Department News and Updates! December 21, 2011

NEWS AND EVENTS

  • Order your standing rib roast from the Meat Lab
  • Pick up your pre-ordered ANS Sweatshirt —see Estefany Villaseñor
  • Front office and Business offices closing at NOON 12/23
  • Front and Business offices open 12/28-12/29
  • Six undergrads participated in Fall Commencement 
  • Goat Day Jan 21, 2012

OUTREACH AND TRAVEL

  • Frank Mitloehner traveling through Europe and serving on the UN FAO steering committee related to livestock and environmental quality
  • Dan Sehnert toured Research Scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada\Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada around the ANS animal facilities.
  • Pablo Ross in Argentina meeting research colleagues

RESEARCH

  • Geri Meyers-Brown, Lisa Bidstrup, Tom Famula, & Jan Roser author “Treatment with recombinant equine follicle stimulating hormone (reFSH) followed by recombinant equine luteinizing hormone (reLH) increases embryo recovery in superovulated mares.” Anim Reprod Sci. 128:52-9
  • Susie Huang, Anders Strathe, Silas Hung  & Jim Fadel coauthor “ Selenocompounds in juvenile white sturgeon: Estimating absorption, disposition, and elimination of selenium using Bayesian hierarchical modeling” in Aquatic Toxicol Nov 2011
  • Physiological and productive responses of multiparous lactating Holstein cows exposed to short-term cooling during severe summer conditions in an arid region of Mexico.
  • Peter Robinson & Jim Fadel coauthor “Physiological and productive responses of multiparous lactating Holstein cows exposed to short-term cooling during severe summer conditions in an arid region of Mexico.” Int J Biometeorol. Nov 2011
  • Roberta Franco received competitive PhD fellowship offered by Brazilian Government