Animal Science Department Facts

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  • 1940s : First Animal Nutrition undergraduate major started in the United States @ CSU (started by Lloyd E. Washburn in the early 1940s)
  • 1940s : CSU developed the most highly inbred lines of Hereford cattle in the world (started in 1946 by Howard H. Stonaker).
  • 1951 : First successful bovine embryo transfer was reported.
  • 1957 : First female graduate in Animal Nutrition at CSU and three degrees in Animal Nutrition (Cheryl Nockels, B.S. degree in 1957)
  • 1960s : Pioneered flaking process of cereal grains (John K. Matsushima in late 1950’s and early 1960s).
  • 1964 : First female faculty member employed in the College of Agriculture at CSU was Cheryl F. Nockels
  • 1967 : First container of frozen semen from CSU dairy bull, Fire, a son of Mama, the world record milk producer, was sent to Afghanistan to be used in the King’s herd (King Mohammed Zahir Shah).
  • 1977 : Wrote major text for introductory courses in animal sciences Scientific Farm Animal Production by Robert Taylor and Thomas Field (Seven editions beginning in 1977).
  • 1984 : First embryo transfer twins in horses at the Equine Reproduction Laboratory
  • 1984 : First to document the economics of individual pregnant heifers in a finishing program through processing (Tim Stanton)
  • 1985 : First identical twin lambs born in the United States from a split embryo transplant (Bethany Craighead, graduate student in Animal Science, and Peter Elsden)
  • 1986 : Received One Bar Eleven Ranch and cows from owner John E. Rouse.
  • 1988 : Discovered that feedlot cattle fed 90% concentrate diets only produce about one-half as much methane as previously assumed by world authorities (Don Johnson, 1988).
  • 1989 : First horse judging team to win First Place in all of the horse judging contests in 1989 (Jim Heird, Coach).
  • 1990 : First CSU faculty member to be elected to Colorado Agricultural Hall of Fame (Robert E. Moreng)
  • 1992 : Developed the first satellite uplink facility for livestock
  • 1997 : The Department exceeded for the first time the percentage minority enrollment of both the College and University.
  • 2001 : Meat Sciences Program, Department of Animal Sciences ranked 4th Nationally Among Universities by Meat and Poultry Magazine
Last Updated ( Monday, 05 June 2006 )