Funded Projects 2018
Improving Tall Fescue for Beef Cattle Pastures throughout California
Charlie Brummer, Professor, UCD Plant Sciences
Range and Pasture Plant Field Identification Guide
Larry Forero, CE Advisor, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Optimizing Cattle Grazing Distribution: Enhancing Profit and the Environment
Tina Saitone, CE Specialist, UCD Agriculture and Resource Economics
Funded Projects 2017
Detection of Manganese Deficiency in California Cattle Herds
Josh Davy, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Joseph DiTomaso, Professor and CE Specialist, UCD Plant Sciences Department
Production and Meet Riparian Habitat Conservation Objectives
Carissa Koopmann Rivers, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Educational Videos for Ranch Water Quality Plan Production
David Lewis, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Remote Data Collection for Adaptive Rangeland Management on Public Lands
Leslie Roche, CE Specialist, UCD Plant Sciences
Beef Cattle Extension Programming through the eBEEF Community of Practice
Alison Van Eenennaam, CE Specialist, UCD Department of Animal Science
Funded Projects 2016
Prevention of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis with an Intranasal Moraxella Bovis Vaccine
John Angelos, Professor and Researcher, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
Yufang Jin, Professor and Researcher, UCD Land Air and Water Resources Department
Post-Wildfire Livestock Grazing Management on Public Rangelands
Laura Snell, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Kenneth Tate, Professor and CE Specialist, UCD Plant Sciences Department
Assessing Beef Cattle Welfare: Online Training Materials for Cow-Calf Operations
Cassandra Tucker, Professor and Researcher, UCD Department of Animal Science
Precision Breeding of Cattle Resistant to Mannheimia Haemolytica Leukotoxin
Alison Van Eenennaam, CE Specialist, UCD Department of Animal Science
Funded Projects 2015
On-Ranch Impacts, Management, and Planning Horizons Following Severe Drought
Leslie Roche, CE Specialist, UCD Plant Sciences Department
Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA) Vaccine: An Association with Early Fetal Mortality?
Jeffrey Stott, Professor, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
Assessing Beef Cattle Welfare: Online Training Materials for Cow-Calf Operations
Cassandra Tucker, Professor and Researcher, UCD Department of Animal Science
Funded Projects 2014
Advancing Tools for Controlling Medusahead
Josh Davy, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Development of Grazing, Integrated, and Organic Management Strategies for Noxious Thistles in Northern California Coastal Regions
Joseph DiTomaso, Professor and CE Specialist, UCD Plant Sciences Department
Range and Pasture Plant Field Identification Guide
Larry Forero, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Understanding the Impact of Neurologic Disease in Cattle Caused by Bovine Astrovirus (BovAstV-NeuroS1)
Patricia Pesavento, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Beef Cattle Welfare: Assurance and Benchmarking
Cassandra Tucker, UC Davis Department of Animal Science
Whole Genome Sequencing of BRD-relevant Bacterial Isolates
Alison Van Eenennaam, CE Specialist, UCD Animal Science Department
Funded Projects 2013
Evaluating the Variation in the Intake of Loose Salt Mineral Mixes Using Selenium as a Marker for Consumption by Pasture Cattle
Josh Davy, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Extending Knowledge: Using Producer-Researcher Learning Teams to Design Economically Viable, Ranch-Specific Approaches
Jeremy James, SFREC Director, UC ANR
Developing and Validating Methods for Accurately Measuring the Shedding of Escherichia coli (O157:H7) by Rangeland Cattle
Xunde Li, Researcher, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA): Vaccines for Today and Tomorrow
Jeffrey Stott, Professor and Researcher, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Prescribed Grazing to Enhance Ranch Profit and Rangeland Ecosystem Services
Kenneth Tate, CE Specialist, UCD Department of Plant Sciences
Genomic Interrogation of the Putative Etiological Agent of Foothill Abortion (EBA)
Alison Van Eenennaam, CE Specialist, UCD Animal Science Department
Funded Projects 2012
Statewide Coordination of a Science-Based Response to Waterborne Pathogen Concerns of Beef Cattle on California Rangelands
Robert Atwill, Professor and Researcher, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Evaluation and Validation of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Assay to Detect Tritrichomonas Foetus
Kristen Clothier, Professor and Researcher, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
New Producer-Friendly Tool to Diagnose BRD Virus Infections
Beate Crossley, Professor and Researcher, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Effects of Road Transport on Physiological Stress Indices and Pathogen Shedding in Adult Beef Cows
Xunde Li, Researcher, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Coordinated Electronic Extension of Information to Cattlemen
Glenn Nader, CE Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
Development and Testing of a Recombinant Heat Shock Protein (HSP) Vaccine for Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA)
Jeffrey Stott, Professor and Researcher, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Beef Cattle Welfare: Assessment of Pain Relief and Healing After Hot Iron Branding and Castration
Cassandra Tucker, Professor and Researcher, UCD Department of Animal Science