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1 ROMMEL C. SULABO, Ph.D. EDUCATION Ph. D. in Animal Science (Swine Nutrition), 2009 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Dissertation: Influence of creep feeding on individual consumption characteristics and growth performance of neonatal and weanling pigs Adviser: Dr. Mike D. Tokach M. S. in Animal Science (Swine Nutrition, Minor in Physiology), 2003 South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Thesis: Effects of body weight and reproductive status on phosphorus digestibility and phytase efficacy in pigs Major Advisers: Dr. Robert C. Thaler and Dr. Hans H. Stein B. S. in Agriculture, Major in Animal Science (Poultry Nutrition), 1997 University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines Thesis: Microbial phytase supplementation in layer diets Adviser: Dr. Sonia P. Acda AWARDS AND HONORS 1st Place, Graduate Research Ph.D. Oral Competition Midwest ASAS Scientific Meetings. American Society of Animal Science, Des Moines, IA. Member, Golden Key International Honor Society, Kansas State University. Member, International Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, South Dakota State University. Member, Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture, South Dakota State University. Fulbright Scholar, US Department of State-Philippine Agriculture Scholarship. Revell Scholarship Graduate Student Award, South Dakota State University. Ciba-Geigy Philippines, Inc. and Philippine Society of Animal Science Scholar, University of the Philippines Los Baños. University of the Philippines Alumni Association Outstanding Student Leadership Award, University of the Philippines Los Baños. Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture Best Undergraduate Research Award, University of the Philippines Los Baños. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Nutrition Consultant, Agri-Dynamics and Livestock Development Corp., Technical Consultant, Easy Bio Philippines, Inc., Technical Consultant, SunJin Philippines Corp., Team Leader, Research & Technical Team, SunJin Philippines Corp., January to July, 2001

2 Research & Technical Supervisor, SunJin Philippines Corp., September, 2000 to January, 2001 R & D Specialist, SunJin Philippines Corp., August, 1997 to September, 2000 Key Accounts Manager, Eurotec Nutrition Philippines, Inc., May to August, 1997 CERTIFICATION PQA Plus III Advisor National Pork Board. USA TEACHING Kansas State University ASI 320 (Principles of Animal Feeding) Teaching Assistant, ASI 535 (Swine Science) Teaching Assistant, GENAG 780 (International Agriculture) Guest Lecturer, South Dakota State University AS 233 (Applied Animal Nutrition) Laboratory Instructor, AS 478 (Swine Production) Guest Lecturer, RESEARCH 1. Journal Articles Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. Y. Jacela, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, J. M. DeRouchey, and R. D. Goodband Effects of lactation feed intake and creep feeding on sow and piglet performance. J. Anim. Sci. doi: /jas Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, R. D. Goodband, J. M. DeRouchey, and J. L. Nelssen Effects of varying creep feeding duration on the proportion of pigs consuming creep feed and neonatal pig performance. J. Anim. Sci. doi: /jas Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, R. D. Goodband, J. M. DeRouchey, and J. L. Nelssen Effects of creep feeder design and feed accessibility on the proportion of pigs consuming creep feed and preweaning pig performance. J. Swine Health Prod. 18: Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. M. DeRouchey, S. S. Dritz, R. D. Goodband, and J. L. Nelssen Influence of feed flavors and nursery diet complexity on preweaning and nursery pig performance. J. Anim. Sci. (Accepted) Benz, J. M., M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, J. L. Nelssen, J. M. DeRouchey, R. C. Sulabo, and R. D. Goodband Effects of choice white grease and soybean oil on growth performance, carcass characteristics and carcass fat quality of growing-finishing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. (Accepted) Benz, J. M., M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, J. L. Nelssen, J. M. DeRouchey, R. C. Sulabo, and R. D. Goodband Effects of diets with common iodine value product made from ingredients with various unsaturated fat levels on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and carcass fat quality of finishing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. (Accepted)

