As part of one of the leading agricultural universities in the nation, we're proud of the scientific research happening at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Director of the UC Davis CLEAR Center and professor at the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, shares more about our unique #cattle pen enclosures aka "bovine bubbles". These enclosures are the only ones in the world that allow us to do animal research under group house conditions. 🐂 To learn more about what we do and who we are, visit our website at https://clear.ucdavis.edu.
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