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Nutrition Seminars - Spring 2009
4:00pm Wednesdays, 1860 Litton Reaves


Today is: Nov 24, 2009
  
     
 
UPCOMING SEMINARS

 
 
 
PAST SEMINARS

Jan 16   Dr. Michael Bedford - NSP enzymes for cereals - what can be expected and what are the pitfalls in estimation in their effect
Jan 23   Dr. Kristine Urschel - Studying arginine metabolism in neonatal piglets using surgical models and isotopic techniques
Jan 30   Dr. Eric Wong - The journey of the intestinal peptide transporter PepT1
Feb 06   Dr. Gabriella Varga - How we are using the Penn State dairy facility as a research demonstration farm
Feb 13   Holly Boland - Spatial allocation of forages and its impact on grazing behavior
Feb 20   Adriana Barri - Incubation temperatures and post-hatch transportation stress affects organ development and performance in broiler chickens.
Feb 27   Dr. Alexander Hristov - Use of stable isotopes in animal nutrition and environmental research?
Mar 05   Spring Break - No Seminar
Mar 12   Dr. Stephanie Frankenbach - Implementing Research Findings in the Poultry and Swine Industries
Mar 19   Joby Cyriac - Can milk production be maintained in mid-lactation dairy cows when feeding Rumen-Degradable Protein at concentrations lower than NRC recommendations?
Mar 26   Rebecca Carter - Metabolic consequences of diet-induced obesity in horses
Apr 02   Lihong Li - The effect of source and level of trace minerals on performance and immune response of turkeys
Apr 09   Dr. Elizabeth Koutsos - Carotenoids - functions and applications in applied animal agriculture and exotic animal nutrition
Apr 16   Remembrance Day - No seminar
Apr 23   Dr. Michael Spurlock - Seminar has been cancelled
Apr 30   Ashley Wagner - Effect of nonstarch polysaccharidases on phytase activity in distillers dried grains with solubles.
May 07   Dr. Paul Siciliano - To be determined
Jan 21   Organizational meeting - Jeffery Escobar
Jan 28   No seminar - 
Feb 04   Dr. Gerald Weigel - Plant Biotechnology; The Future in Feeding Livestock & Poultry
Feb 11   No seminar - 
Feb 18   Dr. Tracy Anthony - GCN2: It's Amino World Without It
Feb 25   Dr. Michael Spurlock - Adipocytes and Adipokines: What does it all mean for fat mice, pigs and people?
Mar 04   Dr. Ronald Ball - Nutritional implications of interspecies differences in lysine and arginine metabolism
Mar 11   Spring Break - No Seminar
Mar 18   Agustin Rius - Regulation of protein synthesis in lactating dairy cattle
Mar 25   Dr. Heather Dann - An Overview of the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute with Highlights of the Institutes Research on Feeding Low-Starch Diets to Dairy Cows
Apr 01   Dr. Amy Batal - To be determined
Apr 08   Dr. Matthew Hulver - Toll-like receptor 4 modulates skeletal muscle metabolism: Is there a role in the obese state?
Apr 15   Ranga Appuhany - Amino acid, energy, and insulin signaling for protein synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells in vitro
Apr 22   Dr. Jason Scheffler - To be determined
Apr 29   Carrie Walk - To be determined
May 06   Jamie Jarrett - Effects of adding sodium bisfulate to weanling and finishing pig diets on growth performance, nutrient excretion, and slurry characteristics
      Apr 09, 08
 
Dr. Elizabeth Koutsos
Director of Research and Technical Services
Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition
A division of Purina Mills/Land O'Lakes
Davis, CA
Liz Koutsos graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a BS in Animal Science. She then received her MS and PhD in Nutrition from the University of California Davis, where she worked on comparative avian nutrition. Her PhD thesis research focused on carotenoid metabolism in poultry and the role of carotenoids in the immune response. Additional research efforts focused on protein and vitamin nutrition of cockatiels, the inflammatory response of Japanese quail, and starch utilization in the American Kestrel. Following her PhD, Liz took the Foster Farms endowed faculty position in Poultry Nutrition at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. At Cal Poly, Liz was responsible for managing the 25,000+ bird poultry facility, including a contract broiler growout facility and a commercial egg production facility. Her research at Cal Poly focused on nutrition and intestinal inflammation in broiler chickens, turkeys, laying hens and quail, as well as carotenoid metabolism in laying hens. Teaching responsibilities at Cal Poly included Physiology Chemistry of Animals, Applied Nonruminant Nutrition, Immunology and numerous BS thesis research projects. In 2006, Liz moved to Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition, a division of Purina Mills/Land O'Lakes, as the director of research and technical services. Her current work involves development of appropriate diets for species ranging from earthworms to sharks to elephants. Research programs involve major zoos and universities across the country, and include examination of carotenoid and vitamin E requirements of the critically endangered Atwaters Prairie Chicken, examination of the effects of starch and fiber on rumen development in browsing herbivores including mule deer and giraffe, evaluation of a sustainable alternative to feeding fish in marine mammals such as the beluga whale, and examination of the nutrient requirements (focusing on vitamin A, carotenoids and iron) of the Rainbow Lorikeet and the Ivory Bill Aracari. Liz works at home in Davis, CA and travels frequently. In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding, running and gardening.