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Department of Animal Science, UC Davis

HIGHLIGHTSA PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDSSummer/Fall 2000

Chair's Message, Gary B. Anderson, Chair

Fall is a busy time, aswe begin a new schoolyear, welcome to thedepartment newundergraduate andgraduate students andplan for the year ahead.This issue of Highlightsbrings you good newsthat I hope you willenjoy hearing. Theexcellence of ourfaculty, staff and

students has been recognized by local, nationaland international awards for teaching, forresearch and for outreach.

Especially gratifying to me is that, as our studentenrollments and faculty teaching loads continueto rise, quality of teaching has not beensacrificed. Three of our faculty and adepartmental graduate student have receivedprestigious teaching awards. Our faculty andgraduate students have also been honored withmajor research awards. In this issue you will readabout some new faces added to the AnimalScience family, and about some old friends towhom we have said goodbye. You will also readabout some generous gifts from departmentalfriends who are helping us to fulfill our missionsin teaching,

research and outreach.

The department soon will celebrate thecompletion of our new Swine Facility, a morethan twoyear project that will take our swineteaching and research from the campus core to asite adjacent to the Beef Feedlot and Feed Mill.Departmental plans to build a new Feed Mill, anew Dairy Cattle Facility and a new Pavilioncontinue with the help of the Animal ScienceDevelopment Board, a group of alumni andfriends who work to support and promote ouracademic programs. Our planning efforts towardnew animal facilities are being aided by a grant offunds from the University of California Divisionof Agriculture and Natural Resources and UCDavis College of Agricultural and EnvironmentalSciences. I hope that in our next issue ofHighlights we can report on significant progresstoward gaining approval and funding for thesenew animal facilities.

The Department of Animal Science is committedto serving our students and our stakeholdersthroughout the state. If ever there is somethingthat we can do for you, please do not hesitate tocontact me (telephone: (530) 7521252; email:[email protected]). I hope that the rest ofthe year 2000 brings you prosperity and goodhealth.

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Eric Bradford Recognized for Distinguished Service and Achievements

Congratulations arein order for G. EricBradford, ProfessorEmeritus of AnimalScience, whoreceived fourprestigious awardsin 2000. The

American Society of Animal Science(ASAS) honored him with the JeanClaude Bouffault Award forleadership and distinguished serviceto international animal agriculture,and he was presented the 2000ASAS Fellow Award. Eric has beena member of ASAS since 1951. Inaddition, the Western Section of theASAS awarded him theDistinguished Service Award, andthe UC Davis College ofAgricultural and EnvironmentalSciences honored him with itsprestigious annual Award ofDistinction.

Eric graduated in 1951 with a B.S.degree in Agriculture fromMacdonald College of McGillUniversity. After earning M.S. andPh.D. degrees in Genetics andAnimal Husbandry from theUniversity of Wisconsin, heaccepted appointment to the facultyat UC Davis in 1957. Althoughofficially retired in 1993, Eric hascontinued to be very active inacademic pursuits.

During Eric's professional career, he

whom currently hold prominent positions in animalagriculture in foreign countries. He has published more than140 refereed papers on animal genetics and internationalagriculture.

From 1978 through 1996 he was a principal investigator in theUSAIDfunded Small Ruminant Collaborative ResearchSupport Program and conducted projects in Kenya, Indonesiaand Morocco. He received the ASAS J. R. Prentice MemorialAward for Research in Animal Breeding and Genetics in 1985and the California Wool Growers Golden Fleece Award forservice to the California sheep industry in 1990. Since hisretirement, he has continued his programs in internationalagriculture and expanded his focus to include issues of globalfood supply. Recently, he chaired the Council for AgriculturalScience and Technology (CAST) international task force thatin 1999 published its seminal report, "Animal Agriculture andGlobal Food Supply." The report documented the importantrole of animals in providing meat, milk and eggs for anincreasing world population and how animals provide foodoften by grazing and utilizing products not directlyconsumable by humans. The report resulted in manypresentations on the topic by Eric both nationally andinternationally.

