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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, July 14, 2021
  • 8:50 AM – 5:00 PM EST
    ASAS-NANP Symposium

    Chair: Luis O. Tedeschi, PhD – Texas A&M University

    Mathematical Modeling in Animal Nutrition: Training the Future Generation in Data and Predictive Analytics for a Sustainable Development

  • 1:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    CSAS Graduate Student Oral Competition: MS

    Chair: Obioha N. Durunna, n/a – Lakeland College

    Chair: Younes Miar, n/a – Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, B2N 5E, Canada

  • 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    Growth and Development Symposium

    Chair: Anna Dilger – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Influence of Environmental Temperature on Growth and Development of Tissues and Animal Production

  • 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition Symposium I

    Chair: Matt Hersom, PhD PAS – Clemson University-Piedmont Research and Education Center

    Reducing the Environmental Impact of Ruminants—A Nutritional Approach

  • 1:45 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Animal Behavior and Well-Being Symposium

    Chair: Courtney L. Daigle, PhD – Texas A&M University

    Animal Management in Response to Natural Disasters

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    CSAS Graduate Student Oral Competition: PHD

    Chair: Obioha N. Durunna, n/a – Lakeland College

    Chair: Younes Miar, n/a – Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, B2N 5E, Canada

  • Thursday, July 15, 2021
  • 8:00 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    SSASAS: Graduate Student Competition: MS
  • 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition I: Feed Additives

    Chair: Matt Hersom, PhD PAS – Clemson University-Piedmont Research and Education Center

  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition Symposium II

    Chair: Shawn L. Archibeque, Ph.D. – Colorado State University

    Frontiers in Ruminant Nutrition: A Historical Context

  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
    Physiology and Endocrinology Symposium

    Chair: Ryan Ashley – New Mexico State University

    Factors Affecting Reproductive Performance in Ruminants

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Animal Health I

    Chair: Sunday O. Peters, PhD – Berry College

  • 8:30 AM – 12:45 PM EST
    Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education Symposium

    Chair: Kathrin Dunlap – Texas A&M University -Department of Animal Science

    Virtual World of Learning: Inclusivity and Engagement in Undergraduate and Graduate Animal Science Programs

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    SSASAS: Graduate Student Competition: PHD
  • 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM EST
    Animal Breeding and Genetics I: Biology of Complex Traits - Disease
  • 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM EST
    Companion Animals Symposium I

    Chair: Amanda N. Dainton – Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University

    Experimental Design and Statistics Applied to Companion Animal Nutrition

  • 9:15 AM – 9:35 AM EST
    SSASAS: Undergraduate Student Competition
  • 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST
    ARPAS Symposium

    Chair: Jason Apple – Texas A&M University-Kingsville

    Building a Resilient Food Production System in the US: What Covid-19 and Other Black Swan Events Have Exposed about Modern Food Production

  • 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM EST
    SSASAS: Teaching and Undergraduate Education

    Chair: Jessica L. Leatherwood – Texas A&M University - Animal Science Department

  • 10:00 AM – 12:05 PM EST
    SSASAS: SERA 41 / SCC 81 Joint Symposium

    Chair: Kim Mullenix, PhD – Auburn University

    Legume Use in Southeastern Forage Systems

  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM EST
    Animal Health II
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    SSASAS: Nutrition

    Chair: Flint W. Harrelson, PAS – Morehead State University

  • 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Beef Species Symposium

    Chair: Ben P. Holland, PhD, MBA, PAS – Cactus Feeders

    Opportunity and Role of Beef x Dairy Crossbreeding Systems in US Beef Production

  • 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Forages and Pastures I

    Chair: Ian McGregor – Oregon State University

  • 1:00 PM – 3:05 PM EST
    SSASAS: SCC 81 Symposium

    Chair: Stephan Wildeus, PhD – Virginia State University

    Interdisciplinary Symposium on Parasite Management in Livestock Systems

  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Comparative Gut Physiology Symposium

    Chair: Rajesh Jha, PhD – University of Hawaii at Manoa

    Parent-offspring Integration: Focus on Gut Health

  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    CSAS Symposium I

    Chair: Flavio S. Schenkel, BSc., MSc., PhD. – Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

