Robert Dailey

Contact Info Education Work & Teaching Experience Assignments
Annual Teaching Research Interests Recognition Peer Reviews
Grants Publications

E-mail - rdailey@wvu.edu
Phone - 304-293-2406 4419
FAX - 304-293-2232
Home Address: 248 Wagner Road, Morgantown
Office: G040 Agricultural Science Bldg.
Division of Animal & Veterinary Sciences
P.O. Box 6108
Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences
West Virginia University

Education:
· West Virginia University - Morgantown, B.S. Animal Science, 1967
· University of Wisconsin - Madison, M.S. Endocrin., Reprod. Phys., 1969
· Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison, Ph.D. Endocrin., Reprod.Phys. ,1973
· Emory University, Atlanta, Post-doc., Neuroendocrinology, 1975
· Military: Active Duty-U.S. Army, February 27, 1969-January 8, 1971

Work and Teaching Experience:
· Graduate Research Assistant University of Wisconsin, June 1967-Jan 1969; University of Wisconsin, Jan 1971 - Sept 1973
· Postdoctorate Emory University, Oct 1973-Jan 1975
· Instructor Emory University School of Medicine, Jan 1975-May 1977
· Assistant Professor West Virginia University , June 1977-July 1980
· Associate Professor West Virginia University , July 1980-July 1984
· Professor West Virginia University , July 1984-present
· Interim Director Division of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Jan 1994 -Jan 1995
· Interim Dean and Director College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences and the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station , July 1999-July 2000
· Davis-Michael Scholars Program Coordinator, Jan 2002-present
· Davis-Michael Professor , Jan 2002-present

Assignment:
1993 - 2002 70% Teaching and 30% Research
2002 - present 25% Teaching, 25% Research, and 50% Service
Undergraduate advisees: annually 25-40 in WVU Honors Program and 40 in A&VS
Graduate student committees: Directed 14 M.S., 12 Ph.D. and 2 Post-doctorates; Currently-direct 2 Ph.D. and 2 MS

Annual Teaching: AnPh 424 Reproductive Physiology (3hr), AnPr 336 Dairy Cattle History and Selection (3hr), AnPr 339 Dairy Cattle Judging Team (2hr), Honors 494 Sr Sem Values and Ethics in Food and Fiber Production (3hr), AVS 402 Values and Ethics in Agriculture and Forestry (W) (3hr, three sections), AVS 420 (1hr)/semester Graduate Journal Club

Research Interests: Folliculogenesis, Hypothalamic-pituitary function, Reproductive Management

Recognition: WVU Honors Faculty and Honors Adviser, Faculty for WV Governor's School for Mathematics and Science and for WV Governor's Honors Academy, West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show Honoree, West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show Awardee, WVU Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching, Honorary Member FFA (West Green Chapter, PA), Honorary State FFA Degree (West Virginia FFA Association), Gamma Sigma Delta (Junior Faculty, Senior Faculty, and Service to Chapter Awards and former officer through President), CAFCS Teaching, Research, and Service Awards, WVU Golden Apple Teaching Award, Davis-Michael Professor

Peer Reviews

Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer: Animal Reproduction Science, Domestic Animal Endocrinology (Editorial Board 1987-1989), Journal of Animal Science (Editorial Board 1998-2000, Section Editor 2001-2003), Journal Dairy Science, Prostaglandins, Journal of Endocrinology, Biology of Reproduction (Editorial Board 1997-98), Regulatory Peptides, Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, Livestock Production Science

Ad Hoc Grant Peer Reviewer: US-Israel Binational Science Foundation,CSRS-NRI -Reproductive Physiology (former Panel Member),-Small Business Innovation, -Animal Diseases (former Panel Member), Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, Wellington, New Zealand Funding Rounds, WVU Senate

Grants

Principal Investigator:
· Homeland Security Diagnostics Laboratory at West Virginia University-Morgantown WV Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety Office of Emergency Services (pending)
· Using Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 or Seminal Plasma to Increase Conception Rates of Artificially Inseminated Cattle Select Sires, Inc. 2004-2005
· West Virginia Dairy Quality Assurance Program: Continuation of the Implementation of the Program WV Department of Agriculture 2004-2005
· Implementation of a Dairy Quality Assurance Program in West Virginia WV Department of Agriculture 2002-2004
· Pattern of Cytokine in Uterine and Vaginal Tissue and Secretions During Discrete Stages of the Estrous Cycle of Sheep. Sec. 1433 Animal Health Research CSREES WVA, 2002-2005
· Effect of Peptidoglycan-Polysacharide Complex of Streptococcal Cell Wall on Reproductive Efficiency and Mastitis in Sheep. Sec. 1433 Animal Health Research CSREES WVA, 2000-2002
· Association of Inflammatory-like Reactions in the Ovulatory Process of Gilts 85-98 CSRS-NRI

