Notable Notes

Brigid McCrea, a senior majoring in Avian Sciences, received two awards at the annual meeting of the Pacific Egg and Poultry Association on February 23 in Palm Springs. McCrea received the Student Merit Award for the outstanding poultry science student at UC Davis, as well as an award for the best student paper presented. Her topic was "Trichomoniasis, prevention and control in the squab."

At the same meeting, three UC Davis students and a future student each received a $2,000 scholarship: Jennifer Near and Nora Elsalawy are students in the department, and Katherine Plumer, a student in the College of Letters and Science, has a minor in Avian Sciences. Natalie Thacker, a student at Modesto Junior College, plans to enroll in Animal Science at UC Davis this fall.

Former Animal Science student Jessica Wendler received the 1998-99 Alexander Kutches Memorial Scholarship for $1,000 offered by the California/Nevada Chapter of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists. She also received a $1,500 award from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners. Wendler is pursing a career in veterinary medicine.

Ernie Chang, Professor of Animal Science and Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior at the UC Bodega Marine Laboratory, became interim director of the lab on January 1, 1999, while the campus searches for a permanent director. Chang, an aquaculturist, has been on the Animal Science faculty since 1978.

Department of Animal Science Extension Poultry Specialists Ralph Ernst and John Voris were presented special awards for outstanding service to the poultry industry at the annual convention of the California Poultry Industry Federation last September. They were recognized for their assistance in the development of poultry production and food safety programs for the California poultry, gamebird and squab producers.

Hog Barn to Be Relocated at Last

Students and faculty using the UC Davis swine facility for instruction and research were pleased when they were informed by the campus administration that the swine housing will be relocated to a site near the present feedlot. The current swine facility, occupied since about 1919, has become a desired location on the central campus, will be the location for a replacement facility for the Walker Hall Annex.