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Dr. Marcus McGee

Dr. Marcus  McGee

Title

  • Assistant Clinical Professor

Contact Information

mm283@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-1187
Animal and Dairy Sciences Building

Overview

Research/Extension Interests

Precision livestock management
Animal behavior and well-being
Stress physiology
Reproduction
Animal tracking/movement
Environmental enrichment

Teaching Interests

Animal Behavior and Welfare
Physiology of Reproduction
Animal Health/Immunology
Precision Livestock Monitoring Techniques

Website

Publications

Year Publications
2026

Brady, T. J., Feuz, R., Reichhardt, C. C., Motsinger, L. A., Ineck, N. E., Briggs, R. K., Okamoto, L. L., Sroufe, I., Ferry, J., McGee, M., Bowman, B. R., Garcia, M. D., Larsen, R., Tarbet, E. B., Rood, K. A., Thornton, K. J. 2026. The effects of different trace mineral supplementation strategies on performance, feeding behavior, health, carcass quality, and profitability of mineral deficient receiving steers. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 95:106981.

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2025

Reon, L. J., Joshi, H., Hawkins, J. G., Bernard, B., McBride, A., Bethini, A., Lemley, C. O., Woolums, A., Brett, J., Jumper, I. I., McGee, M., Fan, P. 2025. 53 Assessing the effects of menthol-based heat stress mitigation strategy via vagus nerve stimulation on the behavior of dairy cattle. Journal of Animal Science 103(Supplement_2):145-145.

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2025

Elder, K. A., Kennedy, K., Miller, C., Maynard, J., Culbert, C., Snider, J., Brister, T., McGee, M., Lemley, C. O. 2025. 32 Effects of late gestational melatonin supplementation on behavior and growth characteristics in Angus beef cows and calves. Journal of Animal Science 103(Supplement_2):144-144.

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2025

Clayton, C., Heck, M., Graves, K., Hudson, C., McGee, M. 2025. 414 Enhancing estrus detection in group-housed dairy cattle: Evaluating computer vision against traditional and sensor-based methods. Journal of Animal Science 103(Supplement_3):251-252.

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2025

Joshi, H., Prasad, G. S., Bethini, A., McBride, A., McGee, M., Fan, P. 2025. 58 Late-Breaking: Vision-based ResNet-50-CNN and YOLOv8 models for predicting behavioral patterns under heat stress in lactating Holstein and Jersey Cows. Journal of Animal Science 103(Supplement_3):4-5.

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2025

Clayton, C., Wilson, K., Griffin, A. L., Graves, K., Hudson, C., McGee, M. 2025. 413 Evaluating the effect of lighting conditions on YOLOv5-based estrus detection and animal identification in dairy cattle. Journal of Animal Science 103(Supplement_3):255-256.

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2025

Joshi, H., Bernard, B., McBride, A., Reon, L. J., Lemley, C. O., Woolums, A., Brett, J., Jumper, I. I., McGee, M., Fan, P. 2025. PSVI-5 Efficacy of fan and sprinkler cooling strategies in alleviating heat stress in lactating dairy cattle. Journal of Animal Science 103(Supplement_3):420-421.

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2025

Farnlacher, E., Nicodemus, M., Curran, E., Vandiver, M., Cavinder, C. A., McGee, M. 2025. PSXII-2 Relationship between heart rate and unmounted equine interaction in-person compared to virtual for addressing perceived stress within college students. Journal of Animal Science 103(Supplement_3):492-493.

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2019

Yelich, J. V., Ellison, M. J., Hall, J. B., McGee, M. 2019. Intake behaviors of yearling steers grazing irrigated pasture and receiving either a free-choice salt-based mineral or a low-moisture molasses-based tub mineral. Translational Animal Science 3(2):749-760.

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Extension Publications

Year Publications
2024

Griffin, A., Halfen, J., Cavinder, C. A., McGee, M. 2024. Environmental Enrichment for Dairy Cattle: Hair Brushing. Mississippi State University Extension Website

2023

Griffin, A., Stone, A. E., McGee, M., Cavinder, C. A. 2023. Decreasing Mastitis in the Milking Herd. MSU Extension

Graduate Students

  • Cierra Clayton
  • Allison Griffin