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Dec 8, 2021
The 4-H Animal Sciences team is excited to announce MacKenzie Dore as our new Program Assistant. MacKenzie is a recent graduate (‘20) of the Department of Animal Sciences, with a minor in Agribusiness and Applied Economics. She grew up raising and showing both cattle and swine, and is passionate about judging swine and educating youth in the livestock industry. MacKenzie interned 3 years for 4-H Animal Sciences and brings that experience in Skillathons and judging contest programming to her new position.
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Dec 2, 2021
The Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Contest (AWJAC) virtually celebrated its 21st year of competition on November 20th and 21st. The Ohio State University was once again well-represented across all student divisions: undergraduate junior, undergraduate senior, graduate, and veterinary. Students were co-coached by Zach England and Dr. Jess Pempek, and species covered in this year’s contest included psittacines as pets, cats in a research setting, and boar studs.
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Nov 12, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Kristy Shaw!
Kristy Shaw received her Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Sciences and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from The Ohio State University. She has experience as a private practice and field veterinarian with the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Division of Meat Inspection. Dr. Shaw began her new role as Emergency Preparedness and Disease Programs Coordinator within the Division of Animal Health at ODA in October, 2021. Dr. Shaw will play an important role in coordinating all animal disease programs for the agency.
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Nov 10, 2021
Congratulations to Kush Yadav!
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Nov 8, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Mo Saif and Dr. Linda Saif!
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Oct 22, 2021
The OSU Livestock Judging Team competed and was the high overall team at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition in Harrisburg, PA on October 9th! The team was 1st in sheep, 1st in swine, 2nd in cattle, and 3rd in reasons. Maggie Pollard was 2nd in cattle, high individual in Angus judging, 1st in sheep, 8th in swine, and 1st in reasons. Jimmy Stickley was 7th in cattle, 2nd in swine, 2nd in sheep, and 2nd in reasons.
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Oct 20, 2021
Congratulations to Kush Kumar Yadav (Kenney Lab) and Menuka Bhandari (Rajashekara Lab) for receiving the 2021 Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) https://www.cast-science.org/ communication scholarship. Kush and Menuka are two of the 10 recipients of this scholarship. As a part of this scholarship, they will be attending the CAST exclusive annual meeting held on the OSU Columbus campus from October 26-28. At the meeting, CAST scholarship recipients will be recognized and awarded with a certificate and stipend.
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Sep 27, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Gireesh Rajashekara and Dr. Renukaradhya Gourapura from the Center of Food Animal Health and Dr. Kichoon Lee and Dr. Zhongtang Yu from the Department of Animal Sciences on being awarded research grants.
Dr. Gireesh Rajashekara and Dr. Renukaradhya Gourpura were awarded a $625,100 Food Safety grant from USDA-NIFA for their research on "Drinking water deliverable chitosan based Salmonella and Campylobacter subunit vaccine for broilers".
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Sep 16, 2021
Congratulations Bonnie!
Bonnie Ayars was among four recipients for the 2021 outstanding individuals honored with the National Dairy Shrine's Pioneer Award in recognition of their significant contributions to the dairy industry. Bonnie's portrait and accomplishments will be displayed in the National Dairy Shrine's Dairy Hall of Fame and Museum in Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin. Bonnie is a Dairy Program Specialist in the Department of Animal Sciences since 2006.
The other three recipients of the award were Dieter Krieg, Dr. Ric Grummer, and Darrell Pidgeon.
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Sep 2, 2021
Welcome Dr. Braden Campbell!
