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  • JAM Workshop: Teaching and Learning in the Animal Sciences. Attend this pre-meeting workshop to learn how to improve your students’ experiences and skills in the animal sciences. Instructors, administrators, PhD students, Post-docs, educational researchers and employers are invited to attend.

  • ASAS is excited to announce the winners of the ASAS T-shirt Design Competition! Dr. Larry Reynolds contributed the design that inspired the front of the shirt. Graduate Research Assistant Samantha Kaminski contributed the design that inspired the back of the shirt.

  • We are pleased to announce that the Innovate 2013 meeting will be co-hosted by the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and the American Society of Nutrition (ASN). The meeting will concentrate on the most recent scientific advances in Growth and Development with an emphasis on potential applications.

Get Involved

  • Enter and you could win our first place prize of $1,250.

    This year's theme is "The future of animal science." Share your vision of the research, teaching and innovation that will help animal scientists change the world. All members of the American Society of Animal Science are invited to enter. Members of ASAS will vote on YouTube for their favorite.

  • The ASAS Western Section will meet June 19-21 in Bozeman, Montana. The meeting is a great chance to network and catch up with colleagues. Plus, you'll learn about fascinating new research from animal scientists in the Western United States.

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    Learn more about visiting Bozeman

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    Supporting the ASAS Foundation has its “perks!”

    Starting this year at JAM, you can join the ASAS Foundation Coffee Club and enjoy coffee in the exhibit hall during the meeting! Not only will you get coffee—you will also be supporting ASAS member programs and student services.

Public Policy

The American Society of Animal Science shares scientific resources with federal agencies and policy makers. The ASAS Grand Challenges and Innovate 2012 Summary are the latest resources published by ASAS. Learn more

Upcoming ASAS briefing:

"Biofuel: Are we playing with our food?"

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Interpretive Summaries

  • Pigs make the most of your leftovers

    April 5, 2013 - As the world population grows, farmers may feed more people by giving biofuel and food co-products to pigs. These co-products include whey, bakery waste, and plant matter left over from biofuel production. In a new paper for Animal Frontiers, researchers say pigs are ideally suited to convert these non human-edible feedstuffs into protein.

  • Chickens with bigger gizzards are more efficient

    April 10, 2013 - According to animal scientists, farmers could further protect the environment by breeding chickens with larger digestive organs. This research was published in the February issue of the Journal of Animal Science.

  • Symposium highlights epigenetic effects of milk

    April 5, 2013 - Learning how milk affects offspring was the subject of the Lactation Biology Symposium, held as part of the 2012 Joint Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. The presentations were summarized in a recent paper in the Journal of Animal Science.