Past Events

Dear Department of Animal Biosciences, On behalf of the Animal Biosciences Social Committee, come celebrate the holidays at the Animal Biosciences Holiday Party on December 9th!  Enjoy great food and drinks in a festive atmosphere with your colleagues, friends, and family.  You may also participate in the (optional) Secret Santa Gift Exchange (see below)!

We are happy to have with us Dr. Troy Rowan, an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, to present this Friday December 9th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Using unconventional phenotypes to dissect complex traits in beef cattle".

We'll have our last United Way Pizza Lunch on Thursday Dec 8.   It is a busy time of year - what better way to treat yourself than with pizza for lunch (or dinner) as well as raise funds for the United Way! We will be selling Pizza ahead of time this week - you can come to ANNU110 between 12 - 12:30 and pick it up hot or we'll wrap it up for you to pick up from the Main Office later in the day. Prices are as follows and you are welcome to mix and match. $2.50 per slice,  2 slices for $4,  4 slices for $7,  

Happy Holidays! With the best time of the year right around the corner, we would love to invite all graduate students and staff to attend the ABSc GSC Holiday Ornament Decorating and Pizza Social! Come to room 230 on December 2nd for FREE pizza, hot drinks, and snacks!! Socialize with your friends and colleagues from 11am-1pm while decorating holiday ornaments!

The nutritive value of soybean meal (SBM) in piglets can be increased through bacterial fermentation as antinutritional factors, such as antigenic proteins, that pose challenges while weaning are degraded. Bacillus subtilis BS9 and B5 ferment SBM with high efficiencies, decreasing antigenic high-molecular weight proteins and increasing soluble proteins, under conditions that reduce fermentation costs. In early weaning piglets, BS9 fermented SBM meal did not improve the ADG, ADFI, and FCR from day 1-14, however, FCR improved significantly from day 15-28.

The Class of ANSC*6110 is pleased to be hosting a career panel and networking event at the Grad Lounge (5th Floor, UC) on Monday, November 28th at 11:30am.  The panel has been carefully selected to fit the interests of graduate students in the department with representatives from Semex, Mad Barn, OMAFRA, Jefo, Grand Valley Fortifiers and Hendrix Genetics. This is a fantastic opportunity for graduate students to learn about careers in the animal agriculture industry and interact with previous graduates from the department.

Good afternoon CGIL, We are happy to have with us Dr. Kerry Houlahan, a Geneticist at Genesus Inc., to present this Friday, November 25th, 2022. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST at ANNU room 141 and on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "An Overview of the Breeding Program and Research Efforts at Genesus".

Annual Equine Industry Symposium features Horses in Human Health and Learning