August 2008 Animal Agriculture as Science The Science of Animal Agriculture.
Department of Animal Science at Cornell University · Original graph depicting Tom Reid’s date of...
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Henry Hiram Wing MS 1881
First Head, Dept.
Animal Husbandry
Cornell professor 1888 – 1928 Appointed Professor and Head of Animal Husbandry September 4, 1903 Retired 1928
James E. (“Jimmie”) Rice appointed first head of the new Department of Poultry Husbandry, 1907
“The science of nutrition soon revealed the twin maternal qualities of the superiority of eggs and milk. If the cow is the foster mother of the human race, the hen is the twin sister. The Creator might have made a more vital pair of food essentials but He never did. They do not displace meat, cereals, fruits and vegetable in the human diet but are essential supplements to better living.” J.E. Rice, comments at NY State Fair
Glista Ernestine (1908-1924) From cow family bred by H. H. Wing, lifetime production of
202,006 lbs milk, 7,342 lbs butterfat
A departmental tradition of strong linkage between basic research and extension had been established by Leonard Maynard and others by the mid 1920s
New beef cattle barn (foreground) constructed in early 1930s (The draft horse barn at rear is now the Teaching Barn)
Clive McCay pioneered studies during the 1930s on the effects of energy restriction on longevity and health of rats
James B. (“Jackbean”) Sumner was first to isolate an enzyme (urease) in 1926, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize
for chemistry in 1946
Stanley Brownell (3rd from L), Maurice Johnson (4th from L), and farmers visit first artificial breeding facility in NJ, 1938
Sydney Asdell with the mobile laboratory to help producers with dairy herd infertility problems, late 1940s
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Jack Loosli et al. report that rumen microbes synthesize essential amino acids from non-protein nitrogen sources
Science, August 1949
Bill Hansel demonstrates effects of plane of nutrition on growth and reproductive development of dairy heifers
August 1954
F. B. Morrison published the 22nd edition of his famous text, “Feeds and Feeding” in 1956. This was the final edition due to his death in 1958.
The dawn of the information age in the dairy industry! Jim Burke on duty at the NYABC Cattle Show, August 1957
Research on stiff lamb disease, initiated by J.P. Willman in the 1930s, was completed by discovery of the role of
selenium by Doug Hogue and others in the 1950s
The newly built Morrison Hall was dedicated on September 12, 1961 to the memory of Frank B. Morrison, second head of department 1928-1945, and pre-eminent practical nutritionist
Dick Warner shed light on the hitherto dark subject of rumen development in dairy calves, 1950s – 1960s
International graduate students (L to R) O. Paladines (Ecuador), A. Bensadoun (France) and I. K. Han (Korea) with
their advisor, Tom Reid (second from R), early 1960s
Fire destroyed the dairy barn near Morrison Hall on June 22, 1968. The fire was set accidentally by local children.
The department’s dog farm (now closed) provided research beagles for Willard Visek and others during the 1960s and 1970s
Chuck Henderson’s development of sophisticated statistical methods for dairy sire selection, combined with AI, led to unprecedented rates of genetic improvement in milk production that have continued unabated to the present day
Teaching Barn on campus, remodeled from original draft horse (later beef) barn, is still used extensively
Exercise physiology research conducted by a student of Skip Hintz, using a draft horse on the large treadmill in CUCVM
Peter Van Soest continued to refine methodology for fiber analysis and to demonstrate the practical utility of the
detergent system through the 1970s and 1980s
“Mr. DHI”, Harry Ainslie, was recognized by ADSA (1979) and DHIA (1981) for a career of service to the dairy industry
STAR Dorset ewe B314 - lambed twelve times and produced 24 lambs in 7 years, with an average birth weight >4 kg
Don Beermann et al. demonstrated the stimulation of hindquarter muscle hypertrophy in lambs by the ß-agonist, cimaterol, 1980s L lamb – cimaterol treated R lamb – control
Dean Boyd et al. demonstrated the efficacy of porcine somatotropin (pST) in promoting lean and reducing fat growth in finishing swine, 1980s Upper – control Lower – pST treated
Bob Foote and Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang used micromanipulation of morulae (L) to produce
chimeric rabbits (R) in the late 1980s
The Department of Poultry & Avian Sciences, founded in 1907, was disbanded in 1990, with several faculty members transferring to Animal Science
Rice Hall was home to the Department of Poultry Husbandry (later Poultry & Avian Sciences) 1912 - 1990
The Poultry Farm continues to support applied and fundamental research on avian nutrition and physiology
Research initiated by Dale Bauman led to the development, FDA approval, and, in 1994, commercial release of bST (Posilac®) for increasing performance and productive efficiency of dairy cows
Dairy Facilities Engineering Human Resource Management Farm Business Management
Dairy Youth Herd Health
Environmental/Nutrient Management
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/prodairy/
Dave Galton appointed Director of expanded and re-focused PRO-DAIRY extension program, 1997
Mike Van Amburgh instructing Applied Cattle Nutrition students in the new information technology classroom,
created by renovation of 164 Morrison in 1999
2001 Student Livestock Show This popular annual event has been sponsored by the Block & Bridle Club for many years. It is entirely student organized and operated.
Bob Everett applied the Test Day Model to demonstrate major increases in the performance of Northeast dairy herds during
the 4 years after adoption of bST (Posilac ®)
* 1993 set to zero.
Precision nutrition of dairy cattle and its relation to whole-farm nutrient management is the major focus of a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and staff led by Danny Fox
Dairy Fellows Class of ’03 With Dave Galton (front L), Mike Van Amburgh (front R) and Terry Batchelder (back R)
International animal agriculture is a major research and outreach focus of Bob Blake, Dan Brown, and Alice Pell. Programs are devoted to development of food systems and environmental protection in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Dave Galton (R) becomes the all-time most successful national collegiate dairy judging coach, October 2003
Champion team, from L: Brett Bossard, Darin Hill, Jeena Rinehart (high individual), Kendra Inman
CUDS members before and after the annual NY Holstein Harvest Sale in the Livestock Pavilion, November 1, 2003 Students were totally responsible for care and preparation of cattle consigned for sale