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Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges

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Contributing authors 525for the Feed Opportunitites from the <strong>Biofuel</strong>s Industries – a $CAN 6 million research grant from Agriculture <strong>and</strong> Agri-FoodCanada.N. Andy Cole h<strong>as</strong> been a Research Animal Scientist at the USDA-ARS-Conservation <strong>and</strong> Production Research Laboratoryin Bushl<strong>and</strong>, Tex<strong>as</strong>, USA, since 1976, where he currently serves <strong>as</strong> Acting Research Leader in the Renewable Energy <strong>and</strong>Manure Management Research Unit. He received his MS <strong>and</strong> PhD degrees in Animal Nutrition from Oklahoma StateUniversity. Currently his research focuses on environmental issues of importance to <strong>co</strong>ncentrated beef cattle <strong>feed</strong>ing operations.He is a registered Professional Animal Scientist <strong>and</strong> a charter Diplomate of the American College of Animal Nutrition.He served on the editorial board of the Professional Animal Scientist, <strong>as</strong> an editorial board member <strong>and</strong> section editor ofthe Journal of Animal Science, <strong>and</strong> <strong>as</strong> secretary of ARPAS.Geoff Cooper is the Vice President of Research <strong>and</strong> Analysis at the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), a trade grouprepresenting United States ethanol producers. In addition to overseeing market analysis <strong>and</strong> policy research, he providesregulatory support <strong>and</strong> strategic planning for the <strong>as</strong>sociation <strong>and</strong> its members. Geoff also manages RFA programmesrelated to sustainability <strong>and</strong> ethanol <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong>. Prior to joining RFA, Geoff served <strong>as</strong> Director of Ethanol Programs for theNational Corn Growers Association. In this role he led research <strong>and</strong> promotional efforts to incre<strong>as</strong>e the production <strong>and</strong> useof maize-b<strong>as</strong>ed ethanol. Previously, Geoff served <strong>as</strong> a Captain in the U.S. Army, specializing in bulk petroleum supply <strong>and</strong>logistics. A Wyoming native, Geoff graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He earned his m<strong>as</strong>ter’s degreeat Webster University in St. Louis.Pierre Cozannet w<strong>as</strong> the PhD student in charge of a project on wheat DDGS nutritional values in monog<strong>as</strong>tric animals.This project w<strong>as</strong> implemented with the scientific <strong>and</strong> technical support of Adisseo, Ajinomoto Eurolysine, Arvalis-Institutdu végétal <strong>and</strong> INRA. He is currently working <strong>as</strong> pig nutritionist at Adisseo, with a special emph<strong>as</strong>is on <strong>feed</strong> additives.Fern<strong>and</strong>o Diaz Royón is a Research Scholar in the Dairy Science Department at South Dakota State University, USA. Heis carrying out a project on the occurrence <strong>and</strong> <strong>co</strong>ncentration of my<strong>co</strong>toxins in ethanol <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> on South Dakota dairyfarms. He holds a DVM degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine of Caceres, <strong>and</strong> is a PhD student in ruminantnutrition at the Department of Animal Production of the University Polytechnic of Madrid. He h<strong>as</strong> worked managing <strong>and</strong><strong>co</strong>nsulting for dairy farms. He grew up on a family farm <strong>and</strong> currently <strong>co</strong>-owns three hundred head of dairy cattle in Spain.J.S. Drouillard is at Kans<strong>as</strong> State University in the Department of Animal Sciences <strong>and</strong> Industry, where he serves <strong>as</strong> facultydirector of the Beef Cattle Research Center <strong>and</strong> the Preharvest Food Safety Laboratory. Prior to his 17-year tenure in academia,he w<strong>as</strong> director of research <strong>and</strong> development for a major agribusiness firm. Current research activities pertain tonutrition, health, <strong>and</strong> carc<strong>as</strong>s quality of <strong>feed</strong>lot cattle, emph<strong>as</strong>izing cereal grain processing, utilization of byproduct <strong>feed</strong>s,preharvest intervention strategies for food-borne pathogens, use of exogenous growth promotants, <strong>and</strong> lipid metabolism.He h<strong>as</strong> authored or <strong>co</strong>-authored over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 100 scientific abstracts, <strong>and</strong> numerous patents in thep<strong>as</strong>t 10 years, <strong>and</strong> h<strong>as</strong> been a frequent invited speaker for <strong>co</strong>nferences in more than a dozen <strong>co</strong>untries throughout Europe,Africa, Asia, North America, <strong>and</strong> South America.Jennifer Dunn is an Environmental Analyst at Argonne National Laboratory, USA. She investigates life-cycle energy <strong>co</strong>nsumption<strong>and</strong> environmental impacts of transportation <strong>and</strong> fuel technologies, including biofuels <strong>and</strong> battery-poweredelectric-drive vehicles. Prior to joining Argonne, Jennifer led LCA projects in the United States for URS Corporation <strong>and</strong>supported mobile source emission reduction programmes at the United States Environmental Protection Agency. She holdsa PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan.Narayan Dutta is a Senior Scientist at the Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Animal Nutrition at the Indian VeterinaryResearch Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, India. He h<strong>as</strong> 18 years of research <strong>and</strong> teaching experience in the area of animal nutrition<strong>and</strong> h<strong>as</strong> published 65 research papers <strong>and</strong> many scientific book chapters. His specialization in research includes <strong>feed</strong>ingsystems, strategic <strong>feed</strong>ing for improving performance of dairy animals, use of plant se<strong>co</strong>ndary metabolites <strong>as</strong> metabolicmodifiers, <strong>and</strong> use of various agro forestry-b<strong>as</strong>ed industrial <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> in animal rations. He h<strong>as</strong> been honoured with theHari Om Ashram Trust Team Award of ICAR. He h<strong>as</strong> guided three PhD <strong>and</strong> five MVSc students for their research.

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