Highlights and Special Requests for Abstracts from
the Program Committee
2005 Joint Meeting of ADSA, ASAS, and CSAS
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 24-28
The following program
highlights are in the final stages of planning. As you will see in reading
through the summary, many outstanding symposia, workshops, and invited talks
are planned.
Posters -- We will again provide a 2-hour daily time block
for the posters. The time block for the posters will be planned where neither
symposia nor oral sessions will be scheduled during this time period.
Call for Abstracts
To build an outstanding
program, your participation through abstract submission is essential. The
foundation of our annual meeting is the science that each one of us brings with
the oral and poster abstracts submitted. There are a few special topics for
which Program Committees are requesting abstracts from the membership to
enhance symposia or oral sessions. These special calls for abstracts are
denoted in bold italic lettering. For additional information on
the 2005 Joint ADSA, ASAS, and CSAS meeting, please check the web site http://www.fass.org/2005.
Program Areas
ADSA Southern Branch and
the Northeast Branch/Section of ADSA and ASAS -- Business meetings and normal annual meeting activities of these
Branches/Sections will be incorporated into the meeting in Cincinnati. The
Southern Branch of ADSA is planning a symposium: “Innovative Approaches to
Address the Changing Needs in our Dairy Industry”.
Graduate Student Paper
Contests—ADSA Dairy Foods and Production Division (National), Northeast
ADSA/ASAS Branch/Section, and Southern ADSA Branch -- Both the Dairy Foods and Production Division of
ADSA strongly encourage graduate students to submit abstracts for the national
competition. Not only do the winners receive outstanding recognition and have
something to add to their resume, there is money to be made, too. Check the
web site (www.fass.org/2005) for
graduate student competition rules and information. The ADSA Production
Division students also can present their paper a second time as a poster in the
appropriate session if they so desire, in addition to the special competition
session early in the week.
Alpharma Beef Cattle
Nutrition – The Alpharma symposium
will focus on ethanol and cattle and challenging the limits of rumen.
Animal Behavior and Well
Being – The Animal Behavior and Well
Being Committee has planned a symposium on “Attitudes Toward Animal Welfare and
Human-Animal Interactions” followed by a panel discussion involving recent
research in attitudes toward animal welfare.
Animal Health – The Animal Health Committee has developed a
symposium on “Acidosis in Dairy Cattle: Current Understanding of Pathophysiology
and Control Methods”. This symposium may be of interest to members from AABP.
Beef Species – The Beef Species Committee is planning a symposium
on “Integration in the Beef Industry: Implications for Animal Management,
Information Management, and Enterprise Management”. As demand for high
quality, wholesome, source-verified beef continues to grow in the US and abroad, the major packing firms in the US are taking steps to align their future harvest
needs via alliances with feedlots, ranchers and feedstock producers.
Breeding and Genetics – The Breeding and Genetics Committee will invite 5
speakers to open oral session presentations on such topics as “Animal Breeding
and Genetics with Genome Sequences in Hand”, “Emerging Traits of Interest to the
Livestock Industries” and “Dairy Progeny Testing Programs for Lowly Heritable
Traits”. This committee is encouraging submission of abstracts on
genetics of dairy health traits to follow the invited talks on dairy progeny.
Companion Animals – The Companion Animals Committee has planned a
symposium on “New Advances in Pet Health and Nutrition”. This symposium may
provide an opportunity for veterinarians to gain CEUs for attendance.
Dairy Foods – The ADSA Dairy Foods Division has an exciting and
excellent program planned involving a forum and two symposia. The “Forum on
Cheese Ripening” will allow for greater audience participation than normally
occurs in the traditional symposium format.
The first symposium topic is
on “Extending Shelf Life of Fluid Milk”. Shelf life continues to be a major
issue for fluid milk sales. There have been several recent advances that hold
great promise for extending shelf life of refrigerated and aseptically packaged
mill. This symposium will cover recent advances focused on improving shelf
life of fluid milk.
The second symposium on
“Milk Proteins Interactions”, has been organized by the Committee on
Nomenclature of Milk Protein and Enzymes to update members on current
scientific events in the area of milk proteins. This year the committee
selected the interaction between proteins in milk and lipids, carbohydrates and
peptides as a pertinent area.
Extension and Education – The Extension and Education Committee has
organized three symposia: “Cow Comfort on Commercial
Dairy Operations”, “Current Topics in Dairy Extension—Information
Exchange” and a “National Animal ID Symposium”.
