| 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 |
