HIGHLIGHTS: Fall 1996

Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
HIGHLIGHTS
A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Fall 1996

Notable Notes

1996 Marriages:

Brandt Kreuscher, Manager of the Animal Science Dairy Facility, was married to Joelle Herring on July 20.
Carole Wallace, secretary in the Main Office, was married to Howard Burnside on October 5.
Deanne Morse, Extension specialist, married Trent Meyer on November 10.

The 1996 Livestock Judging Team entered five competitions from January to March, 1996 and came home with three top-ten finishes:

8th place in the Arizona National
7th at Fort Worth
3rd at the Great Western.

In the fall, undergraduates Christine Aguiar, Stacey Pettigrew and Cheryl Williams earned individual honors at Los Angeles, Medford and the Cow Palace. Four additional junior team members placed in the top ten overall at Medford while competing against 60 students from seven agricultural colleges.

Dr. Agustin Oribuela, Research Coordinator for the Ministry of Education in the State of Morelos, Mexico, is spending September 1996 to august 1997 working with Department Chair Edward Price conducting research on the sexual and maternal behaviors of sheep and goats.

Professor Graham A. E. Gall was honored with two awards during a recent trip to Manila, the Philippines. For the past five years he has served as chair of an expert advisors' panel for a United Nations Development Program project, "Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapia (GIFT)," designed to develop fish breed-improvement technology programs for Asian aquaculture.

The first award was given, it says, "in recognition of his invaluable efforts and significant contributions as Chairman of the UNDP External Advisor Panel Review Team, for his unwavering belief and support of the GIFT project, and for sharing with the GIFT team his scientific expertise and wisdom."

The second award was given to acknowledge an inspiring international career and reads, "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to applied hsh breeding research and significant role in steering strategic research agendas on applications of genetics in aquaculture."

The awards were presented jointly by the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Manila; the Freshwater Aquaculture Center, Central Luzon State University, Munoz, Nueva Ecija; the Philippines National Freshwater Fisheries Technology Research Center, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Munoz, Nueva Ecija; and the Institute of Aquacultural Research in Norway.

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