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Workgroup Information Dairy Health and Production |
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| Summary | This workgroup will address the health and production needs of the California dairy industry. The proposed activities of this workgroup will address educational and research requirements of dairy producers throughout California. |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Noelia Silva-del-Rio (Chair) |
| Phone | (559) 688-1731 |
| nsilvadelrio@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Veterinary Medicine Extension |
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Membership List |
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| AES Scientist | ||
| Baerenklau, Kenneth | Environmental Sciences | |
| Associate Professor of Environmental Policy Associate Environmental Economist | Environmental and natural resource economics and policy | |
| BonDurant, Robert | Population Health & Reproduction | |
| Chair Professor of Population Health & Reproduction | Embryo transfer and venereal diseases in livestock | |
| Cullor, James | Population Health & Reproduction | |
| Professor and Director UC Davis Dairy Food Safety Laboratory | Bovine mastitis, neonatal Immunology and defense mechanisms of the accessory system | |
| DePeters, Edward | Animal Science | |
| Professor | Ruminant nutrition of dairy cattle; mammary gland synthesis of milk protein and fat; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; evaluation of by-product feedstuffs and forage quality. | |
| Hovey, Russell | Animal Science | |
| Associate Professor | Hormonal regulation of mammary gland growth and lactation, and breast cancer with specific interests in ovarian and pituitary hormone functions; role of stromal environment in cell function; across-species differences in mammary gland biology and hormone function. | |
| Rossow, Heidi | Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research Center | |
| Tucker, Cassandra | Animal Science | |
| Assistant Professor | Animal welfare, animal behavior, effects of housing design and environmental conditions on dairy cattle | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Billikopf, Gregorio | Stanislaus County | |
| Area Farm Advisor | Labor management in agriculture: employee productivity (employee selection and testing, piece-rate pay design, incentive pay, internal wage structure and quality control); interpersonal mediation (co-worker mediation, supervisor-subordinate mediation, communication, interpersonal negotiation skills, effective listening); and supervisor training (employee discipline, praise, performance appraisal). | |
| Castillo, Alejandro | Merced County | |
| Farm Advisor Dairy Science | Ruminants Nutrition | |
| Collar, Carol | Kings County | |
| Farm Advisor | Dairy, livestock and forage | |
| Heguy, Jennifer | Stanislaus County | |
| Farm Advisor | Dairy, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties | |
| Peterson, Nyles | San Bernardino County | |
| County Director & Dairy Advisor | Dairy management, waste management, milk quality and milking management | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Butler, Leslie | Agricultural & Resource Economics | |
| Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Dairy Production, Marketing and Policy, Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, Biotechnology, Technological Change, Public Policy Issues | |
| Gerry, Alec | Entomology | |
| Associate Veterinary Entomologist and CE Specialist | Veterinary Entomology | |
| Klingborg, Donald | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
| Associate Dean for Extension, School of Veterinary Medicine and Director, ANR Strategic Advocacy & UC - County Partnerships | Agroterrorism, Food safety, Food Animal Residue Avoidance, Dairy Production, Infectious Diseases, Zoonoses | |
| Meyer, Deanne | Animal Science | |
| CE Specialist | Livestock waste management | |
| Mitloehner, Frank | Animal Science | |
| Professor and CE Specialist | Livestock systems air quality; quantification and mitigation of Ag air pollutants | |
| Robinson, Peter | Animal Science | |
| CE Specialist | On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows. | |
| Silva-del-Rio, Noelia | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
| UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist | Dairy | |
| Stull, Carolyn | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
| Animal Welfare CE Specialist | Agricultural animal welfare program; trasport stress, starvation in animals, best management practices | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Karle, Betsy | Glenn County | |
| Dairy Program Representative | ||
| Non-UC | ||
| Collar, Larry | California Dairies INC | |
| Field Representative | Dairy industry, milk quality | |
| DeGrassi, Ria | California Farm Bureau Fed | |
| Commodity Coordinator | ||
| Eway, Dave | USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Service | |
| Foreign Animal Disease Specialist | Foreign Animal Diseases | |
| Mullinax, Denise | ||
| CDQAP, Asst. Director | ||
| Robison, Jon | California State University-Fresno | |
| Professor | Dairy | |
| Wilson, Dennis | California Department of Food and Agriculture | |
| Veterinary Medical Officer | ||
| Other UC | ||
| (info only) Filmer, Ann | Dean's Office CA&ES | |
| Director of Communications | 1) Information dissemination to stakeholders; 2) Floriculture production, postharvest handling of ornamentals | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 29 | |
| ANR Members | 23 | |
| Non-ANR | 6 | |
| Info Only | 1 | |