Novus International, a long-time National Chicken Council Allied Leader member company, has named Eduardo Galo, director, North America, as the new official representative to NCC.  Galo is replacing Dan Meagher, who had been in that role.  Meagher has left Novus to become chief executive officer of Agrivida, a biotechnology company developing technologies for animal nutrition, cellulosic sugars from biomass and regulated enzymes.