Contribution Statement: My area of research is the interaction of energy balance and protein status with immunity and mastitis in transition cows. I am also working on nutrient modeling, specifically using CPM and NRC. I also consult on-farm concerning nutritional management. I will plan to send composite feed samples from nutritional studies.

Contribution Statement: We are currently working on fatty acid analysis and more complete carbohydrate analysis of distillers grains. We would be glad to add fatty acid analysis to distillers grains samples and would like to contribute samples with fatty acid analysis for NIR scanning to provide a calibration based on fatty acids. We have samples with spectral data, but do not have in house NIR capacity. Also, I’m not really experienced at establishing and maintaining these standard curves. In addition, we can contribute my wet chemistry analyzed samples and do some fatty acid analysis on other FeedAC samples to establish and improve the calibrations.

Contribution Statement: Analyze samples for FeedAC Actively participate in FeedAC discussion forums and committees

Contribution Statement: I can submit feed samples from organic dairy farms and projects and I also have samples from previous projects

Contribution Statement: My research focuses on in vitro procedures that can be used to estimate RUP and RUP-AA digestibility. I am willing to analyze FeedAc samples for RUP and RUP-AA digestibility. I will also share my data from my research with FeedAc.

Contribution Statement: Participation in discussions and sharing of feed samples

Contribution Statement: My research is primarily directed toward enhancing utilization of feed protein for milk production and reducing nitrogen excretion in the lactating dairy cow. I am also involved in developing and evaluating in vitro methods of assessing ruminal protein degradation. I see my FeedAC role as participating in discussions and assessing biological reliability of developed methodology.

Contribution Statement: My main are of research is in rumen fermentation and intestinal digestion in ruminants. Areas of expertise include rumen fermentation metabolism and use of additives to modify it, ruminal acidosis, protein and aminoacid degradation and intestinal digestion. I will participate in disucssions related to these topics and provide any information that may be required.

Contribution Statement: I am a Ruminant Nutrition scientist working on International Agriculture. My research is on feed resources in developing countries with the last 2 years working on application of NIRS for genetic improvement of corn for feed value of the stover. I have led the developmment of a web-based feed information system for Sub-Saharan Africa called "SSA Feed", which is freely available at http://www.vslp.org/ssafeed/ As a collaborator of FeedAC I can participate in discussions and share information on feed resources in developing countries.

Contribution Statement: I will contribute expertise on the analysis of the nonfiber carbohydrates, providing advice on the most suitable assays based on current available methods to analyze and interpret analyses on the various types of samples.

Contribution Statement: I am working on the analysis of fatty acids of full fat oilseeds, fininshed feed and eggs. I will send you the results of my analysis.

Contribution Statement: We have been involved in mineral analysis for a number of years and have concerns about the quality of the data for feeds and tissues.

Contribution Statement: I will collect,with the help of others 24 alfalfa hay samples from California and Nev.

Contribution Statement: Active participation in FeedAC discussion forums and sharing of feed samples and analyses for FeedAC databases

Contribution Statement: In Indiana we have large soybean crushing mills Louis/Dryfus Claypool, IN Bio-diesel, and wet-milled and dry-milled corn ethanol distilleries. Co-products produced at these facilities include, 48% SBM, wet DGS and DDGS. At Purdue we could supply FeedAC samples from these plants, participate in on-line discussion forms and could participate by doing analysis, and supplying samples to other members. We have full capability to do DM, CP, ADF, NDF, and Ash content of collected samples. In addition at a per-sample price from cooperating departments we have NIR, (Ag and Bio. Eng. Dept.), and Amino Acid (Biochem. Dept.) determination capabilities. Specifically, Purdue can supply FeedAC some critical data about composition of wet-milled distillers’ grains and solubles from a planned time series survey of different batches of wet-milled DDGS produced by Grain Processing Corp. (GPC). GPCs' corporate offices are located in Muscatine, IA, but production facilities for the wet-milled DDGS products are all located in Washington, IN. Contact with both the corporate and local offices shows company interest in this project. Because GPC products are shipped nationally and internationally to commodity and feed manufacturing facilities, Purdue University Animal Sciences department can contribute valuable samples and data to FeedAC.

Contribution Statement: I will collect and submit feed samples to FeedAC and will specialize in byproduct feedstuffs such as distillers grains.

Contribution Statement: I would be willing to source samples from refereed studies which used supplemental fat in diets. This would be for analyses of TMR or diets, and for use by the FeedAC for their database. In addition, I would be willing to author an annual article for Feedstuffs or international periodicals on FeedAC.

Contribution Statement: I will contribute chemical analyses of grasses and legumes and their digestion kinetics data with this group. Further I am working on starch sources (corn, barley, oat and wheat). I can also share results (chemical analysis, in situ digestion kinetics) of my previous work on corncobs, corn dextrose, corn steep liquor and crop residues. I am a young professional in nutritional science and I will feel pleasure to actively join any collaborative effort to achieve the aim of this organization.

Contribution Statement: I am excited to continue to work with the Consortium in the evaluation of in vitro/in situ methods to determine dNDF. I am also willing to collaborate in the evaluation of methods used to estimate particle size of ruminant feeds.

