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Workgroup Information Livestock Production Systems |
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Summary | This workgroup will include the following broad topic areas: animal health, animal well-being (welfare), animal productivity, and production systems analysis (both computer based and diagnostic). This workgroup is expected to operate within the Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Continuing Conference. |
Workgroup Chair Information | |
Name | James Oltjen (Chair) |
Phone | (530) 752-5650 |
jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu | |
Unit: | Animal Science |
Location: |
Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis, 95616-8521 |
Membership List |
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Munson, Jordan | ||
AES Scientist | ||
ALY, SHARIF | Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research Center | |
PROFESSOR-SFT-VM | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | |
ANGELOS, JOHN | School of Veterinary Medicine | |
Professor | Livestock diseases; infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK; pinkeye); One Health in food safety and security | |
Augenstein, Sheyenne | UC Davis | |
Research Assistant | Beef Cattle | |
Coon, Rachel | UC Davis | |
Research Assistant | Beef Cattle | |
COOPER, MARK H | ||
ASST AGRON AES-AY | Applied ethics, policy and governance, livestock and the environment, social dimensions of climate change, animal welfare, regional economic development | |
Depenbrock, Sarah | ||
Large Animal Internal Medicine - Livestock focus | ||
Hackmann, Timothy | ||
Assistant Professor | ruminant nutrition and rumen microbiology | |
Heller, Meera | ||
Assoc Prof of Clinical Livestock Medicine and Surgery | "Innate immunity, infectious disease of ruminants, with special interest in small ruminant diseases, vector borne diseases and zoonotic diseases" | |
Horback, Kristina | Animal Science | |
Associate Professor, Applied Ethology | animal behavior, animal welfare, comparative cognition | |
Klopatek, Sarah | ||
Liu, Yanhong | Animal Science | |
Assistant Professor | Applied monogastric animal (swine and poultry) nutrition and health | |
(info only) MacLachlan, Jim | School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis | |
AES Professor, Pathology | Pathology/Virology | |
McNabb, Bret | ||
Moody, Carly | ||
Assistant Professor of Animal Welfare Epidemiology | I use a combination of applied ethology and epidemiology research methods to study animal welfare. | |
Murillo, Amy | Entomology (UCR) | |
Assistant Professor | veterinary entomology, poultry pests, ectoparasites, mites, lice, flies | |
Pandey, Pramod | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
Professor & Specialist - AES and CE split (50/50) | Microbial waste management, microbial water quality, rendering, pesticide residues in water and sediment | |
Sainz, Roberto | Animal Science | |
Professor | Ruminant nutrition; growth and body composition; nutritional energetics; modeling. | |
Stott, Jeffrey | Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology | |
Professor of Microbiology Immunology | Developmental cellular innumology, mucosal immunology | |
Todgham, Anne | Animal Science | |
Associate Professor | Environmental Physiology & Stress Physiology of Aquatic Species | |
Tucker, Cassandra | Animal Science | |
Professor | Animal welfare, animal behavior, effects of housing, management and environmental conditions on cattle | |
Vahmani, Payam | ||
Assistant Professor | "Animal nutrition, nutritional enhancement of animal sourced foods, beef, dairy." | |
Weidner, W | Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior | |
Professor Physiologist-AES | Cardiopulmonary physiology, patho-physiology of pulmonary edema, local regulation of bloodflow | |
Yang, Crystal | Animal Science | |
Assistant Professor | ||
(info only) Zinn, Richard | Animal Science | |
Professor | Ruminant nutrition; feedlot cattle nutrition and management; factors associated with digestive function. | |
CE Advisor | ||
Audoin, Flavie | Amador County | |
Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | ||
Barry, Sheila | Santa Clara County | |
County Director/ Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, San Francisco Bay Area | Rangeland Ecology and Management, Beef Cattle Production, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, | |
Becchetti, Theresa | Stanislaus County | |
Farm Advisor | Livestock and Natural Resources, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties | |
Davy, Josh | Tehama County | |
Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor / County Director | Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture | |
Doran, Morgan | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
UC Cooperative Extension Advisor for Livestock and Natural Resources | Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range management, irrigated pastures, grazing systems, ranch water quality. | |
Finzel, Julie | Kern County | |
Farm Advisor | Animal Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management | |
Forero, Larry | Shasta County | |
Emeritus: County Director | Livestock and Natural resources | |
Harper, John | Mendocino County | |
Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor - Emeritus | Sheep & goat production, range cattle production, rangeland, watershed, water quality, computer applications. | |
Larsen, Royce | San Luis Obispo County | |
Area Natural Resource/Watershed Advisor | Water Quality and Non-point Source Pollution on Rangelands. Also, other natural resource issues including: Rangeland Improvements, Noxious Invasive Weeds, Wildland Fires, Grassland Restoration and Endangered Species. | |
Larson, Stephanie | Sonoma County | |
County Director and Livestock Range Management Advisor | Sheep management and production, fiber production, rangeland and natural resource management, water quality | |
Latack, Brooke | Imperial County | |
Livestock Advisor | ||
Lile, David | Lassen County | |
County Director | Livestock / Natural Resources | |
Lobo, Ramiro | San Diego County | |
Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor | Farm management, marketing, agricultural economics, agricultural tourism, small farms, new/specialty crops | |
Macon, Daniel | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | Rangeland livestock production, economics, and management | |
Mashiri, Fadzayi | Mariposa County | |
County Director Mariposa, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor Mariposa, Merced Counties | Rangeland Ecology and Management, Management of Natural Resources, Livestock Management, Weed Management, Grazing Management, Ecosystem Services | |
Oneto, Scott | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
Farm Advisor | Agriculture, master gardener program, rangeland management, weed science | |
Ozeran, Rebecca | Fresno County | |
Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | ||
Rao, Devii | San Benito County | |
San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | Rangeland Ecology and Management, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Watershed Protection and Management. | |
Schohr, Tracy | Plumas Sierra | |
Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor | Research and extension in the region focused on irrigated pasture, invasive species, mountain meadows, water quality and business management. Catastrophic fires in her counties have also lead to an evolving program on urban fire implications to natural resources, disaster preparedness and shelter management. | |
Shapero, Matthew | Santa Barbara County | |
Livestock and Range Advisor | The Livestock & Range program provides locally based extension, education, and applied research focused primarily on the interactions of livestock production systems with rangeland ecosystems, including wildlife habitat, invasive plants, wildland fire, prescribed fire, soil health, and watershed health. It aims to serve the needs of agricultural producers and land managers, to increase production efficiency, and to promote ecologically and economically viable agricultural operations. | |
Snell, Laura | Modoc County | |
County Director and Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor | Livestock & Natural Resources | |
Stackhouse, Jeffery | Humboldt County Office | |
Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor | ||
Woodmansee, Grace | Siskiyou County | |
County Director/Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | ||
CE Specialist | ||
Atim, Jackie | Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center | |
CE Specialist in Abiotic Stress | Abiotic Stress- Sorghum | |
(info only) Atwill, Edward | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
Director, Veterinary Medicine Extension | Waterborne zoonotic disease, best management practices , microbial food safety, epidemiology | |
Baldwin, Roger | Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist: Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution | Wildlife Damage and Pest Management | |
Busch, Roselle | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist | Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production | |
Carvalho, Pedro | Animal Science | |
