This interview is with Francine Bradley, Extension Poultry Specialist Emerita in the Department of Animal Science. She received her BS, MS, And PhD from UC Davis and was appointed as an Area Poultry Farm Advisor in Cooperative Extension in 1985 and later as a Poultry Extension Specialist. She retired in 2011.
Francine’s extension program focused on improving reproductive efficiency, management systems, and biosecurity in commercial poultry and a range of avians that spanned Cochin bantams to cassowaries. She taught Introduction to Poultry Science and guest lectured in a wide variety of courses both within the College and in the School of Veterinary Medicine. She served as the Master Adviser for Avian Sciences and the faculty adviser for the Avian Sciences Club, Alpha Zeta, and Phi Kappa Phi. She directed the statewide 4-H Poultry program and, with Ralph Ernst and John Emo created Avian Bowl, a science-based competition that became a national 4-H contest.
She is interviewed by his friend and colleague, Mary Delany, Professor Emerita of Animal Science.
