• Recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College the Agriculture (1992 & 1997)
• Recipient of the University of Nevada’s Donald Tibbitts Memorial Distinguished Teaching Award (1988)
• Recipient for the Western Section Distinguished Teaching Award for the American Society of Animal Science
• Recipient of the Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in College and University Teaching Award for the Western Region

Ashley, Michael and Dale W. Holcombe. The effect of stress induced by gathers and removal on reproductive success of feral horses. Wildlife Society Bulletin. (In Press).

Ackerman, C.J, M.B. Judkins, A. Mendoza-Reyes, D.W. Holcombe, S.A. Huber, C.C. Balok, and L.B. Bruce. 2000. Pretanned leather shavings in a supplement mixture for steers. I. In situ, and in vitro disappearance, and effects on ruminal fermentation, and organic matter, nitrogen, and fiber digestion. Journal of Animal Science. 78:726-734.

Mendoza-Reyes, A., M.B. Judkins, C.J. Ackerman, C.C. Balok, D.W. Holcombe and L.B. Bruce. 2000. Pretanned leather shavings in a supplement mixture for steers. II. Digesta kinetics, ruminal fermentation, and grazing behavior in steers grazing dormant wheatgrass pasture. Journal of Animal Science. 78:735-741.

Aimone, C.E., R.H. Stobart, H.A. Glimp, R.S. Townsend, D.W. Holcombe and W.C. Russell. 1999. Comparisons of wool and skin parameters between Merino crossbred and Rambouillet yearling ewes. Sheep and Goat Research Journal. 15:28-33.

Holcombe, D.W., C.L. Dils, R.F. Butler, T.P. Ringkob, C.J. Ackerman, and M.B. Judkins. 1999. Effects of cyclic feeding on performance, carcass characteristics and retail value in lambs. Sheep and Goat Research Journal. 15:15-23.

Mazzone, M.M., D.W. Holcombe, C.J. Ackerman, C.E. Balok, A. Mendoza-Reyes, and D. M. Hallford. 1999. Effect of short-term protein supplementation on colostrum and ewe and lamb serum immediately after parturition. Sheep and Goat Research Journal. 15:64-73.

Geary, T.W., J.J. Reeves, D. Schafer, R.R. Evans, R.D. Randel, L. Rutter, R.G. Sasser, R. Guardia, B. Alexander, D. Holcombe, D.R. Hanks, and D.B. Faulkner. 1997. Norgestomet implants prevent pregnancy in beef heifers on pasture. Journal of Animal Science 75:3089-3093.

Judkins, M.B., D.W. Holcombe, B.W. Hess, L.J. Krysl, M.A. Branine, and J.D. Hess. 1997. Ardacin for steers grazing endophyte-free fescue pasture: Effects on forage intake nitrogen and fiber digestion, fluid kinetics, ruminal fermentation, serum hormones and metabolites, and live weight gain. Journal of Animal Science 75:1100-1100.

Holcombe, D.W., S.W. Beam, L.J. Krysl and M.B. Judkins. 1996. Effect of pelleted corn diets during pre- and post-weaning on serum hormone and metabolite profiles, wool characteristics and performance in early-weaned lambs. Sheep and Goat Research Journal 12:1-11.

Palencia, D.D., D.L. Garner, D. Hudig, D.W. Holcombe, C.A. Burner, D. Redelman, G.C.J. Fernandez, A.S. Abuelyaman, C.-M. Kam, and S.C. Powers. 1996. Determination of activable proacrosin/acrosin in bovine sperm using an irreversible iscoumarin serine protease inhibitor. Biology of Reproduction 55:536-542.

Hess, B.W., L.J. Krysl, M.B. Judkins, D.W. Holcombe, J.D. Hess, D.R. Hanks, and S.A. Huber. 1996. Supplemental cracked corn or wheat bran for steers grazing endophyte-free fescue pasture: Effects on live weight gain, nutrient quality, forage intake, particulate and fluid kinetics, ruminal fermentation, and digestion. Journal of Animal Science. 74:1116-1125.