3 Benz, J. M., S. K. Linneen, M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, J. L. Nelssen, J. M. DeRouchey, R. D. Goodband, R. C. Sulabo, and K. J. Prusa Effects of dried distillers grains with solubles on carcass fat quality of finishing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. (Accepted) Jones, C. K., M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, B. W. Ratliff, N. L. Horn, R. D. Goodband, J. M. DeRouchey, R. C. Sulabo, and J. L. Nelssen Efficacy of different commercial phytase enzymes and development of an available phosphorus release curve for Escherichia coli-derived phytases in nursery pigs. J. Anim. Sci. (Accepted) 2. Research Reports Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. R. Bergstrom, J. M. DeRouchey, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. L. Nelssen Effects of creep diet complexity on individual consumption characteristics and growth performance of neonatal and weanling pigs. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Nelssen Effects of different feeding regimens on growth, longevity, and semen characteristics of working boars in a commercial A. I. stud. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. M. DeRouchey, C. D. Risley, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, and R. D. Goodband Influence of organoleptic properties of the feed and nursery diet complexity on preweaning and nursery performance. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. M. DeRouchey, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. L. Nelssen Validation of control diets for lactose and fish meal replacement studies in nursery pigs. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. Y. Jacela, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, J. M. DeRouchey, and R. D. Goodband Effects of lactation feed intake and creep feeding on sow and piglet performance. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, E. J. Wiedmann, J. Y. Jacela, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, J. M. DeRouchey, and R. D. Goodband Effects of varying creep feeding duration on pre-weaning performance and the proportion of pigs consuming creep feed. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, R. D. Goodband, and J. M. DeRouchey Effects of different creep feeder designs and feed accessibility on proportion of piglets consuming creep feed and litter performance. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, E. J. Wiedmann, R. D. Goodband, J. M. DeRouchey, and J. L. Nelssen Validation of flank-to-flank allometric equations in predicting weight of lactating sows and lactation weight change. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C.,, J. Y. Jacela, J. M. DeRouchey, M. D. Tokach, F. J. Neher, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. L. Nelssen Effects of phytobiotics on nursery pig performance. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp

4 Nelssen Validation of flank-to-flank measurements for predicting boar weight. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Nelssen Predicting growth rates of adult working boars in a commercial A. I. boar stud. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Sulabo, R. C., C. N. Groesbeck, J. M. Benz, R. D. Goodband, M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, J. M. DeRouchey, J. L. Nelssen, and D. McKilligan Effects of a liquid (Neolac) and dry feed combination fed in varying durations on weanling pig performance. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Bergstrom, J. R., J. L. Nelssen, T. Houser, J. A. Gunderson, A. N. Gipe, J. Jacela, J. M. Benz, R. C. Sulabo, and M. D. Tokach Effects of dietary astaxanthin on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of finishing pigs. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Bergstrom, J. R., J. L. Nelssen, T. Houser, M. D. Tokach, J. A. Gunderson, A. N. Gipe, J. Jacela, J. M. Benz, R. C. Sulabo, J. M. DeRouchey, R. D. Goodband, and S. S. Dritz Effects of ractopamine HCL (Paylean) and α-lipoic acid on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of finishing pigs. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Jacela, J. Y., S. S. Dritz, M. D. Tokach, J. M. DeRouchey, R. D. Goodband, J. L. Nelssen, R. C. Sulabo, and J. R. Bergstrom Effects of PCV2 vaccine on growth performance and mortality rate of pigs in a PCV2-positive commercial swine herd. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Jacela, J. Y., J. M. DeRouchey, S. S. Dritz, M. D. Tokach, R. D. Goodband, J. L. Nelssen, R. C. Sulabo, and R. C. Thaler Amino acid digestibility and energy content of corn distillers meal for swine. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Jacela, J. Y., J. M. DeRouchey, S. S. Dritz, M. D. Tokach, R. D. Goodband, J. L. Nelssen, and R. C. Sulabo Amino acid and energy digestibility of two different sources of soy hulls for swine. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Gottlob, R.O., S. S. Dritz, M. D. Tokach, J. L. Nelssen, R. D. Goodband, J. M. DeRouchey, J. M. Benz, C. N. Groesbeck, and R. C. Sulabo Effects of dietary calcium formate and malic acid on nursery pig growth performance. Kansas Agric. Exp. Sta. Rep. of Prog. No pp Abstracts Sulabo, R. C., G.A. Papadopoulos, J.R. Bergstrom, J.M. DeRouchey, D. Ryder, M.D. Tokach, S.S. Dritz, R.D. Goodband, and J.L. Nelssen Evaluation of feed budgeting, complete diet blending, and corn-supplement blending on finishing pig performance. J. Anim. Sci. 88 (Suppl. 2): (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., M.D. Tokach, J.R. Bergstrom, J.M. DeRouchey, R.D. Goodband, S.S. Dritz, and J.L. Nelssen Effects of creep diet complexity on individual consumption characteristics and growth performance of neonatal and weanling pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 88 (Suppl. 2): (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. M. DeRouchey, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. L. Nelssen Validation of control diets for lactose and fish meal replacement studies in nursery pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 87 (Suppl. 2): 213 (Abstr.)

