A network of ruminant nutritionists - enabling exchange of ideas and experience among professionals, to understand and improve health and productivity of ruminant livestock.
A network of ruminant nutritionists - enabling exchange of ideas and experience among professionals, to understand and improve health and productivity of ruminant livestock.
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Dr Claira Seely – Prevention and Treatment of Subclinical Hypocalcemia to Optimise Health and Production in Dairy Cattle
Dr. Claira Seely obtained her PhD from Cornell University under the guidance of Dr. Jessica McArt. Dr. Seely’s graduate studies were centered on the epidemiology of subclinical hypocalcemia in dairy cattle, treatment and prevention of the disease, as well as
Dr Phil Cardoso – Fat and Muscle Metabolsim through Transition and Its impact on Cow Recovery
Dr. Phil Cardoso is a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Cardoso’s program builds from questions from dairy producers and focuses on having the dairy cow’s diet as a medical prescription for performance, health, and reproduction. This
Fiona Calvert – Analytical advancements in protein testing in NZ
Fiona Calvert is Technical Support (Agriculture) at Hill Labs, providing assistance both internally and externally on methodology and understanding of tests for soil, plant, feed and compost analysis services, to a wide range of primary sector clients. Fiona’s agricultural science
Dr Charlotte Reed and Dr Roshean Woods – Bulk Milk Urea
Dr Charlotte Reed is a DairyNZ scientist working across a range of projects, including environmental risk indicators and mitigations, heat stress in dairy cows and making the most of cow wearables. Charlotte has a background in reproductive physiology and completed
Dr Brian Sloan – The Potential of Amino Acid Balancing in Maxamising Cow Performance on a Pasture Based Diet
Dr. Brian Sloan is the Director of Ruminant Business at Adisseo, bringing over 36 years of industry experience. He began his academic journey in biological sciences, shifting to agricultural biochemistry for his undergraduate degree and completing a Ph.D. working with
Trish Lewis – Maximising Digestible Protein from Silage
After graduating with an Honours degree in Agriculture from the University of Nottingham, Trish began her career in the UK dairy and animal feed industries. In 1997, she immigrated to New Zealand and joined Nutritech as a nutritionist, marking the
Dr Brian Sloan – Protein Nutrition in a Pasture Based Diet
Dr. Brian Sloan is the Director of Ruminant Business at Adisseo, bringing over 36 years of industry experience. He began his academic journey in biological sciences, shifting to agricultural biochemistry for his undergraduate degree and completing a Ph.D. working with
Louise Cook – Co-operative difference, emissions and efficiency
Louise Cook works in Fonterra’s On-Farm Excellence Environment team looking at the tools, data and services Fonterra can offer to farmers to support the profitable productive achievement of emissions intensity reduction. Louise has 18 years in the New Zealand dairy
Pablo Gregorini – Grazing management and human health
Pablo is the Professor of Livestock Production & Agricultural Systems at Lincoln University, as well as the director of the Lincoln University Pastoral Livestock Production Lab’ and Head of the Lincoln University Centre of Excellence for Designing Future Productive Landscapes.
Pietro Celi – Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows: unravelling its impact and nutritional strategies for resilience
Peitro Celi is a veterinarian with a wealth of academic and practical knowledge, and is currently employed as the APAC Ruminant Technical Manager for ADM, as well as an honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne. This presentation focuses
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OverseerFM – What is new, and the path ahead Alastair Taylor, Overseer Ltd.
OverseerFM is an online software that connects farmers to science to support sustainable farm businesses that protect the environment. OverseerFM is built on 30 years of science. The OverseerFM model has been updated to make nutrient budgeting more user friendly,
Nitrogen and Feeds – David Pacheco, AgResearch
Farmers use Nitrogen (N) to increase forage yields and increase profitability, however, there has been increasing requirements to minimise environmental impact and for this reason N use on farms is under scrutiny. N that is not used in an animal
Enteric Methane and Feeds – Arjan Jonker, AgResearch
Methane (CH4) is mainly formed in the rumen (87-92%) by methanogens which utilise microbially hydrogen produced in the rumen during fermentation of ingested feed. CH4 from animals is measured via gas exchange using flux methods like respiration chambers and marker methods
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