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Caleb Case  Reichhardt

Name :

Caleb Case Reichhardt

Title :

Assistant Professor - Livestock Animal Production

Unit :

Department of Human Nutrition, Food & Animal Sciences

Address :

1955 E WEST RD
                  Honolulu, HI 96822

Room :

Ag Sciences Building 302A

Phone :

(808) 956-7691

Fax :

(808) 956-4024

E-mail :

CCReichh@hawaii.edu

Specialties :

Ruminant Livestock Management, Production, and Muscle Biology.

Professional Prep/Appointments :



Assistant Professor
of Livestock Animal Production, HNFAS, CTAHR, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2022-Present).
PhD, Animal Nutrition and Growth, Utah State University, Logan, UT (2022). Dissertation Title: Skeletal Muscle Growth of Beef Cattle: Cattle Breed Types and Anabolic Implants.
BS, Animal Science-Science, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (2017).


Projects :



-Optimizing fat soluble vitamin supplementation strategies to promote bovine skeletal muscle growth
-Small ruminant parasite management

Courses Taught:


Fall 2024: Micronutrients: History, Metabolism, and Current Understandings, ANSC 682
Graduate Student Seminar, ANSC 641/FSHN 681

Spring 2024: Swine Production, ANSC 432
Principles and Practices of Animal Science, ANSC 201
Graduate Student Seminar, ANSC 641/FSHN 681

Fall 2023: Ruminant Nutrition, Physiology, and Management, ANSC 682
Graduate Student Seminar, ANSC 641/FSHN 681

Spring 2023: Beef Production, ANSC 431
Principles and Practices of Animal Science, ANSC 201
Graduate Student Seminar, ANSC 641/FSHN 681,  Co-Taught

Fall 2022: Graduate Student Seminar, ANSC 641/FSHN 681, Co-Taught
 


Research Interests :



-Livestock Management
-Vitamin supplementation strategies
-Skeletal Muscle Growth
 


Publications :



1. C.C. Reichhardt, J.M. Cuthbert, L.A. Motsinger, R.K. Briggs, T.J. Brady, A.J. Thomas, and K.J. Thornton. 2022. “Anabolic implants alter abundance of mRNA involved in muscle growth, metabolism and inflammation in the longissimus of Angus steers in the feedlot.” Domestic Animal Endocrinology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2021.106633 
2. R. Feuz, C.C. Reichhardt, R. Larsen, K.J. Thornton, and M.D. Garcia. 2022. “Comparing Net Returns in the Feedlot: Bos taurus vs Bos indicus influenced steers with varying anabolic implant intensity.” Translational Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txac111.
3. C.C. Reichhardt, C. Stafford, J.M. Cuthbert, D. Dang, L.A. Motsinger, M.J. Taylor, R.K. Briggs, T.J. Brady, A.J. Thomas, M.D. Garcia, S. Matarneh, and K.J. Thornton. 2022. “Cattle breed type and anabolic implants impact calpastatin expression and abundance of mRNA associated with protein turnover in the longissimus thoracis of feedlot steers.” Journal of Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac204
4. C.C. Reichhardt, E.M. Messersmith, T.J. Brady, L.A. Motsinger, R.K. Briggs, B.R. Bowman, S.L Hansen, and K.J. Thornton. 2021. “Anabolic implants varying in hormone type and concentration influence performance, feeding behavior, carcass characteristics, plasma trace mineral concentrations, and liver trace mineral concentrations of Angus sired steers.” Animals. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11071964
5. C.C. Reichhardt, R. Feuz, T.J. Brady, L.A. Motsinger, R.K. Briggs, B.R Bowman, M.D. Garcia, R. Larsen, and K.J. Thornton. 2021. “Interactions between cattle breed type and anabolic implant strategy impact circulating serum metabolites, feedlot performance, feeding behavior, carcass characteristics, and economic return in beef steers.” Domestic Animal Endocrinology. doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2021.106633
6. C.C. Reichhardt, L. L. Okamoto, L.A. Motsinger, B.P Griffin, G.K. Murdoch, and K.J. Thornton. 2021. “The impact of polyamine precursors, polyamines and steroid hormones on temporal mRNA abundance in bovine satellite cells induced to differentiate.” Animals. doi.org/10.3390/ani11030764
7. 
C.C. Reichhardt, A. Ahmadpour, R.G. Christensen, N.E. Ineck, G.K. Murdoch, and K.J. Thornton. 2020. “Understanding the influence of trenbolone acetate and polyamines on proliferation of bovine satellite cells.” Domestic Animal Endocrinology. doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2020.106479