WKU agriculture professor Jenks Britt (pictured with his wife Kathy) received the distinguished alumnus award from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Jenks Britt, professor of agriculture at WKU, has received the Wilford S. Bailey Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Auburn’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Britt was honored for his work in private veterinary practice and academia. A 1970 graduate of Auburn’s College of Veterinary Medicine, he is a 1966 graduate of WKU with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture and biology. In 1998 Dr. Britt returned to WKU as an associate professor and head of the Department of Agriculture.
Prior to 1993, he was in private practice in Kentucky specializing in animal health management, reproductive and embryo transfer services. From 1993 to 1998 he served as a clinical assistant professor in the food animal production medicine section at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Veterinary Medicine. Throughout his career, Dr. Britt has received numerous awards including Auburn’s El Toro Award for Excellence in Food Animal Medicine (2005), Veterinarian of the Year from the Kentucky Medical Association (1993), Practitioner of the Year from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (1992), and WKU Alumni of the Year (1992).
A diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Dr. Britt is a past president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners. He has served on the board of directors for the National Mastitis Council, the International Embryo Transfer Society, the American Embryo Transfer Association, and the Kentucky Holstein Cattle Club. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications and presented more than 200 invited lectures in the United States and internationally. A consultant in the areas of dairy nutrition, reproduction, and quality milk production, Dr. Britt continues his consultant work for large herds in the United States and Mexico.
Contact: Agriculture Department at (270) 745-3151.
