Workgroup directory/information

Workgroup Information Animal Agriculture Coordinating Conference
Summary	Goals of Coordinating Conference are to: establish genuine connections and cooperative associations among campus and county-based ANR members working in Animal Agriculture; Increase awareness and understanding of significant issues and opportunities for collaboration in research and extension programming; Identify strategies for promoting collaborative relationships and planning joint projects in ANRs animal agriculture programs.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Daniel Drake (Co-Chair)
Phone	(530) 842-2711
E-Mail	djdrake@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Siskiyou County
Location:	Cooperative Extension Siskiyou County 1655 South Main Street Yreka, 96097
Name	Alison Van Eenennaam (Co-Chair)
Phone	(530) 752-7942
E-Mail	alvaneenennaam@ucdavis.edu
Unit:	Animal Science
Location:	Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis, 95616-8521

Membership List
AES Scientist
Adams, Thomas		Animal Science
	Professor	Biochemical endocrinology; hormone receptor dynamics; endocrine control of reproduction; stress; environmental estrogens; immunocastration.
Adaska, John
	Associate Professor	Pathology
Allen-Diaz, Barbara		Vice President-ANR
	Vice President, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Director of Cooperative Extension, and Professor and Russell Rustici Chair in Rangeland Management	Rangeland Ecology and Management
Anderson, Mark		School of Veterinary Medicine
ANGELOS, JOHN		School of Veterinary Medicine
	Associate Professor
Ardans, Alex		School of Veterinary Medicine
Baerenklau, Kenneth		Environmental Sciences
	Associate Professor of Environmental Policy   Associate Environmental Economist	Environmental and natural resource economics and policy
BANNASCH, DANIKA		Population Health & Reproduction
	Associate Professor
Berger, Patricia		Animal Science
	Professor	Fertilization and fertility; gamete membrane interaction at the molecular level, including species comparisons, male reproductive tract development.
BonDurant, Robert		Population Health & Reproduction
	Chair   Professor of Population Health & Reproduction	Embryo transfer and venereal diseases in livestock
Boyce, Walter		Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
	Associate   Professor of Microbiology   Immunology	Immunoparasitology; the effect of diseases and parasites on free ranging wildlife
Calvert, Chris		Animal Science
	Professor	Protein metabolism; energy metabolism; homeorhesis; systems analysis.
Carpenter, Tim		Medicine & Epidemiology
	Professor of Epidemiology	Livestock production economics
Chang, Ernest		Animal Science
	Professor (Bodega Bay Marine Lab)	Endocrinology; comparative biochemistry, physiology, and larval development of invertebrates.
Chomel, Bruno		Population Health & Reproduction
	Assistant Professor	Veterinary public health, zoonosis
Conklin, Douglas		Animal Science
	Professor	Nutrition of aquatic invertebrates and fish; ecological impact of aquaculture.
Conley, Alan		Population Health & Reproduction
	Professor
Conrad, Patricia		Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
	Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology	Molecular biology; immunology of pathogenic protozoa; development of parasite-specific DNA probes and immunoassays.
Corbeil, Lynette		School of Veterinary Medicine
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
Dahlgren, Randy		Soils & Biogeochemistry Program
	Professor   Pedologist   Soil Mineralogist-AES	Biogeochemical aspects of pedology-interactions of biological, hydrological and geochemical processes in natural and managed environments; processes and products of mineral weathering in the soil environment
Delany, Mary		Dean's Office CA&ES
	Dean, Associate Director AES -CA&ES, Professor in the Department of Animal Science	poultry genetics and genomics, developmental genetics; embryology; cytogenetics
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.
Eadie, John		Animal Science
	Professor	Waterfowl; avian behavior and ecology; population genetics; wetland and riparian ecology; molecular ecology.
Fadel, James		Animal Science
	Professor	Quantitative applications; biological and production systems modeling; feed and fiber evaluations.
