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Foot-and-Mouth Disease
 
-Foot-and-mouth disease online media kit-
http://news.ucanr.org/mediakits/FMD/fmd.shtml
-School of Veterinary Medicine-
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/
-Vet Med Extension-
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vetext/home.html
Bennie Osburn
Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
Biology, disease transmission, surveillance and reporting systems
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
UC Davis
(530) 752-1361
biosburn@ucdavis.edu
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/
Donald Klingborg
Associate Dean for Extension and Public Programs
Infectious diseases of food animals, including FMD, BSE (Mad cow), and others;  foreign animal and zoonotic disease defense; dairy cattle issues; general veterinary medicine 
Veterinary Medicine Extension
UC Davis
(530) 752-1525
djklingborg@ucdavis.edu
Glenn Nader
Livestock and Natural Resources Farm Advisor
Cattle management and nutrition, pre-fire management planning, rice straw, and wildfire prevention.
UC Cooperative Extension in Butte, Sutter & Yuba counties
(530) 822-7515
ganader@ucdavis.edu
James Oltjen
Livestock Specialist
Management practices to enhance meat quality and protect against health problems such as Mad Cow/BSE; beef cattle production and resource use
Animal Science
UC Davis
(530) 752-5650
jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu
John Maas
Extension Veterinarian
BSE, TB, animal ID, beef, herd health management, diagnostics, disease issues
School of Veterinary Medicine
UC Davis
(530) 752-3990
jmaas@ucdavis.edu
Lovell Jarvis
Professor of Ag and Resource Economics
History of outbreaks, economic impact, what a domestic outbreak would mean to California agriculture. Effects of FMD on international beef trade flows and beef prices. Speaks Spanish.
Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Davis
(530) 752-0110
lsjarvis@ucdavis.edu
Sheila Barry
Natural Resources/Livestock Advisor
Local angle of foot-and-mouth disease; watershed and rangeland management
UC Cooperative Extension
Santa Clara, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Contra Costa Counties
(408) 282-3106
sbarry@ucdavis.edu
Tilahun Yilma
Director
Virology, livestock disease, international health
US Ntl Academy of Sciences Intl Lab of Molecular Biology
UC Davis
(530) 752-8306; lab (530) 752-4559
tdyilma@ucdavis.edu

 

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