CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Julie Morrow-Tesch USDA-ARS,
SPA
Married,
1 daughter (Amy Tesch) 123B Animal Science Building
5005
93rd Street Texas Tech University
Lubbock,
TX 79424 Lubbock,
TX 79409-2141
(806)
698-8299 (806) 742-2826
Revised:
July, 1999 FAX
(806) 742-2335
email: jmorrowt@ttacs.ttu.edu
I. CURRENT
POSITION
Research
Leader of the Agricultural Research Service Livestock Issues Research Unit.
Responsibilities include initiating and developing a research program directed
toward understanding the relationship between animal well-being and pre-harvest
food safety.
II. EDUCATION
A. Universities:
University of Illinois, Urbana,
Illinois B.S. 1982
University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada
M.S. 1985
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Ph.D. 1988
B. Thesis
Subjects:
M.S. - Spatial behavior and activity patterns
of grazing
cattle (Dr.
D.E. Brown, advisor).
Ph.D. - Behavioral, physiological and
environmental aspects
of early piglet mortality (Dr. J.J. McGlone,
advisor).
C. Postdoctoral Work and Previous Employment:
July 1988 - January 1989, Texas Tech University. Developed immune assays for use in swine and cattle. Studied the effect of stress and genetics on animal
health and immune function.
February
1989 - July 1989, Pharmacia LEO Therapeutics, Malmo, Sweden. Research was conducted to determine the
effect of a neuroleptic agent on behavior and immune function in pigs.
September 1989 - October 1990, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in
Immunology, Boston University School of Medicine. Research
was conducted to identify the effect of stress on early
immune events using a mouse model.
January 1991 - August 1992, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Tarbox Postdoctoral Fellowship, Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center, Department of Clinical
Neurology. Research was conducted to determine the effect
of hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis on
natural killer cell activity and behavior in
restraint-stressed primates.
September
1992 - February 1994, Research Associate,
USDA-ARS,
Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE.
Studies
were conducted to determine the physiological and
behavioral consequences of high environmental temperatures
in cattle and central nervous system regulation of
adaptation.
February 1994 – July 1996, Lead Scientist, Crop Production
and Pathology Unit, West Lafayette, IN
July 1996 – January 1999, Research Leader of the
Agricultural Research Service Livestock Behavior Research Unit.
Responsibilities included initiating and developing a research program directed
toward understanding the relationship between animal behavior and well-being.
Research areas included identification of internal states of animal cognition
and perception and the development of behavioral and physiological indicators
of well-being for food producing animals.
III. PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES
A.
American Society of
Animal Science
B.
American Registry of
Professional Animal Scientists
C.
Board Certification
in Animal Behavior, American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
D.
International Society
for Applied Ethology
E.
Animal Behavior
Society
F.
Scientists Center for
Animal Welfare
G.
ARENA and PRIM&R
H.
International Society
of Psychoneuroendocrinology
I.
American Association
for the Advancement of Science
K.
Federation of
American Societies of Food Animal Science
L.
Gamma Sigma Delta
M.
Sigma Xi
O. Western Regional Research Project (W -173) Stress Factors of Farm Animals and Their Effects on Performance
IV.
AWARDS
ARS
Certificate of Merit and Cash Award ($1000) for superior performance as research
animal scientist, 1995
ARS
Extra Effort Award, Certificate of Merit and Cash Award ($2000) for outstanding
leadership of animal well-being and transfer of this technology to producers
and consumers, 1996
ARS
Certificate of Merit and quality step increase for outstanding performance as
Research Leader of the Livestock Behavior Unit, 1996
ARS
Certificate of Merit and Cash Award for outstanding performance as Research
Leader of the Livestock Behavior Unit, 1997, 1998
V.
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
A. Mechanisms of animal behavior
B. Measurement of well-being in
livestock
C. Association between well-being and
resistance to pathogens
D. Psychoneuroimmunology
V. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE
ACTIVITIES
A. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, Dept. of
Animal Sciences
B. Member Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS)
Committee on Animal Care
C. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Dept. of
Animal Sciences
VI. TEACHING
EXPERIENCE/GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
A. Domestic Animal Physiology (T.A.,
UNR) 1983-84
B. Swine Production (T.A., TTU) 1985-86
C. Intro. to Animal Science (Instructor,
TTU) 1986
E. Reproductive Physiology (T.A., TTU) 1987
F. Environmental Physiology (T.A., TTU) 1988
G. Graduate Seminar (Instructor, TTU) 1988
H. Immunobiology of Cancer (Lecturer, BUMS) 1990
I.
