NEWS AND EVENTS
- Chris Calvert elected to CA&ES Exec Committee
- Mary Delany & Jim Oltjen members of FAIR-2012 Executive Committee—informs the next Farm Bill
- Mary Delany is Chair of FASS-Science Policy Committee
- ANS Spring Awards BBQ June 1—faculty bring desserts please
TEACHING AND VISITORS
- Heull Howser reprised his 2007 broadcast to UCD: The horse barn and meats lab were featured destinations
- The swine center hosted 10 Animal Scientists from the Beijing Center for Animal Genetic Evaluation and the Beijing Municipal Animal Husbandry & Veterinary General Station. Grad student Qian Wang was a great interpreter
RESEARCH
- Pablo Ross Co-PI on equine stem cell grant from Center for Equine Health
- Dr. Josh Hull appointed Adjunct Asst Professor in Animal Science
- Dietmar Kültz coauthor of “The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex” Science 331:555
- Ermias Kebreab coauthor of “Evaluation of Models to predict the stoichimetry of volatile fatty acid profile in rumen fluid…” J Dairy Sci 94:3063
OUTREACH
- Animal Science faculty and staff attending Bishop Mule Days: Jan Roser, Dan Sehnert, Joel Viloria, Caleb Sehnert, and Horse Barn Interns
- Modesto Junior College Faculty toured Animal Facilities 5/10/2011