Linda D. Baker, VMD, DACVIM
Additional Titles:
Faculty Coordinator of Operations, Teaching and Research, Marshak Dairy
Supervisor of Dairy Personnel, Operating Budget Oversight
Dr. Baker has served the agricultural communities for the past 39 years, first as a large animal veterinary practitioner, followed by her current role as a Dairy Field Investigator. Throughout her career, her focus has been on providing sound nutritional advice to dairy producers, improving milk and component yields while applying least cost formulation strategies, both enhancing the economic wellbeing of dairy farms. As a Professor of Clinical Dairy Production Medicine, Dr. Baker instructs veterinary students in areas of dairy nutrition, record analysis evaluating efficiencies in herd milk production and reproduction and finding opportunities to improve the farm’s economic success.
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: , 2022.
DW Pitta J Ferguson, B Vecchiarelli, C Pappalardo, M Hennessy, N Indugu, L Baker, J Bender, J-P Ricaud, M Aoun The effects of supplementing ValKalor, a natural additive to Holstein Dairy cows on bacteria-archaea populations in the rumen ADSA Virtual Annual Meetings July 14-19, 2021 : , 2021.
Redding L, Huang E, Ryave J, Webb T, Barnhart D, Baker L, Bender J, Kristula M, Kelly DClostridioides difficile on dairy farms and potential risk to dairy farm workers Anaerobe 69: 102353, 2021.
J Ferguson, L Baker, J Bender, J-P Ricaud, M Aoun, and D Pitta Milk production and nitrogen efficiency in Holstein cows supplemented with a natural additive, ValKalor, in a low protein content diet ADSA Virtual Annual Meeting. June 21-24, 2020 : , 2020.
M Hennessy, J Bender, M Leibstein, B Vecchiarelli, N Indugu, S Garapati, J Toth, LD Baker, and DW Pitta Investigating the effects of different soybean products on rumen microbial populations in dairy cows using in vitro fermentation. ADSA Virtual Annual Meeting, June 21-24, 2020. : , 2020.
Pitta DW, Indugu N, Toth JS, Bender JB, Baker LD, Hennessy ML, Vecchiarelli B, Aceto H, Dou Z The distribution of microbiome and resistomes across farm environments in conventional and organic dairy herds in Pennsylvania Environmental Microbiome 15: , 2020.
L.E.Redding, J. Bender, L. Baker Antibiotic Use on Pennsylvania Dairy Farms Journal of Dairy Science 102: 1494-1507, 2019.
Redding, L., J. Bender, L. Baker Quantification of antibiotic use on farms in Pennsylvania Journal of Dairy Science 102: 1494-1507, 2019.
Indugu Nagaraju, Vecchiarelli Bonnie, Baker Linda D, Ferguson James D, Vanamala Jairam K P, Pitta Dipti W Comparison of rumen bacterial communities in dairy herds of different production. BMC microbiology 17: 190, 2017.
N Indugu, B Vecchiarelli, LD Baker, JD Ferguson, JKP Vanamala, DW Pitta Comparison of rumen microbial communities in dairy herds of different production. Integrating Dairy Science Globally. June 25-28, 2017, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. : , 2017.
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (1987 to 1989) Residency, Nutrition
Role of nutrition in metabolic health, reproduction, milk yield and components in dairy cows. Corn hybrid selections and cropping strategies to influence the digestibility of forages. Interactions of protein and carbohydrate feeding on milk urea N and environmental stewardship. Feed cost control on dairy farms influencing cash flow, income and farm economics. Research support to members of Center for Animal Health and Productivity.
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Education:
MS (Comparative Medical Sciences) University of Pennsylvania, 1993; VMD (Veterinary Medicine) University of Pennsylvania, 1984; BS (Bachelor of Science) Juniata College, 1979
Board Certification:
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Nutrition
Contact:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348