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John
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Dr. John Paterson
Extension Beef/Cattle Specialist
Room 217 Linfield Hall
P.O. Box 172820
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-2820
(406) 994-3414
FAX: (406) 994-5589
e-mail: johnp@montana.edu |
John
A. Paterson was raised on a cattle ranch in southwestern
New Mexico and is currently an Extension Beef Specialist
for Montana State University in Bozeman.
He received his B.A. degree in Chemistry from
Western New Mexico University, his M.S. from Utah State
University in Animal Science, and his Ph.D. in Ruminant
Nutrition from the University of Nebraska. He served
on the faculty of the University of Missouri's Department
of Animal Science for 14 years and has been a beef extension
specialist in the Department of Animal & Range Science's
at Montana State University since 1996. He is Past-President
of the Western Section ASAS.
Dr.
Paterson's extension program focuses on a systems approach
to producing safe, consistent, source verified, and
high quality feeder cattle to the customer. This is
a cooperative, statewide effort among the Stockgrowers
Association, County Agents, Beef Council, MT Feed Association
and the MT Department
of Agriculture.
The purpose of this program is to provide Beef
Quality Assurance
Training, feeder calf certification and synthesis
of production data from the ranch, feedlot, and packing plant. Approximately 40,000
calves have enrolled in this program. Other programs
that Dr. Paterson has been involved with include the
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (IRM Seminars
and Cattlemen's College), the Montana Stockgrower's
Association (Gate to Plate, Young Stockgrower's and
Montana Beef University), county agent programs (Beef
Ability, Steer of Merit) and the MT Feed Industry (MT
Nutrition Conference).
John's
current research is focused on understanding how dietary-mineral
antagonists influence cattle productivity and most recently
morbidity of weaned calves. During his career, Dr. Paterson
has trained 12 M.S. and 11 Ph.D. students. Dr. Paterson
has authored and coauthored 65 peer-reviewed manuscripts,
one book chapter and more than 150 abstracts and proceedings
papers.
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