    Prospects for Exploiting Epigenetic Effects in Livestock Production

  • 2:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Animal Breeding and Genetics II: Biology of Complex Traits - Production
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition II: Mineral and Vitamin Additives

    Chair: Phillip R. Myer, n/a – Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee

  • 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Production, Management, and Environment I
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Companion Animals

    Chair: Susanna E. Kitts-Morgan, PhD – Lincoln Memorial University

  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    SSASAS: Pastures and Forages
  • Friday, July 16, 2021
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Growth and Development

    Chair: Anna Dilger – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Animal Breeding and Genetics III: Modeling

    Chair: Jack C. Dekkers – Iowa State University

  • 8:15 AM – 1:30 PM EST
    Contemporary and Emerging Issues Symposium I

    Chair: Donald R. Mulvaney – Auburn University

    Chair: Charles F Rosenkrans, Jr. – Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department, Clemson University

    Public Policy: Rethinking/Reexamining Grand Challenges Within the Animal Sciences–A Scorecard and Recalibration

  • 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM EST
    Physiology and Endocrinology I

    Chair: Alan Ealy – Virginia Tech - Department of Animal and Poultry Science

  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Forages and Pastures Symposium I

    Chair: Sam Wyffels, PhD – Montana State University

    Design and Analysis of Grazing Experiments

  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium I

    Chair: Tom Rathje

    Generation of Novel Phenotypes from Automated Systems

  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    CSAS Symposium II

    Chair: Oscar Lopez Campos, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Livestock Resilience and Climate Change

  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM EST
    Beef Species I: Cow Efficiency

    Chair: Sara J. Trojan, PhD – Peak Beef Cattle Nutrition and Management Consulting LLC

  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM EST
    Small Ruminant I

    Chair: Ronald M. Lewis, PhD – Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

    Chair: Luiz F. Brito – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    SSASAS: Physiology I

    Chair: Reinaldo F. Cooke, PhD – Texas A&M University

  • 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM EST
    Animal Behavior and Well-Being

    Chair: Courtney L. Daigle, PhD – Texas A&M University

  • 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition III: Feedlot Nutrition

    Chair: Jeffrey W. Lehmkuhler, PAS – University of Kentucky

  • 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM EST
    Companion Animals Symposium II

    Chair: Charles G. Aldrich, Ph.D. – Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University

    Brewing and Fermented Ingredients Used in Pet Nutrition

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EST
    Swine Species

    Chair: Shengfa F. Liao, n/a – Mississippi State University

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    SSASAS: Ruminant Animal Production I

    Chair: Darren D. Henry, n/a – Texas Tech University

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education

    Chair: Kathrin Dunlap – Texas A&M University -Department of Animal Science

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Beef Species II: Growing and Finishing Systems

    Chair: Ben P. Holland, PhD, MBA, PAS – Cactus Feeders

  • 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM EST
    Animal Breeding and Genetics IV: Genomic Selection I

    Chair: Luiz F. Brito – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University

  • 1:45 PM – 4:05 PM EST
    Cell Biology Symposium

    Chair: Kristen E. Govoni, PhD – University of Connecticut

    Role of Epigenetics in Production and Health

  • 1:45 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    SSASAS: Kunkle Symposium

    Chair: Daniel Rivera – Animal and Dairy Sciences Department Mississippi State University

    Use of Byproducts in Grazing Beef Diets

  • 1:45 PM – 4:35 PM EST
    Nonruminant Nutrition Symposium I

    Chair: Mohsen Abedin – Trouw Nutrition Canada

    Chair: Sung Woo Kim – North Carolina State University

    Impact of Pandemic and Climate Events on Pig and Poultry Production and Strategies during Economic Uncertainty

  • 1:45 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition IV: Dairy and Fermentation

    Chair: Katherine VanValin, n/a – University of Kentucky

  • 1:45 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Horse Species Symposium