Mind and Immunity (Instructor, BUMS) 1990
J. Large Animal Health Management
(Lecturer, Purdue) 1994-97
K. Seminars in Animal Welfare and
Human-Animal Interaction
(Lecturer, Purdue) 1994-97
L. Animal Behavior (Lecturer, Purdue) 1995-96
M. Environmental Physiology of Domestic Animals
(Lecturer, Purdue)
1995-98
(Lecturer,Purdue)
I currently serve on the graduate
committee for 7 students (4 Ph.D. and 3 M.S.).
VII.
INVITED TALKS
A. Invited to participate in the National Pork Producers Animal
Welfare Committee Meeting and present a seminar “Measuring Stress in Pigs”. Des Moines, IA,
January 30-31,1995.
B. Invited to present “The History and Future of Animal Welfare
Issues and Their influence on Animal Well-Being Research” at the Indiana
Veterinary Medical Association 111th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, February
1995.
C. Invited to present seminar “Characterizing Stress: Measuring
and interpreting immune and behavioral measures”, at the W-173 Regional Project
Program Planning Meeting, Clay Center, NE, May 3-6, 1995.
D. Invited to present seminar “Stockmanship: Effects on Stress
and Immune at the Iowa Pork Producers Professional Swine Management Course, Des
Moines IA, September 19-20, 1995.
E.
Invited speaker at
Purdue University Neuroscience program annual retreat. “Animal Behavior: The
View from An Applied Ethologist” October 9, 1995.
F. Invited to present seminar “Animal Well-Being/Animal Rights”
to the Indiana Institute of Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Leadership Class,
November 30, 1995.
G. Invited to present “Applied Animal behavior and Environmental
Enrichment” at the Indiana State Veterinary Medical Association 112th Annual
Meeting, February 10, 1996, Indianapolis, IN.
H. Invited to present a paper “Environmental Enrichment for
Ungulates: at the Central Region conference of the American Zoo and Aquarium
Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA Feb 28, 1995
I.
Invited FFA Banquet
Dinner Speaker, “Animal Welfare/Animal Rights” Lynn, Indiana, April 11, 1996.
J. Invited speaker at University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
“Physiological Assessment of Learning”, April 17, 1996
K. Invited speaker at USDA-ARS, US Meat Animal Reserch Center
“Applied Ethology and Farm Management: Research Perspectives”, April 16, 1996.
Lecture was used as continuing education credit for animal caretakers at MARC.
L. Invited dinner speaker at Tri State Dairy Nutrition
Conference “Animal Well-being and Environmental Enrichment” May 14,1996.
M. Invited to write summary article on environmental enrichment
in pigs and cattle for the National Agriculture Library Animal Welfare
Information Center Newsletter (publication date of July, 1997).
N. Invited speaker for a University wide symposium on Animals
in Our Lives sponsored by the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine
and Gamma Sigma Delta “Animal Welfare vs Animal rights, why is it an issue”
September 3, 1996.
O. At the request of NPS participated in the 30th Anniversary
of the Animal Welfare Act and present information on research in the Livestock
Behavior Research Unit. September 11-13, 1996, Washington, DC.
P. Invited to review the second “Guide for the Care and Use of
Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching”. September, 1996.
Q. Invited to present seminar “Using Animal Behavior to
Understand Animal Well-being” at the Annual Student American Veterinary Medical
Association Symposium. March 14, 1997. Purdue Unversity School of Veterinary
Medicine, W. Lafayette, IN.
R. Invited to participate in Workshop on the Guide for the Care
and Use of Agricultural Animals (Western region meeting) as a speaker and panel
member on “IACUC issues: Evaluating Teaching, Research and Extension”. March
19, 1997, San Diego, CA.
S. Invited to present key note address “An Animal Well-Being
Perspective” at the Seventh International Livestock Environment Symposium
Minneapolis, MN, May 1997.
T. Invited to participate on the organizing committee for the
Agricultural Animal Guide Workshop (Eastern region meeting), present seminar
“Advantages of Working Through your IACUC” and moderate a panel of
professionals to discuss their roles in using the revised Guide for the Care and
Use of Agricultural animals In Agricultural Research and Teaching. Indianapolis
IN June 12-14, 1997.
U. Invited to present seminar “A Video Database System for
Studying Animal Behavior” at a special symposium of the Environment and
Behavior Section of the American Society of Animal Science Meetings. July 28 -
31, 1997. Nashville, TN.
V. Invited to be on the organizing committee for The Biology of
Animal Stress Meeting, October 1998, Davis CA, and present a summary of the
meeting.