In summary, Eric continues a distinguished career, and hisefforts showcase the department, college and campus.

has held various administrativeappointments, including chair of theDepartment of Animal Science fortwo terms; taught courses ininternational agriculture,introductory animal science, animalbreeding and genetics, beef cattleand sheep production and animalgrowth; and trained more than 25graduate students, many of





















SergeDoroshov Recognized Internationally

Professor Serge Doroshov washonored to receive this year'sWorld Aquaculture SocietyHonorary Life Membershipaward, given annually to anindividual who isinternationally recognized as

having made outstanding contributions to thefield of aquaculture. Serge did some of theearliest work and continues to excel in fin fishreproductive biology. He has contributed to thedevelopment of sustainable commercial scaleaquaculture of eight fish species, especiallystriped bass, grass carp, sturgeon and paddlefish,and has published at least 81 critically reviewedarticles. He has been responsible for trainingmore than 600 students in production aquacultureand reproduction biology of aquaculture speciesand has facilitated the education of aquaculturistsand aquaculture researchers from Spain,Colombia, China, Philippines, Korea and theUnited States.

Many of theseformer students arestrategicallypositioned to ensure globallysustainable aquaculture development and nowwork in the aquaculture industry, academia,government and private consulting firms.

Serge joined the department in 1977 and wasdirector of its Aquaculture and Fisheries Programfrom 1995 through 1998, the year in which hereceived the Distinguished Service Award fromthe California Aquaculture Association.

Serge was recognized partly because he had thevision to see opportunity in the area ofaquaculture development and also the talent anddedication to see that vision come to fruition, andhe has been effective at inspiring others with thatvision. A native of Moscow, Serge has worked inthe field of aquaculture since 1962, has visitedand collaborated with aquaculturists in Europe,Asia and North America.





















Famula and DePeters Win National Distinguished Teacher Awards

Two AnimalScienceprofessors werehonored byprofessionalassociations fortheir outstandingteaching abilitiesthis summer at thejoint meetings ofthe AmericanSociety of Animal

Science (ASAS) and the American DairyScience Association (ADSA) in Baltimore lastJune.

Professor Thomas R. Famula, originallyfrom Livingston, New Jersey, recently won anational honor, the 2000 ASAS DistinguishedTeacher Award from the sponsored byPurina Mills Feed Company. He earned hisB.S. degree in Animal Science, withDistinction and Honors, from the University ofDelaware, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees inAnimal Breeding from Cornell University. Inaddition, the Western Section of the ASASrepeated the award for distinguished teacherin the West.

Tom currently is Professor of Animal Scienceand Geneticist in the Agricultural ExperimentStation at UC Davis. His teaching covers the

full range from a highenrollment, lowerdivision introductory animal science courseto specialty graduate courses in genetics. Atall levels students praise his innovativeteaching style, his ability to present complexconcepts in an understandable fashion, andhis genuine concern for his students'learning and welfare. Tom's introductoryanimal science course annually attracts asmany as 300 students, who learn about therole animals play in providing food fiber, andcompanionship. His mean rating by studentsin the course has been 4.9 on a 1to5 scale,reflecting both his innate ability to teach andhis willingness to work hard at providing anoptimal environment for learning. Histeaching excellence is reflected also in thelarge number of graduate teachingassistants who have developed both theirvalue for highquality teaching and theirdidactic skills under Tom's tutelage. Hiscontributions to teaching excellence extendbeyond the classroom to include service asboth an undergraduate and graduate advisorand on numerous committees that developand oversee campus teaching programs. In1999 he was recognized by the faculty of UCDavis as recipient of their prestigiousDistinguished Teaching Award.





















Famula and DePeters Win National Distinguished Teacher Awards

ProfessorEdwardDePeters waspresented withthe 2000 ADSAPurina Mills, Inc.TeachingAward. As oneof his studentssaid whenasked whatdistinguishes Edfrom otherteachers, “It'spretty simple

actually. Dr. DePeters cares. He cares aboutthe students, about the animals he workswith, about teaching and about learning, andit shows in everything he does.”

Another student commented, “He was veryenthusiastic in lecture, taught the materialvery clearly, was always available in officehours. He made an effort to learn hisstudents' names and get to know them.”

