IDEAL Animal Nutrition expands swine nutrition team
Dr Kelsey Hammers has joined Minnesota, US headquartered company, IDEAL Animal Nutrition, as a swine nutritionist and research coordinator.
Dr Jeff Knott, swine nutritionist and founder/owner of IDEAL, says that Hammers brings fresh knowledge and experience that will benefit IDEAL's customers and strengthen its research activities.
Hammers earned her PhD in Swine Nutrition at the University of Minnesota, building on a master’s degree from Kansas State University and bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri.
Her master’s research involved several nursery studies examining alternatives to feeding high levels of zinc oxide. Her PhD dissertation took a different perspective on this subject, involving studies to examine the implications of high zinc feeding to gestating sows.
For IDEAL, having a balance of people at different career stages with a diversity of experiences and perspectives is important, says Simon Kern, swine nutritionist, who joined in 2018 after Knott started the company in 2014.
“Strengthening our research capacity with Kelsey will enhance our capabilities not only for conducting research but for carrying it forward and applying it in the field,” he says.
Pictured: Kern, Hammers, and Knott (L to R) of IDEAL Animal Nutrition.