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Workgroup Information Livestock Production Systems |
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| $12,960 | |
| 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. |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 2006 2005 2004 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | John Maas (Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 752-3990 |
| jmaas@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Veterinary Medicine Extension |
| Location: |
Veterinary Medicine Extension One Shields Avenue 1383A Surge III Davis, 95616-8736 |
| Name | James Oltjen (Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 752-5650 |
| jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Animal Science |
| Location: |
Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis, 95616-8521 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Jan McCarthy |
| jdmccarthy@ucdavis.edu | |
| Phone | 530-752-6895 |
| Membership List | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| (info only) Adams, Thomas | Animal Science | |
| Professor | Biochemical endocrinology; hormone receptor dynamics; endocrine control of reproduction; stress; environmental estrogens; immunocastration. | |
| BonDurant, Robert | Population Health & Reproduction | |
| Chair Professor of Population Health & Reproduction | Embryo transfer and venereal diseases in livestock | |
| Famula, Thomas | Animal Science | |
| Professor Vice Chair | Quantitative genetic theory and statistics, with a particular interest in the genetic evaluation of disease and temperament in dogs. | |
| Hoar, Bruce | School of Veterinary Med. | |
| AES Asst. Professor | Epidemiology | |
| (info only) MacLachlan, Jim | School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis | |
| AES Professor, Pathology | Pathology/Virology | |
| Sainz, Roberto | Animal Science | |
| Associate Professor | Ruminant nutrition; growth and body composition; nutritional energetics; modeling. | |
| Stott, Jeffrey | Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology | |
| Professor of Microbiology Immunology | Developmental cellular innumology, mucosal immunology | |
| (info only) Zinn, Richard | Animal Science | |
| Professor & Interim Center Director | Ruminant nutrition; feedlot cattle nutrition and management; factors associated with digestive function. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| (info only) Andersen, Kenneth | Humboldt County Office | |
| Dairy Ag Waste Management Farm Advisor | ||
| Barry, Sheila | Santa Clara County | |
| Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor | Rangeland Management | |
| Bower, Alan | Humboldt | |
| Farm Advisor | Livestock | |
| (info only) Collar, Carol | Kings County | |
| Farm Advisor | Dairy, livestock and forage | |
| Crane, Sharon | Kern County | |
| Office Services Technician | Process Newsletters, Meeting Announcements, and Research Papers for Advisors. | |
| Davy, Josh | Tehama County | |
| Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor | Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture | |
| Delmas, Rick | Inyo-Mono Counties | |
| County Director | livestock and renewable natural resources | |
| Doran, Morgan | Solano County | |
| Advisor for Livestock and Natural Resources | Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range & natural resources | |
| Drake, Daniel | Siskiyou County | |
| Farm Advisor | Conducts research and educational programs in the areas of livestock, range and pasturing with emphasis on beef cattle, computer application, animal nutrition, particularly trace minerals and general agricultural marketing economics as key areas | |
| Forero, Larry | Shasta County | |
| Livestock Advisor | Livestock and Natural resources | |
| (info only) Frost, Bill | ANR Research and Extension Centers | |
| Associate Director - ANR Research and Extension Centers and Natural Resource Advisor | ||
| Garcia, Sergio | San Benito County | |
| Farm Advisor, Emeritus - Livestock Range and Natural Resources | ||
| George, Holly | Plumas Sierra | |
| Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor, County Director | Youth, Livestock, Multiple Use of Natural Resources | |
| Guerrero, Juan | Imperial County | |
| Area Livestock Farm Advisor, Emeritus | Livestock; alfalfa and irrigated pasture; feedlot cattle; waste management; biosolids | |
| Harper, John | Mendocino County | |
| Mendocino County Director and Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor | Sheep production, range cattle production, rangeland, watershed, water quality, computer applications. | |
| Ingram, Roger | Placer-Nevada Counties | |
| Placer-Nevada County Director and Farm Advisor | Grazing management, fencing, nutrition, economics, livestock, range, land use, low-stress livestock handling, California Grazing Academy | |
| Jensen, Wayne | Santa Barbara County | |
| Emeritus County Director | Livestock, natural resources, public issue education | |
| Larson, Stephanie | Sonoma County | |
| County Director and Livestock Range Management Advisor | Sheep management and production, fiber production, rangeland and natural resource management, water quality | |
| Lile, David | Lassen County | |
| County Director | Livestock / Natural Resources | |
| (info only) McDougald, Neil | Madera County | |
| Natural Resources Farm Advisor | Range and livestock | |
| Merrill-Davies, Missy | Modoc County | |
| County Director, Livestock & Natural Resources Farm Advisor | Beef Cattle | |
| Nader, Glenn | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Farm Advisor Livestock and Natural Resources | Livestock, forage crops, range and natural resources | |
| Sullins, Jim | Tulare County | |
| County Director | Livestock, Range and Natural Resources, Public Policy, Community Development | |
| Wood, Yvonne | Inyo-Mono Counties | |
| County Director and Natural Resources Advisor | Soils | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| (info only) Atwill, Edward | ||
| Maas, John | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
| CE Veterinarian | Beef cattle health and food safety; metabolic diseases; herd health management | |
| Mitloehner, Frank | Animal Science | |
| Associate CE Specialist | Livestock systems air quality; quantification and mitigation of Ag air pollutants | |
| 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. | |
| (info only) Stull, Carolyn | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
| Animal Welfare CE Specialist | Agricultural animal welfare program; trasport stress, starvation in animals, best management practices | |
| Van Eenennaam, Alison | Animal Science | |
| CE Specialist | Animal genomics, biotechnology. | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Bennett, Lisa | Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD | |
| Graduate Student | ||
| Farinelli, Barbara | Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD | |
| Graduate Student | ||
| Flavell, Dustin | Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center | |
| SFREC Center Superintendent | ||
| Haque, Farshid | Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD | |
| Graduate Student | ||
| Tindall, Justin | Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center | |
| Animal Health Technician II | ||
| Non-UC | ||
| BECKETT, JON | ANIMAL SCIENCE, CPSU-SAN LUIS OBISPO | |
| Assistant Professor | ENDOCRINOLOGY | |
| Daley, Cindy | Animal Science Dept., CSU-Chico | |
| Assistant Professor | Endocrinology | |
| Daley, Dave | Animal Science Dept., CSU-Chico | |
| Professor | Genetics | |
| De Grassi, Ria | California Farm Bureau | |
| Director, National Affairs | Cattle Production/Legislative Affairs | |
| LaGrande, Susan | California Cattlemen's Assoc. | |
| Director, Public Affairs | ||
| Perry, Randy | Animal Science Dept., CSU-Chico | |
| Professor | Beef Cattle Production | |
| Rutherford, Rob | Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | |
| Professor | Animal Science | |
| Wilson, Tina | Wilsoon Ranch | |
| Rancher, Chair QA Comm CCA | BEEF PRODUCTION | |
| Other UC | ||
| Johnson, Jerry | Animal Science Department | |
| Beef Operations Manager | Cattle Production | |
| Moller, James | UC | |
| UC Feedlot | ||
| Myers, Dan | Animal Science | |
| Beef Operations Manager | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 54 | |
| ANR Members | 46 | |
| Non-ANR | 8 | |
| Info Only | 9 | |