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Employment: Professional Research Associate Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8 Canada |
Contact:
Telephone: (306) 966-4173 Email: daal.damiran@usask.ca |
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Feed
evaluation, livestock-wildlife interactions, Mongolian agriculture,
synchrotron applications, and heifer development
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| EDUCATION | Project Gallery |
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Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA Major: Animal Science Minor: Rangeland Ecology & Management Dissertation: Influence of previous cattle and elk grazing on the subsequent quality and nutrient intake rate of cattle, deer and elk grazing late-summer mixed-conifer rangelands. Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Mongolian Agricultural University, Zaisan-53, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Major: Agricultural Sciences Thesis: The carbohydrate content and nutritive value of pasture grass. BS Mongolian State Pedagogical University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Double Major: Chemistry and Biology |
Starkey (Union, Oregon, USA) 1999 - 2003 Sled Spring (Wallowa, Oregon, USA) 2003-2005 Zumwalt (Wallowa, Oregon, USA) 2005-2006 Western Mongolia 2008 South Western Mongolia 2009 Southern Gobi Desert Mongolia 2011 Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA 2009-11 Western Beef Development Centre, Lanigan, SK, Canada 2010 - Present |
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Damiran, D. and P. Yu. 2012. Metabolic characteristics of the proteins in newly developed hull-less barley varieties with altered starch traits in ruminants. Journal of Cereal Science 55(3):351-360. Damiran, D., Jonker, A., McKinnon, J., McAllister, T., Yari, M., and P. Yu. 2012. Effect of wheat-based dried distillers’ grains with solubles inclusion on barley-based feed chemical profile, energy values, rumen degradation kinetics, and protein supply. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (in print). Abeysekara, S., Damiran, D., and P. Yu. 2011. Spectroscopic impact on protein and carbohydrate inherent molecular structures of barley, oat and corn combined with wheat DDGS. Spectroscopy 26:255–277. Yu, P., and D. Damiran. 2011. Heat-induced changes to lipid molecular structure in Vimy flaxseed: Spectral intensity and molecular clustering. Spectrochim. Acta Part A: Biomolecular Spectroscopy.79(1):51-59. Yu, P., D. Damiran, D., A. Azarfar, and Z. Y. Niu. 2011.Detect molecular features of spectra mainly associated with carbohydrates in co-products from bioethanol production using univariate and multivariate molecular spectral analyses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12:1921-1935. Damiran, D. and P. Yu. 2011. Molecular basis of structural makeup of hulless barley in relation to rumen degradation kinetics and intestinal availability in dairy cattle: A novel approach. Journal of Dairy Science 94:5151-5159. Kelln, M. B., Lardner, B., McKinnon, J. J., Campbell, J. R., K. Larson, K. and Damiran, D., 2011. Effect of winter feeding system on beef cow performance, reproductive efficiency and system cost. The Professional Animal Scientist 27:410-421. Damiran, D. and P. Yu. 2010. Chemical profile, rumen degradation kinetics and energy value of four hull-less barley cultivars: comparison of the zero-amylose waxy, waxy, and high-amylose and normal starch cultivars. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58(19):10553–10559 Damiran, D. and P. Yu. 2010. Structural make-up, biopolymer conformation, and biodegradation characteristics of newly developed super genotype of oats (CDC SO-I vs. Conventional varieties): novel approach. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58:2377-2387. Yu, P., Z. Niu, and D. Damiran. 2010. Protein molecular structures and protein fraction profiles of new coproducts from bioethanol production: a novel approach . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58(6):3460-3464. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, D.W. Bohnert, and S. L. Findholt. 2008. Comparison of techniques and grinding sizes to estimate digestibility of forage based ruminant diets. Animal Feed Science and Technology 141(1-2):15-35. Johnson, D. A., D. P. Sheehy, D. Miller, and D. Damiran. 2006. Mongolian rangelands in transition. J. Secheresse 17(1):133-141. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, D. E. Johnson, S. L. Findholt, and B. K. Johnson. 2006. Estimating shrub forage yield and utilization using a photographic technique. Northwest Science 80(4):259-263. Murray, A. H., D. Daalkhaijav and C. D. Wood. 1998. Rumen degradability and chemical content of Mongolian rangeland forages:. J. Tropical Science 38:198-205. Gallery: Starkey (Union, Oregon, USA) 1999 - 2003 (see complete gallery) |
