Ruminant Nutrition Symposium

Chair(s)

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  Kendall Swanson

  Professor
  North Dakota State University, Department of Animal Sciences
  Fargo, North Dakota

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CST

  Feedlot Nutrition Research: A Historical Perspective and Future Needs
  

  Presenting Author: Alfredo DiCostanzo – University of Minnesota
• 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM CST

  Effects of Removing Distillers Grains and Solubles on Performance of Feedlot Cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Alfredo DiCostanzo – University of Minnesota

  Author: Galen E. Erickson, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST

  Understanding Factors that Cause Variation in Growth within Pens of Feedlot Cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Zachary K. Smith, n/a – South Dakota State University

  Author: Alfredo DiCostanzo – University of Minnesota

  Author: Fredric N. Owens – Oklahoma State University
• 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM CST

  State of the Art: Zinc and Copper Nutrition for Feedlot Cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Stephanie L. Hansen – Iowa State University

  Author: Elizabeth M. Messersmith – Iowa State University

  Author: Erin L. Deters – Iowa State University
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CST

  Ruminant Nutrition Symposium Break
• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST

  Feeding and Managing Dairy Cattle Genetics for Beef
  

  Presenting Author: Pedro H. V. Carvalho, PhD – UC Davis

  Author: Tara L. Felix, PAS, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University

  Author: Jerad Jaborek – Michigan State University
• 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST

  Interrelationships Between the Microbiome, Gut Health, and Animal Growth
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua C. McCann – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Author: Jon P. Schoonmaker – Purdue University
• 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM CST

  Effects of Late Gestation Energy and Protein Restriction in Beef Cows on Offspring Growth and Carcass Characteristics
  

  Author: Naomi Waldon – The Ohio State University

  Author: Kirsten Nickles – The Ohio State University

  Author: Anthony J. Parker – The Ohio State University

  Author: Kendall C. Swanson – North Dakota State University, Department of Animal Sciences

  Presenting Author: Alejandro E. Relling, n/a – The Ohio State University
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CST

  Ruminant Nutrition Symposium Q&A