Wow, what a day!  We had almost as many High School students come by our booth today than yesterday!  Thank you to Jennifer Crook, Cora Eslinger, and Carlene Salonites for staffing the booth.

Students and special visitors came by our booth.  Thanks to Dr. Rossow, Cora Eslinger, Grant Jones-Wiebe, John Leach, and Beverly Santos for staffing the booth.

First day of the Farm Show 2012 at the VMTRC booth, Jennifer Crook, Dr. Jessica Davis, Kristina Maloy, Grant Jones-Wiebe, Pepper Jung, and John Leach all took their turn handing out magnets and giving information about UC Davis.

Monday, Feb 13, 2012 We held our annual Dairy Production Medicine Seminar.  The following were presenters.  Thank you to all for joining us. Dr. Robert Corbett with Dairy Health Consultation, gave a talk entitled, Nutritional Management of the Milk-Fed Calf Dr. Mark Lyte from Texas Tech U, Microbial Endocrinology:  How the intersection of stress, microbiology, [...]

The World Ag Expo, sponsored by the International Agri-Center in Tulare is coming.  The temporary structures are up, equipment of all kinds, light and HEAVY are passing by our site, heading the final 2 miles north to the Farm Show. Check back at our blog to see updates and photos of our booth and visitors. [...]

Our Dairy Production Medicine Students for February include the current three from UC Davis:  Diana Chandler, Nora Badal, and Daniel Barbour.  In addition to their training they will be able to attend the International Agricenter’s World Ag Expo here in Tulare. Follow this link to the World Ag Expo http://www.worldagexpo.com/

University of California, Davis February 2, 2012 The University of California, Davis, is participating in a large-scale research effort aimed at preventing potentially fatal illnesses linked to E. coli bacteria. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding the $25 million, coast-to-coast project, to which UC Davis is providing expertise in livestock health, foodborne disease and [...]

Four UC Davis students have come to start out the 2012 year.  They are:  Zuhal Elhan, Tim Perano,  Josh Krumheuer, and Lauren Huggins.  We give you all a warm VMTRC welcome and hope the best for all of you during your stay.

Bonnie Cotten, Veterinary Science leader, brought the Burton 4-H group from Porterville to visit Monday, 19 Dec. 2011.  The youngsters enjoyed a visit with Dr. Champagne, Grant Jones-Wiebe and Cardboard Cow, learning many ways in which a cow’s condition can be diagnosed.  Dr. Alistair Kenyon dropped by.  Dr. Blanchard prepared a veritable cornucopia of science [...]

Again KSU and Illinois are represented in the current student rotation, December 5 – 16, 2011.  Becca Pheasant from KSU and Becky Eschmann from Illinois are both here to gain veterinary training on Tulare dairies.