Nicholas Sallas Named First Recipient of Thaxton Animal Welfare Assistantship; Dr. Wayne Kuenzel Named to KFC Animal Welfare Advisory Council

Nicholas Sallas (left) receives The J. Paul Thaxton Graduate Assistantship Award. Presenting the award are (left to right): Mike Morris, KFC's animal welfare manager, Professor Mike Kidd, head of the Mississippi State University Poultry Science Department, and Dr. Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton, professor in the Mississippi State University Poultry Science Department and widow of Dr. J. Paul Thaxton. (Photo: Business Wire)