| Tammy K. Miller Webster has worked 20 years in
the area or rumen microbial metabolism.
Her expertise is in the area of rumen continuous culture fermentation
methodology and laboratory procedures.
While as a graduate student and laboratory manager with Professor
W.H. Hoover she conducted significant research in the areas of rumen
microbial carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism. Her research was
focused on the development and refinement of an "artificial
rumen" to predict microbial responses to feedstuffs and additives.
This continuous culture system has been utilized extensively by
the feed industry and academia in the development of a number of
commercial products currently available as animal feeds and feed
additives.
Since 2000, following Dr. Hoover's retirement for the West Virginia
University, Ms. Webster has operated the Rumen Fermentation Profiling
Laboratory as a fiscally independent entity within the University.
The continuous culture system is available as an evaluation tool
for feed industry and researchers while functioning simultaneously
as a valuable educational tool for West Virginia University students.
- ASc in Animal Science, Potomac State College, 1981
- BSc in Animal Science, West Virginia University, 1983
- MSc in Animal Science, West Virginia University, 1987
- Laboratory Coordinator, Rumen Fermentation Profiling Lab 2000
- present
- Member, American Dairy Science Association
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