Co-Principal Investigator:
· Ovarian and Environmental Influences on Embryonic/Fetal Mortality in Ruminants 02-06 (NE-1007)

Publications: (Since 2000)
1. Bridges, P.J., Wright, D. J., Buford, W.I., Ahmad, N., Hernandez-Fonseca, H., McCormick, M. L., Schrick, F. N., Dailey, R. A., Lewis, P.E., and Inskeep, E. K. 2000. Ability of induced corpora lutea to maintain pregnancy in beef cows. J. Anim. Sci. 78:2942-2949.
2. Stewart, A.V., Spicer, A.V., Inskeep, E.K., and Dailey, R.A. 2001. Steroid Hormone Enrichment of Artemi naupli. Aquaculture, Vol. 202 (1-2): 177-181.
3. Hughes, J.E., H.N. Boone,Jr., S.A.Gartin, K.S. Odell, L.D. Lawrence and R. A. Dailey. 2001 Attitudes and Knowledge of Agriscience by West Virginia Agricultural Education Teachers Preceedings 55Th Annual AAAE Eastern Region Research Conference, Baltimore, MD July 6, 2001.
4. Hughes, J.E., H.N. Boone,Jr., S.A.Gartin, K.S. Odell, L.D. Lawrence and R. A. Dailey. 2001 Attitudes and Knowledge of Biotechnology by West Virginia Agricultural Education Teachers Preceedings 55Th Annual AAAE Eastern Region Research Conference, Baltimore, MD July 6, 2001.
5. Gartin, S.A., Boone, H.N., Nestor, J.N., Lawrence, L.D., Woloshuk, J.M., and Dailey, R.A. 2001. Unethical Practices In Exhibiting Animals as Observed by West Virginia Extension Agents and High School Agricultural Teachers. National Ag Ed Research Conference (Submitted).
6. Woloshuk, J. M., Gartin, S. A., Boone, H. N., Nestor, J. N., Lawrence, L. D., & Dailey, R. A. 2001. Unethical practices in exhibiting animals as observed by West Virginia Extension agents and high school agriculture teachers. Paper presented at the National Association 4-H Agents, Bismarck, ND.
7. Dailey, Robert A., E. Keith Inskeep, and Paul E. Lewis. Pregnancy Failures in Cattle: A Perspective on Embryo Loss. Proceedings of XVIIIth The International Conference on Reproduction of Farm Animals pp1-8 Liptovsky Jan, Slovak Republic May 30-31, 2002.
8. Woloshuk, J. M., Gartin, S. A., Boone, H. N., Nestor, J. N., Lawrence, L. D., & Dailey, R. A. 2002, March. Unethical practices in exhibiting animals as observed by West Virginia Extension agents and high school agriculture teachers. Paper presented at the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, Chicago, Illinois.
9. Lewis, J. L., Boone, H. N., Schaeffer, P. V., and Dailey, R. A. 2002. How farmers in a Mid-Atlantic state use value-added processing to increase annual income. 56th Annual AAAE Eastern Research Conference Proceedings, 56.
10. Stewart, A.B., Inskeep, E.K., Townsend, E.C., and Dailey, R.A. 2003. Effects of Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens on Reproductive Efficiency of Ewes: Peptidoglycan as a Potential Mediator of Interruption of Early Pregnancy. Reproduction 125: 295-299.
11. Starbuck, M.J., Dailey, R.A., and Inskeep, E.K. 2004. Factors affecting retention of early pregnancy in dairy cattle. Animal Reproduction Science 84:27-39.
12. Dailey, R. A. 2004. How many replacements will your herd produce? Hoard's Dairyman 149 (18): 668.
13. Holásková, I., Blemings,K.P., Elliott, M., Lewis, G.S., and Dailey, R.A. 2004 Effect of peptidoglycan-polysacharide complex (PG-PS) of streptococcal cell wall on reproductive efficiency and mastitis in sheep. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 52: 197-203.
14. Kerr, Nancy J. and Robert A. Dailey. 2004 Responses of Holstein heifers to prepartum milking. Bulletin 800 West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
15. Inskeep, E.K. and Dailey, R.A. 2004. Embryonic death in cattle. Theriogenology (In review)
16. Starbuck, M.J., Inskeep, E.K., and Dailey, R.A. 2004. Effect of single growth hormone (rBST) treatment at breeding on conception rates in dairy and beef cattle. Theriogenolgy (Submitted)