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Inefficient nutrient use in animal operations--from livestock farms to fish farms--is financially and environmentally costly. It not only hurts animal growth, health, and well-being, but it may also affect the safety and quality of food products or result in excess nutrients polluting the environment in the form of odors or excess nutrients entering ground water. CSREES seeks to discover the physiological and molecular factors underlying normal animal growth, nutrient digestion and efficiency, metabolism, lactation, and muscle and bone development, and integrate how biological factors affect animal products, the animal operation, and the environment. CSREES provides national leadership and funding opportunities to conduct basic, applied, and integrated research to improve animal nutrient utilization, animal growth, and food product quality and safety; reduce the impact of animal operations on the environment; educate future livestock producers and professionals; and transfer research-based management practices to livestock producers through extension and outreach efforts.
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Competitive Grants Grantsmanship Workshops, Washington, DC/Salt Lake City, UT, September/October, 2008.
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Galaxy III Conference: "Celebrating the Extension System: Strengths, Diversity, and Unique Qualities," Indianapolis, IN, September 15-19, 2008.
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Sixth International Congress on Farm Animal Endocrinology, Roanoke, VA, November 14-16, 2008.
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