Animal Nutritionist

Job Description

An Animal Nutritionist is responsible for creating and balancing rations to ensure all dietary needs are met for animals under their supervision.

Responsibilities:

As an animal nutritionist, you’ll need to:

• Evaluate the chemical and nutritional value of feeds, feed supplements, grass and forage for commercial animals.
• Formulate diets and rations to maximise growth, reproduction, health and performance
• assess the relative nutritional and economic value of feeding systems
• Research the effectiveness of dietary regimes conduct animal-based studies and laboratory trials
• Support agricultural consultants in their work
• Liaise with producers and clients to understand their targets and objectives, and the specific needs of the market.
• Monitor feed formulations to meet quality performance and animal health standards
• Provide advice on nutrition to farmers, other animal owners, veterinarians and government bodies
• Rationalise animal feed manufacturing techniques
• Expand existing ranges of animal food products and develop new ones
• Support commercial teams in producing and launching new products
• Carry out sales and marketing strategies following the launch of a new product
• Balance growing consumer interest in quality with the need to develop competitive agricultural systems
• Maintain expertise in nutritional trends and keep up to date with regulatory changes
• Use software to formulate diets, conduct research and generate reports
• Investigate nutritional disorders and the safe storage of feeds, often in conjunction with veterinary surgeons.

Qualifications:

• Experience: A minimum of 2 years
• Academic Qualification: A minimum of a Diploma in ( Animal Science with experience in feed production systems).
• Must have experience in maximizing economic output through equalizing of nutrition and production parameters
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work influentially across interfaces are important
• Must have excellent analytical and report writing skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, including the ability to professionally interact with people at all levels are essential
• Experience in formulation software, i.e. Format or Spesfeed would be ideal

Method of Application

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