animal science News Archive
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Faculty researchers tackle projects thanks to federal funds
September 5, 2023 —
Researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences received grants worth over $1.1 million in 2023 from the Government of Canada
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Research and International
UM researchers recognized with Rh Awards
May 31, 2023 —
Eight UM faculty members will receive Rh Awards, recognizing excellence in research, scholarly work and creative activities.
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Research and International
Meet Marcos Cordeiro, 2022 Rh Award Winner in the Interdisciplinary category
May 26, 2023 —
Marcos Cordeiro is the 2022 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Interdisciplinary category.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Cattle Country: Sustainable Agriculture – Exploring Net Zero, Indigenous Agriculture, Biodiversity
May 24, 2023 —
The following article was written by Peter Frohlich, National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE), University of Manitoba. It was originally published in Cattle Country in May 2023.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Cattle Country: Manitoba’s Agricultural Crown Grazing Lands – Assessing Potential for Growing the Beef Industry
April 10, 2023 —
The following article was written by Peter Frohlich, National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE), University of Manitoba. It was originally published in Cattle Country in March 2023.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
New prof seeks to integrate animal production data to improve livestock systems’ sustainability
April 2, 2023 —
Dr. Gabriel Dallago joined the Department of Animal Science as Assistant Professor in Digital Livestock Production on March 1, 2023.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
A new crop of academics join the Faculty
December 10, 2022 —
New professors and instructors from a variety of disciplines began with the Faculty in 2022.
![Hooman Derakhshani](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Hooman-Derakhshani-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
New professor to study therapeutic potentials of animal microbiomes
March 24, 2022 —
Dr. Hooman Derakhshani joined the Department of Animal Science as Assistant Professor in Applied Animal Microbiology on January 1, 2022.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
New profs broaden Faculty expertise in soils, animal health, food and human nutritional sciences
March 2, 2022 —
Dr. Cristina Rosell and Dr. Dylan MacKay joined Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, Dr. Hooman Derakhshani joined Animal Science and Dr. Afua Mante joined Soil Science.uary 16.
![Clockwise from top left - Brian Amiro, Bogdan Slominski, Don Flaten, Stefan Cenkowski](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4-up-emeriti-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Four named professors emeriti in recognition of service to UM
September 30, 2021 —
Brian Amiro, Stefan Cenkowski, Don Flaten and Bogdan Slominski honoured for their teaching, research and scholarship.