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.
Gardner, Ian		Medicine & Epidemiology
	Professor	Epidemiology of infectious diseases in livestock; risk analysis; statistical methods for diagnostic test evaluation
George, Lisle		Medicine & Epidemiology
	Professor of Medicine	Large animal internal medicine
Gershwin, Laurel		Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
	Professor of Microbiology   Immunology	Molecular pathogenesis and immune regulation of bovine respiratory syncytial virus infection.
Hansen, Robert		Molecular Biosciences
	Associate Dean-Student Programs & Professor of Physiology	Metabolism, biochemistry
Hedrick, Ronald		Medicine & Epidemiology
	Professor of Medicine	Effects of infectious diseases on cultured fish and shellfish
Hietala, Sharon		School of Veterinary Medicine
Hird, David		Medicine & Epidemiology
	Preventive Medicine   Professor of Epidemiology	Analytical epidemiology; epidemiologic study design
Hoar, Bruce
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.
Hung, Silas		Animal Science
	Professor	Fish feeding nutrition and biochemistry.
King, Annie		Animal Science
	Professor	Prevention of lipid oxidation in poultry muscle, eggs and their products; methodologies for determination of cholesterol and its oxidized derivatives in poultry muscle and eggs.
Klasing, Kirk		Animal Science
	Professor	Impact of nutrition on immunochemistry and disease resistance; immunologic basis of stress; nutrition and metabolic adaptation required by carnivorous, granivorous, and nectivorous birds.
Kueltz, Dietmar		Animal Science
	Professor	Physiological Genomics, Environmental stress response, Fish adaptation biology, Fish osmoregulation, Comparative adaptation proteomics
Laca, Emilio		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor	Spatial ecology. Rangelands and climate change. Invasive annual grasses. Precision grazing.
MacLachlan, N		Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
	Chair & Professor of Pathology	Viral pathogenesis, molecular characterization of equine arteritis virus and bluetongue virus.
Medrano, Juan		Animal Science
	Professor	Physiological/molecular animal genetics; animal genomics; milk proteins and composition; animal growth.
Mench, Joy		Animal Science
	Professor	Animal welfare; environmental enrichment for intensively-managed animals; behavior of poultry and laboratory animals
Millam, James		Animal Science
	Professor	Physiology and neurochemical anatomy of the cGnRH I/II neuronal systems and related neuropeptide systems; biology, reproductive management, and welfare of captive parrots; sexual differention of the song control system in zebra finches; avian neuroendocrinology; avian environmental toxicology.
Moeller, Robert		School of Veterinary Medicine
Mullens, Bradley		Entomology
	Entomologist   Professor	Biology, ecology and integrated management of anthropod pests of livestock and poultry; epizootiology of vector-borne diseases of veterinary significance
Murray, James		Animal Science
	Professor	Use of transgenic animals to study gene expression during growth and differentiation, with particular emphasis on post-natal growth and lipid metabolism; genetic engineering of dairy animals to change the properties of milk for human consumption; molecular genetics; cytogenetics; equine genetics.
Oberbauer, Anita		Animal Science
	Professor   Dept Chair	Cell and molecular biology; animal growth and development of genetic markers.
Pittroff, Wolfgang		Animal Science
	Assistant Professor	Modeling livestock production systems;ruminant nutritional physiology; grazing management and livestock economics; international agricultural development in tropics.
Radke, Kathryn		Animal Science
	Professor emeritus	Retroviral gene expression and pathogenesis; cancer-causing retroviruses of domestic animals
Roser, Janet		Animal Science
	Professor	Equine reproductive physiology and endocrinology.
Rowe, Joan		Population Health & Reproduction
	Professor	Livestock health, especially dairy cattle and dairy goats clinical epidemiology
Sainz, Roberto		Animal Science
	Associate Professor	Ruminant nutrition; growth and body composition; nutritional energetics; modeling.
