Daryl L. Nash

Assistant Professor of Agriculture

Education:

Ph.D., Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999

Thesis title: Relationships among measures of daughter mastitis and sire transmitting abilities for somatic cell score, udder type traits, productive life, and yield traits

Course work (includes M.S.): quantitative genetics, statistics (classical, econometrics, and Bayesian), mathematical programming (linear and quadratic, portfolio theory, GAMS, LINDO), agricultural economics, dairy management, physiology and pathophysiology of lactation, numerical methods, computer programming (C, C++, FORTRAN), computer analysis of sequence data, colloquium

GPA 3.66

CIC Traveling Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995

Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) sponsored program open to Ph.D. students from member institutions, participants take courses at a CIC host institution and earn credits at their home CIC institution

M.S., Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994

Thesis title: Mathematical programming in sire selection: comparisons of rounded and integer programming for linear and risk management models

GPA 3.67

B.S., Agricultural Business, Wilmington College, 1990

Course work: agricultural economics, farm management, economics, finance, accounting, banking and investments, commodity marketing, dairy science, animal nutrition, livestock anatomy and physiology, livestock evaluation and judging, crop and soil science, horticulture, matrix algebra and calculus

GPA 3.92

Work Experience:

Current

Assistant Professor of Agriculture, Ferrum College, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 2000

• Agriculture Program Coordinator (2004-06)
  • Coordinate student recruitment activities
  • Conduct curriculum review and program revisions with Natural Sciences faculty
• Teach courses in animal science, agribusiness, computer applications in agriculture, biology, and genetics
• Communicate and work with Agriculture Alumni Association
• Oversee Agriculture Program facilities
• Co-Advisor, Ferrum College Agriculture Club
• Serve on the following committees:
  • Academic Standards (2004-2005, 2005-06)
  • Service Learning (2004-2005, 2005-06, 2006-07)
  • Athletics (2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04)
  • Academic Advising Taskforce (2002-03, 2003-2004)
  • Calendar (2002-03)
  • First Year Experience (2001-02)
  • Library (2000-01)

Previous

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, 1999-2000

• Conducted research on genetics of disease resistance in dairy cattle

Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, 1990-98

• Conducted dairy genetics research, provided computer support, assisted faculty with teaching, served on computer and social committees

Farm Laborer, family dairy farm, 1980-90

• General farm work

Manager, Wilmington College Men's Basketball, 1987-90

• Prepared for practice and games, scorekeeper and statistician

Custodian, Denison University, 1988-89

• Cleaned buildings

Grounds Crew, Raccoon Valley Golf Club, 1987

• Course maintenance

Farm Laborer, Shipley Durocs and Large Whites, 1986

• General farm work

Teaching Experience:

Courses Taught at Ferrum College

Agriculture Issues (AGR-110)

Fitting and Showing (AGR-150)

Introduction to Animal Science (AGR-201)

Livestock Evaluation and Judging (AGR-232)

Principles of Animal Production (AGR-302)

Animal Nutrition (AGR-317)

Computer Applications in Agriculture (AGR-350)

Animal Diseases (AGR-413)

Livestock Breeding and Reproduction (AGR-414)

Farm Business Management (AGR-417)

General Biology I (BIO-101)

Introductory Genetics (BIO-305)

Ferrum 101 (FER-101)

Senior Seminar (LSC-497 & 498)

Population, Food, and Environment (SCI-121)

August Term Mathematics

Certification Course Coordinated and Supervised at Ferrum College

Artificial Insemination Certification Course (cattle) for Ferrum College students, taught by David Whitlock, AI Trainer - Select Sires Inc., at Hollins (Virginia) Stockyard, 2003

Previous Teaching Experience at The Pennsylvania State University

Animal Science (ANSCI-001) - Laboratory instructor and teaching assistant

Dairy Science and Industry (ANSCI-202) - Co-instructor

Advanced Dairy Herd Management (ANSCI-410)- Teaching assistant and guest lecturer

Publications:

Manuscripts Published in Refereed Journals

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, and J. F. Keown. 2003. Heritability of intramammary infections at first parturition and relationships with sire transmitting abilities for somatic cell score, udder type traits, productive life, and protein yield. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 86, Pages 2684-2695.