Ed received the award in recognition of hisability to effectively motivate and educate hisstudents. He has a heavy teaching load,teaching three lecture and laboratory coursesand directing student research projects thatstress problemsolving and independentthinking. He is known as a teacher who is

scientifically rigorous and challenging. He isalways willing to provide students with thehelp and direction they need to assist themin mastering their knowledge of the subjectmatter of his courses.

In addition to his teaching abilities, DePetersalso an effective advisor who is committed toeach student that he works with. DePeters'dedication to his students' development andhis participation in studentrelated activitiesoutside of the classroom have provided hisstudents with a positive influence in theiracademic performance, personal integrity,responsibility and leadership.

Ed is also active in continuing education (forwhich he receives no salary augmentation). He frequently speaks to nutritionconsultants, dairy producers and foodscientists visiting the campus or in the field. His popularity as a speaker documents thequality and educational value of hispresentations. He worked with the nonprofitCalifornia Women for Agriculture to create abooth display on milk production from foodand fiber byproducts for the CaliforniaState Fair. The display received the singular“Most Educational Award” for the State Fair.

Animal Science is truly honored to havethese two teachers recognized nationally fortheir dedication.





















Richard Zinn receives ASAS 2000 Ruminant Nutrition Research Award

Professor Richard A.Zinn received theAmerican Society ofAnimal Science (ASAS)2000 Ruminant NutritionResearch Award,sponsored by theAmerican Feed IndustryAssociation.

The award was presented during the jointmeeting of ASAS and the American DairyScience Association in Baltimore, Maryland,July 2428.

Richard, a native of El Centro, received hisB.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Sciencefrom Brigham Young University in 1974 and1975, respectively, and the Ph.D. in Nutritionfrom the University of Kentucky in 1978.After completing a postdoctoral researchappointment with Oklahoma State Universityin 1981, he joined the faculty of theDepartment of Animal Science at UC Davis.Richard maintains an active and prolificresearch program at the Desert Researchand Extension Center in Imperial Valley inthe areas of health, nutrition andmanagement of feedlot cattle.

During the past ten years Richard haspublished 56 refereed papers, 118 popularpresentations or reports and three bookchapters. He has advised six Ph.D. studentsand seven M.S. students and madenumerous presentations at nutritionconferences and symposia. His fluency inSpanish makes him a popular speaker onnutrition programs in Mexico and throughoutLatin America.

One of Richard's primary researchcontributions has been the determination ofeffects of steam flaking of various grains ondigestive function and performance in feedlotand lactating dairy cattle. His extensiveresearch in the area of protein nutritionprovides a broad base of data on factorsaffecting ruminal microbial growth, site andextent of protein digestion and metabolizableprotein requirements of feedlot cattle. He hasalso contributed greatly to our understandingof the utilization of dietary fat, indicatinghigher net energy values for fat than werepreviously available in feed compositiontables. Richard has made a significant andlasting contribution to ruminant nutrition,technology for feeding cattle and the feedindustry.





















Animal Science Teaching Excellence Recognized for the Third Successive Year

Professor TomAdams was thisyear's recipientof theDistinguishedTeaching Awardfrom the campusdivision of theUC DavisAcademicSenate.

Students say that watching Tom teach hisflagship course, Physiology of the EndocrineGlands, is like watching an octopus drawimpeccable diagrams with differentcoloredchalks in each of his eight hands.

During his 19 years as a UC Davis facultymember, Tom has gained a reputation notonly for colorful and meticulous chalkboardillustrations but also for his patientexplanations, helpful and caring attitude andenthusiasm for his subject matter.

One student recalls that her academic andcareer plans were quite set in stone until sheenrolled in Adams' course on the physiologyof the endocrine glands. "My future planschanged the day I set foot into his class. Ibecame

addicted to the physiologic relevance andexcitement of endocrinology and have sincecommitted my doctoral research to the studyof reproductive physiology," she said. Tomteaches courses in reproductive physiologyto students interested in a variety of fieldsincluding animal production, medicine andveterinary medicine. His teaching isenhanced by his research program, whichfocuses on reproductive issues of livestock.He is known for mentoring his own graduatestudents and postdoctoral researchers aswell as for offering assistance toundergraduates and graduate students fromother disciplines. Asked for an example ofgood teaching, one graduate student simplysaid, "Spend one hour in a class taught byProfessor Tom Adams. He defines teachingat its best."

