Program

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

9.00 – 9.30 hr Welcome with coffee
9.30 – 9.45 hr Opening and Introduction
9.45 – 10.45 hr The role of the microbiome and the gut barrier in the functionality of the ruminant mucosal immune system. – Prof. Huub Savelkoul (WUR)
10.45 – 11.10 hr Break
11.10 – 12.10 hr Enhancing gut health in dairy cows. – Prof. Kees Plaizier (Uni. Manitoba, Canada)
12.10 – 13.40 hr Lunch (+ walk through Burgers Zoo)
13.40 – 14.40 hr Problems with metabolism and immunity – the chicken or the egg? – Prof. Claire Wathes, (Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, VK)
14.40 – 15.00 hr Break
15.00 – 16.00 hr How low can we go with crude protein in dairy cow diets? Long-term effects of feeding lower protein diets to high-yielding dairy cows. – Prof. Chris Reynolds (Reading Uni., VK)
16.00 – 16.30 hr Break
16.30 – 17.30 hr Managing the healthy and productive dairy cow – From the silo to the feed bunk, through the rumen to the liver – What omics-technologies have taught us. – Dr. Melanie Schären (Uni. Leipzig, Duitsland).
17.30 – 18.00 hr Plenary discussion
18.00 – 18.15 hr Closing
18.15 – 21.00 hr Drinks + diner

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