W. Invited to present seminar at Agricultural Awarness Week,
January, 1999, Texas Tech University.
X. Invited to present a seminar on animal well-being research
to the Livestock Conservation Institute, March, 1999, Nashville, TN.
Y. Invited to present talk on tail docking of dairy cows to the
Committee of Animal Welfare of the United States Animal Health Association,
October, 1999, San Diego, CA.
VIII. GRANTS
A. NIH
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Immunology. 18,000; 10/1/89 to 9/30/90.
B. American Cancer
Society Institutional Research Grant (Hubert Humphrey Cancer Center). "The effect of stress on macrophage regulation of dormant
tumor cells in mice". 6,000; 12/1/89 to 11/30/90.
C. School of Veterinary Medicine Grant
“Effect of environment on behavior and the systemic and mucosal immune response
in calves”. 4,600; 05/04/95 to 05/01/97.
D. Co-PI on USDA-NRI grant “Dynamic
responses of feedlot cattle exposed to heat stress”. Total grant 225,000, 09/98
to 08/01.
IX.
PUBLICATIONS
A. Refereed Journal Articles
McGlone, J.J. and J.L. Morrow. 1987. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG MATURE BOARS IN T-MAZE
PREFERENCE FOR ESTROUS OR NONESTROUS SOWS. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 17:77-82.
McGlone, J.J. and J.L. Morrow. 1988.
REDUCTION OF PIG AGONISTIC
BEHAVIOR BY ANDROSTENONE. J. Anim. Sci. 66:880- 884.
McGlone, J.J., W.F. Stansbury, L.F. Tribble and J.L. Morrow.
1988. PHOTOPERIOD AND HEAT STRESS INFLUENCES AND PHOTOPERIOD EFFECTS ON NURSERY
PIG PERFORMANCE. J. Anim. Sci. 66:1915-1919.
McGlone, J.J., C.K. Akins and J.L. Morrow. 1988 . PRELIMINARY
STUDY ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF SOCIALLY DOMINANT AND SUBORDINATE BOARS IN A
SEMINATURAL ENVIRONMENT. Texas J. Agric.
Nat. Resources 2:7-9.
Salak, J.L., J.J. McGlone, J.L. Morrow, R.J. Hurst and R.D.
Green. 1989. GENETIC VARIABILITY IN MEASURES OF BEEF CATTLE IMMUNE RESPONSE.
Texas J. Agric. Nat. Resources 3:54- 56.
Morrow, J.L. and J.J. McGlone. 1989. SENSORY SYSTEMS AND NIPPLE ATTACHMENT
BEHAVIOR IN NEONATAL PIGS. Physiology & Behavior 47: 1-4.
Morrow-Tesch, J.L. and J.J. McGlone. 1990. SOURCES OF MATERNAL ODORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ODOR
PREFERENCES IN BABY PIGS. J. Anim.
Sci. 68:3563-3572.
Morrow,
J.L. and J.J. McGlone. 1990. SENSORY SYSTEMS AND NIPPLE ATTACHMENT BEHAVIOR IN NEONATAL
PIGS. Physiol. Behav.
47:1-4.
McGlone,
J.J. and J. Morrow-Tesch. 1990. PRODUCTIVITY AND
BEHAVIOR OF SOWS IN LEVEL AND SLOPED FARROWING PENS AND CRATES. J. Anim. Sci. 68:82-87.
Morrow, J.L. and J.J. McGlone. 1990. SOURCES OF MATERNAL ODORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ODOR PREFERENCES IN BABY PIGS. J. Anim. Sci. 68: 3563-2571
Jiang, C.G., J.L.
Morrow-Tesch, D.I. Beller, E.M. Levy and P.H. Black.
1990. IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IN MICE INDUCED BY COLD WATER STRESS. Brain Behav. Immun. 4:278-291.
Morrow-Tesch,
J.L., J.J. McGlone and R.L. Norman. 1993. CONSEQUENCES OF RESTRAINT STRESS ON
NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVITY,
BEHAVIOR AND HORMONE LEVELS IN RHESUS MACAQUES.
Psychoneuroendocrinology 18:383-395.
Hahn, G.L. and J. L. Morrow-Tesch. 1993.
IMPROVING LIVESTOCK CARE AND WELL-BEING. Agricultural Engineering 74:14-17.
Morrow-Tesch,
J.L. and G. Andersson. 1994. IMMUNOLOGICAL
AND HEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF
THE WASTING PIG SYNDROME. J. Anim. Sci. 72:976-983.
