Cassandra K. Uricchio

Cassandra K. Uricchio, PhD, CERP - Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner

Senior Lecturer

Director of UMass Equine Center
UMass Extension Crop, Dairy, Livestock, and Equine (CDLE) Team College of Natural Sciences Lecturer’s Council Faculty Senator - District 17

Office phone: 413-345-0183

Email: curicchio [at] umass [dot] edu

Office location: Hadley Farm

Mailing address:

111 North Maple Street
Hadley, MA 01035

M.S./Ph.D.: North Carolina State University
B.S.: University of Connecticut

Honors and other distinctions:
Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) Nominee, UMass Amherst Distinguished Manuscript Award, American Association of Agricultural Education National Agriscience Ambassador Award, National Association of Agricultural Educators Massachusetts Agriculture Teacher of the Year

Fields of Expertise:
Equine Management, Equine Nutrition, Agricultural Education

ANIMLSCI 236 - Equine Management I
ANIMLSCI 191-3 Equine Science Concentration Residential Academic Program
ANIMLSCI 256 - Equine Management II
ANIMLSCI 333 - Equine Nutrition and the Microbiome
ANIMLSCI 401 - Management of the Equine Athlete
ANIMLSCI 402 - Equine Rehabilitation

Fields of Expertise: CERP - Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner,
Equine Management, Equine Nutrition, Agricultural Education

rehab rehab with water rehab leg Justice

Frank N, Hermida P, Sanchez-Londoño A, Singh R, Gradil CM, Uricchio CK.  2017.  Blood Glucose and Insulin Concentrations after Octreotide Administration in Horses With Insulin Dysregulation. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 31:1188–1192.
Pirie CG, Alario AF, Barysauskas CM, Gradil C, Uricchio CK.  2013.  Manual corneal thickness measurements of healthy equine eyes using a portable spectral-domain optical coherence tomography device. Equine Veterinary Journal. 46:631–634.