protocols.
- A supervised machine learning approach for the decision-making process on data-based culling in dairy farms
2025 · Journal of Dairy Research
Uses machine learning to predict data-based culling decisions in dairy farms.
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How to reach out
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