Morrow-Tesch, J.L., McGlone, J.J. and J.L.
Salak. 1994. HEAT AND SOCIAL STRESS EFFECTS ON PIG Immune
Measures. J. Anim. Sci.
72:2599-2609.
Morrow-Tesch, J.L., N. Woollen, G.L.
Hahn. 1996.
RESPONSE OF GAMMA
DELTA T-LYMPHOCYTES TO HEAT STRESS IN BOS TAURUS AND BOS INDICUS CROSSBRED
CATTLE. Thermal Biology. 21:101-108.
Morrow-Tesch, J.L. 1997 Environmental
Enrichment for dairy calves and pigs. Animal Welfare Information center
newsletter. 7:3-12.
Bolinger, D., J.L.
Albright, J. Morrow-Tesch, S.J. Kenyon and M.D. Cunningham. 1997.The effects of restraint using self-locking
stanchions on dairy cows in relation to behavior, feed intake, physiological
parameter, health, and milk yield. J. Dairy Sci. 80:2411-2417.
Morrow-Tesch, J. An
Animal Well-Being Perspective. 1997. The Professional Animal Scientist.
14: 11-15.
Morrow-Tesch, J., J.W. Dailey, and H. Jiang. A VIDEO DATABASE SYSTEM FOR STUDYING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. J. Anim. Sci. 10: 2605 - 2608.
Jarvinen, M.K., J. Morrow-Tesch, J.J. McGlone and T.L.
Powley. 1997. EFFECTS OF DIVERSE DEVELOPMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS ON NEURONAL
MORPHOLOGY IN DOMESTIC PIGS (Sus scrofa). Brain Res. 107: 21 - 13.
Eicher, S.D., J.L. Morrow-Tesch, J.L. Albright, J.W. Dailey,
C.R. Young and L.H. Stanker. 1999. Tail-docking
INFLUENCES ON behavior, immunological
and endocrine RESPONSES IN DAIRY HEIFERS. J. Dairy Sci. 83:1456-1462.
Scott, K., Morrow, J.L. and Shea, M.M. 1999. INFLUENCE OF SOW GESTATION DIET ON PIGLET
BEHAVIOR. Journal of Animal Science.
Morrow, J.L. 1999.
CURRENT RESEARCH ON LIVESTOCK CARE:
ARS NATIONAL PROGRAM 105-ANIMAL WELL-BEING AND STRESS CONTROL SYSTEMS.
Livestock conservation Institute Proceedings.
Morrow, J.L., Mitloehner, F.M., Dailey, J.W., Wilson, S.C.
and McGLone, J.J. 1999. DUST AND
MICROBE LEVELS FROM INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PIG UNITS. Journal of Animal Science.
Scott, K.A., Shea, M.M. and Morrow, J.L. 1999. INFLUENCE OF SOW GESTATION DIET ON PIGLETS
BEHAVIOR. Journal of Animal Science.
Johnson, A.K., Morrow, J.L., Wilson, S.C., Rachuonyo, H.,
Gentry, J.G. and McGlone, J.J. 1999.
BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF LACTATING NEWSHAM SOWS AND PIGLETS REARED
INDOORS AND OUTDOORS. Journal of Animal Science.
Mitloehner, F.M., Morrow, J.L., Dailey, J.W. and McGlone,
J.J. 1999. ALTERING FEEDING TIMES FOR
FEELOT CATTLE REDUCED DUST-GENERATING BEHAVIORS. Journal of Animal Science.
Mitloehner, F.M., J. Morrow-Tesch, S.C. Wilson, J.W. Dailey,
J.J. McGlone. 2000. Behavioral
sampling techniques for feedlot cattle. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (submitted).
Johnson, A.K., Morrow, J.L. and J.J. McGlone. 2001.
BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF LACTATING SOWS AND PIGLETS REARED INDOORS OR
OUTDOORS. J. Anim. Sci. 79:2571-2579.
Mitlohner, F.M., Morrow, J.L., Dailey, J.W., Wilson, S.C.,
Galyean, M.L., Miller, M.F. and J.J. McGlone.
2001. SHADE AND WATER MISTING
EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOR, PHYSIOLOGY, PERFORMANCE, AND CARCASS TRAITS OF
HEAT-STRESSED FEEDLOT CATTLE. 79:
2327-2335.
Wilson, S.C., Morrow, J.L., Straus, D.C., Cooley, J.D., Wong, W.C., Mitlohner, F.M. and J.J. McGlone. 2002. AIRBORNE MICROBIAL FLORA IN A CATTLE FEEDLOT. A