Books by Richard A. Battaglia

RICHARD A. BATTAGLIA, Professor and Head of the Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow.

Dr. Battaglia was raised in a farm setting (mixed livestock and grain) near Belleville, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, with a B.S. degree in Animal Industries in 1966. He received the M.S. degree in 1968 and Ph.D. in 1969, both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He worked for two years as Animal Scientist (Reproductive Physiologist) at Oklahoma State University; three years as Animal Production Program and Horse Program Coordinator at the University of Minnesota Technical College for Agriculture in Waseca, Minnesota; ten years as an Animal Scientist and Horse Extension Specialist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; and eight years at South Dakota State University, where he served as Program Leader for Agriculture, Director of Cooperative Extension Service, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, and Development Officer for the University Foundation. In 1991, he joined the College of Agriculture at the University of Idaho as Professor and Head of the Department of Animal and Veterinary Science. He is a member of the American Society of Animal Science, American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society, and the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.