SERT General Meeting
1-27-2015
Everyone signed in and enjoyed some Chinese food to start off the semester!
Danae Oliver - President
- Welcomed both old and new members and introduced the officers!
- Mare grooming at 6:30 tomorrow night, rides leaving at 6:20
- Equine internships have been floating through the emails, so please check out the new opportunities!
- Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference:Industry leaders and professors will be presenting research that related to equine, dairy, and poultry nutrition. There will not be an official excuse to be absent from class.
- Wed, February 25th, buses will leave at 4:30 a. m.
- Equine section on feed and plant toxicities - get stoked.
- Sign-up sheet to evaluate interest was sent around and more details will come in the future.
- Field trip to a big breeding farm on a Saturday
- Ag Student Council Rep and UPAC liaison opening
- Talk to Danae if you are interested!
Amy Kraus - Vice President
- Ag Day: April 15th, 11:00-2:00
- Everything will be right outside ASI
- Need participation: like us on Facebook, go to the event, take pictures, create a display?
- Need an equine presence. Want the groups to work together. (PSERT/CHAPS)
- Want interactive ideas to promote the organization
- Equine gastrointestinal track - Charlie the Trash Can Horse
- Setting up a skull and displaying feed turnover into compost
- Send ideas to Danae!
Caitlin Edinger - Secretary
- Nothing to report
Patricia Ochonski - Treasurer
- Dues are $8 for the semester! See Patricia either this week or next meeting!
Taylor Shears - Webmaster.
- Email Taylor for any concerns regarding the PSERT info at tms5636@psu.edu
- Check out the website and look for upcoming events!
- Minutes posted after every meeting to keep up to date on the events.
- Take pictures of the research!!!! (Let's promote the group and show everyone what we are up to! Just keep it clean J)
Kristin Murray - Ag Student Council Representative
Sara Groome - Social Chair
- Look for upcoming emails for an event in February!
Jenny Lind - Historian and Alumni Relations
- Nothing to report
Katie Baluch - Social and Fundraising Chair
- We may be doing Valentine's Day Cowgirl Cookies
- We may set up a booth to promote our cookies as well.
Dr. Staniar - advisor
- Research Project:
- IACUC has been approved! Yay!!!
- Binder containing the protocol and an outline of what we will be doing will be in the lab. Everyone involved will need to read through the protocol and materials.
- Everyone will need to do the IACUC modules or you will not be allowed to participate in the research!!!
- Hypothesis: Length of mare's parturition may have some effect on mare-foal bonding behavior following parturition.
- Initial relationship is very important to the foal!
- Decision of when to intervene is subjective.
- Project is inexpensive and gets everyone involved!
- It also may give us a better idea of how to optimize the foaling experience.
- 3-5 members of the team should be there when each foal is born.
- Watch everything that happens, everyone gets 2 ethograms - one for the mare and one for the foal
- Find some videos to check out and practice your behavioral analysis so that you do not feel lost when it's all actually happening. We want accurate, clean data - so come prepared!!!
This meeting was held at the barn to prepare everyone for the behavioral study!
Danae Oliver - President
- If you are not on ANGEL yet, contact Danae. Remember, you must pay your dues to be included in the regular updates and activities.
Amy Kraus - Vice President
- Nothing to report
Caitlin Edinger - Secretary
- Nothing to report
Patricia Ochonski - Treasurer
- Dues are $8 for the semester!
Taylor Shears - Webmaster.
- Email Taylor for any concerns regarding the PSERT info at tms5636@psu.edu
- Check out the website and look for upcoming events!
- Minutes posted after every meeting to keep up to date on the events.
- Take pictures of the research!!!! (Let's promote the group and show everyone what we are up to! Just keep it clean J)
Kristin Murray - Ag Student Council Representative
Sara Groome - Social Chair
- Look for upcoming emails for an event in February!
Jenny Lind - Historian and Alumni Relations
- Nothing to report
Katie Baluch - Social and Fundraising Chair
- Nothing to report
Dr. Staniar - advisor
- Research Project:
- IACUC has been approved! Yay!!
- Everyone needs to read this and sign off on this in order to participate! Be sure to update your IACUC certifications and bring in proof of this.
- The team conducted a behavioral ethogram with Dr. Staniar being the foal - yeah, that happened.
- Practice ethograms were provided for all team members to become familiar with the types of behaviors they will be responsible for keeping track of.
- Foal watch sign-ups were posted. Check the website for contact information and other important information for the upcoming study.
- Team members will be working with 407. If you sign up - PLEASE SHOW UP! Your fellow team members as well as the 407 students really need help, so if you do not think you can make it, then reconsider your sign-up time.
- If you do not think you can handle one specific week, then work with the leaders to ensure a more regular schedule (i.e. every Tuesday night or something).
- Fun activities will be provided during the foal watch times such that you are not insanely bored while waiting at 3:00 a.m. Our goal is to provide everyone with the chance to see something incredibly exciting and get first-hand experience.
