Accomplishments 2014

For an archive of previous years' accomplishments.

Publications

Garas, L.C., Murray, J.D., Maga, EA., (2014) Genetically Engineered Livestock: Ethical use for Food and Medical Models

Publications

Moraes L.E., E. Kebreab., A.B. Strathe., J. France., J. Dijkstra., D.P. Casper., and J.G. Fadel (2014) Bayesian analysis of energy balance data from growing cattle using parametric and non-parametric modelling. Animal Production Science, 2014, 54, 2068–2081 doi.org/10.1071/AN14535

Publications

Feltrin, C., Cooper, CA., Maga, EA., Murray, JD. (2014). Systemic Immunosuppression by Methylprednisolone and Pregnancy Rates in Goats Undergoing the Transfer of Cloned Embryos. Reprod Dom Anim 49, 648–656 (2014); doi: 10.1111/rda.12342 ISSN 0936–676
Lee, S.H., Wang, Y.C., Hung, S.S.O., Strathe, A.B., Fangue, N.A. and Fadel, J.G. (2014) Development of optimum feeding rate model for white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Aquaculture 433: 411-420.
Havlin, J. M., Robinson, P. H., and Karges, K. (2014). Impacts of dietary fat level and saturation when feeding distillers grains to high producing dairy cows. Journal of Animal Physiology & Animal Nutrition. 98 (4). DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12219
Werth S.J., Schusterman E.G., Peterson C.B., and Mitloehner F.M. Air: Confined Animal Facilities and Air Quality Issues. In: Neal Van Alfen, editor-in-chief. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, Vol. 1, San Diego: Elsevier; 2014. pp. 283-292.
Garas, L.C., Murray, J.D., Maga, E.A. Genetically Engineered Livestock: Ethical Use for Food and Medical Models. Annu Rev Anim Biosci. 2014 Sep 3

Fellowships, Awards & Grants

Theresa Dabruzzi awarded the Ernest E. Hill Fellowship for the 2014-15 year.
Theresa Dabruzzi awarded the WFCB Graduate Student Award for the 2014-15 year.
Theresa Dabruzzi awarded the Jastro shields Graduate Research Award for the 2014-15 year.
Noe Gomez awarded the Burnand-Partridge Foundation Scholarship Fund for the 2014-15 year.
Johnathon Li awarded the Henry A. Jastro Shields Graduate Research Award for 2014-15 year
Chris Miller awarded the Henry A. Jastro Graduate Research Award for the 2014-15 year.
Chris Miller awarded a Graduate Program Fellowship for the 2014-15 year.
Tawny Scanlan awarded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Millennium Fellowship.

Publications

Fellowships, Awards & Grants

Gabrielle Simon awarded the Jenry A. Jastro Graduate Research Award for the 2014-15 year.

Fellowships, Awards & Grants

Grace Berryhill received the NIH F 31 Ruth Kirchstein Individual Graduate Fellowship.
Grace Berryhill awarded from the Office of Graduate Studies and Animal Biology Graduate Group the UCD & Humanities Graduate Research Award.
Beth Graham received the Burroughs Welcome Trainee Travel Award to attend the 2014 Annual SSR Meeting in Grand Rapids Michigan July 19-23
Bryan Welly won the Western Section Ann Society of Animal Scientists Young Scholar award. His write up it found here: http:// takingstock.asas.org/?p=12435
Emma Wils-Plotz received the Jones-Hamilton Co. Graduate Student Travel Grant Award by the Poultry Science Association
Jocelyn Akins received the following grants: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ALEA, The Wildlife Society Washington Section grant,
Oregon Zoo Foundation grant and the Washington's National Park Fund grant

Publications

Moraes, L.E., Strathe, A.B., Fadel, J.G., Casper D.P. and Kebreab, E. Prediction of enteric methane emissions from cattle. Global Change Biology. 20, 2140–2148. 2014, doi: 10.1111/gcb.12471

Fellowships, Awards & Grants

Brian Greco won 2nd place in the graduate student oral presentation contest at the North American regional meeting of the International Society for Applied Ethology at Michigan State.
Jennifer Hughes received a 2014 Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund grant to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction.
Tawny Scanlan received the NSF East Asian Pacific Summer Institutes Fellowship

Publications

Thompson, V.A., Barioni, L.G., Rumsey, T.R., Fadel, J.G., and Sainz, R.D., The development of a dynamic, mechanistic, thermal balance model for Bos indicus and Bos taurus. Journal of Agricultural Science. 152: 464-482. 2014 May. doi:10.1017/S002185961300049X.
Thompson, V.A., Sainz, R.D., Strathe, A.B., Rumsey, T.R., and Fadel, J.G., The evaluation of a dynamic, mechanistic, thermal balance model for Bos indicus and Bos taurus. Journal of Agricultural Science. 152: 483-496. 2014 May. doi:10.1017/S0021859613000506.

Fellowships, Awards & Grants

Gabriela Acetoze won the California Animal Nutrition Scholarship and presented her PhD research at the California Grain & Feed annual California Animal Nutrition Conference (CANC).
Katie Kennedy won 1st place for the poster presentation award at the California Grain & Feed annual California Animal Nutrition Conference (CANC).
Kristan Reed awarded Office of Graduate Studies Travel award to attend conference in Cairns, Australia.
Marcela Villarino received with Dr. Pablo Ross a BD Biosciences Stem Cell Research Grant for “Induction of Pluripotency by CRISPER-Cas9 Epigenetic Engineering
Samantha Werth won 3rd place for the poster presentation award at the California Grain & Feed annual California Animal Nutrition Conference (CANC).

Publications

Publications

Holcomb, K. E., Tucker, C. B. and Stull, C. L.. Preference of Domestic Horses for Shade in a Hot, Sunny Environment. Journal of Animal Science. 2014 Feb 3 doi:10.2527/jas.2013-7386

Fellowships, Awards & Grants

Bryan Welly is one of two Master's students awarded the 2014 Western Section Young Scholar for American Society of Animal Science.
Place, S.E. and Mitloehner, F.M. The Nexus of Environmental Quality and Livestock Welfare. Annual Review of Animal Bioscience, 2: 555-569

Publications

Cooper, C., Moraes LE, Murray JD and Owens SD. Hematologic and biochemical reference intervals for specific pathogen free 6-week-old Hampshire-Yorkshire crossbred pigs. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 5(5). 2014 Jan 10..doi:10.1186/2049-1891-5-5
Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J.A. Performance on the Hamilton Search Task, and the influence of lateralization, in captive orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica). Animal Cognition. 89:123. Jan 2014 doi: 10.1007/s10071-013-0723-y
Donovan CE, Gordon JM, Kutzler MA. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone immunization for the treatment of urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence in ovariectomized bitches. Theriogenology. ;81(2):196-202 2014 Jan 15. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.08.013.