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Expert in Dairy Cattle Nutrition, Feed Additives, Hay, Livestock Malnutrition, etc.
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY CATTLE NUTRITION. Expert has extensive experience with dairy cattle nutrition. He presents over 90 programs each year to dairy farmers, veterinarians, and feed industry professionals on all phases of forage use, ration balancing, feeding systems, and milk production. He maintains an applied and field base of dairy cattle nutrition, management, metabolic disorders, calf and heifer growth patterns, and feeding systems as they relate to profitability. He writes as a feed editor for Hoard's Dairyman and Dairy Today Magazine. ANIMAL MICRONUTRIENT. Expert monitors the micronutrient needs of dairy cattle including macro and trace minerals, fat and water soluble vitamins, and feed additives as they relate to herd health, milk production, and reproduction. FEED ADDITIVE. Expert summarizes all available dairy feed additives for dairy cattle applications and remains current on additive economics, levels, mode of action, and recommended use. FEED SUPPLEMENT. A significant amount of Expert's time is involved with modifying dairy feeding guidelines based on the National Research Council's levels and adjusting protein sources and degradability, fat sources, mineral availability, and forage needs related to functional fiber and rumen microbial needs. FEEDSTUFF. Expert maintains current knowledge and field application experience of forages, grains, protein supplements, by-product feeds, micronutrients, and additives as they apply to dairy cattle. HAY. Expert analyzes various sources and forms of forage crops that can be fed to dairy cattle including hay, hay silage, corn, silage, small grain silage, and pasture systems.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Peoria, Illinois;
Springfield, Illinois;
Joliet, Illinois;
Decatur, Illinois;
Champaign, Illinois;
Bloomington, Illinois;
Terre Haute, Indiana;
and Lafayette, Indiana.
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1971
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PhD
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Dairy Science & Nutritional Sciences
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University of Wisconsin
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1969
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MS
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Dairy Science
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University of Wisconsin
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1967
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BS
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Dairy Science
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University of Wisconsin
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1979 to
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PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL SCIENCES and EXTENSION DAIRY SPECIALIST
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1971 to 1979
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University of Minnesota
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Extension Dairy Specialist
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Professional Appointments
Expert writes as a feed editor for Hoard's Dairyman and Dairy Today Magazine.
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Awards/Recognition
Expert won the DeLavel Extension Award and the Applied Nutrition Award from the American Dairy
Sciences Association as well as the Funk Award of Excellence from the College of Agriculture at the
University of Illinois. He received the Dairy Person of the Year honors from the Illinois Milk
Producers Association. He also received a citation from the Board of Regents at the University of
Minnesota.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- University of Minnesota Press
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- University of Illinois
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- North American Clinics.
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- Prentice Hall.
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| Description |
Expert has made presentations at meetings and seminars in South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, France, Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and Canada.
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Training/Seminars
Expert presents over 90 programs each year to dairy
farmers, veterinarians, and feed industry professionals on all phases of forage use, ration balancing,
feeding systems, and milk production.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of:
* By-product feeds
* Feed additives
* Computer dairy software.
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Other Skills and Services
Expert has made presentations at meetings and seminars all over the world including South Korea, Japan, Australia, New
Zealand, Zimbabwe, France, Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and Canada.
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