4-H Animal Science Symposia

2018 4-H Animal Science Symposium

Agenda for 2018 4-H Animal Science Symposium:

Keynote Speaker for the 2018 4-H Animal Science Symposium:

Patricia Conrad DVM, PhD is the Associate Dean for Global Programs at the School of Veterinary medicine, University of California, Davis and Co-Director of the system-wide (10 campus) UC Global Health Institute. Dr. Conrad is a veterinarian and Distinguished Professor of Parasitology whose research is focused on the transmission of protozoal parasites between wildlife, humans, and domestic animals. She received her DVM degree from Colorado State University and PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. After doing post-doctoral research on the molecular epidemiology of tick-transmitted diseases at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases in Nairobi, Kenya, she joined the faculty of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Conrad has published over 225 scientific papers and book chapters in the fields of emerging infectious diseases, parasitology, ecology of fecally-transmitted waterborne pathogens and One Health. She is the recipient of the Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teaching Award, Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, the Oscar W. Schalm and Norman E. Levine Lectureships and an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship. Dr. Conrad was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formally IOM) in 2011, awarded a Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology in 2012 and selected as an American Association of the Advancement of Science Fellow in 2018. In 2017 she received the American Veterinary medical Association Lifetime Excellence in Research Award for her research and contributions to the veterinary profession, taking a One health approach that addresses the interconnectedness of human, animals and the environment. Recently, she was awarded the UC Davis Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement.

2019 4-H Animal Science Symposium

Agenda for 2019 Animal Science Symposium:

Keynote speaker for the 2019 4-H Animal Science Symposium:

Dr. Rowe is a Professor in the Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. She holds D.V.M., M.P.V.M., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Rowe is a clinician on the Livestock Herd Health & Reproduction Service at the U.C.D. Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Dr. Rowe is the past-president of the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners and serves on many state and national committees relating to sheep and goat health. She raises Toggenburg dairy goats (an interest from 4H days), serves on the American Dairy Goat Association Board of Directors, judges dairy goats and serves on ADGA committees related to production, functional type, and judging. Dr. Rowe has current research interests in CAEV, infectious abortion, reproductive performance, ID & traceability, and small ruminant drug approvals. In her youth, Dr. Rowe was a Los Angeles County 4-H Club member and was a National 4-H Dairy Winner with her dairy goat project

Expert Panel: Veterinary Medicine Extension CE Specialists

Presentation from Siskiyou County 4-H

Presentation from Sutter-Yuba County 4-H