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Show SHEEPMEN, OFFICIALS MEET Ask AEC for Sheep Study Grant A request is to be made that a greatly expanded study of sheep losses in southern Utah and Nevada Ne-vada be undertaken through an Atomic Energy Commission grant, to include the effects of radiation on sheep. The decision was react ed at a joint meeting of representatives of the Experiment Ex-periment Stations of the two states. The meeting was held at the College of Southern Utah in Cedar City Tuesday for the purpose of discussing the nutrition studies being made by the Extension Services of the two states under grants from the AEC. The study In Utah deals with sheep, while similar studies in conti'-ctinn with cattle are being conducted in Nevada. Since there is still considerable contention that the heay sheep' i losses in Utah herds 11- t grazed near the Nevada Atoni' ''roving grounds was caused b -lint ion, jthe leaders agreed t!i it rnrther studies on this phase f ihe situation situ-ation should be undertaken. Before such a study could be undertaken it would be necessary neces-sary to receive Atomic Energy Commission approval and perhaps per-haps additional funds as well. Participating In the discussions here were the following Utah 'Experiment Station officials: Dr. R. II. Walker, director; Dr. Lorin Harris, animal nutritionist, and director of the AEC financed nutrition nu-trition study; Dr. L. A. Stoddard and Mil1; Robinson, range manager man-ager nt department: Dr. M. L. Miner, Dr. Wendell Brooksby, and Donald Clayton, field worker. The Nevada service was represented by Di. James Kidwell, head of the Depaitment of Animal Husbandry, Hus-bandry, University of Nevada; Dr. John R. Bertrand, director and doan of the school of agriculture; Dr. Verl Bohman, animal husbandry hus-bandry head, and Ralph Melen-idy, Melen-idy, research assistant. |