Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

List of Experts


UC AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

NEWS SOURCES

-Foot-and-mouth disease online media kit-

-School of Veterinary Medicine-

-Vet Med Extension-

Donald Klingborg

Associate Dean for Extension and Public Programs
Infectious diseases of food animals, including FMD, BSE (Mad cow), and others;  foreign animal and zoonotic disease defense; dairy cattle issues; general veterinary medicine 
Veterinary Medicine Extension
UC Davis
(530) 752-1525
djklingborg@ucdavis.edu

Glenn Nader

Livestock and Natural Resources Farm Advisor

Cattle management and nutrition, pre-fire management planning, rice straw, and wildfire prevention.

UC Cooperative Extension in Butte, Sutter & Yuba counties
(530) 822-7515
ganader@ucdavis.edu

James Oltjen

Livestock Specialist
Management practices to enhance meat quality and protect against health problems such as Mad Cow/BSE; beef cattle production and resource use
Animal Science
UC Davis
(530) 752-5650
jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu

John Maas

Extension Veterinarian
BSE, TB, animal ID, beef, herd health management, diagnostics, disease issues
School of Veterinary Medicine
UC Davis
(530) 752-3990
jmaas@ucdavis.edu

Lovell Jarvis

Professor of Ag and Resource Economics

History of outbreaks, economic impact, what a domestic outbreak would mean to California agriculture. Effects of FMD on international beef trade flows and beef prices. Speaks Spanish.

Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Davis
(530) 752-0110
lsjarvis@ucdavis.edu

Sheila Barry

Natural Resources/Livestock Advisor
Local angle of foot-and-mouth disease; watershed and rangeland management
UC Cooperative Extension
Santa Clara, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Contra Costa Counties
(408) 282-3106
sbarry@ucdavis.edu

Tilahun Yilma

Director

Virology, livestock disease, international health

US Ntl Academy of Sciences Intl Lab of Molecular Biology
UC Davis
(530) 752-8306; lab (530) 752-4559
tdyilma@ucdavis.edu
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