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Kumar, R., Lardner, H.A., McKinnon, J.J., and D. Damiran. 2012. Effect of backgrounding systems on winter and finishing performance, carcass characteristics of beef calves, and system cost. The Professional Animal Scientist. Abeysekara, S., Damiran, D., and P. Yu. 2012. Spectroscopic changes of lipid molecular structures of barley and WDDGS combinations, and correlations to their nutrient profiles. Cereal Chemistry. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, S. L. Findholt, B. K. Johnson, and M. Vavra. 2012. Inter and intra specific effects of early summer grazing by cattle or elk on late-summer diet of cattle, deer, and elk grazing mixed-conifer rangelands. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, S. Findholt, and B. Johnson. 2012. Comparison of bite-count and rumen evacuation techniques to estimate diet quantity and quality in grazing cattle. Rangeland Ecology and Management. Darambazar, E., T. DelCurto, and D. Damiran. . Forage quality and quantity with continued late summer riparian grazing. Rangeland Ecology & Management. Gallery: Sled Spring (Wallowa, Oregon, USA) 2004 - 2005 (see complete gallery) |
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Damiran, D., Jonker, A., Yari, M., Yu, P. 2012. Effect of wheat-based dried distillers’ grains with solubles inclusion on barley-based feed chemical profile, energy values, rumen degradation kinetics, and protein supply. In: Proc. Soils & Crops conference of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Abeysekara, S., D. Damiran, D., and P. Yu, P., 2012. Spectroscopic impact on protein and carbohydrate inherent molecular structures of barley, oat and corn combined with wheat DDGS. In: Proc. Soils & Crops conference of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Damiran, D. and P. Yu. 2011. Protein molecular spectral features in hull-less barley varieties and their relation to protein and energy values. In: Proc. Soils & Crops conference of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Damiran, D. and P. Yu. 2010. Comparison of structural makeup of four hull-less barley varieties using reflectance infrared fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy . In: Proc. Soils & Crops conference, 24-26 February 2010. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ouyntuya, Sh., D. Damiran, P. Stevens, B. Dorj, D. Azzaya. 2010. Determining major climatic factors and their variations in the central agricultural region of Mongolia . In: Proc. Soils & Crops conference, 24-26 February 2010. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Yu, P., D. Damiran, Liu. 2010. Synchrotron infrared spectroscopy with multivariate spectral analyses potentially facilitates the classification of inherent structures of feed-type of sorghum . In: Proc. WIRMS 2009- 5th International workshop on infrared microscopy and spectroscopy with accelerator based sources. 60-63. American Institute of Physics. Damiran, D. and P. Yu. 2009. Comparison of molecular structural chemical makeup of three oat varieties using synchrotron radiation based fourier transform infrared (SRFTIR) microspectroscopy. In: Proc. Soils & Crops conference, 25-26 February 2009. Saskatoon, SK; Canada. Ariunsuren, P., D. Damiran, and P. Stevens. 2009. Results of assessment of the current status and degree of disturbance of the desert-steppe rangelands of western Mongolia . In: Proc. Soils & Crops conference, 25-26 February 2009. Saskatoon, SK; Canada. Enkhjargal, D., and D. Daalkhaijav. 2008. Technology of preparing lactic acid bacterial fermented liquid for silage in Mongolia (in Mongolian, with English abstract). In: Proceedings of Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, 33 (in press). Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, E. Darambazar, A. A. Clark, P. L. Kennedy, and R. V. Taylor. 2007. Visual obstruction: weight technique for estimating production on northwestern bunchgrass prairie rangelands. Proc. West. Sec. of Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 58:225-228. Darambazar, E., T. DelCurto, D. Damiran, A. A. Clark, P. L. Kennedy, and R. V. Taylor. 2007. Species diversity in bunchgrass communities in Zumwalt prairie reserve of the northeastern Oregon. Proc. West. Sec. of Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 58:233-236. Enkhjargal, D., and D. Daalkhaijav. 