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, and J. F. Keown. 2002. Relationships among severity and duration of clinical mastitis and sire transmitting abilities for somatic cell score, udder type traits, productive life, and protein yield. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 85, Pages 1273-1284.

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, J. F. Keown, and L. B. Hansen. 2000. Heritability of clinical mastitis incidence and relationships with sire transmitting abilities for somatic cell score, udder type traits, productive life, and protein yield. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 83, Pages 2350-2360.

Nash, D. L., and G. W. Rogers. 1996. Risk management in herd sire portfolio selection: a comparison of rounded quadratic and separable convex programming. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 79, Pages 301-309.

Nash, D. L., and G. W. Rogers. 1995. Herd sire portfolio selection: a comparison of rounded linear and integer programming. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 78, Pages 2486-2495.

Manuscripts Published in Conference Proceedings

Nash, D. L., and G. W. Rogers. 1994. Selecting dairy herd sires with a risk programming model that considers proven and unproven sires. 5th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Guelph, Ontario, Volume XVIII, Pages 310-313.

Articles Published in Cooperative Extension Service Publications

Nash, D. L. and A. E. Freeman. Selection for disease resistance: why it is important and how it can be accomplished. 1999 Dairy Report. Iowa State University.

Nash, D. L. and A. E. Freeman. Evaluating potential markers for selection for disease resistance: the health traits project. 1999 Dairy Report. Iowa State University.

Nash, D. L. and A. E. Freeman. Reducing inbreeding in dairy cattle by selecting less related parents of potential AI sires. 1999 Dairy Report. Iowa State University.

Abstracts Presented at Society Meetings

Ritenour, D. and D. Nash. 2006. Comparing vocational agriculture and non-vocational agriculture student success on high stakes testing. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 89(Supplement 1), Page 406.

Nash, D. L., A. E. Freeman, A. L. Kuck, S. A. Schnell, and M. E. Kehrli Jr. 2000. Relationships among calfhood diseases and sire transmitting abilities for measures of immune function. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 83(Supplement 1), Page 75.

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, and J. F. Keown. 1998. Relationship between severity and duration of clinical mastitis and sire transmitting abilities for somatic cell score, yield, productive life, and udder type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 81(Supplement 1), Page 70.

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, W. M. Sischo, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, J. F. Keown, L. B. Hansen, and T. J. Lawlor. 1997. Relationship between daughter clinical mastitis incidence in first lactation and sire transmitting abilities for udder type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 80(Supplement 1), Page 254.

Nash, D. L., K. A. Weigel, G. W. Rogers, and T. P. Harrison. 1996. Selection of young sires for progeny testing using portfolio theory. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 79(Supplement 1), Page 205.

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, W. M. Sischo, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, J. F. Keown, and P. M. VanRaden. 1995. Relationship between daughter clinical mastitis incidence in first lactation and sire predicted transmitting abilities for somatic cell score. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 78(Supplement 1), Page 156.

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, W. M. Sischo, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, J. F. Keown, and P. M. VanRaden. 1995. Regression of sire daughter means for intramammary infections at first parturition on sire predicted transmitting abilities for somatic cell score. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 78(Supplement 1), Page 282.

Rogers, G. W., D. L. Nash, W. M. Sischo, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, and J. F. Keown. 1995. Clinical mastitis and sire predicted transmitting abilities for somatic cell score. 46th Annual Meeting of European Association for Animal Production. Wageningen Press Book of Abstracts. Volume 1, Page 18 (Abstracts).

Nash, D. L., G. W. Rogers, W. M. Sischo, J. B. Cooper, and G. L. Hargrove. 1994. Relationship between intramammary infections at first parturition and sire predicted transmitting abilities for somatic cell scores. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 77(Supplement 1), Page 319.

Nash, D. L. and G. W. Rogers. 1993. Sire selection under uncertainty using quadratic, separable, and integer quadratic programming. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 76(Supplement 1), Page 150.

Nash, D. L. and G. W. Rogers. 1992. Dairy sire portfolio selection, a comparison of integer and linear programming. Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 75(Supplement 1), Page 151.

