Six ANSC faculty were awarded funding from the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) Competitive Grant Program for 2016-2017.
| Dr. Amy Burk received $21,000 for her proposal entitled, “Get it under cover! Restoring soil health in high use areas of farms with traffic-tolerant grasses.” | |
| Dr. Rachel Dennis received $29,900 to study “Animal health and production and animal product. | |
| Dr. Tom Porter received $30,000 for his proposal entitled, “Identification of mechanisms and gene networks associated with differences in egg production in turkey hens.” | |
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Dr. Chad Stahl was awarded $30,000 to fund his proposal entitled, “Improving efficiency of meat production with Tributyrin.” |
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| Dr. Bhanu Telugu received $30,000 for his proposal entitled, “Genome editing to create germ cell deficient livestock.” | |
| Dr. Zhengguo Xiao was awarded $30,000 for his proposal entitled, “Exosomes in the immune regulation induced by Ostertagia Ostertagi in cattle.” |
