Newsletter 2006
Animal Sciences
Newsletter 2006
International Participation
Faculty and Staff International Participation
Dr. Heng-wei Cheng participated at a conference on current beak trimming methods in Melbourne, Australia. He hosted the visit of Prof. Jin Peihua, the executive dean of College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, China, for future cooperation in research and student exchanges.
Dr. Ed Pajor participated at a conference on animal welfare in Vienna, Austria. He gave a presentation entitled "From Darwin to Dawkins: the science and implications of animal sentience" in London, England. Dr. Pajor also presented at the International Society of Applied Ethology Congress in Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Layi Adeola traveled to Gaborone, Botswana for review of livestock research facilities, education and research programs. He also attended a conference on pig and poultry growth at Ithala Game Reserve in South Africa.
Dr. Mike Schutz has contributed three articles on genetic improvement, assessing cow hygiene, and lameness to the 2005 issues of Bulgarian Dairy Farmers Project Newsletter. He hosted Diana Allen, Project Manager for the Milk Development Council of UK.
Dr. Todd Applegate presented at the Western Nutrition Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He presented "Eggs, Legs, and Genes" at the Poultry Nutrition Symposium in Oxfordshire, UK. Dr. Applegate presented at the Nutrition et Valeur Ajoutee dans les Filieres Avicoles Symposium in Nantes, France. He worked with a USAID-Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program planning grant entitled "Increasing animal source food in diets of HIV-infected Kenyan women and their children: can treatment outcomes be enhanced?" Dr. Applegate presented on the effect of nutrition on poultry manure management at the Nigeria Poultry Summit. Also, he presented at the Poultry Nutrition Symposium in Segovia, Spain.
Dr. Bill Muir served on the Fast Pigs Genetics Advisory Board to review breeding programs on how to incorporate selection for animal well-being in swine breeding programs in Saskatoon, Canada. He presented at the Biosafety Symposium in Montpellier, France. Dr. Muir presented at the Eurotier Fair Poultry Breeding Symposium in Hanover, Germany. He presented at Nutreco, "Development of Selection Programs to Improve Well Being of Layers", Boxmer, The Netherlands, and taught a Nordic Intensive Course. Dr. Muir also taught Incorporation of Competitive Effects in Breeding Programs for Improved Performance and Animal Wellbeing; and served on a review panel for the Robust Chicken Project in Wageningen University.
Dr. Allan Schinckel met with 11 Chinese swine genetics faculty who visited Purdue to discuss the implementation of swine genetic evaluation programs.
Drs. John Forrest, Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences, Terry Stewart, Professor of Animal Sciences, and Kirby Hayes, Professor of Food Science, organized a study abroad course in China.
Dr. Mark Russell assisted with the development of the Exploring International Animal Agriculture of China, Maymester 2005 and Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2006. He collaborated on a USDA CSREES ISE grant which is offering a web-based International Education and Engagement course and agribusiness study trip to Costa Rica. Dr. Russell traveled to Quito, Ecuador to establish relationships with The University of Central Ecuador and Maquita Cushunchic Comercializando Como Hermanos Foundation (Shake Hands and Do Business as Friends) setting up locations for service learning projects in Salinas de Bolivar. He has hosted Romanian veterinarians and Romanian agribusiness leaders.
Drs. John Patterson, Todd Applegate and Susan Eicher traveled to Beijing, Lanzhou and Nanjing Agricultural University, China on a USDA Foreign Ag Service Grant to present research interests and to develop collaborative research on Traditional Chinese Medicines in livestock.
Drs. Scott Mills and Chris Bidwell licensed their cell lines to the Veterinary Medicine core of Pfizer in England for screening drugs that target porcine beta-adrenergic receptors.
Dr. Zoltan Machaty serves as a co-advisor for Laszlo Nanassy, a PhD student from Hungary (Laszlo is co-advised with Dr. Andras Kovacs at Debrecen University, Hungary). In addition, he is involved in collaborative research with Drs. Andras Kovacs and Andras Javor of Debrecen University on ex situ gene preservation of domestic animals.
Matt Claeys hosted Eoin Keane from Ireland for four months. Eoin participated on the Livestock Judging Team.
Dr. Shawn Donkin spent a sabbatical leave at the Liggins Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Dr. Paul Collodi gave an invited talk at the Norwegian Forum on Transgenic Animals in Oslo and visited Dr. Peter Alestrom's lab at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Alestrom and his postdoctoral research associate, Dr. Jethro Holter visited Purdue for two weeks to learn embryonic stem cell culture methods.
Donkin Experiences Research in New Zealand
Dr. Shawn Donkin, his wife Moreen, and children, Ainslie, 15, Hugh, 13, and Iain, 11, recently traveled to Auckland, New Zealand where Dr. Donkin was on sabbatical leave at the Liggins Research Institute, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. They arrived in New Zealand after 54 hours of travel, very weary, but happy to escape winter in Indiana and looking forward to new experiences. Shawn was invited to work at the Liggins Institute, a multi-disciplinary medical research institute within The University of Auckland, one of the leading research groups in the world to pursue the fetal origins of health and disease. At the Liggins Institute, Dr. Donkin applied his interests in nutrition and liver function towards developing a greater understanding of the process of fetal programming as related to diabetes, insulin resistance, and obesity. Dr. Donkin also participated in activities with scientists at Dexcel, Inc. (formerly Dairy Research Corporation), the primary dairy research and extension institution in the country, as part of field day activities, farm visits, producer extension programs, and planning collaborative research efforts. Shawn and his family traveled through much of New Zealand (a country a little more than twice the size of Indiana) exploring the seacoast, beaches, and striking mountains and enjoying awesome hospitality.
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