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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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.

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Racheal Bryant – Cow Calf Contact

Rachael is an Associate Professor at Lincoln University. Rachael’s research focuses on dairy production systems and nutritional strategies for reducing the impact of dairying on the environment. Her research topics include nutritional management of lactating dairy cows and young stock,

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Nicola Schreurs – Animal nutrition and meat quality

Sarah kicked off defining carcass quality verses meat quality. Where classification characteristics associated with greater saleable meat yields and premium prices (weight, shape, fatness etc) verses how good the meat is. In regard to colour, palatability and nutritive values. Consumers

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Dr Emma Cuttance, Facial Eczema

Dr Emma Cuttance has been key in the recent research carried out in NZ for facial eczema (FE). Within her presentation, she walks through the impact of FE, the damage caused by FE going untreated, and the reliability of treatment

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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

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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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