ABSc Prof. Andy Robinson and his donkey farm were recently featured on the TVOKids agricultural series "Gabby's Farm".
The show follows 6-year old Gabby as she takes a closer look at life on her family farm as well as other farms in Ontario. In "Donkeys", Gabby traveled to Robinson's farm where she learned all about miniature donkeys including how to groom them and of course, feed them treats!
On Nov. 9th from 9 am to 5 pm, all of our departmental servers have to be physically relocated within the data center to accommodate a larger renovation project that CCS is undertaking in that space. This means that ALL of our servers will need to be powered down, disconnected, moved, and reconnected before being turned back on. During this time there will be no availability to our servers. The services that will be down are:
The Department of Animal Biosciences is pleased to welcome Dr. Marcio Duarte as a new assistant professor in meat science and muscle biology. His official start date was October 18, 2021.
Dr. Trevor DeVries has been appointed as one of two new Research Program Directors (RPDs) for the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the University of Guelph. Dr. Alfons Weersink, a Professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics will also join the RPD team.