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 dairy cow trials at Newcastle University. Dr. Sloan’s expertise in ingredients, agribusiness, and agriculture has
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 industry; 4 years with DairyNZ in an extension role and 14 years of large-scale Corporate
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. Internationally, Pablo chairs the International Scientific Committee for the Nutrition of Herbivores, and serves in
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 on a niche yet critical (and fascinating!) topic relating to oxidative stress. Pietro poses a
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, grazing behaviour, pasture agronomy including the impact of technologies such as endophytes, N fertilisers and
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. Peitro opens his session with just why insulin resistance aka ‘glucose sparing’ matters in dairy cows during the critical
Laura graduated Bachelor of Veterinary Science with Distinction from Massey University and is a member of the Australian New Zealand College of Veterinary Sciences in Ruminant Nutrition. She worked as a farm veterinarian for 10 years before joining PGG Wrightson in 2020.Laura’s passion is in animal nutrition having learnt during her veterinary career how good
Dr. Amelia Almeida is committed to advancing sustainable ruminant production systems and enhancing feed efficiency while minimizing environmental impact. Dedicated to fostering innovation and resilience in the next generation of animal scientists at Massey University. Her current research focuses on measuring and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in ruminant production. Amelias mission is to empower students
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 are becoming more interested in what they are consuming. While a lot of NZ meat
Dr Ajmal Khan gave a very engaging talk on calf rearing. The talk began by setting the scene on the challenges around calf rearing and reviewed the current state of knowledge. Particular attention was given to colostrum management including the timing of colostrum nutrition of the neonate. Components of colostrum were reviewed, and commentary given