Annual Research Reports

Rogers, G. W., G. L. Hargrove, J. B. Cooper, D. L. Nash, and C. D. Dechow. 1998. Annual progress report, cooperative project S-284: genetic enhancement of health and survival for dairy cattle.

Rogers, G. W., G. L. Hargrove, J. B. Cooper, D. L. Nash, and C. D. Dechow. 1997. Annual progress report, cooperative project S-251: genetic enhancement of health and survival for dairy cattle.

Rogers, G. W., G. L. Hargrove, J. B. Cooper, D. L. Nash, and J. M. Wanner. 1993-1996. Annual progress report, cooperative project S-251: genetic enhancement of health and survival for dairy cattle.

Invited Presentations:

“Stocks, Bonds, & Bulls or How to pick bulls the same way you pick stocks", Life Science Division Seminar, Ferrum College, October 10, 2003

"Selecting for Disease Resistance in Dairy Cattle: Present and Future Possibilities", Ag Day, hosted by the Life Science Division at Ferrum College and Farm Credit of Rocky Mount, VA, June 28, 2001.

"Relationships Among Daughter Disease Incidence and Sire Breeding Values for Measures of Immune Function", Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, October 5, 2000.

“Managing Risk when Selecting Herd Sires and Parents of Potential AI Sires”, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, April 3, 2000

“Iowa State Health Traits Project Summary”, presented to executive officers of Genex Artificial Insemination Cooperative, Shawano, WI, September 14, 1999

“Relationships Among Measures of Daughter Mastitis and Sire Transmitting Abilities for Somatic Cell Score, Udder Type, Productive Life, and Yield”, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, August 24, 1999

Professional Responsibilities:

Chairperson - Planning Committee, Breeding and Genetics Section, Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science, 2005

Member - Planning Committee, Breeding and Genetics Section, Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science, 2003-2005

Session Chair for 12 oral presentations in session titled “Dairy Breeding”, 2006 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science, Minneapolis, MN, July 2006.

Session Chair for 6 oral presentations in session titled “Dairy Crossbreeding”, 2005 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science, Cincinnati, OH, July 2005.

Session Chair for 12 oral presentations in session titled “Dairy Genetic Evaluation”, 2004 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science, St Louis, MO, July 2004.

Session Chair for 14 oral presentations in session titled “Dairy Cattle Breeding for Non-production Traits”, 2003 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science, Phoenix, AZ, June 2003.

Manuscripts Reviewed

Reviewed a total of 10 manuscripts for the following journals between 2001 and 2006

Journal of Dairy Science

Journal of the British Society of Animal Science

Professional Development Activities

Completed ANGEL course management software training workshop at Ferrum College, 2006

Completed WebCT course management software training workshop at Ferrum College, 2005

Completed SPSS statistical analysis software training workshop at Ferrum College, 2005

Completed Leadership Conference, conducted by District 24-E Lions of Virginia in Vinton, VA, 2004

Completed the duPont Instructional Technology Center Faculty Development Workshop at Ferrum College, 2002

Awards, Honors, and Society Memberships:

• John O. Almquist Graduate Research Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994

• Academic Achievement Scholarship, Wilmington College, 1989-90

• H. L. Rhude Scholarship, Wilmington College, 1987-90

• Gamma Sigma Delta, The Pennsylvania State University

• Graduated summa cum laude, Wilmington College

• Earned 3 varsity letters, Wilmington College Basketball

• Achievement Award, Wilmington College Agriculture Department, 1990

• Delta Tau Alpha, Wilmington College

• National Dean's list, 1987-90

• Dean's List, Wilmington College, 1986-90

• American Dairy Science Association member, 1990-present

• American Society of Animal Science member, 2002-present

Community Service:

Lions of Virginia

Region Chairperson, District 24-E, Region III of the Lions of Virginia (2006-07)

Zone Chairperson, District 24-E, Region III, Zone II of the Lions of Virginia (2005-06)

President, Ferrum Lions Club (2004-05)

2^nd Vice President, Ferrum Lions Club (2003-04)

3^rd Vice President, Ferrum Lions Club (2002-03)

Member, Ferrum Lions Club, 2001-present

Franklin County (Virginia) Cattlemen’s Association:

Treasurer (2005-07)

Member, Education Committee (2004-05, 2005-06)