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Makagon invited guest at the COST Keel Bone Damage research coordination meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia

Makagon, Blatchford and Horback study impacts of the rearing environment on keel bone integrity and spatial awareness of laying hens

Zhou, Bunn and colleagues publish article on Newcastle Disease

Klasing appointed to chair the National Academy of Sciences committee to established the “Nutrient requirements of poultry”

Makagon and Blatchford co-author book chapter entitled “Understanding Poultry Behaviour”

Blatchford interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle on ballot initiative to update Proposition 2

Breaking the Code

Using discoveries in genetics to make poultry more resistant to disease and heat stress

By Robin DeRieux  (UC Davis CA&ES Outlook, Spring/Summer 2017)

In rural African villages, chickens provide families with much more than meat and eggs.

Ryan Bourbour received a grant for his research

Kirk Klasing co-author of “Ecoimmunology and microbial ecology: Contributions to avian behavior, physiology, and life history” in Hormones & Behavior

Richard Blatchford authored "Poultry welfare assessments: Current use and limitations"

Huaijun Zhou attends White House Summit on Global Development

Josh Hull awarded US Forest Service Grant “California Spotted Owl Demography and Monitoring in the Sierra Nevada, California”

Josh Hull co-author of “Endangered species management and ecosystem restoration: finding the common ground”

John Eadie co-author on “Interspecific egg rejection as ecological collateral damage from selection driven by conspecific brood parasitism”

Francine Bradley hosted a week-long ASGG Reunion