Eduardo Casas, Former Research Geneticist, Genetics, Breeding, and Animal Health Research Unit at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, received the 2011 Bouffault International Animal Agriculture Award from the American Society of Animal Science, July 11, 2011 at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science and the American Dairy Science Association, New Orleans, LA.  The award is in recognition of distinguished service to animal agriculture in the developing areas of the world.  (Dr. Casas has relocated to the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, IA.)

Larry Cundiff, Collaborator, Formerly a Research Geneticist and Research Leader in the Genetics, Breeding, and Animal Health Research Unit at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, received the 2011 Morrison Award from the American Society of Animal Science, July 11, 2011 at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science and the American Dairy Science Association, New Orleans, LA.  The award is in recognition of his outstanding research that has been of direct importance in livestock production.