5 Sulabo, R. C., J. M. DeRouchey, M. D. Tokach, C. R. Risley, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. L. Nelssen Effects of adding an enhanced flavor to the creep feed on the proportion of piglets consuming creep feed and pre-weaning performance. J. Anim. Sci. 86 (Suppl. 2):778 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., J. M. DeRouchey, M. D. Tokach, C. R. Risley, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. L. Nelssen Effects of organoleptic properties of the feed and diet complexity on nursery pig performance. J. Anim. Sci. 86 (Suppl. 2):777 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, E. J. Wiedmann, R. D. Goodband, J. M. DeRouchey, and J. L. Nelssen Validation of flank-to-flank allometric equations in predicting weight of lactating sows and lactation weight change. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):79 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. Y. Jacela, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, J. M. DeRouchey, and R. D. Goodband Effects of lactation feed intake and creep feeding on sow and piglet performance. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):197 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, E. J. Wiedmann, J. Y. Jacela, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, J. M. DeRouchey, and R. D. Goodband Effects of varying creep feeding duration on pre-weaning performance and the proportion of pigs consuming creep feed. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):198 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., M. D. Tokach, J. L. Nelssen, S. S. Dritz, R. D. Goodband, and J. M. DeRouchey Effects of different creep feeder designs and feed accessibility on proportion of piglets consuming creep feed and litter performance. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):170 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C.,, J. Y. Jacela, J. M. DeRouchey, M. D. Tokach, F. J. Neher, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. L. Nelssen Effects of phytobiotics on nursery pig performance. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 1): 870 (Abstr.) Nelssen Validation of flank-to-flank measurements for predicting boar weight. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):47 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., C. N. Groesbeck, J. M. Benz, R. D. Goodband, M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, J. M. DeRouchey, J. L. Nelssen, and D. McKilligan Effects of a liquid (Neolac) and dry feed combination fed in varying durations on weanling pig performance. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):158 (Abstr.) Nelssen Predicting growth rates of adult working boars in a commercial A. I. boar stud. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):186 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C., R. C. Thaler, and H. H. Stein Effect of body weight and reproductive status on phosphorus digestibility and efficacy of phytase in pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 82 (Suppl. 2):215 (Abstr.) Sulabo, R. C. and H. H. Stein Dietary fat sources for weanling pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 81 (Suppl. 2):213 (Abstr.) Steiner, T., R. C. Sulabo, and M. D. Tokach Efficacy of phytogenics in comparison to antibiotics in weaned piglets. In: Proc. 38th Intl. Symp. on Essential Oils. September 9-12, Graz, Austria. Steiner, T., A. Kroismayr, R. C. Sulabo, M. D. Tokach, and F. Neher Performance of weaned piglets as affected by phytogenics or antibiotics. In: Proceedings of 2007 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference. September 15-18, 2007, St. Paul, MN.