    Chair: Robert D. Jacobs, PhD – Purina Animal Nutrition

    Nutrition Beyond the NRC: The Current Reality of Equine Nutrition vs. Our Knowledge of the Requirements

  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST
    Small Ruminant II

    Chair: Stephan Wildeus, PhD – Virginia State University

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Physiology and Endocrinology II

    Chair: Jamie E. Larson – Mississippi State University

  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    SSASAS: Physiology II

    Chair: Vitor R G Rodrigues Gomes Mercadante, DVM, MS, PhD – Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

  • 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM EST
    Production, Management, and Environment II
  • 2:00 PM – 4:45 PM EST
    Companion Animals Symposium III

    Chair: Gary Davenport – Archer Daniels Midland Company

    Dietary Supplements in Companion Animal Nutrition

  • 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    SSASAS: Small Ruminant Production I

    Chair: Sara Linneen – Elanco Animal Health

  • 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    SSASAS: Breeding and Genetics

    Chair: Darren Hagen – Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Oklahoma State University

  • Saturday, July 17, 2021
  • 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition V: Forages, Methane, and Digestibility
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Contemporary and Emerging Issues Symposium II

    Chair: John L. Vicini – Bayer Crop Sciences

    Science Communication and a Skeptical Society: From Research to Social Media

  • 8:15 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium II

    Chair: Christine F. Baes, BSc., MSc., PhD. – Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    What Makes Complex Systems Complex?

  • 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM EST
    Physiology and Endocrinology III

    Chair: Jamie E. Larson – Mississippi State University

  • 8:30 AM – 10:35 AM EST
    Meat Science and Muscle Biology Symposium

    Chair: John M. Gonzalez – University of Georgia

    Recent Development in Lipidomics and Proteomics

  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Nonruminant Nutrition Symposium II

    Chair: Sung Woo Kim – North Carolina State University

    Opportunities with Novel Ingredients in Swine and Poultry Nutrition

  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM EST
    Meat Science and Muscle Biology

    Chair: Jason T. Sawyer, PhD – Auburn University

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Late-Breaking Swine Species

    Chair: Jonathan P. Holt, Ph.D. – NC State University

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST
    SSASAS: Meats

    Chair: Christy L. Bratcher – Texas Tech Univesity

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    SSASAS: Extension I

    Chair: Philipe Moriel, n/a – University of Florida, IFAS – Range Cattle Research and Education Center

  • 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM EST
    SSASAS: Ruminant Animal Production II

    Chair: Ryon Walker – Noble Research Institute

  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Animal Breeding and Genetics V: Genomic Selection II
  • 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Animal Health Symposium

    Chair: Eveline M. Ibeagha-Awemu, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Old Problems, New Solutions for Animal Health Management

  • 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    SSASAS: Small Ruminant Production II

    Chair: Thomas H. Terrill, PhD – College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology, Fort Valley State University

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Nonruminant Nutrition I: Low Protein Formulation and Amino Acids

    Chair: Sung Woo Kim – North Carolina State University

  • 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Late-Breaking Ruminant Nutrition

    Chair: Matt Hersom, PhD PAS – Clemson University-Piedmont Research and Education Center

  • 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM EST
    Swine Species Symposium

    Chair: Mark Knauer, n/a – North Carolina State University

    Identifying Knowledge Gaps in Swine Research

  • 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Forages and Pastures Symposium II

    Chair: William B. Smith, PhD – Tarleton State University

    Teaching Forages in the Animal Sciences

  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Forages and Pastures II

    Chair: Chad Page – Utah State University

  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Ruminant Nutrition VI: Nutrient Management, RFI, Receiving Cattle

    Chair: Ryon Walker – Noble Research Institute

  • 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EST
    Extension Education

    Chair: Matt H. Poore, Ph.D. – North Carolina State University

  • 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Nonruminant Nutrition II: Feedstuffs and Additives

    Chair: Michael S. Edmonds – Kent Nutrition Group, Inc.

  • 3:15 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    SSASAS: Extension II

    Chair: Deidre D. Harmon, PhD – North Carolina State University

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM EST
    Horse Species

    Chair: Sarah Reed, PhD – University of Connecticut