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Workgroup Information Beef Safety and Quality Assurance
Summary	Research and educational programs that provide science based information to animal producers so that they understand and manage cattle production to ensure beef safety and improve product quality.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	John Maas (Chair)
Phone	(530) 752-3990
E-Mail	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
E-Mail	jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	Animal Science
Location:	Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis, 95616-8521

Membership List
AES Scientist
Cliver, Dean		Population Health & Reproduction
	Professor
George, Lisle		Medicine & Epidemiology
	Professor of Medicine	Large animal internal medicine
Sainz, Roberto		Animal Science
	Associate Professor	Ruminant nutrition; growth and body composition; nutritional energetics; modeling.
CE Advisor
Barry, Sheila		Santa Clara County
	County Director Santa Clara/ San Francisco Bay Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor	Rangeland Management
Becchetti, Theresa		Stanislaus County
	Farm Advisor	Livestock and Natural Resources
Bower, Alan		Humboldt
	Farm Advisor	Livestock
Davy, Josh		Tehama County
	Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor	Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture
Doran, Morgan		Solano County
	County Director, Advisor for Livestock and Natural Resources	Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range management, irrigated pastures, grazing systems, ranch water quality.
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
	County Director	Livestock and Natural resources
Garcia, Emeritus, Sergio		San Benito County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus -   Livestock   Range and Natural Resources
George, Holly		Plumas Sierra
	Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor, County Director	Livestock, Multiple Use of Natural Resources & Community Development
Guerrero, Juan		Imperial County
	Area Livestock Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Livestock; alfalfa and irrigated pasture; feedlot cattle; waste management; biosolids
Harper, John		Mendocino County
	Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor	Sheep & goat 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
Merrill-Davies, Missy		Modoc County
	County Director, Livestock & Natural Resources Farm Advisor	Livestock and Natural Resources
Nader, Glenn		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	Farm Advisor   Livestock and Natural Resources	Livestock, forage crops, range and natural resources
Oneto, Scott		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Farm Advisor / County Director	Rangeland management, weed science, home horticulture, livestock
Sullins, Jim		Tulare County
	County Director - Tulare & Kings Counties	Livestock, Range and Natural Resources, Public Policy, Community Development
Wood, Yvonne		Inyo-Mono Counties
	Natural Resources Advisor	Soils
CE Specialist
Gerry, Alec		Entomology
	Associate Veterinary Entomologist and CE Specialist	Veterinary Entomology
Harris, Linda		Food Science & Technology
	CE Specialist-Food Safety   Microbiology	Microbial food safety throughout the food chain. Focus is the microbiology of fresh fruits and vegetables and tree nuts.
Maas, John		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	CE Veterinarian	Beef cattle health and food safety; metabolic diseases; herd health management
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.
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, beef cattle, genetic engineering, animal breeding
Other ANR
Bennett, Lisa		Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD
	Graduate Student
Farinelli, Barbara		Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD
	Graduate Student
Flavell, Dustin
	SFREC Center Superintendent	Managing Don Kirby's Clipboard
Johnson, Jerry		Animal Science Department
	Beef Operations Manager	Cattle Production
Myers, Dan		Animal Science
	Beef Operations Manager
Tindall, Justin		Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center
	Animal Health Technician II
Non-UC
BECKETT, JON		ANIMAL SCIENCE, CPSU-SAN LUIS OBISPO
	Assistant Professor	ENDOCRINOLOGY
Wilson, Tina		Wilsoon Ranch
	Rancher, Chair QA Comm CCA	BEEF PRODUCTION
Wilson, Dennis		California Department of Food and Agriculture
	Veterinary Medical Officer
Other UC
Filmer, Ann		Dean's Office CA&ES
	Director of Communications	1) Information dissemination to stakeholders; 2) Floriculture production, postharvest handling of ornamentals
Haque, Farshid		Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD
	Graduate Student
PAYNE, MIKE		ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UCD
	Researcher	QUALITY ASSURANCE
Membership Totals
Number of Members		41
ANR Members		38
Non-ANR		3
Info Only		0