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Ondieki Gekara

Ondieki Gekara

Associate Dept Chr / Associate Professor/ARI Campus Coordinator, Department of Animal & Veterinary Science, Huntley College of Agriculture

Email

Phone number

909.869.2219

Office location

Building 2: Room 103

Office hours

M W | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Teaching & Scholarly Activities

Courses Taught:

AVS 1112 Food Animal Production

AVS 1114L Food Animal Production Laboratory

AVS 2101 Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition

AVS 2101L Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition Laboratory

AVS 4402 Advanced Nutrition

AVS 4473 Clinical Nutrition

Education:

PhD., Animal and Food Sciences, West Virginia University

MS., Animal and Veterinary Sciences, West Virginia University

BS., Agriculture (Animal Science), West Virginia University

Publications:

  • Bryan, W. B., D. J. Mata, and J. Gekara. 2019. Manure and Management Affect Grassland Production and Soil Quality in Organic Lamb Production. Agrosyst. Geosci. Environ., 2:190058. doi: 10.2134/age2019.07.0058
  • Gekara, O., T. Dokes and R. Marshall. 2014. Effect of replacing corn and soybean meal with brewers rice and dried distillers brewers yeast on performance of growing-finishing pigs. Am. J. Anim. Vet. Sci., 9(2):110-115
  • Dan J. Donoghue, Angela R. Mays, Margo Hale, Michael O’Gorman, Ondieki J. Gekara, Harold L. Goodwin, Komala Arisi, Terrell Spencer, Shibu Jose, Joan M. Burke, and Ann M. Donoghue. 2014. Armed to Farm: Developing Training Programs For Military Veterans in Agriculture. J. Rural Soci. Sci. 29(2):82-93
  • Gekara, O., T. Dokes, and R. Marshall. 2013. Diet modification to reduce fecal excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus in growing-finishing pigs. Amer. J. Anim. Vet. Sci. 8(4):197-202
  • Gekara, O., and R. Marshall. 2012. Nutritional strategies to mitigate the effects of negative energy balance on reproductive performance of early postpartum does. Amer. J. Anim. Vet. Sci. 7(4):194-197
  • Gekara, O. J., C. Prigge, W. B. Bryan, E. L. Nestor, and G. Seidel. 2005. Influence of sward height, daily timing of concentrate supplementation and restricted time for grazing on forage utilization by lactating beef cows. J. Anim. Sci. 83:1435-1444
  • S. Moritz, A. S. Parsons, N. P. Buchanan, N. J. Baker, and J. Jaczynski, O. J. Gekara and W. B. Bryan. 2005. Synthetic methionine and feed restriction effects on performance and meat quality of organically reared broiler chickens. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 14:521-535
  • Gekara, O. J., E. C. Prigge, W. B. Bryan, M. Schettini, E. L. Nestor, and E. C. Townsend. 2001. Influence of pasture sward height and concentrate supplementation on intake, digestibility, and grazing time of lactating beef cows. J Anim Sci. 79:745-752

Professional Membership:

  • American Society of Animal Science