Santos, Jose		School of Veterinary Medicine
Smith, Wayne		School of Veterinary Medicine
Smith, Bradford		Medicine & Epidemiology
	Professor of Medicine	Epidemiology of conditions affecting productivity in food animals (dairy cattle); epidemiology of fetal loss, bovine neospora infections, calf and udder health.
Stott, Jeffrey		Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
	Professor of Microbiology   Immunology	Developmental cellular innumology, mucosal immunology
Tomich, Thomas		Agricultural Sustainability Institute
	Director
Tucker, Cassandra		Animal Science
	Assistant Professor	Animal welfare, animal behavior, effects of housing design and environmental conditions on dairy cattle
Wakenell, Patricia		Population Health & Reproduction
	Assistant Professor	Poultry health, especially viral
Walker, Richard		School of Veterinary Medicine
Weathers, Wesley		Animal Science
	Professor	Avian energetics and temperature regulation.
Wilson, Barry		Animal Science
	Professor	Neurotoxicology; aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology; biomarkers of stress and pesticide exposure; growth and development with focus on muscle and nerve interactions.
Woolcock, Peter
	Professor	Avian Virology
Yilma, Tilahun
	Distinguished Professor of Virology	Virology, recombinant vaccines for Viral Diseases of humans and other animals.
Zhang, Ruihong		Biological & Agricultural Engineering
	Professor	Bioenvironmental engineering. Treatment of agricultural and food wastes for pollution prevention and resource utilization; air quality control for animal and human environments; study of biological, physical, and chemical processing techniques for organic waste conversion and nutrient management; control of gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feedlots and food processing facilities.
Zinn, Richard		Animal Science
	Professor & Interim Center Director	Ruminant nutrition; feedlot cattle nutrition and management; factors associated with digestive function.
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 County Office
	Livestock/Natural Resources Advisor/County Director	Livestock, Rangeland, and Pasture Management
Castillo, Alejandro		Merced County
	Farm Advisor   Dairy Science	Ruminants Nutrition
Churches, Kenneth		Calaveras County
	Farm Advisor Calaveras County Director 4-HYD Advisor	General agriculture, livestock, range, wine grape and olive production
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.
Culver, Carrie
	Marine Advisor
Davy, Josh		Tehama County
	Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor	Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture
Delmas, Rick		Inyo-Mono Counties
	Livestock Advisor, retired	livestock and renewable natural resources
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.
Heguy, Jennifer		Stanislaus County
	Farm Advisor	Dairy, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties
Higginbotham, Gerald		Madera County
	Dairy Farm Advisor	Dairy nutrition and management; silage management
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
Johnson, Leigh		San Diego County
	Coastal Resources Advisor	Policy Analysis, Coastal Water Quality, Aquatic Invasive Species, Recreational Boating, Coastal Communities
Kuney, Douglas		Riverside County
	Area Extension Poultry Farm Advisor	Poultry and egg production, emphasizing public and environmental health issues, poultry health and disease prevention, nutrition and general management.
Larsen, Royce		San Luis Obispo County
	Area Natural Resource Watershed Advisor	Water Quality and Non-point Source Pollution on Rangelands. Also, other natural resource issues including: Rangeland Improvements, Noxious Invasive Weeds, Wildland Fires, Grassland Restoration and Endangered Species.
