2019 Recordings

34th ADSA Discover Conference Mini Symposium

Discover Conference Program Overview

Reexamining AMino Acid & Energy Interactions in the Dairy Cow: Review

Mini-symposium on Discover 34—Re-examining amino acid and energy interactions in the dairy cow.

Chair Led Discussion

David M. Barbano Recognition Symposium

Introductory remarks on a biographical presentation of our honoree, Professor David Barbano.

Milk composition testing: From dairy farmer payment to dairy processor efficiency to dairy farm and animal diagnostics.

CSAS Symposium: From Data to Decisions—The Next Step for Technology in Dairy Production

The use of precision technologies to monitor, selectively treat, and manage nutrition of dairy calves.

The integration of sensor technologies to optimize reproductive management on dairy farms.

Integration of big data from multiple sources to improve dairy herd performance and sustainability.

Monitoring dairy cow feeding behavior to optimize nutritional management.

Joint ADSA/Interbull Session: Breeding and Genetics: Ten Years of Genomic Selection

How to implement genomic selection.

The role of Interbull in the successful implementation of genomic selection in breeds other than Holstein.

Exploiting homozygosity in the era of genomics—Runs of homozygosity, inbreeding, and genomic mating programs.

Single-step genomic evaluations.

What’s next for dairy cattle breeding?

Dairy Foods: Advances in Spore Control throughout the US Dairy Value Chain

Spores in milk powders—Practical solutions for improved detection and important insights for predictability of spoilage of reconstituted products.

Interventions for reduction of spore-forming bacteria at the farm level.

Strategies for minimizing sporeformers and spores during milk powder processing.

Ruminant Nutrition: Mycotoxins—Recognizing Their Presence and Dealing with Them in Ruminant Nutrition

Ruminants—are they as resilient to mycotoxicosis as we think?

Use of technology to better understand multi-mycotoxin and emerging mycotoxin challenges.

Joint ADSA/Interbull Session: Breeding and Genetics Data Pipelines for Implementation of Genomic Evaluation of Novel Traits

International collaborations for breeding for novel traits.

Genetic relationships between different measures of feed efficiency and the implications for dairy cattle selection indexes.

Multiple-trait single-step genomic evaluation for hoof health.

Pooling data for international evaluations for feed intake and efficiency.

Development, implementation, and future perspectives of health evaluations in the United States.

Implementation of genomic selection for heat tolerance.

Forages and Pastures: Silage Conservation Practices and Management:—Effects on Forage Quality, Farm Profitability, and Feed Efficiency

Silage additives: Effects on silage fermentation and animal production.

Quantification of the emission reduction benefits of mitigation strategies for dairy silage.

Utilization of silages in the diets of high-producing dairy cows: Effects on milk production and feed efficiency.

Reproduction: The Etiology of Pregnancy Failure in Cattle—The When and Why

Progesterone effects on early embryo development.

Maternal control of embryo competence for pregnancy success—The role of embryokines.

Early diagnosis of pregnancy loss.

Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Strategies for Assessing Student Learning

Are “learning styles” real and do they impact learning assessment?

Why do we assess?

Methods of assessing learning utilized by university faculty in animal and dairy science programs.

Joint Animal Health/Reproduction Symposium: Transition Cow Calcium Homeostasis—Health Effects of Hypocalcemia and Strategies for Prevention

Implications of vitamin D physiology and nutrition in regulation of calcium in dairy cows.

Novel role for serotonin in calcium homeostasis and effects on transition health.

Use of oral calcium for treatment of hypocalcemia and effects on health and production.

Lactation Biology Symposium: Refining the Old to Answer the New: Moving Approaches Forward to Study Mammary and Lactation Physiology

Determinants of milk production: Understanding population dynamics in the bovine mammary epithelium.

Studying hormonal regulation of mammary gland homeostasis.

Dry period heat stress alters mammary protein expression throughout the subsequent lactation.

Milk Protein and Enzymes: Don’t Have a Cow—Plant Proteins, Bovine Protein Expression, and Milk Humanization

The dairy matrix—Bioaccessibility of nutrients and physiological effects.

Sustainability of dairy product production on a protein basis.

Humanization of bovine milk using modern genetic technologies.

Taking a page out of nature: Catering to the future of proteins.

