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2008
Florida Ruminant
Nutrition Symposium
January 29-30, 2008
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Gainesville, FL
 Dr.
Adesogan is an Assistant Professor of Ruminant Nutrition in the
Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida where he
holds a 40% teaching-60% research assignment. He served as an Assistant
Professor of Animal Nutrition at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth,
UK between 1995 and 2001. Dr. Adesogan’s research presentation was
selected as the most outstanding from the Animal Nutrition session
during the 1994 meeting of European Association of Animal Production.
His research interests include improving the utilization of forages with
dietary additives, exploiting the potential of forages for improving the
level and efficiency of sustainable animal production, developing in
vitro methods for nutritionally-characterizing feeds, and using plant
neutraceuticals to improve animal welfare, health, and production and
thereby enhance human nutrition and health.
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Lance
Baumgard
is from southwest Minnesota where he was raised on a row crop and pig
farm. He got his BS and MS degree’s from the University of Minnesota
and his PhD from Cornell in 2001. He joined the faculty at the
University of Arizona in 2001 and was promoted to Associate Professor in
the spring of 2007. His research program concentrates on the energetics
of the transition cow, heat stress and milk fat.
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Joy Campbell received a B.S in Dairy Science from Iowa State
University, M.S. in Ruminant Nutrition and Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Upon graduation,
Dr. Campbell joined Iowa State University Swine Nutrition group as a
post-doctoral research associate working to develop value-added corn for
swine nutrition applications. Following her post-doc, Dr. Campbell
joined APC, Inc. working in research and development. Dr. Campbell’s
research at APC includes development of new products towards improved
animal health and nutrition. Dr. Campbell works in multiple species and
has conducted research trials both domestically and internationally. Her
work has focused on the role of functional animal proteins on the
intestinal health of domestic animals. Her work has led to the
development of several innovative products to several industries,
including the swine, poultry, ruminant, aquaculture and pet food
industries. Dr. Campbell also provides technical support worldwide. Dr.
Campbell is a member of several professional associations and has
authored or co-authored 30 refereed publications, 37 abstracts, 3
patents, and 29 proceedings and technical publications. Dr. Campbell and
her husband, Rick, reside in Ames, IA with their children, Cara and
Adam.
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Gordon Carstens grew up working on his family's crop and beef cattle
operation in west central Iowa. He received his undergraduate degree
from Iowa State University and graduate degrees from Colorado State
University. Currently, Gordon is an Associate Professor of Ruminant
Nutrition in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University,
where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in animal nutrition
and conducts beef cattle research. His research program is focused on
development of strategies to improve the energetic efficiency of beef
production systems. Research is his lab is currently focused on the
delineation of the biological basis for genetic variation in the
efficiency of nutrient utilization of growing beef cattle.
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Matt Hersom is an Assistant Professor and Extension Beef
Cattle Specialist in the Animal Sciences Department at the
University of Florida. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in
Animal Science at Iowa State University and the Ph.D. at
Oklahoma State University. His research efforts have focused on
year-round grazing systems to minimize stored feed inputs and
optimize forage utilization by spring calving beef cows, the
effect of previous live weight gain during winter grazing on
feedlot performance, visceral organ mass, body composition, and
splanchnic metabolism of beef steers. His current research and
extension program emphasizes the implementation of optimal
supplementation strategies for Florida cow-calf production and
the development of increased pasture and forage utilization and
management.
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Gary M. Hill received his BS (1969) in Animal Science from
Clemson University, Clemson, SC, and his MS (1974) and PhD
(1977) degrees in Animal Science from The University of
Kentucky, Lexington. He was an Associate Professor in Animal
Science at Louisiana State University for 6.5 years before
moving to The University of Georgia in 1983. At The University
of Georgia, Tifton Campus, he has had a multifaceted beef cattle
research program, including forage evaluation, grazing
management, hay and forage quality and digestibility, by-product
utilization, and feedlot management and nutrition. His research
was instrumental in development of Tifton 85 bermudagrass and
Tifton 9 bahiagrass. He directs research projects with 450 beef
cows, and approximately 200 stocker steers and heifers annually
at Tifton Campus. He has authored or co-authored 415
publications, including 54 journal articles and 12 invited
international papers. He has served on Southern Section ASAS and
national ASAS committees. In 1999, he received the Senior
Scientist Award of Excellence in Research from The University of
Georgia, CAES, Tifton Campus. He was the recipient of the 2006
Southern Section ASAS Distinguished Service Award for research
achievements in ruminant nutrition and forages.
