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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Monday, July 17, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM MT
    Monday Registration Hours
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Student Breakfast/Learn
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM MT
    Oral Presentation Upload Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Exhibitor Move In
  • 8:00 AM – 1:45 PM MT
    Academic Quadrathlon Oral Prep
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM MT
    Academic Quadrathlon Oral Prep
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MT
    Academic Quadrathlon Oral Prep
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MT
    Academic Quadrathlon Oral Presentations
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MT
    Academic Quadrathlon Quiz Bowl Prelims
  • 8:15 AM – 9:30 AM MT
    Contemporary and Emerging Issues Symposium: Public Policy
  • 8:15 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    CSAS Graduate Student Oral Competition: MS
    Chair: Lee-Anne Huber (she/her/hers) – University of Guelph
  • 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM MT
    Comparative Gut Physiology Symposium: Hormones in Nutrient Uptake and Utilization

    Chair: James L. Klotz, III, PhD – USDA-ARS Forage-Animal Production Research Unit

  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Nonruminant Nutrition Symposium: Advances in Nutrition of Developing Gilts and Breeding Sows

    Chair: Marko Rudar, Ph.D. – Auburn University

  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Swine Species
    Chair: Amy L. Petry, PhD (she/her/hers) – Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri
  • 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM MT
    Physiology and Endocrinology Symposium: An Update on the Brain: New Insights into the Inner Workings of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary

    Co-Chair: Alan Ealy – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Co-Chair: Allison Renwick, MS – The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

  • 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Beef Species Symposium I: Greenhouse Gas Accounting Methods and their Implications for the Beef Industry

    Chair: Raluca G. Mateescu, MS, PhD – University of Florida

  • 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MT
    Accreditation Council Meeting
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM MT
    ARPAS Business Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    Animal Behavior and Well-Being Symposium: Gene Editing—A Tool for Increased Animal Welfare and Human Health

    Chair: Brenda M. Alexander, PhD – University of Wyoming

  • 1:30 PM – 3:45 PM MT
    Nonruminant Nutrition I: Dietary Interventions for Intestinal Health
    Chair: Erin A. Posey, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA/APHIS, National Veterinary Services Laboratories
  • 1:30 PM – 5:45 PM MT
    Physiology and Endocrinology I
    Chair: Nicholas Wege Dias – Kansas State University
  • 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    CSAS Graduate Student Oral Competition: PHD
    Chair: Younes Miar – Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University
  • 1:45 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Ruminant Nutrition I: By Product Supplementation
    Chair: Guillermo Scaglia – North Dakota State University
  • 1:45 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    Swine Species Symposium: Emerging Technologies in Swine Production

    Chair: Jay S. Johnson, PhD – USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    WSASAS Graduate Student Oral Competition
    Chair: Juliana Ranches – Oregon State University; EOARC
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MT
    ARPAS Exams
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MT
    Production, Management and Environment I: Animal/Environment Interactions
    Chair: Cathy Bandyk – Innovad
  • 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM MT
    Small Ruminant Symposium: Precision Sheep Management: Moving from Research to Application

    Chair: Tom W. Murphy, n/a – USDA ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

  • 2:00 PM – 4:45 PM MT
    Beef Species Symposium II: Genetic and Management Strategies for Reduced Beef Production Environmental Impact

    Chair: Raluca G. Mateescu, MS, PhD – University of Florida

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Animal Breeding and Genetics I: Advances in Animal Quantitative Genetics
    Chair: Zhihua Jiang – Washington State University
  • 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    Nonruminant Nutrition II: Feed Enzymes: Functions and Nutrient Utilization
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM MT
    Academic Quadrathlon Quiz Bowl Finals
  • 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM MT
    Quiz Bowl Reception and Battle of the Brats Competition