is a Professor at Texas A&M University and West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) and has over 42 years of clinical and teaching experience focusing in cattle, small operations, and feedlot management. He is noted as one of the “Top 20 Most Influential Veterinarians” by the Bovine Practitioner. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Professional Animal Auditors Certification Organization (PAACO), and a member of the FDA’s Veterinary Medical Advisory Committee and the FDA Minor Species Drug Use Committee. He is also the former president of the Academy of Veterinary Consultants, which specializes in providing continuing education to bovine veterinarians. Moreover, the proposed project complements Dr. Griffin’s work through another USDA-NIFA funded project under the Veterinary Services Grant Program entitled, “Texas Panhandle and Plains Rural Veterinary Practice Revitalization”. The small and medium-sized ranchers who participate in this program will pilot test the lessons. Dr. Griffin will provide content expertise on the welfare and facilities management for cattle and FDA, USDA and EPA regulations for lessons 1 and 2, serve as a peer reviewer, and assist in disseminating these lessons to ranchers and veterinarians in WTAMU Extension Office.