Cow comfort is the current
hot topic in the dairy industry. Recent research has enhanced our
understanding of cow comfort and its relationship with animal behavior. This
symposium will provide an update on key aspects of cow comfort with a definite
slant toward practical applications.
In recent years, three
management strategies (more frequent milking in early lactation, photoperiod
manipulation during the dry period, and shortening the dry period) have
received extensive publicity in the popular dairy press. Early research
results were very positive with limited number cows per treatment. More
recently, larger studies have been conducted on commercial dairy operations
with significantly more cows per treatment. Results have been inconsistent
between studies. Therefore, a review of these projects would be very timely
and appropriate for extension specialists, allied industry and others.
With the mandate for
biosecurity and safety of the nation’s food supply, the Federal government has
mandated a national animal ID system. The goal of the National ID (USAIP) plan
is to develop a trace-back system to identify all animal and premises potentially
exposed to an animal with a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) within 48 hours of
discovery. A three-phase plan has been developed. This symposium would give
the attendees an opportunity to learn about the progress of the system and how
to participate in its implementation.
Food Safety – A symposium on “The Current State and Future of
Food Safety: An Issue of National Importance” has been planned by the Food
Safety Committee.
Forages and Pastures – The symposium on “Emerging Techniques for
Predicting Forage Quality” will be sponsored by the Forages and Pastures
program committee. The committee hopes to engage the audience in discussions
of some of the latest thinking, theories, techniques, and difficulties. The
topics in the symposium bridge the old and new, and end with a discussion and
critique of one of the most elusive problems in grazing animal nutrition.
Goat Species – The Goat program committee will invite two
speakers, one focusing on educational and extension delivery systems and the
other focusing on field day and workshop efforts in a session entitled
“Educational Resources and Field Experiences to Enhance and Promote Goat
Production and Management”. With the increased interest in goats during the
last 10 to 15 years, as well as an increase in total goat numbers, goat
producers and marketing opportunities, and youth goat projects, a need has
developed to provide reliable informational and educational opportunities to
all sectors of the goat and goat product industries. These two invited
presentations will be followed by regular 15-minute abstract presentations.
University, government and related scientists and educators with interests and
experiences in goat production and/or goat products would be contacted (using
the existing SAAS-ASAS Small Ruminant Information Exchange Group, etc.) and
encouraged to submit an abstract for inclusion in this symposium. A
roundtable discussion and/or information exchange session could close the
symposium.
Growth and Development –The Growth and Development committee have proposed
a symposium on “Postnatal Development as a Harbinger of Future Performance—Milk
and Meat”.
Horse Species – The Horse committee is planning a morning
traditional oral session followed by an afternoon session on “Emerging
Equestrian Varsity Competition”. The objective of this symposium is to provide
attendees with some background and current information on Women’s Equestrian as
a Varsity sport as well as firsthand experience in how to make this work for
their programs.
Lactation
Biology – The Lactation
Biology Committee is coordinating a symposium on “Lactation Persistency”.
Factors effecting lactation persistency haven’t been reviewed recently. The
committee would like to incorporate 2 to 3 (15-minute talks) abstracts into
this program.
Meat Science and Muscle
Biology – The Meat Science and
Muscle Biology program committee will present a symposium on “Novel
Technologies in Muscle Biology/Fresh Meat Research”. In the past few years
there has been a tremendous increase in the availability of new technologies
for animal science research. Not only are new technologies being developed at
a rapid pace, but the accessibility of these technologies has also improved.
It is important for the research community to discuss these technologies and
their application in muscle biology/fresh meat research to further enhance the
utilization of new/novel techniques and to foster their more widespread use.
Nonruminant Nutrition and Swine Species – The symposium “Applications of Stable Isotope
Tracer Techniques in Nonruminant Nutrition and Metabolic Research” is a joint
sponsorship with the Swine Species Committee and the Nonruminant Nutrition
Committee. A wide application of stable isotope tracer techniques in
nonruminant nutrition will enable us to address some fundamental issues that
can contribute greatly to enhancing our understanding on the basic animal
biology and developing sustainable animal production systems. It is hoped that
this symposium will expose researchers to the use of the state-of-the-art,
stable isotope techniques in nutrition and metabolic research.
Physiology and Endocrinology
– The Physiology and Endocrinology program committee will sponsor a symposium
on “Effects of Maternal Nutrient Supply on Embryonic and Fetal Development and
Postnatal Performance”. The committee has also proposed a forum on
“Development of Standard Terms to Express Reproductive Function”. A document
on common terminology (for synchronization programs, pregnancy rate, etc.)
would be presented during the first hour of the forum followed by an hour of
discussion.
