Agricultural Experiment Station (AES)

Animal Science - Grants


Grants Received

  • USDA Minority Summer Internship Program (USDA, Summer 1995, $2,110)
  • Development of Artificial Insemination Procedures for Use in Hair Sheep (USDA-CBAG, 1995-1998, $151,406)
  • Enhancing Fertility in Heat-Stressed Cattle (USDA-CBAG, 1995-97, $94,743)
  • Effect of Supplemental Nutrition at Breeding or Lambing on Hair Sheep Production (USDA-TSTAR, 1998-2001, $104,547)
  • Performance of Lambs Sired by Dorper and St. Croix White Hair Sheep in the Tropics. (USDA-TSTAR, 2001-2004, $103,057)
  • Evaluation of Feeding Regimens to Alleviate Heat Stress in Ruminants in the Tropics (USDA-TSTAR, 2004-2007, $150,000)
  • Evaluation of Alternative and Conventional Small Ruminant Finishing Systems for the Tropics (USDA-TSTAR, 2005-2008, $147,387)
  • Developing Resident Instruction in Food and Agricultural Related Sciences at Land Grant Institutions in the Pacific and Caribbean Islands (USDA-CSREES, 2005-2007, $39,500)
  • Phase II Developing Resident Instruction in Food and Agricultural Related Sciences at Land Grant Institutions in the Pacific and Caribbean (USDA-CSREES, 2006-2007, $51,750)
  • Phase III Developing Resident Instruction in Food and Agricultural Related Sciences at Land Grant Institutions in the Pacific and Caribbean (USDA-CSREES, 2007-2008, $52,615)
  • Phase IV Developing Resident Instruction in Food and Agricultural Related Sciences at Land Grant Institutions in the Pacific and Caribbean (USDA-CSREES, 2008-2009, $79,334)
  • The effect of hair color and type on heat tolerance, tick resistance and growth rate of cattle under grazing conditions (USDA-TSTAR, 2008-20010, $100,000)


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