Animal Science apparently has several ofthe best, as Ed DePeters received thisaward in 1998 and Tom Famula won it in1999. No other department on campus haswon this award three successive times.Continued recognition of teaching excellencein Animal Science reflects a departmentalculture where students matter and highquality teaching is valued.





















New Swine Facility

The office, laboratory, and student quarters of the new swine facility viewed from the south. The firstanimals were housed, October 25.

Kent Parker (left), swine facility manager,discusses the new facility with DevelopmentBoard members, (l to r) Harold Radloff, LesOesterreich, and John Greber.





















Faculty Visits Dairy in Hilmar Area

Professors EdDePeters andJuanMedran tempt someJersey ladies tosmile for the cameraat the Chuck AhlemDairy.

Chuck Ahlem discusses the California Dairy Quality AssuranceProgram with herd manager Joe Silva and Animal ScienceProfessors Juan Medrano and Jim Fadel at the Ahlem Dairy. Thevisit was part afternoon visit with staff at Hilmar Cheese to discussa research project currently underway. Also on the trip were Drs.Ian Garnett and Heidi Johnston and Kristi Rocha from JuanMedrano's laboratory



Student Field Trip Studies Diverse Agribusinesses

Fourteen students led by Professor Ian Garnett participated this year in the department's threedayagribusiness field trip course. A number of different sites were visited, including West Valley HullingCompany, Mendes Calf Ranch, J.D. Heiskell & Company, Harris Ranch Beef Company, Harris FarmsHorse Division, the Peco Ranch and Dole Value Added. Student impressions of the trip will be on theAnimal Science Web site (http ) in the latter part of November.

The class was made possible through the financial support of the Animal Science Memorial Fund.





















Department Hosts Western Animal Scientists

The department rolled out the carpet for the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Western Section ofthe American Society of Animal Science. Held on campus from June 21 to 23, it featured abeef industry symposium as well as oral and poster presentations describing scientific studieson behavior, genetics, nutrition and physiology. A career forum for graduate students providedinformation and advice on successfully pursuing a career in the animal sciences and animalindustries. Social events kept spouses and children busy. Extension Specialist Jim Oltjenserved as chair of the organizing committee.

Adolfo Pereira, right, M.S.graduate student at theUniversidad Aut(nima de BajaCalifornia, explains his posterpresentation to a friend at theWestern Section ASASmeeting.

Dr. John Paterson, center, professor at Montana StateUniversity and president of the Western Section ASAS, hands ahundred dollar bill to Chris Huxsoll, right, doctoral candidate atUC Davis for the use of the graduate students. Chris and Alysia

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Animal Science Represented Well at World Poultry Congress

The department was well represented at theXXI World Poultry Congress (WPC) inMontreal from August 20 to 24. The WorldPoultry Science Association (WPSA) hasbranches in over 65 countries and nearly7,000 members around the world and hoststhe congress every four years. Thisparticular year, the Poultry ScienceAssociation (PSA) met from August 1821 inthe same facility in Montreal. PSA is a NorthAmerican association, with meetings everyyear. It was most unusual this year that theCongress was in N.A. and was piggybackedwith PSA.

Kirk Klasing, Francine Bradley, MaryDelany, Annie King, Ralph Ernst, GideonZeidler, Jackie Pisenti and Don Bell werethe Animal Science faculty who attended,along with several of their students. Emeritiprofessors who attended included HowardKratzer, W. Wade Brant and A.S.Rosenwald.

Francine Bradley presented a poster at theWPC entitled, "Petaluma and the poultryindustry as sentinel flocks for changes inrural America" and was invited to chair a session on "Poultry Production inDeveloping Countries." She was also reelected for another 4yr term as Treasurerof the WPSA.

Ralph Ernst presented his paper on“Enhancing use of the internet for poultry

extension outreach” at the WPC and receiveda $1,000 travel grant from the USA branch ofWPSA. Gideon Zeidler, Poultry Specialistfrom the office in Riverside, presented aninvited paper on “Product development andmarketing of added value egg products in thechanging economy.”

