Aviagen Appoints Corzo as Global Head of Nutrition Services

US – Aviagen has announced that Dr Alejandro (Alex) Corzo has accepted the position of Global Head of Nutrition Services.
calendar icon 7 October 2014
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Aviagen
Dr Alex Corzo

In his new role, Dr Corzo will manage Aviagen’s global team of eight nutritionists. He and his team of poultry nutritionists, collectively with more than 150 years of knowledge and experience, will ensure Aviagen continues to provide innovative nutrition technical support for the company’s global client base and Aviagen internal production operations.

Dr Corzo will also help lead innovative company research to keep nutrition technical advice current and relevant.

Dr Corzo received his BS in Animal Science at the Universidad de La Salle – Colombia, an MS in Poultry Nutrition at Oklahoma State University, and a PhD in Poultry Nutrition at Auburn University. He also completed a Post-Doctoral program in Poultry Nutrition at Mississippi State University.

Prior to this appointment, Dr Corzo worked as an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University for eight years and for the last three years, he has worked at Elanco as a Poultry Research Scientist. The responsibilities for him and his team at Elanco included taking new molecules from discovery to commercialization.

Dr Bryan Fancher, Group VP Global Technical Operations, commented: “An important part of commercial poultry production is nutrition – proper nutrition is reflected in bird behaviour, well-being, and biological performance. Nutrition continues to be a major cost component of production. Aviagen remains committed to building and maintaining the strongest and most experienced global nutrition services team in the industry.

“With his strong back ground in teaching, real-world industry experience, research and development and technical guidance, Dr Corzo will provide great leadership to our global team, excellent support to our customers, and a strong vision for the Global Nutrition Team.”

Aviagen is a leading poultry breeding company.

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