Joseph S Bender
Associate Professor of Clinical Dairy Production Medicine , University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Office: 610-925-6202
Email:
jsbender@vet.upenn.edu
jsbender@vet.upenn.edu
Education:
DVM (Veterinary Medicine)
Iowa State University, 2010.
MS (Microbiology/Epidemiology)
Iowa State University, 2010.
Permanent linkDVM (Veterinary Medicine)
Iowa State University, 2010.
MS (Microbiology/Epidemiology)
Iowa State University, 2010.
Description of Research Expertise
-Consultation to dairy producers focusing on the health of the farm-Interest/teaching: nutrition, reproduction, financial analysis, environmental impact
-Maintain/update software utilized by consultants, veterinarians and veterinary students
-Support to industry organizations (financial lending, CPA’s, feed mills, research)
-Dairy Medicine “distance” internship program
-Research support to members of Center for Animal Health and Productivity
Selected Publications
Dou Z, Toth JD, Pitta DW, Bender JS, Hennessy ML, Vecchiarelli B, Indugu N, Chen T, Li Y, Sherman R, Deutsch J, Hu B, Shurson GC, Parsons B, Baker LD: Proof of concept for developing novel feeds for cattle from wasted food and crop biomass to enhance agri-food system efficiency. Scientific reports 12(1), Aug 2022.Redding LE, Parsons B, Bender JS: Educational interventions to address misconceptions about antibiotic residues in milk can alter consumer perceptions and may affect purchasing habits. Journal of Dairy Science 104(11): 11474-11485, September 2021.
HA Stefenoni, SW Räisänen, SF Welchez, DE Wasson, CFA Lage, A Melgar, ME Fetter, P Smith, ML Hennessy, B Vecchiarelli, JS Bender, DW Pitta, CL Cantrell, C Yarish, and AN Hristov : Effects of the macroalga Asparagopsis taxiformis and oregano leaves on methane emission, rumen fermentation, and lactational performance of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science (In Press). doi: 10.3168/jds.2020-19686. Epub 2021 Jan 28. (eds.). 104(4): 4157-4173, Apr 2021.
CFA Lage, SE Raisanen, A Melgar, K Nedelkov, X Chen, J Oh, ME Young, JS Bender, B Vecchiarelli, DW Pitta, AN Hristov: Comparison of two sampling techniques for evaluating ruminal fermentation in dairy cows Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.618032 (eds.). 11(618032), Mar 1 2021.
M Hennessy, N Indugu, L Redding, B Vecchiarelli, JS Bender, C Pappalardo, JD Toth, S Garapati, DW Pitta : Short Communication: Comparison of the fecal bacterial communities in diarrheic and non-diarrheic dairy calves from multiple farms in Southeastern PA. (In Press). Journal of Dairy Science. doi: 10.3168/jds.2020-19108. Online ahead of print. (eds.). S0022-0302(21), Mar 1 2021.
L Redding, E Huang, J Ryave, T Webb, D Barnhardt, L Baker, JS Bender, M Kristula, D Kelly : Clostridiodes difficile on dairy farms and potential risk to dairy farm workers Anaerobe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102353 (eds.). 69(102353), Feb 25 2021.
R Goodling, JS Bender, V Ishler, A Sandeen, A Yutzy: Dairy Records Analysis Guide. Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences/Penn State Extension. 2021.
DW Pitta, Indugu N, Toth JD, JS Bender, Baker LD, Hennessy ML, Vecchiarelli B, Aceto H, Zhengxia Dou : The distribution of microbiome and resistomes across farm environments in conventional and organic dairy herds in Pennsylvania. Environmental Microbiome. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-020-00368-5 (eds.). 15(21), Dec 9 2020.
N Indugu, VK Shabtai, CFA Lage, SE Raisanen, A Melgar, K Nedelkov, X Chen, J Oh, B Vecchiarelli, ML Hennessy, JS Bender, AN Hristov, DW Pitta: Comparison of non-invasive sampling techniques to standard cannula sampling method for ruminal microbial analysis. Front. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.618032 (eds.). Dec 23 2020.
Pitta, DW, Indugu, N, Toth, JD, Bender, JS, Baker, LD, Hennessy, ML, Vecchiarelli, B, Aceto, H, Dou, ZX: The distribution of microbiomes and resistomes across farm environments in conventional and organic dairy herds in Pennsylvania. Environmental Microbiome 15(1), DEC 9 2020.