Past Events

Welcome to the October installment of the Nutrition Seminar Series, hosted by the Centre for Nutrition Modelling (Animal Biosciences Department). Each month, CNM delivers seminars from a different lab within the ABSC Nutrition group to share their exciting new research in a dynamic manner. 

Good afternoon CGIL, This week we are happy to have Dr. Piter Bijma, Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research, presenting for us on Friday, September 29th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: “Genetic Improvement of Infectious Disease Traits: Connecting Animal Breeding and Epidemiology”.

Our first CCSAW Research Seminar of the fall is just around the corner! 

Good afternoon CGIL, We would like to welcome you back to our weekly CGIL seminars. For the first seminar of the Fall 2023, we are happy to have Dr. Al Schaefer, President of Animal Inframetrics, presenting for us on Friday, September 22nd, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: “The phenotypic determination of metabolic efficiency in livestock”.

All OAC students, faculty and staff are invited to the annual OAC Welcome Back BBQ to kick-off the start of the new academic year and celebrate recipients of the OAC staff and faculty awards. 

It is time to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year and welcome the new graduate students in our department. On Friday, September 8th, we will host the Annual Golden Boot Soccer Cup and Annual ABSc BBQ. The event was a great success last years and we are counting on you to make it great again! 

The effect of tyndallized Lactobacillus helveticus supplementation on calf performance and gut health during the pre-weaning and post-weaning period

THE EFFECTS OF FEEDING COLOSTRUM BEYOND DAY ONE OF LIFE ON DAIRY CALF GROWTH, HEALTH, METABOLISM, AND GUT BARRIER FUNCTION

Impacts of Antimicrobials on Host Responses and Gut Microbiome through Up-regulating the Gut Endogenous Alkaline Phosphatase Expression in Weanling Pigs