Contribution Statement: My research focus involves the regulation and manipulation of ruminant lipid metabolism. The effect of diet on milk fat synthesis and the production of dairy-based functional foods with enhanced benefits for human health are of special interest. Willing to analyze samples for fatty acid content for FeedAC, and actively participate in FeedAC discussion forums and committees.

Contribution Statement: Dr. McNamara will collaborate with the FeedAC program by means of analyzing nutritional data from his own and other's research with mechanistic models of nutrient use, including the Baldwin/California Molly model and the NRC model. In addition, experimental designs can be coordinated and tissue and feed samples can also be shared and coordinated within the group.

Contribution Statement: My interests include analysis of detergent fibers and lignin by alternative methods, use of NIRS to select unique samples for detailed analysis within a feed type, NIRS calibration and prediction, particle size distributions, and measurment of in vitro disappearance and digestion kinetics. I have experience in comparing analytical results across laboratories and methods, and in censoring analytical data to identify the appropriate results to include in the database. I am interested in setting the initial analysis and selection protocols used to narrow the population of all samples collected to the 10 to 20 samples that will encompass the majority of variation in a feed type and will be analyzed in greatest detail to contribute data to the feed analysis database.

Contribution Statement: Sharig feed samples Analyses of feed samples Active participation in FeedAC discussion

Contribution Statement: I would like to participate in discussions of fat and fatty acid analysis of feedstuffs. Any discussions related to ruminant metabolism or effects of feed composition on animal product composition and quality, or both, are of interest to me.

Contribution Statement: determine amino acid digestibility and true metabolizable energy using the cecectomized rooster assay

Contribution Statement: Hi! I have been participating in the discussions of the fishmeal group and hope to continue to participate in that area.

Contribution Statement: In addition to my board of director's responsibilities, I will continue to work with Ray Hinders and others in collecting alfalfa hay samples in California for the consortium. Board member

Contribution Statement: My interest is computer modeling of nutrient metabolism in different species and database development and management. I will contribute to model development and testing and participate in discussion forums and committees.

Contribution Statement: Participate in establishment of program and provide feedstuffs.

Contribution Statement: As the founder of the consortium, I am willing to continue making a significant contribution of time to help grow the organization. My laboratory is involved in exploring alternate methods for determining the digestibility of amino acids in rumen-undegraded feed protein. We are willing to share the samples used, the results of the experiments, and the raw data with FeedAC.

Contribution Statement: Participate in forum discussion. Encourage others to join and share samples.

Contribution Statement: I have spent a lot of time as a part of a team putting together master feed dictionaries. I think my major contribution would be to share these experiecnces. Because of these experiences I have devoted a lot of time to assay methodologies that can be routinely conducted in our forage labs across the country. I do not have specific experiences in the NIR area but I do understand the needs in order to develop good equations. I think I can be helpful in these areas as well.

Contribution Statement: My research focuses on the influences of dietary lipids on production and reproduction of dairy cows. My lab can help analyze samples for long chain fatty acids, share results of previously anlayzed feed samples with FeedAC, and actively participate in FeedAc discussions.

Contribution Statement: I will be happy to actively participate in FeedAC discussion forums. My area of expertise includes feed ingredient evaluations and measurements of energy and macro nutrient digestibility in pigs. I would be happy to conduct research in these areas.

Contribution Statement: Ability to do continuous culture fermentation research and measure effects of nutrients, additives, etc. on microbial metabolism including: DM, OM, ADF, NDF, nonstructural carbohydrate and protein digestion, and VFA production, microbial protein synthesis and continuous measurement of pH. We also use the in situ procedure for estimating ruminal protein degradation, and the three-step procedure developed by Calsamiglia and Stern (1995) for estimating intestinal protein digestion.

Contribution Statement: Provision of organic forage samples from the UMaine/UNH USDA organic grant for analysis by FeedAC.

Contribution Statement: On October 1st, 2007. I moved to accept a position with Alberta Agriculture and Food as Research Scientist, Feed Quality. Specifically I am working on a multi-year project developing NIRS to predict feed quality (proximates, carbohydrates, amino acids, digestibility, energy content, starch disappearance) of feed grains (barley, wheat) and proteins (canola meal, distillers grains, peas). Therefore, I would like to change my collaborator agency from Pacific Agri Technologies to the Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture and Food.

Contribution Statement: I'd like to collaborate on the development and evaluation of the new generations of mathematical models for applied ruminant nutrition.

Contribution Statement: I would be able to contribute by analyzing feed samples for FeedAC and sharing previously analyzed feed samples with FeedAC for further analysis. I could also collect and ship some materials to FeedAC, and, of course, we willing to participate in FeedAC discussion forums and committees where I could contribute expertise with respect to methodology.

Contribution Statement: I would be able to contribute by analyzing feed samples for FeedAC and sharing previously analyzed feed samples with FeedAC for further analysis. I could also collect and ship some materials to FeedAC, and, of course, we willing to participate in FeedAC discussion forums and committees where I could contribute expertise with respect to methodology.

Contribution Statement: Work with NIR, Standardization experience, Work with NFTA, Work With NIRS consortium

Contribution Statement: My interests include the characterization of feed fractions (pools, rates, extents of digestion) for improved implementation in nutritional models, the role of feed fractionation in characterizing nitrogen recycling and nitrogen utilization in lactating cattle, and development of methods.

Contribution Statement: Board of Directors - Secretary Co-Chair Membership Committee