Profile

• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Major Professor: Locke A. Karriker, DVM, MS, DACVPM. June 2019-Present.
• Clinical Instructor, Swine Medicine Education Center at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Associate Veterinarian, Swine Medicine Education Center at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Intern, Swine Veterinary Internship Program, Merck, The Maschhoffs, Carlyle, IL, 2017
• Intern, Swine Medicine Education Center, Ames, IA, 2016
• Intern, Oscar Mayer/Kraft Foods, Madison, WI, 2015

Education

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA  2019
• B.S., Animal Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI, 2015

Honors and Awards

• Maddie’s Fund Shelter Medicine/Animal Welfare Excellence Award for Seniors, 2019
• Nelda Christian Graduate Pork Fellowship, 2018
• AASV Annual Meeting Student Seminar – Top 5 Presenter, 2018
• Howard T. Hill Swine Medicine Award, 2017
• AASV Annual Meeting Student Seminar – Top 5 Presenter, 2017

Selected Professional and Academic Associations

• American Association of Swine Veterinarians
• Iowa Veterinary Medical Association

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Nickel, M., Lehman, J., Toohill, E. (2018) Use of a hurricane fogger for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae inoculation in nursery age gilts. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, San Diego, CA.
• Nickel, M., Skoland, K., Forseth, A., Brown, J., Thompson, V., Breuer, M., & Karriker, L. (2017). Development and validation of ante-mortem urine collection techniques for gilts and sows. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, Denver, CO.
• O’Brien, K., Canning, P., Skoland, K., Madson, D., Nickel, M., Thompson, V., & Karriker, L. (2017). Refinement of field anesthesia protocols for joint fluid collection in healthy swine. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, Denver, CO.
• Thompson, V., Canning, P., Koep, E., Murray, D., O’Brien, K., Nickel, M., & Karriker, L. (2017). Utility of antemortem joint fluid collection for diagnostic investigations of infectious lameness. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, Denver, CO.
• Lauterbach, N., Hoogland, M., Cline, G., Nickel, M., & Karriker, L. (2017). Developing urine catheterization in sows for calcium and phosphorus analysis. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, Denver, CO.
• Breuer, M., Brown, J., Canning, P., Forseth, A., Nickel, M., Thompson, V., O’Brien, K., & Karriker, L. (2016). Refinement of Antemortem Joint Fluid and Urine Collection Techniques Including Consideration of Field Anesthesia Protocols. Paper presented at the ISU James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference, Ames, IA.
• Keller, A., Getty, S., Nickel, M., Lemmer, B., Baier, F., Post, B., & Vogel, K. (2015). Evaluation of the behavioral differences between physically and immunologically castrated male pigs. Paper presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Spokane, WA.
• Nickel, M., O’Leary R., & Kehoe, S. (2015). Effects of nucleotide supplementation on growth, performance and intestinal health in dairy calves. Paper presented at the UWRF Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (URSCA) Day, River Falls, WI.