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Champaign, IL (June 7, 2024)—The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) is pleased to announce Benjamin Enger as the 2024 recipient of the West Agro Inc. Award. The award will be presented on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, during the awards ceremony at the ADSA Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The West Agro Inc. Award was created to recognize outstanding research of milk quality as affected by control of mastitis, management of milking, and practices in the production of milk. The winner must have made meritorious scientific or technical contributions in research of one or more of the areas of mastitis, including epidemiology, microbiology, prophylaxis, therapy, immunity, anatomy, and physiology of the mammary gland; milking management and systems related to hygiene, udder health, and milk quality; milk yield, composition, flavor, and microbiological quality as related to feeding or management; detection or analysis of foreign substances in milk or of abnormal milk; prevention or elimination of milk adulteration, particularly by those contaminants that have significance to public health; or product technology. The winner must have made the contribution within the five years immediately preceding nomination and have been a member of ADSA for at least five successive years.
Benjamin Enger, PhD, MS, is an associate professor of mastitis and mammary physiology in the Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University. He received his BS from the University of Idaho, MS from Washington State University, and PhD from Virginia Tech. His research program conducts applied and basic research on mastitis control and mammary physiology. His predominant focus has been to discern how mastitis disrupts mammary gland growth and milk and secretion mechanisms.
It is with great pleasure that ADSA and West Agro Inc. present Benjamin Enger with the 2024 West Agro Inc. Award.
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The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) is an international organization of educators, scientists, and industry representatives who are committed to advancing the dairy industry and keenly aware of the vital role the dairy sciences play in fulfilling the economic, nutritive, and health requirements of the world’s population. It provides leadership in scientific and technical support to sustain and grow the global dairy industry through generation, dissemination, and exchange of information and services. Together, ADSA members have discovered new methods and technologies that have revolutionized the dairy industry. www.adsa.org