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Veterinarian Honored For Work On Identifying Cattle Leukemia Virus Kay Asay Herbert Oberlander George Papavizas Robert Webster As a result of a crucial discovery in the 1970s, veterinarian Janice M. Miller has helped the United States livestock industry stay competitive in world markets today. Her finding: that a virus causes leukemia in cattle. The result: a diagnostic test to detect the virus. In recognition of the breakthrough, Miller was recently selected as the 1988 Distinguis

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Veterinarian Honored For Work On Identifying Cattle Leukemia Virus

Kay Asay

Herbert Oberlander

George Papavizas

Robert Webster

As a result of a crucial discovery in the 1970s, veterinarian Janice M. Miller has helped the United States livestock industry stay competitive in world markets today. Her finding: that a virus causes leukemia in cattle. The result: a diagnostic test to detect the virus.

In recognition of the breakthrough, Miller was recently selected as the 1988 Distinguished Scientist of the Year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). At a ceremony in November, the department also awarded three Outstanding Scientist of the Year awards to plant geneticist Kay H. Asay, molecular biologist and entomologist Herbert Oberlander, and plant pathologist George Papavizas.

The ARS established its awards program in 1982 "to encourage superior basic research on critical issues in the food and agricultural science." Miller, a researcher at ...

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