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ACADEMIC PARTNERS
Texas A&M
University
Students and
professionals can
gain hands-on
experience through
Texas A&M's pet
food extrusion
courses.
Mian N Riaz, Ph.D.
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Extrusion is the name of the game at Texas A&M
University, where a stacked cast of faculty experts offer professional
development opportunities for various extrusion
applications including pet food. But there are also exciting
things happening in the School of Veterinary Medicine &
Biomedical Sciences at the university.
For example, Jan S. Suchodolski, Ph.D., DACVM, professor
and associate director for research at the Texas A&M
Gastrointestinal Laboratory, is leading microbiome research
for dogs and cats as Purina PetCare endowed chair.
One emphasis of this research is determining how probiotic
and prebiotic supplementation and dietary interventions
may help in managing gastrointestinal disturbances.
Texas A&M also offers various animal nutrition and
feed processing tracks that can be applied to the pet food
industry.
" While the university does not currently offer a formal
degree in pet food processing, its poultry science program
Professionals and students alike benefit
from the college's extrusion expertise.
teaches many aspects of feed processing, and many facets of
nutrition are covered in the veterinary school, " said Mian N
Riaz, Ph.D., associate department head in the Department
of Food Science and Technology, director of the extrusion
technology program and holder of the professorship in
food diversity at Texas A&M. " ...The university also works
with many feed ingredient suppliers to perform feeding trials
to see how its products perform. Overall, we can help
the industry solve their problems by providing special
training and consulting. "
Texas A&M offers several educational opportunities for
industry members throughout the year, which are focused
largely on extrusion. This is done through a subset of the
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) program,
called TEES Educating Generations, or TEES EDGE.
" The courses have been taught for the last 31 years in
person and, during COVID times, these courses were offered
virtually, " Riaz said. " We now offer them in a hybrid
manner to allow for attendees from other countries to join.
In fact, this year's pet food and treats course had more than
45 attendees from several different countries. "
Annual short courses specific to pet food and treats include
the Feeds and Pet Food Extrusion, which will be held
in January and February 2024, as well as an Extruded Pet
Foods and Treats short course, which was held in July 2023.
These courses cover the gamut of extrusion processing for
pet nutrition, from raw materials and preparation to extrusion,
drying, coating and packaging.
The courses serve as a training opportunity for pet food
and treat professionals to learn more about extrusion principles
and characteristics, how to select and operate extrusion
technologies for each application, current best practices
for preparation, product trends and technological
advancements, and food safety.
Alongside these established short courses, Texas A&M
offers custom programs in which companies can leverage
faculty and industry expertise to create a professional
development program specifically for the benefits of their
employees and businesses. Custom programs can be held
in-person, live online, on-demand or through a hybrid format.
The university also operates a recently installed twin
screw extruder for student and industry use.
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