2011 CAROLINA SWINE NUTRITION CONFERENCE

 

SHERATON IMPERIAL HOTEL - RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK

RALEIGH, NC

 

November 9, 2011

 

 

Dr. Eric van Heugten, NCSU - Moderator

 

 

8:20 am           Introduction and Welcome, Dr. van Heugten

 

8:30 am           Nutrition programs and US implementation of using immunologically castrated boars

                        Dr. Paul Matzat, Pfizer Animal Health

                       

9:15 am           Impacts of immunological castration of boars on carcass and meat quality

                        Dr. Floyd McKeith, University of Illinois

                             

10:00 am         Break and Posters

 

11:00 am         Graduate Student Research Presentations

                                      

                        Implications of supplemental fat composition and quality for the modern lactating sow

                        David Rosero, North Carolina State University

                       

                        Effects of adding glutamine and glutamate to pre- and post-weaning diets on pig performance and intestinal health

                        Rafael Cabrera, North Carolina State University

                       

                        Are mycotoxins still a concern?

                        Alexandra Chaytor, North Carolina State University

                       

 

Dr. Chad Stahl, NCSU - Moderator

 

 

12:15 pm         Lunch                                           

 

1:15 pm           Use of co-products through swine liquid feeding

                        Dr. Kees de Lange, University of Guelph

 

2:00 pm           A case for phase feeding pregnant sows

                        Dr. Soenke Moehn, University of Alberta

                       

2:45 pm           Developing technologies to meet the challenges facing the swine industry

                        Dr. Terry Coffey, Murphy-Brown LLC

 

3:30 pm           Adjourn

 

 

For registration information contact the Carolina Feed Industry Association

 

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