Elanco Animal Health has promoted Bill Platter, Ph.D., to the position of manager of technical consultants for beef cattle. Dr. Platter will lead a team conducting post-product-approval research and providing technical services with a feedlot and stocker focus in the United States. Elanco has also hired Bill Mies, Ph.D., as a beef feedlot consultant—global beef group. He will work with Elanco’s marketing and sales teams, providing technical support to feedlots in North America and locations throughout the world. Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Co., is based in Greenfield, Ind. <HOME>