Dr Dana Tomlinson
Research Nutritionist
Zinpro Corporation
3247 Southampton Drive
Jeffersonton, VA 22724
540-219-4292
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Current responsibilities include research and nutritional services which involves providing technical support to the North and Central American, Canadian and South African sales teams, customers and prospects. Research responsibilities include conducting Zinpro Corporation sponsored research on trace mineral nutrition with dairy cattle and companion animals. Emphasis is on the role of trace mineral nutrition on performance and immune competence, as well as management, housing and the environment on production, health, reproduction and profitability of dairy cattle. My current tenure with Zinpro Corporation is over eight years (2000 - present).
Prior experience:
Dairy nutrition and management consultant in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States for Purina Mills Inc (1990-1999). This position involved dairy product development at six manufacturing plants, ration formulation, development of marketing materials, regulatory and pricing control and technical support for salespeople and customers. My experiences with Purina encompassed ten years. Advanced degrees in Dairy Nutrition and Management were received from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg (12-1990). Primary area of research was in replacement heifer growth, body composition and the impact of carbohydrates and rumen undegradable protein on heifer growth and composition. I received my undergraduate degree in Dairy Science from The Ohio State University.
I was raised on a dairy in Northeast Ohio with registered Guernsey cattle and Suffolk sheep.