Research in Dairy Management involves a considerable effort in technology transfer. Our laboratory has transferred knowledge in the areas described above to producers, veterinarians, and fellow scientists in both the national and international arena. In addition to informal interactions with producers, we have been very active in speaking engagements with producer, veterinary, and scientific conferences.

An example of this technology effort involves early studies with Dr. Maarten Drost (University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine) to by-pass early embryo losses induced by heat stress by the use of embryo transfer. This approach has been extended to the use of timed-embryo transfer with the use of fresh and frozen-thawed embryos produced in vitro. Dr. Peter Hansen's laboratory (University of Florida, Department of Animal Sciences) has examined strategies to improve embryo tolerance to heat stress.