6 Jacela, J. Y., S. S. Dritz, M. D. Tokach, J. M. DeRouchey, R. D. Goodband, J. L. Nelssen, R. C. Sulabo, and J. R. Bergstrom Effects of PCV2 vaccine on growth performance and mortality rate of pigs in a PCV2-positive commercial swine herd. J. Anim. Sci. 86 (Suppl. 2):158 (Abstr.) Jacela, J. Y., J. M. DeRouchey, S. S. Dritz, M. D. Tokach, R. D. Goodband, J. L. Nelssen, R. C. Sulabo, and R. C. Thaler Amino acid digestibility and energy content of corn distillers meal for swine. J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):165 (Abstr.) Jacela, J. Y., J. M. DeRouchey, S. S. Dritz, M. D. Tokach, R. D. Goodband, J. L. Nelssen, and R. C. Sulabo Amino acid and energy digestibility of two different sources of soy hulls for swine J. Anim. Sci. 85 (Suppl. 2):174 (Abstr.) 4. Technical Reports Thaler, R. C. and R. C. Sulabo Traditional and Non-traditional Feed Additives for Swine. Pages in Technical Report Series: Swine Nutrition and Management. American Soybean Association International Marketing. 5. Training Modules and Manuals Sulabo, R. C Technical Module 5: Broiler Production and Nutrition. SunJin Philippines Corp. Norzagaray, Bulacan. 105 p. Sulabo, R. C Swine Technical Module 3: Pig Management. SunJin Philippines Corp. Norzagaray, Bulacan. 105 p. Sulabo, R. C Swine Technical Module 2: Pig Reproduction. SunJin Philippines Corp. Norzagaray, Bulacan. 76 p. Sulabo, R. C Swine Technical Module 1: Pig Housing. SunJin Philippines Corp. Norzagaray, Bulacan. 45 p. Sulabo, R. C. and J. M. Saez SunJin Feed Quality Assurance Manual. SunJin Philippines Corp., Norzagaray, Bulacan. 123 p. Sulabo, R. C Broiler Production Manual. SunJin Philippines Corp. Norzagaray, Bulacan. 88 p. Sulabo, R. C Layer Production Manual. SunJin Philippines Corp. Norzagaray, Bulacan. 78 p. 6. Conference Proceedings Tokach, M. D., R. C. Sulabo, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, and J. M. DeRouchey Boar nutrition. In: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV). Dallas, Texas. DeRouchey, J. M., M. D. Tokach, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, J. Nelssen, and R. C. Sulabo Nutrition to maximize production of the high producing sow. In: National Swine Improvement Federation Conference and Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN. Campbell, L. G., J. Lee, and R. C. Sulabo New perspectives in carbohydrase enzymes for poultry and swine. In: Proceedings of the 18 th PHILSAN Annual Convention. Makati, Philippines.

7 Thaler, R. C. and R. C. Sulabo Traditional and non-traditional feed additives for swine. Efficient and Profitable Pig Production. In: 12 th Annual ASA Southeast Asian Feed Technology and Nutrition Workshop. American Soybean Association. Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort. Cebu, Philippines. 7. Popular Articles Sulabo, R. C. and S. S. Dritz Modern sows have higher nutrient requirements. Blueprint Focus: Sow and Pig Care Birth to Weaning. National Hog Farmer. October 15, Has written over 50 Filipino-language feature articles on various topics and issues regarding swine nutrition and management published in the SunJin Family Bulletin from 1999 to It is a monthly technical bulletin for small- to medium-scale pig farmers in the Philippines. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Performed 12 presentations in international scientific meetings, conferences, and workshops Performed over 300 extension seminars for local farmers, cooperatives, commercial producers, and hog associations regarding various topics in animal production and nutrition Performed over 30 trainings for technical, sales, and marketing personnel of different feed and livestock-related companies on basic and applied nutrition, farm management, and agricultural extension. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Member, American Society of Animal Science (2002-present) Member, Philippine Society of Animal Nutritionists (2004-present) President, KSU Philippine Student Association ( ) Member, Philippine Fulbright Scholars Association (2005-present) Business Manager, Fulbright-Philippine Agriculture Alumni Association ( ) President, UP Animal Science Society ( )

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