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John O. Almquist of The Pennsylvania State University received the Animal Physiology and Endocrinology Award of the American Society of Animal Science this summer. The award is Almquist's third major citation for outstanding achievements since 1959. He received $1,000 and a plaque.

Almquist is internationally known for his work in artificial breeding and reproductive physiology of dairy and beef cattle. He has been in charge of the Dairy Breeding Research Center at Penn State since the Center opened in 1949. He joined the College of Agriculture faculty in 1944 to develop a new program of research and teaching in animal reproduction.

Almquist was the first to demonstrate the value of adding penicillin and streptomycin to diluted bull semen to control bacterial growth and to increase fertility. Antibiotics now are used universally by the artificial breeding industry. A substantial increase in breeding efficiency has been realized in the United States as well as abroad.