NEWS AND EVENTS
- Tomorrow June 21, Horse Production Sale, BBQ at 4:30 auction for follow. Bring your check book
- Jennifer Hughes received a 2014 Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund grant to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction
- Kat Tomalty won a P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Scholar Award for her last two years of Vet School upon finishing her PhD with Bernie May in Genetics this summer. This is a “Women helping women reach for the stars” program www.peointernational.org/
- Thanks to all who participated in commencement
- Transfer student advising this week & next
RESEARCH
- Russ Hovey coauthor of “Transcobalamin derived from bovine milk stimulates apical uptake of vitamin B12 into human intestinal epithelial cells” in J Cellular Biochemistry
- Ermias Kebreab coauthor of “Effects of phytase supplementation on phosphorus retention in broilers and layers: A meta-analysis” in Poultry Sci
OUTREACH AND TRAVEL
- Francine Bradley interviewed by NPR/KPCC, Los Angeles for her my work with the peafowl over-population problem in Rolling Hills Estates
- Alison Van Eenennaam gave an invited presentation “Innovations in the identification of genetically superior animals: impacts of genomic tools on genetic evaluation programs” at IX Simcorte, an international beef cattle production conference in Viçosa, Brazil
- Francine Bradley taught Game Fowl Health Assurance Refresher Courses in Tulare and Lodi