Mary Delany was invited to speak on “Theimportance of biodiversity preservation forresearch and industry.” Delany also chairedthe Poultry Genome Workshop held January1617 in conjunction with the Plant andAnimal Genome VIII Conference (San Diego,CA) and was chair of the Poultry SpeciesCommittee of the USDAARS National AnimalGermplasm Program.

Don Bell was invited to speak on "Participantsand issues in the transfer and application ofsignificant new technology." Bell alsoparticipated as a member of the Board ofDirectors at the PSA conference, as he isPSA's immediate past president and servesas chair of the association's nominatingcommittee.



UC Poultry Web Site Draws National Attention

The University of California's Poultry Web Pagehas won accolades in a recent “Poultry Online”column of the industry publication Poultry Times.Ralph Ernst, Professor of Animal Science, wascommended for his work in maintaining the site.

The informationrich site offers up data andlinks for expert and novice alike.

Topics include dates of important avian meetings,practical tips on encouraging egg production,techniques for game bird management and aviandisease prevention. Several publications can bedownloaded directly from the site, which can be foundathttp://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/extension/avian/default.htm

Animal Science Enrollment Continues Strong

For the third successive year Animal Scienceundergraduate enrollment has increased: 189freshmen joined the department in September,making a total of 674 undergraduates enrolled in thethree majors: Animal Science, Avian Science andAnimal Science & Management. In

addition, a new major in the college, Animal Biology, has156 students, of which almost threefourths are mentored intheir junior and senior years by Animal Science professors,who teach half the Animal Biology courses.

Building Initiative Underway

Rick Swantz, from the college development office; AlMedvitz, chair of the Animal Science DevelopmentBoard; Hank Stone, another board member; and GaryAnderson, department chair, listen at the Feed Mill toexplanations of the department's new facility buildinginitiative which is now underway. The new facilities willgreatly enhance our teaching, research and outreachactivities

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Honors Go to Department Graduate Students

Dr. Jim Oltjen, Animal Science Extension Specialist andPresidentelect of the Western Section, congratulatesMarcelo Bertolini for winning the Best Graduate StudentPaper award at the Western Section barbecue in June.Marcelo's young daughter joins in the festivities.

Marcelo Bertolini, Ph.D. candidate in the Physiology GraduateGroup and student of department chair Gary Anderson, wasgiven the award for the Best Graduate Student Paper at the 72ndannual meeting of the Western Section of the American Societyof Animal Science in Davis in June. The title of his paper was“Appearance of giant cotyledons in the Large Offspring

Syndrome.” Marcelo earned Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Science degrees inBrazil prior to coming to Davis to begin his doctoral work in 1995.

Professor Jan Roser congratulates Mona Hess after receiving theChancellor's Teaching Fellowship

Monna Hess, Ph.D. candidate in the Physiology GraduateGroup, was one of four graduate students on campus to beawarded a Chancellor's Teaching Fellowship for the 20002001academic year. She will work with her mentor, Professor JanRoser, in revising the content of Animal Science 15, IntroductoryHorse Husbandry, and developing a course web site. In addition,

she will deliver approximately half of the lectures during winter quarter. Monna will be given ahalftime position to support these teaching activities.

Professor Kirk Klasing congratulates Elizabeth Koulsos onreceiving the Best Graduate Student Research PresentationsAward in the Immunology Section of the Poultry Science

Association Meeting.

Elizabeth Koutsos, Ph.D. candidate in the Nutrition Graduate Group, was awarded acertificate for the Best Graduate Student Research Presentation Award in the ImmunologySection at the Poultry Science Association Meeting in Montreal in late August. Her presentationwas based on her Master of Science (Nutrition) dissertation, “The effect of intraabdominalinjections of lipopolysaccharide or muramyl dipeptide on the acute phase response in

Japanese quail.” Elizabeth's major professor is KirkKlasing.

