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Nov 24, 2020
The Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Contest (AWJAC) virtually celebrated its 20th year of competition on November 21st and 22nd. The Ohio State University was well-represented across all student divisions: undergraduate (junior and senior), graduate, and veterinary.
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Nov 24, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the 2020 Ohio Dairy Challenge was held a little differently than in previous years. The program was held virtually during November 18-21, whereby herd records, pictures, videos, farm map, a farmer questionnaire, and feeding information were provided to students on Wednesday pm when students could begin evaluating the information. On Friday afternoon at 2:00 pm, a Zoom meeting was held with the farmer for the students to ask questions about the operation.
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Oct 4, 2020
Abbiegail Greer, a major in Meat Science in the Department of Animal Sciences, received the $5,000 Frank DeBeneditti Scholarship from the North American Meat Institute (NAMI).
The NAMI Scholarship Foundation was founded in 1995 to recognize undergraduate students pursuing degrees in Animal, Meat, and Food Sciences along with Culinary Arts.
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Aug 21, 2020
The USDA appointed 10 new members to the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI)
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Jul 15, 2020
Will we run out of meat? Can we get the virus from eating it?
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Jul 14, 2020
When the COVID-19 outbreak hit Ohio, Lyda Garcia’s phone started to ring. Many of her contacts from Ohio’s meat-processing industry wanted to know what to do.
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Jul 1, 2020
The Department of Animal Sciences graduate and undergraduate students received awards at the 2020 ADSA Annual Meeting.
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Jun 29, 2020
Dr. Kichoon Lee, Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, has been awarded two grants from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Jun 16, 2020
Dr. Jeffrey Firkins was named a Fellow of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and will be honored at the 2020 ADSA annual meeting.
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Jun 15, 2020
Dr. Benjamin Bohrer will be joining the Animal Sciences Department as an Assistant Professor on August 15, 2020.