A Penn State animal scientist has received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lead a team conducting research on reproductive dysfunction in cattle.
Francisco Diaz, associate professor of reproductive biology in the college of agriculture sciences, will use the three-year award coming through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study how high levels of androgen — a hormone produced by both males and females but more closely associated with the regulation of male characteristics such as increased muscle mass — contribute to impaired…