2006. Effect of lactic acid bacterial ferment on silage consumption by dairy cows in forest steppe zone of Mongola (in Mongolian, with English abstract). In: Proceedings of the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry 32:98-102.Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Daalkhaijav, D., and S. Tserendash. 2005. Chemical composition and digestibility of fringed sagebrush (Artemisia frigida Willd.) + forbs + needlegrass (Stipa Krilovii Roshev.) and forbs + grasses communities in the forest steppe rangelands (in Mongolian, with English abstract). In: Proceedings of the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry 31:94-99. Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Enkhjargal, D., and D. Daalkhaijav. 2005. Effect of lactic acid bacterial additive on silage quality (in Mongolian, with English abstract). In: Proceedings of the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry 31:110-115. Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Findholt, S., B. K. Johnson, D. Damiran, T. DelCurto, and J. G. Kie. 2004. Diet composition, dry matter intake and diet overlap of mule deer, elk and cattle. In: Transactions of the 69th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. Spokane, Washington. p. 670-686. Daalkhaijav, D., M. Shagdarsuren, and S. Tserendash. 2003. Chemical composition and digestibility of Stipa capillata-Cleistogenes squarrosa communities on the Eastern Mongolian rangelands (in Mongolian, with English abstract). In: Proceedings of the Agricultural Management School 5:21-25. University of Agriculture, Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, S. L. Findholt, G. D. Pulsipher, and B. K. Johnson. 2003. Influence of previous cattle and elk grazing on the subsequent quality and quantity of diets for cattle, deer and elk grazing late-summer mixed-conifer rangelands. In: Proceedings of the West. Sec. of Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 54:320-324. Darambazar, E., T. DelCurto, C. Ackerman, G. Pulsipher, and D. Damiran. 2003. Changes in forage quantity and quality with continued cattle grazing in a mountain riparian pasture. In: Proceedings of the West. Sec. of Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 54:324-328. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, D. W. Bohnert, G. D. Pulsipher, and S. L. Findholt. 2002. Comparison of techniques and grinding size to estimate digestibility of forage base ruminant diets. In: Proceedings of the West. Sec. of Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 53:341-344. Daalkhaijav, D., 2001. The carbohydrate content and nutritive value of pasture grasses (in Mongolian). In: Proceedings of Research Institute of Animal Husbandry. 30:50-51. Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Daalkhaijav, D., and Ts. Altanzul. 2000. Chemical content and rumen degradability of desert steppe pasture. In: Proceedings of the “Ecosystem of Central Asia” International Conference. 5-7 September 2000, Ulaanbaatar. Damiran, D., S. Findholt, T. DelCurto, and B. Johnson. 2000. A comparison of bite-count derived botanical composition of diet and clipping vs. rumen evacuation as techniques to estimate diet quality with grazing beef cattle. In: Proceedings of West. Sec. of Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 51:517-520. Daalkhaijav, D. 2000. Nutritive value of some early-plant flowers. In: Proceedings of the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry 29:15-17. Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Daalkhaijav, D. 2000. Feed evaluation methods (in Mongolian). In: Proceedings of the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry 29:4-14. Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Tsogoo, D., D. Sheehy, Sh. Batsukh, D. Bor, and D. Daalkhaijav. 2000. Research results on collection work of rangeland forages and forage species in some parts of Mongolia (in Mongolian, with English abstract). In: Proceedings of the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry 29:29-33. Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Daalkhaijav, D., and N. Lkhagvajav. 1997. Rumen degradability and chemical composition of Mongolian highlands' forages. In: Proceedings of the Research Institute of Animal Husbandry 28:76-78. Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia. Murray, A.H., D. Daalkhaijav, and C. Wood. 1996. Rumen degradability of Mongolian rangeland forages: a comparison of in situ and in vitro gas production techniques. In: Proceedings of British Society of Animal Sciences. Scarborough, p. 227. Gallery: Zumwalt (Wallowa, Oregon, USA) 2006 (see complete gallery) |