Production, Management, and the Environment: Advancing Artificial Intelligence on Dairy Farms

Automated collection and processing of data in livestock farms.

Use of big data to monitor herd health.

Real-time continuous decision-making using big data.

Optimized decisions using big data analytics in dairy farms.

ADSA Southern Branch Symposium: Dairy Cattle Longevity Revisited—Trends, Economics, and Opportunities

Why revisit dairy cattle longevity?

The effect of management and facilities on cow culling rates.

Replacement heifers: How many, what kind, and how should we manage it all?

Dairy Foods: Recent Advances in Dairy Food Safety Research

Overview of National Dairy Council Listeria Research Consortium, industry needs identification, and funding of research gaps.

Protective cultures: Applications to control spoilage organisms and pathogens in high-risk cheese.

Functionalized mesh materials for Listeria control in dairy applications.

Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in soft cheese with high voltage atmospheric cold plasma (HVACP) treatment.

Effects of acid type, fermentates, and culture selection on the safety of high moisture cheeses.

Interventions to control Listeria monocytogenes as a surface contaminant on high-moisture cheese.

Production, Management, and the Environment: Profitability and Sustainability

Colostrum management and calf nutrition for profitable and sustainable dairy farms.

Current and future trends of organic dairy in the United States: From feed efficiency to carbon emission.

The top 5 technologies for the modern cow.

Decomposing efficiency of milk production and maximizing profit.

Strategies to improve efficiency and profitability of heifer raising.

Teagasc-Moorepark Symposium: Animal Diet, Dairy Product Quality, and Advances in Dairy Foods Nutrition and Health

Introduction

Impact of cow feeding system on the composition and quality of milk and dairy products.

Factors influencing the flavor of bovine milk and cheese from grass-based versus TMR-based milk production systems.

Influence of herd diet (pasture-based vs. TMR) on the composition, ripening and metabolome of continental-type cheeses.

Developments in dairy-based nutritional beverages: Examples from the Teagasc Research Programme.

Relationships between structures of dairy-based matrices and digestibility within the gastrointestinal tract.

Metagenomic and metabolomic analysis of the impact of exercise or whey protein supplementation on the gut microbiome.

Dairy matrix effects: Response to consumption of dairy fat differs when eaten within the cheese matrix.

Ruminant Nutrition: From Field to Feed Bunk—Application of Remote Sensing and New Age Technology to Improve Forage Production and Nutrient Utilization

Farming data—The new agriculture.

Forage harvest logistics and optimization.

MILK symposium: Improving Milk Production, Quality, and Safety in Developing Countries

The importance of milk in the diets of infants, pregnant women, adolescents and adults.

Foodborne diseases from dairy products in developing countries: hazards and health implications.

Subclinical mastitis prevalence, causative pathogens and risk factors in small dairy holders linked to milk collection centers in Rwanda.

A technology package for the control of mastitis in dairy animals at smallholder farmer level.

Interventions towards improving the microbiological quality of traditional yogurt in Borana pastoral communities, Ethiopia.

Effects of ration formulation on the performance of dairy animals in Nepal.

Improving milk production on market-oriented dairy farms in Sri Lanka.

Sustainability of dairy production in developing countries.

Production, Management, and the Environment: Future of Housing for Dairy Cattle

Housing and management systems for dairy cows.

Comparing cattle welfare in compost barns and freestalls in six European countries.

Current and future of compost bedded pack barns in North America.

The future of dairy cattle housing: Societal and animal welfare implications.

Transition period and calving housing: Latest information and where are we heading?

ADSA Foundation Scholar and Ruminant Nutrition: Dietary Methyl Donor Supplementation and Hepatic Health in Transition Dairy Cows

ADSA Foundation Scholar Presentation (Production): Influencing hepatic metabolism: Can fatty acids and methyl donors modulate nutrient partitioning to support metabolic health in the transition dairy cow?

Methyl donor metabolism and nutrition in the transition dairy cow: Should we consider fatty acid nutrition simultaneously?

Potential impacts of betaine supplementation on dairy cattle during the transition period and under heat stress.

Folic acid and vitamin B₁₂ requirements of mature cows: Importance of endogenous production of methyl donors from the one-carbon pool.

Methionine supplementation during the transition period: Fine-tuning immunometabolism.