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
Lobo, Ramiro		San Diego North County Office
	Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor	Farm management, marketing, agricultural economics, agricultural tourism, small farms, new/specialty crops
McDougald, Neil		Madera County
	Natural Resources Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Range and livestock
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
Olin, Paul		Sonoma County
	Sea Grant Extension Program Academic Coordinator	Aquaculture, marine fisheries, agriculture and natural resources issues
Oneto, Scott		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Farm Advisor / County Director	Rangeland management, weed science, home horticulture, livestock
Peterson, Nyles		San Bernardino County
	County Director & Dairy Advisor	Dairy management, waste management, milk quality and milking management
Starr, Richard
		Marine ecology, fisheries, coastal resources
Sullins, Jim		Tulare County
	County Director - Tulare & Kings Counties	Livestock, Range and Natural Resources, Public Policy, Community Development
Waldvogel, James		Del Norte County Office
	Marine Advisor
Wood, Yvonne		Inyo-Mono Counties
	Natural Resources Advisor	Soils
CE Specialist
Atwill, Edward		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	CE Specialist	Waterborne zoonotic disease, best management practices , microbial food safety
Berry, Steven		Animal Science
	CE Specialist	Dairy management and health; hoof health and lameness in dairy cattle; management , cow comfort and welfare.
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
Cardona, Carol		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	CE Veterinarian	Poultry Specialist
Chebel, Ricardo		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Dairy Herd Health & Food Safety
Conte, Fred		Animal Science
	CE Specialist	Fresh water and marine aquaculture production and related public policy and regulatory issues. Computer Software, shellfish sanitation and aquatic animal welfare
George, Melvin
	CE Specialist, Emeritus	Range and pasture improvement, grazing management, rangeland water quality, rangeland management practices, ranch planning, and ecological site descriptions.
Gerry, Alec		Entomology
	Associate Veterinary Entomologist and CE Specialist	Veterinary Entomology
Harter, Thomas		Hydrology Program
	Cooperative Extension Specialist	Flow and transport processes in groundwater and in the vadoze zone; non-point source pollution of groundwater; groundwater remediation; groundwater resources management; geostatistics; stochastic analysis; numerical modeling.
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
Lanzaro, Gregory
	Director Mosquito Research Program	Population and molecular genetics of insect vectors of human disease.
Maas, John		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	CE Veterinarian	Beef cattle health and food safety; metabolic diseases; herd health management
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
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.
Pettygrove, G.		Land, Air & Water Resources
	CE Soils Specialist	Soil fertility; land application of wastes and wastewater; dairy manure; winegrape nutrition; precision agriculture.
Robinson, Peter		Animal Science
	CE Specialist	On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows.
Stull, Carolyn		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	Animal Welfare CE Specialist	Agricultural animal welfare program; trasport stress, starvation in animals, best management practices
Malkin, Richard
	Professor Emeritus	Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes
Van Eenennaam, Alison		Animal Science
	CE Specialist	Animal genomics, biotechnology, beef cattle, genetic engineering, animal breeding
Yates, Marylynn		Environmental Sciences
	Professor of Environmental Microbiology	Water and Wastewater Microbiology
Other ANR
Frost, Bill		Associate Vice President - Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives
	Associate Director of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Director ANR Research & Extension Center System
Johnson, Jerry		Animal Science Department
	Beef Operations Manager	Cattle Production
Karle, Betsy		Glenn County
	Dairy Program Representative
Kramer, Andrew		Amador County
	Program Representative and Master Gardener Coordinator
Meyer, Roland		Land, Air & Water Resources
	CE Soils Specialist Emeritus	Soil fertility-plant nutrition, efficiency of fertilizer use, pollution of environment by waste products and fertilizers, application of fly ash and other wastes on forest and agricultural lands, water quality evaluation and concerns, soil-water-plant nutrient interactions and their effect on plant growth
Myers, Dan		Animal Science
	Beef Operations Manager
Tindall, Justin		Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center
	Animal Health Technician II
Tom, Pamela		Food Science & Technology
	Program Manager	Seafood HACCP, safety, quality and processing
Other UC
Kass, Philip
	Professor and Chair	Epidemiology (veterinary)
Moller, James		Animal Science
	Animal Technician
Payne, Michael
	Outreach Coordinator	Food Safety
Reynolds, Jim		School of Veterinary Medicine
Sehnert, Dan		Animal Science Department
	Facilities Manager
Membership Totals
Number of Members		138
ANR Members		138
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0