Bridid McCrea was honored by being one of four winners of the Carpenter YouthProgram Essay Contest sponsored by the USA Branch of the World Poultry ScienceAssociation. Her essay entitled “Reciprocal relationship of poultry science departmentsand the poultry industry” won a $1,000 travel grant for Brigid to attend the PoultryScience Association Meeting and World Poultry Congress in Montreal in August. Thedepartment also contributed some funds for the trip. In addition, she was chosen toparticipate in a tour of poultry facilities in Ontario and Quebec. Brigid is working on aMaster of Science degree in Avian Sciences under the tutelage of Dr. Joan Jeffrey,Extension Veterinarian. She is conducting a study on preharvest food safety issuesrelated to the niche marketing of poultry products.

The 19992000 Kinsella Award for the best Ph.D. dissertation in the College ofAgricultural and Environmental Sciences went to Stephanie Oppenheim. Herdissertation, “The hematopoietic chimera: A model to study sheepgoat interspecies andhybrid pregnancy failure,” demonstrated that the failure of sheepgoat interspecies andhybrid pregnancies was not due to maternal humoral immune rejection. The awardincluded a $2,000 gift and a plaque. Stefanie, majoring in physiology, was a graduatestudent of department chair Gary Anderson. She has just completed a twoyear postdoctoral appointment in the Large Animal Transgenic Project, directed by Drs. Andersonand Jim Murray.

Victoria Erikson was honored with the first UC Davis Foundation Graduate Fellowshipfor her Master of Science thesis project entitled “Evaluating the effectiveness ofvegetative buffers for attenuating sediment, nutrients and pathogens in runoff fromirrigated foothill pastures.” Policies are currently being developed to protect waterwaysfrom sediment and nutrients that may be transported in irrigation or rainwater. Vicky'sproject focuses on evaluation of different sized buffer strips compared to the area upslope. Results will provide needed data that may assist ranchers in developingmanagement practices to protect surface waters. Her mentor is Deanne Meyer, AnimalWaste Management Extension Specialist.

Jennifer Williams, Animal Science master's student, was the first recipient of thedepartmentadministered Jessup Graduate Fellowship. Her thesis research concerns therelationship between the sexual libido and performance of Hereford and Angus beef bullsand the frequency of mating with individual cows housed in groups during estrus. Jennifer

received a summer stipend to conduct her research. Her major professor is Professor EdPrice.





















Undergraduate Scholarships

Students Rachel Bradley, left,and Jean Miller, right, receiveFrank G. Rue MemorialAwards from Susan Vogt andMichael Rue, Frank Rue'sdaughter and son.

Ed Olivera, Jr., and his motherOlive present the Ed F. Olivera,Sr., Memorial Award to NoraElsalawy.

Angela Jacks, left, 2000 AnimalScience graduate, receives theOskar Lang Laboratory AnimalScience Award from LillianCarter, Oscar Lang's widow, and

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Department Welcomes New Staff Employees

Native CalifornianBrent Brown joinedthe department in Aprilas supervisor of ourEquine Facility. He hasoverall responsibilityfor the horses, thefacility and someundergraduateteaching. Brent earned

a B.S. degree in Animal Science from CalPoly San Luis Obispo and a M.S. in AnimalScience (reproductive physiology) at TexasTechnological University in Lubbock. Prior tocoming to Davis, Brent was a professor ofEquine Studies at Laramie CountyCommunity College in Cheyenne, Wyoming.Brent and his wife Gerri have a threeyearolddaughter, Ashley, and a fourmonthold son,Tyler.

The new AcademicProgram Advisor in theAdvising Center,Rodolfo “Rod”Santos, is responsiblefor providing academicadvising services forthe undergraduates inthe Animal Science,

Animal Science & Management, AnimalBiology and Avian Sciences majors as well asacademic advising administrative support forthe faculty. Rod is a 2000 graduate from UCDavis with two B.S. degrees, one in Wildlife,Fish & Conservation Biology and one inPsychology (biology emphasis). While astudent, he worked as a peer counselor andacademic advisor, including Summer AdvisingStudent Coordinator at the AssociatedStudents' The First Resort. Rod grew up inNewark, California, and Tracy.

