ARPAS

Check out our new website! 🎉 Easier navigation, digital forms, and more member and #AppliedAnimalScience journal resources ➡️ arpas.org #ARPAS #AnimalScience

🏆 Last call for nominations! 🏆 The Distinguished Professional Animal Scientist Award deadline is March 31, 2026: arpas.org/About/Distingu…

Strengthen your lab or department while helping students take a major professional step! We’re inviting graduate programs to host group ARPAS exam sessions, complete with coordination support and a free pizza lunch. Contact us to learn more: bit.ly/ARPASPizzaExams

A new #AppliedAnimalScience analysis (doi.org/10.15232/aas.2…) of 8,800 equine matings over nine years reveals the strongest predictors of conception—and underscores the value of breeding‑shed records: arpas.org/News/Press-Rel…

The mission of #AppliedAnimalScience is to amplify and support our authors at every step. To keep pace with the changing needs of our community, we have updated our instructions for authors (appliedanimalscience.org/inst-auth)for the year ahead.

#AppliedAnimalScience invites you to a free, one-hour webinar on key author strategies for communicating your research! AAS EIC Bill P. Weiss will cover ✅ assessing relevance in your writing, ✅ crafting a compelling introduction, and more! Register: bit.ly/4brmGD3

Help us celebrate the leaders who shaped our field! 🏆 Nominate an emeritus ARPAS member for the 2026 Distinguished Professional Animal Scientist Award: arpas.org/About/Distingu… Nominations close March 31, 2026—don’t miss the chance to honor someone who made a difference.

Free pizza + free ARPAS exam! Grads, grab your labmates, pick a date, and take the ARPAS exam together online. All you need is: 🍕5+ MS or PhD students 🍕A faculty mentor to proctor 🍕An appetite for pizza and professional growth bit.ly/ARPASPizzaExams

A new article published in #AppliedAnimalScience offers an overview of the impacts of increased droughts on feeder cattle supply, along with potential ways to ensure the long-term sustainability of beef production. Learn more: arpas.org/News/Press-Rel…

Grad students: want to earn your ARPAS certification together? We’re offering select student groups the chance to take the online ARPAS exam as a cohort—with a free pizza lunch included! Reach out to reserve a spot: bit.ly/ARPASPizzaExams!

Do you know an emeritus ARPAS member who has made significant contributions to the field and to our community? Nominate them for this year's Distinguished Professional Animal Scientist Award by March 31, 2026! Learn more: arpas.org/About/Distingu…

A new study in #AppliedAnimalScience led by Jason Warner, provides detailed data on the nutrient composition of standing CRP forages across Kansas, helping to provide actionable information for producers, extension pros, & policymakers. Learn more: arpas.org/News/Press-Rel…

ARPAS members, don't let your credentials lapse! Report your CEUs and renew your membership for 2026! ➡️ bit.ly/ReportCEUs Need help? ✅ Reach out to arpas@assochq.org ✅ Our support staff will help you log previous CEUs and renew!

Findings from a new #AppliedAnimalScience study (doi.org/10.15232/aas.2…) led by @USDA_ARS suggest that ruminal bacteria contribute to liver abscess formation even when cattle are not subjected to acidotic feeding conditions ➡️ arpas.org/News/Press-Rel…

Have you previously passed the ARPAS exam, and aren't sure how to renew your membership and credentials? We've got you! ✅ Reach out to arpas@assochq.org ✅ Our support staff will help you log previous CEUs and renew your membership for 2026!

Join #AppliedAnimalScience Editor in Chief Bill P. Weiss TOMORROW for a free, one-hour webinar designed to help you prepare a submission-ready paper! Register: bit.ly/45wSpR0

Are you a PhD animal science faculty member or postdoc? 🎓 Did you know you can become an ARPAS member *without* the exam? This new tier recognizes your expertise! Find out more: bit.ly/4iFd1ur

There's still time to register! Join #AppliedAnimalScience for a free, one-hour webinar on January 28, designed to help you prepare a submission-ready paper! Register: bit.ly/45wSpR0

Calling all ARPAS members! Be sure to report your 16 CEUs for 2025 if you haven't already, & renew your credentials for 2026 ➡️ bit.ly/ReportCEUs Membership keeps you connected to the benefits that matter most: professional credentials, trusted CEUs, and #AAS discounts!

#AppliedAnimalScience invites you to a free, one-hour webinar designed to help you prepare a submission-ready paper! AAS Editor in Chief Bill P. Weiss will provide best practices for figures, tables, navigating the publishing process, and more! Register: bit.ly/45wSpR0

Explore the Editor's Choice standout articles from the December #AppliedAnimalScience! Including "Effects of forage sorghum silage as an alternative roughage source in feedlot cattle diets" from @agsciences: doi.org/10.15232/aas.2…