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Gregory M. Andraso Dr. Zoltán Zomborszky Dr. Gábor Tornyos S.P Tiwari Nitin Dade Dr. Roland Pósa M.K.Gendley Meenu Dubey Raina Doneria Mohan Singh K.Mukhejee Asit Jain Rajesh Yadav Mona Arora R.Mathivanan Luca Aresu Deepti Kiran Bara Kaiser Parveen O.P Mishra J.R.Khan View MoreNeal R Merchen
Professor
Animal Sciences
University of Illinois at urbana champaign
United States of America
He has done his Ph.D., 1981, University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.S., 1978, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, B.S., 1973, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Currently he is a Professor in Department of Animal Sciences at University of Illinois.
Nutrition of domestic animals; gastrointestinal fermentation; digestion of protein and amino acids; use of processing by-products in animal feeding.My group has a longstanding interest in comparative nutrition of domestic species and in evaluation of feedstuffs for use in animal diets. We seek to improve the utilization of feeds such as forages and processing by-products that are not used by humans. Our primary effort in the past has been to define the nature of the transformations in nitrogenous compounds that occur during fermentation in the rumen. We recently have expanded our efforts to include companion animals (canines, felines) as well, with a focus on evaluation of protein sources for use in pet foods and on the role of fiber in dog and cat diets.