Davis resident AlishaNork joined theAdvising Center staff inlate August. Alisha is afamiliar face to manyof us since she is aJune 2000 graduate ofour Animal Scienceand ManagementMajor. As the Advising

Center's new Advising Program Assistant,Alisha's primary duties are as receptionist,event planner and student visitationcoordinator. She hales from Fortuna inHumboldt County.

Frank Sauers joinedthe department in midSeptember as the newFeedmill operator. Hisprimary duties are tooperate and maintainequipment at theFeedmill, whichprocesses the bulk ofthe feed fed to ourteaching and research

herds on campus as well as supplements forour beef cattle herd at Browns Valley. Frankgrew up in Davis and attended AmericanRiver College and Sacramento City College inSacramento. He has previously worked in thearea of waste management and for Heil

Equipment and Washburn AgriculturalServices.

Jennifer Reich(pronounced “reach”)is a new administrativeassistant in the mainoffice. In addition togeneral office support,she is assisting withpayroll andemploymenttransactions andserves as a liaison for

the departmental Web site. Jennifer waspreviously employed as a senior teller at theYolo Federal Credit Union in Woodland. Shestills lives in Woodland with her son Brian, 4.Jennifer spent her first ten years living inKansas.

Jeannette Wilder is anew administrativeassistant in the mainoffice. Her majorresponsibilities are toprovide assistance tothe department chair,process travel andentertainmentvouchers and provide

general office services. Jeannette waspreviously employed as a licensed StateFarm Insurance Agent for seven years. She isengaged to be married to Randall Jacobs, Jr.,next June. She has two children, Darrol, 14,and Ashley, 12. She grew up in Richmondand El Sobrante and now resides inWoodland.





















Notable Notes

Avian Sciences Senior Nora Elsalawywas selected as one of the WestCoast's outstanding poultry students.The award included an allexpensespaid trip to Georgia to tour the R&Dfacilities of the Merial Company and tovisit poultry operations in the South.Nora recently presented a paper at thePoultry Science Association meeting inMontreal describing work done withExtension Specialist Francine Bradley.

Brooke Humphrey, Master of Sciencein Animal Science graduate student,received the American Registry ofProfessional Animal Scientists MemorialScholarship Award. Brooke's majorprofessor is Chris Calvert.

Ron Knight, retired UC CooperativeExtension Livestock and Range FarmAdvisor and County Director, diedunexpectedly on May 19, 2000, at theage of 69. Ron joined CE in 1957 as ajunior agriculturist in Solano County. Hemoved to Tulare County as a 4Hadvisor in 1964 and was appointedcounty director in Tehama in 1972, apost he held until his retirement in 1991.Knight helped organize the UC BeefWorkgroup in 1984 and was influentialin the livestock industry statewide.

The department was saddened to learnof the death of former Animal ScienceProfessor Joan Macy. Joan left theDepartment in 1995 to become Head ofthe School of Microbiology at La TrobeUniversity in Bundoora, Victoria,

On July 19, 2000, the Departmenthosted a retirement luncheon for longtime employee Robert Scadden. Bobjoined the department in October 1963as an animal caretaker and retired as aprincipal animal technician. Most of his37 years with the department werespent caring for beef cattle at the BeefFacility and Feedlot and, in recentyears, operating the Feedmill. His jovialnature brightened the gloomiest of days.We miss you, Bob. Best wishes for avery happy retirement!

Heather Taylor, Master of Science inAnimal Science graduate studentworking with Professor Mary Delany,received a Graduate Student TravelAward to attend and present a paper atthe International Plant and AnimalGenome VIII Meeting in San Diego.

Joy Mench, Professor of AnimalScience and director of the Center forAnimal Welfare, is a member of thescientific advisory committee for thenew FreeFarmed Certification Program.The first such certification effort in theU.S., the program is designed toestablish living standards for poultry,dairy cows and beef cattle raised forfood production. The program waslaunched recently by the AmericanHumane Association and will beadministered by affiliate Farm AnimalServices. "The guidelines our committeedeveloped for the humane treatment offarm animals are based on members'collective animal management

Australia. experience," Mench said. "Our goal wasto develop standards that arescientifically sound, as well as practicaland achievable from an industrystandpoint."



















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