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Lardner, H.B, and Damiran, D. 2012. Effect of grazing stockpiled perennial forages on beef cow performance, nutrient intake and soil nutrients [abstract]. In: Abstract for Joint ADSA-AMPA-ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Meeting, July 15-19, 2012. Phoenix, Arizona Damiran, D.,. Jonker, A., McKinnon, J., Lardner, B., McAllister, T., and P. Yu. 2011. Effect of wheat DDGS inclusion on grain-based feed digestible nutrient components and energy profiles [abstract]. In: Proceedings for CSAS/SCSA 60th Annual Meeting. May 03-06, 2011, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jonker, A., Gruber, M. Y., Azarfar, A., Damiran, D.. , Wang,Y., and Yu, P. 2010. Anthocyanidin-accumulating alfalfa transformed with the maize Lc-regulatory gene for future cattle nutrition [abstract]. In: Abstracts for the 10th Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC). Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 12 - 15, 2010. Yu, P., Z. Niu, and D. Damiran. 2010. Amylopectin to amylose ratio in hulless barley in relation to intestinally absorbed protein supply to dairy cattle: a preliminary study. In: Abstract for the 2010 Joint ADSA-CSAS-ASAS Annual Meeting. July 11-15, 2010, Denver, Colorado. Damiran, D., Yu, P. 2009. Discrimination and classification of the new co-products from bio-energy production using infrared spectroscopy with multivariate techniques-AHCA and PCA: Comparison among blend DDGS, wheat DDGS and corn DDGS and between wheat and wheat DDGS, and corn and corn DDGS [abstract]. In: Abstract for the 2009 Joint ADSA-CSAS-ASAS Annual Meeting. July 12-16, 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Yu, P.,Damiran, D., Nuez Ortin. W., 2009. Characterization of protein structure of the new co-products from bioethanol production in western Canada using DRIFT Spectroscopy: comparison among blend DDGS, wheat DDGS and corn DDGS, between wheat and wheat DDGS, and corn and corn DDGS [abstract]. In: Abstract for the 2009 Joint ADSA-CSAS-ASAS Annual Meeting. July 12-16, 2009. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Damiran, D., Yu, P. 2009. Comparison of molecular structural chemical make-up of two corn varieties using synchrotron radiation based fourier transform infrared (SRFTIR) microspectroscopy [abstract #10]. In: Abstracts for the 12th CLS Annual Meeting. June 17-18, 2009. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Yu, P., Liu, D.,Damiran, D. 2009. Rapid characterization of molecular structure of chinese sorghum using synchrotron-powered FTIR microspectroscopy. [abstract #20]. In: Abstracts for the 12th CLS Annual Meeting. June 17-18, 2009. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Yu, P., Damiran, D., 2009. Detect changes in protein structure of new co-products of bioethanol production using IR Spectroscopy: Comparison between blend DDGS, wheat DDGS vs. corn DDGS, wheat vs. wheat DDGS, and Corn vs. Corn DDGS [abstract]. In: Abstracts for the 100th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo. May 3-6, 2009. Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida, USA. Darambazar, E., D. Damiran, T. DelCurto, B. Riggs, M. Vavra, and J. Cook. 2007. Understory production of transitional forested rangelands in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon [abstract #108]. In: Abstracts for the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, 10-16 February 2007, Reno/Sparks, Nevada. Darambazar, E., D. Damiran, T. DelCurto, B. Riggs, M. Vavra, and J. Cook. 2007. Species diversity in understory production of transitional forested rangelands in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon [abstract #109]. In: Abstracts for the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, 10-16 February 2007, Reno/Sparks, Nevada. Clark, A., T. DelCurto, M. Vavra, D. Damiran, E. Darambazar, and B. Dick. 2007. Botanical composition and diet quality of cattle grazing at three stocking rates following fuels reduction [abstract #82]. In: Abstracts for the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, 10-16 February 2007, Reno/Sparks, Nevada. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, S.L. Findholt, G. D. Pulsipher, and B. K. Johnson. 2003. Influence of previous cattle and elk grazing on the subsequent quality and quantity of diets for cattle, deer and elk grazing late-summer mixed-conifer rangelands [abstract]. Journal of Animal Science 81(Supplement 1), #M208. Darambazar, E., T. DelCurto, C. Ackerman, G. Pulsipher, and D. Damiran. 