Past Events

The Ph.D. Defence for Aitor Arrazola has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Wendy Pearson Advisor: Stephanie Torrey Adv. Committee Member: Elijah Kiarie Additional Member: Gregoy Bedecarrats External Examiner: Ingrid de Jong   Thesis Title: “The effect of alternative feeding strategies for broiler breeder pullets throughout the production cycle”.

​Reminder of the next departmental meeting in ANNU 141.. ​Just a heads up, in 2018 our departmental meetings will take place every third Friday of the month, at 2:30 PM. Wendy already booked the room for us. Thank you. Diana

The M.Sc. Defence of Kayo Takeshima has been scheduled for Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 1:30 p.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Georgia Mason          Advisor: Gregoy Bedecarrats                              Adv. Committee Member: Stephanie Torrey Additional Member: Martin Zuidhof   Thesis Title: “Optimizing lighting for precision broiler breeder feeding”.  

The Ph.D. Defence for Ivelisse Robles has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 9:00 a.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building.     The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair:  Angela Canovas Advisor: Trevor Devries Adv. Committee Member: Marina von Keyserlingk Additional Member:  Renee Bergeron External Examiner:  Peter Krawczel   Thesis Title: “Impact of dairy cow resting area on hygiene, behaviour and milk quality”.

The M.Sc. Defence for Emma Nip has been scheduled for Thursday, September 6th, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building.   The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair:  Gregoy Bedecarrats              Advisor:  Georgia Mason Adv. Committee Member: Lee Niel Additional Member:  Renee Bergeron   Thesis Title: “The long-term effects of environmental enrichment on female agonism in C57BL/6, DBA/2 and BALB/c mice”.  

The M.Sc. Defence for Alison Sullivan has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 @ 1:30 p.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building.   The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Flavio Schenkel Advisor: Andy Robinson Adv. Committee Member: Ira Mandell Additional Member: Angela Canovas   Thesis Title: “Developing new phenotyping strategies to allow for real-time belly primal selection in Canadian breeding hogs”.

The M.Sc. Defence of Kristin Wight has been scheduled for Friday, August 31st, 2018 @ 9:00 a.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Wendy Pearson Advisor: Renee Bergeron                                    Adv. Committee Member: Trevor Devries Additional Member: Niel Karrow  

The M.Sc. Defence of Julia Krumma has been scheduled for Friday, August 24th, 2018 @ 1:15 p.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair:  Vern Osborne Advisor: Alexandra Harlander                         Adv. Committee Member: Wolfgang Kunze Additional Member:  Wendy Pearson   Thesis Title: “The effect of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus and Saccharomyces Boulardii on gut motility in feather pecking laying hens”.                                        

The M.Sc. Defence of Murilo Romulo Carvalho has been scheduled for Friday, August 24th, 2018 @ 9:00 a.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Dominique Bureau Advisor: Eduardo Ribiero Adv. Committee Member:Trevor Devries Additional Member: Stephen LeBlanc   Thesis Title: “Long-term effects of postpartum diseases on lactational and offspring health, survival and performance”.