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February 2023

virtual beef symposium poster

CGIL Seminar - "Economic improvement of on-farm dairy cattle mating decisions"

Good afternoon CGIL,   This week we are happy to have Dr. Albert De Vries, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida, to present for us on, Friday February 3rd, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Economic improvement of on-farm dairy cattle mating decisions".

ABSc Graduate Student Winter 2023 Townhall

We are happy to announce we will be hosting our annual Department of Animal Biosciences Graduate Student Townhall on February 10th. Agenda 1 – Department & Graduate Related Updates – Dr. Squires & Dr. Pearson 2 – EDI Committee Graduate Related Updates – Dr. Ellis & Dr. Moccia 3 – Current Graduate Student Concerns & Questions 4 – Graduate Students Only Open Forum

CGIL Seminar - "Partition of the genetic trend of French dairy sheep in Mendelian samplings and long-term contributions"

Good afternoon CGIL,   We are happy to have Simona Antonios, PhD student at INRAE, presenting for us on Friday February 10th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Partition of the genetic trend of French dairy sheep in Mendelian samplings and long-term contributions".

CGIL Seminar - "Genomic prediction with non-additive genetic effects"

Good Morning CGIL, We are happy to have Zulma Vitezica, a professor at the Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse, France, presenting for us on Friday, February 17th, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Genomic prediction with non-additive genetic effects".

Ran Xu's PhD Defence

Frequent occurrence of the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON), enniatin B (ENB), beauvericin (BEA), ochratoxin A (OTA) and citrinin (CIT) in ruminant feed and feedstuff can be a potential threat to feed safety and ruminant health. Inadequate biodegradation of mycotoxins by rumen microflora following ingestion of mycotoxin-contaminated feeds can lead to their circulatory transport to tissues such as mammary gland.