Professor Ed Price retired July 1, 2002, after serving the department for 26 years. Ed was hired in 1976 to initiate a program of teaching and research in animal behavior. He developed three undergraduate animal behavior courses:  an introductory behavior course that focused on the basic principles governing the behavior of domestic animals, an advanced behavior course that showed how these basic principles could be applied to improve the management and well-being of domestic animals and a laboratory course that trained students to conduct behavior research and to present their findings in written and oral media.  

Ed's research concentrated on the reproductive behaviors of cattle, sheep and goats. His research on fostering techniques in sheep and fenceline weaning in beef cattle has been widely adopted by producers. His studies on the development of sexual and social behaviors of cattle, sheep and goats have provided new management tools to improve reproductive efficiency in these species.

Ed has been active in the Animal Behavior Society and served as its president in 1980-1981. He is also a member of the International Society of Applied Ethology. He served as Associate Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 1985-1986 and as department chair in Animal Science from 1993-1998. He has recently written a book entitled Animal Domestication and Behavior, to be released in November (CABI Publishers).

Ed and his wife Mabell (Marti) now live in Rocklin, as does their daughter Lauralee and her family. Their son Ted and his family are in San Jose.