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Arnold Hippen is a Professor of Dairy Science at South Dakota State
University. Dr. Hippen received the B.S. (‘91) degree in Dairy Science,
and M.S. (‘96) and Ph.D. (97) degrees in Nutritional Physiology from
Iowa State University. Prior to completing his degrees, he operated a
dairy farm in North-Central Iowa and worked as a feed dealer for Moorman
Mfg. His current appointment at South Dakota State University consists
of teaching dairy farm management and dairy cattle nutrition to
undergraduate and graduate students as well as conducting research on
modification of milk fat, feeding byproducts to dairy cows, and
prevention of fatty liver and ketosis. His research has resulted in
publication of over 30 manuscripts, 1 book chapter, and 60 abstracts for
presentation at regional and national meetings as well as 2 patents for
products for ketosis prevention. Current research by Dr. Hippen is
primarily investigating the interactions of ethanol by- products with
other ingredients in diets of dairy cattle and their effects on cow
health and metabolism.
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Fred Owens grew up on a farm in Wisconsin and did his
graduate work at the University of Minnesota. He spent 6 years
in the Animal Science Department at the University of Illinois
before joining the faculty at Oklahoma State University. At
Oklahoma State, Fred conducted research on rumen function,
metabolic disorders, feed intake, feed additives, and growth and
development. During his 24 years at Oklahoma State, Fred was
Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Animal Science and won the
Morrison Award from the American Society of Animal Science. In
1998, Fred retired from Oklahoma State to start a new career
with DuPont Specialty Grains that was folded into Pioneer
Hi-Bred when DuPont purchased Pioneer. As Senior Ruminant
Research Nutritionist at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Fred is
involved with developing and testing cereal crops and oilseeds
that have been or can be altered to improve both nutrient
availability and quality of milk and meat produced by ruminants.
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Matt Poore was born in southern Virginia in 1959, and he
spent every summer working in tobacco, fixing fences,
putting up hay, and working with the cattle on his family’s
farm in NC. While growing up in Northern Arizona Dr. Poore
also worked on a variety of ranches and maintained a small
herd of dairy goats.
Dr. Poore received his BS degree in Animal Science from The
University of Arizona in 1982. While at the U of A, Dr.
Poore met his spouse, Dr. Jeannette Moore and after
graduation they moved to Oxford, NC to take over the
family’s farm. After two years they made the decision to
return to graduate school at the University of Arizona. Dr.
Poore received his MS degree in 1987, and his PhD in 1990.
Throughout his graduate training Dr. Poore’s research
focused on how associative effects between diet ingredients
influence nutrient utilization in mixed diets.
After graduation Dr. Poore joined the Department of Animal
Science at North Carolina State University with
responsibilities for programs dealing with Beef Cattle
Nutritional Management. Dr. Poore was promoted to Associate
Professor in 1996, and to Professor in 2005. In 2002 Dr.
Poore was appointed as the Coordinator of the Animal
Husbandry Group which includes beef, sheep and meat goat
programs.
Dr. Poore’s current programs focus on the use of alternative
feeds and improved forage management programs for beef
cattle, and on management practices that minimize the
environmental impact of beef production systems.
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Jose Santos earned the DVM degree from Sao Paulo State University in
Brazil in 1992. After working in private practice for 2 years, Jose came
to the University of Arizona to study ruminant nutrition, where he
earned the M.S. degree in 1995 and the Ph.D. degree in 1997. Jose joined
the faculty of Dairy Production Medicine at the University of
California, Davis where he conducted research and clinics from 2000 to
2007. In 2008, Jose joined the Animal Sciences Department at the
University of Florida as an Associate Professor. In 2005, he was awarded
the Young Scientist Award by the American Dairy Science Association. He
is well published in the scientific literature and is a popular speaker
at conferences nationally and internationally.
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Charles Staples is a Research Foundation Professor in the Animal
Sciences Department at the University of Florida. He earned his Animal
Science degrees at New Mexico State University and at the University of
Illinois. His current research areas include 1) the effects of dietary
lipids, energy, and protein on the production and reproductive
performance of lactating dairy cows and 2) the storage and utilization
of forages for the dairy herd. He has published 73-refereed scientific
articles, 91 papers in conference proceedings, and 70 extension
articles. Based upon his research, Dr. Staples was the recipient of the
Nutrition Professionals Applied Dairy Nutrition Award by the American
Dairy Science Association in 1998. He teaches two senior-level courses
in Dairy Cattle Nutrition.
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