ADSA Production Division –
The symposium on “Forage Analysis – Concept to Application” is sponsored by the
ADSA Production Division. Several symposia and programs at a variety of
regional and national meetings have addressed analytical issues concerning how
best to measure the nutritive value of forages/feeds, but no symposium has
focused on what is needed to effectively implement cutting-edge feed analyses
in the field, which is the major objective of this symposium.
Production and Management – A symposium on “Impact of Culling Rate on Dairy
Profitability” is sponsored by the Production and Management program
committee. This symposium is intended to provide an educational forum in which
a contemporary issue of great importance to animal agriculture will be
discussed. This symposium will provide the historical perspective on how
culling has changed over time. Discussion will focus on how culling decisions
are made, management practices to decrease culling rates and the economics of
culling.
Ruminant Nutrition – The Ruminant Nutrition Committee will sponsor a
symposium and a dairy nutrition oral session with two invited speakers. The
symposium is entitled “Exploring the Boundaries of Efficiency in Lactation:
Metabolic Relationships in Supply of Nutrients in Lactating Cows”. It has been
numerous years since this topic has been covered in a symposium and the
proposed talks represent the work of a regional committee on this subject
(NC-1009). The dairy nutrition session will be on “Fair but Critical Review of
the 2001 Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle Publication and how it is Being
Applied in the Industry”.
Sheep Species – A symposium on “Management of Gastrointestinal
Nematodes in Sheep” will be sponsored by the Sheep Committee. Dissemination of
novel methods of gastrointestinal nematode control to scientists is imperative
along with discussion of new projects that could lead to standard practices in
this time of crisis. Recent advances in nematode control have been made with
the use of copper oxide wire particles, selective anthelmintic treatment,
immune responsiveness to nematode challenge, genetic differences in relative
nematode resistance, and use of forages or plants to alter nematode infection.
This symposium will serve to educate scientists and extension personnel and
facilitate discussion to further advance the field.
Swine Species –The Swine Species Committee will sponsor a
symposium on “Effects of Maternal Nutrition on Offspring Performance”. One of
the objectives of this symposium is to review current knowledge on the
influence of maternal nutrition on the growth performance of the offspring.
Teaching/Undergraduate
and Graduate Education – The
symposium on “Scholarship of Teaching as Related to Promotion and Tenure” is
sponsored by the Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education Committee. This
symposium will contribute to current efforts underway in the teaching
communities around the country to define the elements that contribute to high
quality teaching. The primary targets are a) graduate students interested in a
future in academia, b) young faculty in tenure-track positions with high
teaching loads and c) administrators involved in shaping the teaching and
learning environment on their campuses. The symposium will be structured to
encourage and facilitate active audience participation
Women and Minority Issues
in Animal Agriculture – The Women
and Minority Issues in Animal Agriculture Committee will sponsor a luncheon
with an invited speaker. This luncheon is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday,
July 27, 2005. Women and minorities, within the three societies, oftentimes
experience or have experiences that are unique to their populace. They are
oftentimes confronted with obstacles that hinder or impede their progress
towards a successful career in animal agriculture. Those experiences and
obstacles are: balancing work and family, demands/vigor of tenure track
positions, lack of mentorship and friendship, feelings of isolation, pursuit of
professional achievement and acceptance, etc. The symposium will focus on one
or two of the aforementioned concerns.
National Research
Council’s Committee on Animal Nutrition – A symposium on “Toxic Levels of Minerals in Animal Feeds and Water”
will highlight new developments in the area of mineral toxicities that are of
interest to animal scientists and government regulators. This topic came from
an ad hoc committee that conducted a thorough review of the scientific
literature related to minerals and toxic substances in diets and water for
animals and to update the 1980 edition of Mineral Tolerances of Domestic
Animal.
Canadian Society of
Animal Science – The Canadian Society of Animal Science
will organize two half-day symposia on Sunday, July 24th. In the morning,
the purpose of the symposium on "Udder Health Management: A Canadian
Perspective” is to highlight the research directions currently explored in the
Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network. The second symposium entitled
"Vitamin Nutrition of Livestock Animals" will be held in the
afternoon. The intent of this symposium is to highlight the importance of
vitamin nutrition on farm animal production and metabolic efficiency as well as
its effects on nutritional quality of the animal products.
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