Assistant CE Specialist in Feedlot Management | Ruminant nutrition; feedlot cattle nutrition and management. | |
Gerry, Alec | Entomology (UCR) | |
Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist in Veterinary Entomology | Veterinary Entomology | |
Gross, Jackson | Animal Science | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist | ||
Harris, Linda J | Food Science & Technology | |
Professor of Cooperative Extension | Microbial food safety throughout the food chain with a focus on the microbiology of fresh fruits and vegetables and tree nuts. | |
Maier, Gabriele | School of Veterinary Medicine | |
DVM, MPVM, DACVPM, PhD | Beef Cattle Herd Health & Production | |
Mitloehner, Frank | Animal Science | |
Professor and CE Specialist | Livestock systems air quality; quantification and mitigation of Ag air pollutants | |
Okello, Emmanuel | Population Health & Reproduction | |
Assistant Specialist in CE | Antimicrobial Stewardship | |
Oltjen, James | Animal Science | |
CE Specialist | Computer decision support software; beef quality assurance; standardized performance analysis for cattle and sheep ranches. Animal management systems; resource use in animal agriculture; beef cattle growth. | |
Pires, Alda | Population Health & Reproduction | |
Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension & Associate Agronomist in AES | Urban Agriculture and Food Safety, Veterinary Epidemiology, | |
Pitesky, Maurice | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
Associate Specialist | Poultry Health and Food Safety Epidemiology | |
Tate, Tina | Agricultural & Resource Economics | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist | Livestock and Rangeland Economics | |
Tate, Kenneth | Department of Plant Sciences | |
Professor and Russell L. Rustici Rangeland Watershed Science Specialist in Cooperative Extension | rangeland management, livestock grazing, water quality, riparian areas, restoration, soil health | |
Van Eenennaam, Alison | Animal Science | |
CE Specialist Animal Biotechnology and Genomics | Animal genomics, biotechnology, beef cattle, genetic engineering, animal breeding | |
Other ANR | ||
Beck, Jacalyn | ||
Academic Programs Manager | ||
Chen, Jennifer | Animal Science, UCD | |
Research Assistant | Beef Cattle Behavior | |
Denicol, Anna | Animal Science | |
Assistant Professor | Reproductive and developmental biology. Paracrine and endocrine regulation of follicle and oocyte development and carry over effects of adverse environments during folliculogenesis on embryonic development. Biology of ovarian oocyte progenitor cells (oogo | |
Fisher, Marissa | Department of Animal Science | |
Animal Resource Supervisor | Beef Cattle Management and Research | |
Flavell, Dustin | Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center | |
SFREC Center Director | ||
Nielsen, Tyler John | UC Davis Animal Science | |
Assistant Beef Manager | Beef Cattle | |
Raubach, Casey | ||
Roche, Leslie | Department of Plant Sciences | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist | Rangeland Management | |
Sanchez, Jaime | Animal Science, UCD | |
Principle Animal Technician | Beef Cattle, Fairs, Sheep | |
Sehnert, Dan | Animal Science Department | |
Facilities Manager | ||
Smith, Alison | ||
Animal Health Technician | Small Ruminants, Wildlife Ecology | |
Tipton, Clinton | Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center | |
Beef Cattle Research Assistant | ||
Trotter, Vince | Marin County | |
Sustainable Ag Coordinator & Agricultural Ombudsman | ||
Werth, Samantha | Animal Science, UCD | |
Research Assistant | Beef Cattle Management, Environmental Effects of Animal Agriculture | |
Non-UC | ||
Chao, Michael | Animal Science, CSU-Chico | |
Assistant Professor | Meat Science, Food Safety and Processing | |
csuchico.edu, ddaley | ||
De Grassi, Ria | California Farm Bureau | |
Director, National Affairs | Cattle Production/Legislative Affairs | |
DeAtley, Kasey | ||
Keela, Retallick | Cal Poly | |
User, Unverified | ||
Munson, Jordan | UC Davis Animal Science | |
Perry, Randy | Animal Science Dept., CSU-Chico | |
Professor | Beef Cattle Production | |
Sehnert, Caleb | UC Davis | |
Research Assistant | Meats | |
Other UC | ||
Fisher, Marissa | UC Davis | |
Animal Resource Manager | ||
Hayes, Matthew | UC Davis | |
Sheep Barn Manager | ||
Lehenbauer, Terry | ||
Professor Emeritus | Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases | |
Rupchis, Benjamin | UC Davis | |
Goat Barn Manager | ||
Sopocy, Shelby | UC Davis | |
Swine Barn Manager | ||
Vickers, Danny | UC Davis | |
Principle Animal Technician | ||
Membership Totals | ||
Number of Members | 94 | |
ANR Members | 85 | |
Non-ANR | 9 | |
Info Only | 3 |