Livestock Programs in Hawaii

Livestock Contacts

BIG ISLAND

Kamuela Extension Office

67-5189 Kamamalu Road
Kamuela, HI 96743

Mark Thorne (Assoc Specialist)

Kona Extension Office

79-7381 Mamalahoa Highway
Kealakekua, HI 96750

Melelani Oshiro (Extension Agent)

MAUI

Kahului Extension Office

310 Kaahumanu, Ave., Bldg. 214
Kahului, HI 96732

Kyle Caires (Extension Agent)

Molokai Extension Office

P.O. Box 394
Hoolehua, HI 96729
tel: (808)567-6929
fax: (808)5676933

KAUAI

Kauai Extension Office

State Office Building
306- Eiwa Street, Room 210
Lihue, HI 96766

Savannah Katulski

Kauai Livestock

Emergency Response: Volcanic Emissions Floods Fires Hurricanes

How Salty?

Aquaculture researcher Andre Seale is lead author on a new publication, “Systemic Versus Tissue-Level Prolactin Signaling in a Teleost During a Tidal Cycle.” As the abstract explains,...
More Males, Please

Size matters in commercial fish production. Species such as tilapia are known to exhibit sexual dimorphism, or sex-specific differences in body size, with males outgrowing females. As can be expected,...
Head Vet

As state veterinarian and head of the Animal Industry Division at the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture, Raquel Wong keeps animal diseases we don’t have out of the islands and deals with...
Mama Cows

Livestock Extension agent for Kaua‘i County Savannah Katulski is offering a webinar, “Selecting Beef Replacement Heifers,” on Thursday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m. This webinar will focus...
Hawaiʻi Aquaculture Eats Local?

The Hawaiian Islands have just the right water resources and climate to support the aquaculture farming of fish, shellfish, algae, etc. So what’s holding back this potentially profitable...
Land and Sea

Co-PIs Andre Seale and Rajesh Jha (both HNFAS), in collaboration with Darren Lerner and Darren Okimoto of the UH Sea Grant College Program, recently received a 3-year NOAA Sea Grant 2018 Aquaculture...
Animal Health and Handling

Kyle Caires (HNFAS) wrapped up a productive year in livestock extension by hosting an animal health and handling workshop on Maui for more than 40 4-H youth and adults in early December at Kaonoulu...
The Awards of Excellence

This year’s illustrious and deserving awardees for the 2019 CTAHR Banquet have been selected, including Dave Chun (left) for Ka Lei Hano and Barry Brennan (PEPS, right) for Outstanding Alumnus....
Aquaculture Alternatives

Exciting is an understatement for the news in Dr. Cheng-Sheng Lee’s recent letter. He began by expressing his gratitude for the staff and those who support the Center for Tropical and...
Sick Whales and Dolphins

A novel virus, potentially fatal to whales and dolphins, has been discovered by researchers in the Dept. of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences. Prior to its discovery in 10 whale and dolphin...
Interviews in Livestock Extension

All are invited to attend the interview presentations of the candidates for junior/assistant Extension agent for livestock on Hawai‘i Island on Monday, December 10, and Wednesday, December 12....
This Little Piggy Went to the Laboratory

UH Animal Science researchers are part of a transgenic study that successfully altered pigs to produce microbial enzymes in their saliva that could make swine digestion more efficient and reduce...
Get Technical About Ag

Know someone who wants to work in a beautiful environment and be an integral part of research and Extension that will help ag producers and members of the community throughout the state? Let them know...
Small Ruminants

Cooperative Extension conducted four workshops for veterinarians and technicians and four open lectures covering “Small Ruminant Health,” one each on O‘ahu, Maui, the Big Island, and...
Steering in the Right Direction

A Moloka‘i 4-H participant and his award winning animals were featured in a USDA Farm Service Agency Fencepost newsletter article on the FSA Youth Loan.
Best Paper Award, Part Two!

Congrats to Rajesh Jha and his team in the Dept. of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences for not one but TWO papers recognized this year! The Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology recently...
Pre-Vets Are Doing Swine

Pre-vet students joined Professors Birendra Mishra and Halina Zaleski for a hands-on training in a workshop on artificial insemination.
Deep Dive

It’s been a long-term objective of CTAHR to establish an aquaculture facility on the UH Mānoa campus. That objective was realized in 2024. With funding from the UHM Office of the Vice Chancellor...
Sales Up 12%

Hawaiʻi aquaculture sales leaped 12% from 2021 to 2022. What’s more, this $10M increase helped the industry reach an all-time record high of $89.6 million in production value, reports...
An Alternative to Antibiotics

Rajesh Jha (HNFAS) delivered a keynote speech at the Poultry Nutrition and Health Forum in Beijing focused on “Fermentable Carbohydrates in Poultry Nutrition to Modulate Gut Health.”...