Ralph A. Ernst, Ph.D.
	Extension Poultry Specialist, Emeritus
	Department of Animal Science
	University of California
	Davis, CA 95616-8521, USA
	Phone: (530) 752-3513
	Mobile: (916)947-6614
	FAX:  (530) 752-8960
	E-mail: raernst@ucdavis.edu

Education

B.S., Agricultural Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1959.
M.S., Poultry Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1963.
Ph.D., Poultry Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1966.

Research

Recent research has addressed 

1. Forced-air cooling of shell eggs, 

2. Table egg sweating and Salmonella enteritidis contamination, 

3. Effect of carbon dioxide levels during incubation on hatchability.

Graduate Group Membership

Avian Sciences

U.C. Poultry Web Site