Issue Info (Best graduate student paper)

Graduate Student Paper Competition

ADSA Dairy Foods Graduate Student Paper Competition

Our objective was to determine the effect of heating on the structure of nonfat Mozzarella cheese, and then to relate changes in structure to changes in cheese opacity. Cheese was made according to a direct-acid, stirred-curd procedure. Cheese samples, at 4◦C, were taken on d 1 and placed into glass bottles, which were sealed and heated. Once the cheese reached 10◦C or 50◦C, the bottles were pl...

NETEST: Estimating a Terrorist Network's Structure - Graduate Student Best Paper Award, CASOS 2002 Conference

Since the events of September 11, 2001, the United States has found itself engaged in an unconventional and asymmetric form of warfare against elusive terrorist organizations. Defense and investigative organizations require innovative solutions that will assist them in determining the membership and structure of these organizations. Data on covert organizations are often in the form of disparat...

Graduate Student Paper Competition: National ADSA Production PhD Oral

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of concentrations of forages and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) on production of lactating dairy cows. Twelve Holstein cows were assigned randomly to replicated 4 × 4 Latin squares in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Diets were formulated containing low forage (LF; 41% of diet DM) or high forage (HF; 60% of die...

Graduate Student Paper Competition: National ADSA Production MS Oral

J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 88, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 93, E-Suppl. 1/Poult. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1 481 Effect of Origanium vulgare on ruminal fermentation, nutrient utilization, and production in dairy cows. J. A. Tekippe*1, A. N. Hristov1, K. S. Heyler1, T. W. Cassidy1, V. D. Zheljazkov2, and G. A. Varga1, 1Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 2Mississippi State University, NMREC, ...