Dr. Randy Borg has been appointed as European director of genetics for Cobb-Vantress, Inc.
In his new role, he is responsible for directing the breeding programme at the Cobb pedigree farm at Herveld in the Netherlands, representing research and development in support of Cobb in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and managing the day-to-day external research activities established with European collaborators.
Dr. Borg is based in the Netherlands and will report directly to Dr Mitch Abrahamsen, Cobb vice president of research and development.
He joined Cobb in 2008, first serving as the pedigree farm geneticist for the Three Springs pedigree complex in Oklahoma, USA, and has most recently been working within the company’s quantitative genetics group. Before moving to Cobb, he worked for Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis). He holds a PhD in animal breeding and genetics from Virginia Tech University.
Cobb-Vantress, Inc. is a poultry research and development company engaged in the production, improvement and sale of broiler breeding stock. Cobb is the world’s oldest pedigree broiler breeding company. Since 1916 Cobb has grown into one of the world’s leading suppliers of broiler breeding stock with distribution in 100 countries. Cobb has contributed to the dynamic efficiency and growth of an industry that has transformed chicken into an economically affordable healthy protein source for many of the world's more than seven billion people
Dr Randy Borg, who has been appointed
European director of genetics
