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DEVELOPMENTS IN ANIMAL NUTRITION ATTRACT PARTICIPANTS
Knowledgeable scientists, industry leaders, and other professionals ensured participants at the 2010
Western Nutrition Conference acquired a renewed understanding of advances in animal nutrition.
Speakers from across Canada, the United States, England, Germany and China shared their expertise and
research results from the dairy, beef, poultry and swine sectors at this event of discovery, which
attracted about 230 participants.
This exchange of information enabled conference participants to reflect on their approach to animal
nutrition, and then consider how to make improvements.
The conference, which convened around the theme ‘Challenging Conventional Nutrition Dogma,’
explored new breakthroughs, as well as ongoing research into animal nutrition. This educational event
at Saskatoon’s Sheraton Cavalier Hotel featured more than 20 presentations and a panel discussion.
Tuesday’s pre‐conference symposium examined the role of carotenoids in animal nutrition. On
Wednesday, the presentations opened with the ‘J.M. Bell Memorial Lecture’ about new developments
and important implications related to functional amino acids. Today’s plenary session looked at the
animal industry in a changing society and future food needs. The conference’s concurrent sessions
focused on nutrition in the Monogastric and Ruminant segments.
Further details about presenters and information regarding ordering copies of the proceedings on CD
are available at www.westernnutritionconference.com.
The 2011 Western Nutrition Conference will take place in Edmonton, September 14 and 15. For details
contact wnc@ualberta.ca.
For further information contact:
Dr. John McKinnon, Co‐Chair
306.966.4137