Program

2019 Final Program and Abstracts

2020 Final Program and Abstracts will be available in the fall of 2020

Basic Program

Sunday, November 1: Registration from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Monday, November 2: Sessions begin at 8:00 am with breakfast at 7:00 am. Lunch provided with a reception to follow sessions.

Tuesday, November 3: Sessions begin at 8:00am with breakfast at 7:00 am. Lunch provided with a reception to follow sessions.

Wednesday, November 4: Session begins at 8:00 am with breakfast at 7:00 am. The Symposium will conclude around 12:00 pm.

Invited Speakers

Speaker: Dr. Leon Broom
Title: TBD

Speaker Biography:
Leon Broom received his BS and PhD from the University of Leeds, UK. He then entered industry for several years, working in technical service for a leading feed additives company, before returning to the University of Leeds as a senior research fellow, where he was involved in pig and poultry research and teaching. In 2013, he re-entered industry to lead the research and development function of a feed additive company focused on gut health. In 2017, he established his own consultancy business (Gut Health Consultancy), working with feed, feed additive, and live production clients around the world. He is also a visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds. He has published numerous papers on gut health and last year established an annual Gut Health Symposium in the UK. He also managed two swine production units earlier in his career. Broom’s research focuses on seeking to better understand the interactions between host and microbiome, particularly in the context of more prudent use of antimicrobials in animal husbandry. His consultancy work seeks to properly interpret and apply, in practice, scientific literature and experimental data related to host–microbiome interactions, to promote health and help unlock the productive potential of livestock.

Speaker: Dr. Philip Myer
Title: Role of the digestive tract microbiome on beef cattle performance

Speaker Biography:
Phillip Myer is an assistant professor and rumen and gastrointestinal microbiologist in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He received his BS in biology from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and completed his PhD in microbiology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He then joined the USDA US Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska, as a postdoctoral research associate focusing on improving feed efficiency in finishing beef cattle. At the University of Tennessee, Myer's laboratory uses cutting-edge microbial technologies combined with microbial ecology, bioinformatics, and statistical approaches to continue this research examining and optimizing the nutritional status of beef cattle. The work in his group aims to better define the complex interactions among the gut microbiome, host genetics, diet, environment, and management, with the goal of better explaining variation in feed efficiency and establishing the rumen microbiome and its effects on growing beef cattle.