Tony Bruinje

Assistant Professor of Dairy Production

Email 605-688-5486

Biography

I'm passionate about integrating science with practice to support decision-making based on evidence in dairy production.

My research program focuses on dairy cattle health, reproduction and the application of precision technologies to improve management and sustainability of dairy production. I'm interested in developing strategies to monitor and support the adaptation of cows from the pre- to the postpartum periods and in better understanding the links among transition cow health, fertility and productivity.

Education

BVM (DVM equivalent) | Mackenzie University-FEPAR, PR, Brazil | 2014
M.S. in animal science | University of Alberta | 2017
Ph.D. in population medicine | University of Guelph | 2023

Academic and Professional Experience

Academic Responsibilities

DS130 – Introduction to Dairy Science
DS480/481 – Dairy Farm Operations I/II
DS312 – Dairy Breeding and Evaluation

Committees and Professional Memberships

Member of the American Dairy Science Association
Program Chair of the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Dairy Science (JDS) Communications
Co-Editor of the MDPI topic “Veterinary Reproductive Physiology, Endocrinology, Management and Diseases” for the journals Animals, Dairy, Metabolites and Veterinary Sciences

Research and Scholarly Work

Areas of Research

Metabolic health and inflammation in transition cows
Reproductive health and performance
Epidemiology
Precision technologies

Publications

S. Borchardt, T.A. Burnett, T. C. Bruinjé and A.M.L. Madureira. (2025). JDS Communications 6:705-709 DOI: 10.3168/jdsc.2025-0785.
G. Dodd, F. Schenkel, F. Miglior, T.C. Bruinjé, M. Gobikrushanth, J. Carrelli, O. Masahito, D.J. Ambrose and C. Baes. (2025). . Journal of Dairy Science 108:5114–5124 2025 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2024-26021.
T.C. Bruinjé and S.J. LeBlanc. (2025). . Animals, 15, 633, DOI: 10.3390/ ani15050633.
T.C. Bruinjé, D.J. Ambrose and S.J. LeBlanc. (2024). . JDS Communications, 6:267-271. DOI: 10.3168/jdsc.2024-0649.
T.C. Bruinjé and S.J. LeBlanc. (2024). Graduate student literature review: . Journal of Dairy Science 107:8234-46 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-24562.
T.C. Bruinjé, E.I. Morrison, E.S. Ribeiro, D.L. Renaud and S.J. LeBlanc. (2024). . Journal of Dairy Science 107:7153-64. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-24604.
T.C. Bruinjé, L. Campora, B. Van Winters and S.J. LeBlanc. (2024). . Journal of Dairy Science 107:7392-7404 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-24497.
T.C. Bruinjé, E.I. Morrison, E.S. Ribeiro, D.L. Renaud and S.J. LeBlanc. (2024). . Journal of Dairy Science 107:3168-3184 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-24068.
R. Couto Serrenho, E. Morrison, T.C. Bruinjé and S.J. LeBlanc. (2023). . JDS Communications 5:134-138 DOI: 10.3168/jdsc.2023-0438.
T.C. Bruinjé, E.I. Morrison, E.S. Ribeiro, D.L. Renaud and S.J. LeBlanc. (2024). . Journal of Dairy Science 107:1630-1644. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23976.
T.C. Bruinjé, E.I. Morrison, E.S. Ribeiro, D.L. Renaud, R. Couto Serrenho and S.J. LeBlanc. . Journal of Dairy Science 106:9451-9473 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23268.
R. Couto Serrenho, T.C. Bruinjé, E. Morrison, T. DeVries, T. Duffield and S. LeBlanc. (2021). . Journal of Dairy Science 104:6919-28 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19390.
O. Bogado Pascottini, T.C. Bruinjé, R. Couto Serrenho, B. Mion and S.J. LeBlanc. (2021). . Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 232:110182 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2020.110182.
Rita Couto Serrenho, Tony C. Bruinjé, Emma I. Morrison, David L. Renaud, Trevor J. DeVries, Todd F. Duffield and Stephen. J. LeBlanc. (2021). . JDS Communications. 2:41-5 DOI: 10.3168/jdsc.2020-0006.
R. Couto Serrenho, T.C. Bruinjé, E. Morrison, T. DeVries, T. Duffield and S. LeBlanc. (2021). . Journal of Dairy Science 104:6929-43. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19389.
T.C. Bruinjé, J.P. Rosadiuk, F. Moslemipur, H. Sauerwein, M.A. Steele and D.J. Ambrose. (2021). . Journal of Dairy Science 104:1153-63 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18810.
J.P. Rosadiuk, T.C. Bruinjé, F. Moslemipur, A.J. Fischer-Tlustos, D.L. Renaud, D.J Ambrose and M.A. Steele. (2021). . Journal of Dairy Science 104:1136-52 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18809.
T.C. Bruinjé, J.P. Rosadiuk, F. Moslemipur, J.E. Carrelli, M.A. Steele and D.J. Ambrose. (2019). . Journal of Dairy Science 102:10514–10529 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-16249.
T.C. Bruinjé, P. Ponce-Barajas, A. Dourey, M.G., Colazo, T. Caldwell, Z. Wang, S.P. Miller, D.J. Ambrose. (2019). . Canadian Journal of Animal Science 99:456-464 DOI: 10.1139/cjas-2018-0103.
W. Shi, C.E. Knoblock, K.V. Murphy, T.C. Bruinjé, I. Yoon, D.J. Ambrose and M. Oba. (2019). . Journal of Dairy Science 102:3082-3096 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15307.
T.C. Bruinjé and D.J Ambrose. (2019). . Journal of Dairy Science 102:3615–3621 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15692 (M.S. thesis).
M. Gobikrushanth, D.C. Purfield, J. Kenneally, R.C. Doyle, S.A. Holden, P.M. Martinez, E. Rojas Canadas, T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, D.J. Ambrose and S.T. Butler. (2019). . Journal of Dairy Science 102:1702–1711 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15552.
T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, E.S. Ribeiro, M. Gobikrushanth and D.J. Ambrose. (2019). . Journal of Dairy Science 102:780-798. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-14654 (M.S. thesis).
M. Gobikrushanth, T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, S.T. Butler and D.J. Ambrose. (2017). . Journal of Dairy Science 100:9815–23 (Editor's Choice Award) DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13033.
T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, M. Gobikrushanth and D.J. Ambrose. (2017). . Theriogenology 100:32–41 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.05.021 (M.S. thesis).
T.C. Bruinjé, M. Gobikrushanth, M.G. Colazo and D.J. Ambrose. (2017). . Theriogenology 102:147–153 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.05.024 (M.S. thesis).
M. Gobikrushanth, P.A. Dutra, T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, S.T. Butler and D.J. Ambrose. (2017). . Journal of Dairy Science. 100:6753–62 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-12529.
M. Gobikrushanth, P.A. Dutra, T.C. Bruinjé, M.G. Colazo, S.T. Butler and D.J. Ambrose. (2017). . Theriogenology 92:90–94. DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.01.018.

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