2003. Changes in forage quantity and quality with continued cattle grazing in a mountain riparian pasture. Journal of Animal Science 81(Supplement 1), #M209. Damiran, D., D. E. Johnson, T. DelCurto, and S. L. Findholt. 2003. Estimating shrub forage yield and utilization using a photographic technique. In: Abstracts for the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management. #54. February 2-6, 2003, Casper, Wyoming. Darambazar, E., T. DelCurto, C. Ackerman, D. Damiran, and J. A. Morrison. 2003. The influence of cow age on botanical composition of diets in mixed conifer mountain riparian areas and adjacent uplands [abstract]. In: Abstracts for the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management #55. February 2-6, 2003, Casper, Wyoming. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, D. W. Bohnert, G. D. Pulsipher, and S. L. Findholt. 2002. Comparison of techniques and grinding size to estimate digestibility of forage base ruminant diets [abstract]. Journal of Animal Science 80(Supplement 2), #72. Findholt, S.L., Damiran, D., B.K. Johnson, T. DelCurto, and J. G. Kie. 2001. Inter- and intra specific summer foraging dynamics of mule deer, elk, and cattle. Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Society, Reno, Nevada, 25-29 September 2001. Damiran, D., S. Findholt, T. DelCurto, and B. Johnson. 2000. A comparison of bite-count derived botanical composition of diet and clipping vs. rumen evacuation as techniques to estimate diet quality with grazing beef cattle [abstract]. Journal of Animal Science 78(Supplement 2), #63. Gallery: Western Mongolia 2008 (see complete gallery) |
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Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, E. Darambazar, R. A. Riggs, M. Vavra, and J. G. Cook. 2008. Monitoring sites databases: Transitional forested rangelands in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. Circular of information No. 6 (Link: Introduction, Readme, Table 1, Table 2, Table 3), Union, Oregon, USA: Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University. Damiran, D., T. DelCurto, E. Darambazar, P. L. Kennedy, R. V. Taylor, and A. A. Clark. 2007. Northwestern bunchgrass prairie monitoring points databases. Circular of information No.5, Union, Oregon, USA: Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University. Darambazar, E. and D. Damiran. 2006. Album of photomicrographs of Eastern Oregon rangeland plants. Circular of information No.4 ( Summary, Introduction, Grass, Grasslike, Forb, Shrub/Tree, and References), Union, Oregon, USA: Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University. Damiran, D. 2005. Palatability of Mongolian Rangeland Plants. Circular of Information No.3. Union, Oregon, USA: Oregon State University, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Station. 92 p. Gallery: South Western Mongolia 2009 (see complete gallery) |
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McKinnon, J.J., A. Walker, D. Damiran., P. Yu, D. A. Christensen, and C. R. Christensen. 2010. Use of Canadian light source (National Synchrotron Facility) to understand and improve the nutritive value of high fibre plant materials for livestock. Final report for ADF Project # 20040423. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. 98 pp. Sheehy, D.P., C. Sheehy, D.E. Johnson, D. Damiran. and Fiemengo, M. 2010. Livestock and wildlife in the Southern Gobi Region, with special attention to Wild Ass. Mongolia Discussion Papers, East Asia and Pacific Sustainable Development Department. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Damiran, D., P.Yu, A. Fodje, J.J. McKinnon, D.A. Christensen. 2010. Use of synchrotron-based fourier transform Infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy to determine the relative quantity of aromatic lignin and cellulosic compounds of the wheat plant stem. CLS Activity report 2009, 62-64. Damiran, D., and E. Darambazar. 2003. Toxic Plants of Mongolian Rangelands. Union, Oregon, USA: Oregon State University, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Station. 16 p. Daalkhaijav, D. and B. Erdenebaatar. 1996. Contents of multinutrient block for ruminant livestock and its technology of producing (in Mongolian). Research Institute of Animal Husbandry. 10 p. Ulaanbaatar. Daalkhaijav, D. and B. Erdenebaatar. 1996. Recommendations of producing multinutrient block for ruminants in Mongolia (in Mongolian). Research Institute of Animal Husbandry. 27 p. Ulaanbaatar. Gallery: Gobi Desert Southern Mongolia 2011 (see complete gallery) |
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Damiran, D., and E. Darambazar. 2003. Mongolia. Presentation for public. Union, Oregon, USA. |
