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Steve LeValley

Steve LeValley is the sheep and wool specialist in the Department of Animal Sciences.

LeValley provides leadership for the Sheep and Wool Industry in Colorado,coordinate and develops materials for youth projects dealing with livestock. He has been involved with Sheep Quality Assurance efforts with the American Sheep Industry Association and the Colorado 4-H program. LeValley is also the General Livestock Superintendent at the Colorado State Fair Open and Junior Beef Superintendent at the National Western Stock Show.

Research efforts include ultrasound pregnancy diagnosis in sheep, development of HACCP and TQM programs for lamb processing plants. Further efforts include baseline microbiological contamination levels in lamb carcasses and the development of the lamb vision system as a predictor of lamb carcass red meat yield and carcass value.