NMSU West Sheep Unit

NMSU West Sheep Unit Dr. Dennis Hallford founded the West Sheep Unit in 1980. It is now managed by Dr. Jennifer Hernandez Gifford who was once a student under Doc.

She is dedicated to elevating the legacy of the WSU through research, teaching, and student mentoring.

Join us in honoring Dr. Campbell’s retirement during our Welcome Back BBQ tomorrow, August 26th at 5pm at the Student Le...
08/25/2026

Join us in honoring Dr. Campbell’s retirement during our Welcome Back BBQ tomorrow, August 26th at 5pm at the Student Learning Center!

There will be food, games, and a best dressed minion contest!

Congratulations to Sara Gurule who has had a very productive summer. After a successful WSASAS meeting, she has also pu...
08/13/2026

Congratulations to Sara Gurule who has had a very productive summer. After a successful WSASAS meeting, she has also published an article in Translational Animal Science! Woo hoo!!! So proud.

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Hurlbert who successfully defended her PhD research titled "Maternal vitamin and mineral...
07/29/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Hurlbert who successfully defended her PhD research titled "Maternal vitamin and mineral supplementation during gestation in beef cattle and offspring developmental programming outcomes" on June 29, 2026 at NDSU. Dr. Hurlbert spent the Spring 2026 semester at NMSU gaining research skills in the Endo Lab and NMSU West Sheep Unit. It was so fun getting to work along side of her, and we are so proud to have had a small part in her grand journey. Good luck on all the adventures that await. You always have a home here in NM!

07/09/2026

Zoomies: activated. 🐑💨
Our weaned lambs are enjoying their own big space!

New Mexico State University Animal and Range Science students continue to impress in all Research Presentation Competiti...
06/09/2026

New Mexico State University Animal and Range Science students continue to impress in all Research Presentation Competitions at the annual Western Section American Society of Animal Science meeting!!! These students made us proud as they represented our Dept. at the 2026 WSASAS Meeting in Estes Park. Congratulations to all students! Graduate Student Paper Competition - 1st place was awarded to Sara Gurule (Hernandez Gifford lab) and 2nd place to Nik Kronlein (Ashley lab) and recipient of Institutional Award based on all student combined participation scores (Sara Gurule, Nik Kronlein, Karime Luna, Naomi Lucero and Jeff Dominguez). Additionally, Naomi Lucero (Soto lab) was awarded 2nd place in the 3 minute thesis competition. Undergraduate students also showed off their research in the poster competition with Maddy Dunivan (Scholljegerdes lab) receiving 1st place honors and Emma Alvarez (Ashley lab) receiving 3rd place honors.

More graduation celebrations! Congratulations to our Chico State Pipeline to Ag Leaders (PALs) fellow students and thei...
05/22/2026

More graduation celebrations! Congratulations to our Chico State Pipeline to Ag Leaders (PALs) fellow students and their amazing mentor, Kasey DeAtley on this achievement. We are so proud of you all. And, we couldn't be more excited to welcome our first official Pipeline student from Chico State in the Fall. So glad to have been part of your journey. Go forth and do great things. L to R: Blake Boyes, Paige Flaig, and Sophia Benitez.

Congratulations to all the Neumann Competition Paper presenters! This event has been instrumental in preparing our stud...
05/20/2026

Congratulations to all the Neumann Competition Paper presenters! This event has been instrumental in preparing our students for the upcoming research competitions at the WSASAS meeting. Research presented highlighted the dedication and commitment to scientific excellence of our faculty and students alike. The 1st place winner was Sara Gurule, and runner up was Naomi Lucero. We are also grateful to our judges, Dr. Marcy Ward, Dr. Hannah Bilovesky and (almost) Dr. Jen Hurlbert, as well as moderator Dr. Ryan Ashley.

Congratulations to Emilio Gonzales who will be graduating with a B.S. inRange Science. Emilio has been part of our Pipel...
05/16/2026

Congratulations to Emilio Gonzales who will be graduating with a B.S. inRange Science. Emilio has been part of our Pipeline to Ag Leaders program and participated in the ACES UG research scholars program where he conducted research with Dr. Utsumi. He was also recognized as a spring 2026 ACES outstanding student recipient. We are so proud of all your have achieved and to have been part of your journey. Good luck and we wish you the best in your next adventures.

Student Highlight - Noel Lara. Congratulations to Noel Lara who will be graduating with a B.S. in Animal Science on Sat...
05/14/2026

Student Highlight - Noel Lara. Congratulations to Noel Lara who will be graduating with a B.S. in Animal Science on Saturday. Noel has been a standout student in the Department with his leadership roles as an ACES Ambassador, and participation in undergraduate research. He has participated in the Leading Program and the ACES UG research scholar program. Noel is an amazing student with the brightest smile and most positive outlook on life. We have really enjoyed having him part of our West Sheep Unit this year. We wish Noel the best of luck in achieving all his goals.

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