Tomas Gonzalez
Bio
Dr. Tomas D. Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology at North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Originally from Costa Rica, Dr. Gonzalez earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina. He then completed a clinical internship followed by a residency with the Food Animal Reproduction and Medicine Service at the University of Florida, where he also obtained a Master of Science degree focused on a novel reproductive management strategy for lactating dairy cows.
Following his training, Dr. Gonzalez joined the University of California, Davis, where he worked with the Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service, concentrating on herd health, reproductive management, and preventive medicine.
Dr. Gonzalez’s research interests include reproductive physiology and management, programs for timed artificial insemination in food animals, periparturient health, and animal welfare.
Education
DVM Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
MS University of Florida
Area(s) of Expertise
Preventive Medicine
Food Animal Medicine and Production
Reproductive Management in Food Animal
Publications
- Seminal plasma alters the endometrium during early embryo development in cattle , Biology of Reproduction (2026)
- Association between conditions affecting the vaginal portion of the cervix or the cranial portion of the vagina and reproductive performance in lactating dairy cows , Theriogenology (2025)
- Case Report: Contralateral Pregnancies Are Carried to Term in Heifers but Not in Lactating Holstein Cows , Reproduction in Domestic Animals (2025)
- Interferon-tau concentration at the vaginal fornix and cervical ostium predicted early pregnancy outcomes in lactating dairy cows , Biology of Reproduction (2025)
- Multi-omics integration and immune profiling identify possible causal networks leading to uterine microbiome dysbiosis in dairy cows that develop metritis , Animal Microbiome (2025)
- An artificial intelligence approach of feature engineering and ensemble methods depicts the rumen microbiome contribution to feed efficiency in dairy cows , Animal Microbiome (2024)
- Application of behavior data to predictive exploratory models of metritis self-cure and treatment failure in dairy cows , Journal of Dairy Science (2024)
- Association between prepartum body condition score and prepartum and postpartum dry matter intake and energy balance in multiparous Holstein cows , Journal of Dairy Science (2024)
- Integrating uterine microbiome and metabolome to advance the understanding of the uterine environment in dairy cows with metritis , Research Square (Research Square) (2024)
- Targeted reproductive management for lactating Holstein cows: Economic return , Journal of Dairy Science (2024)