The Plains Nutrition Council (PNC) Meeting was recently held in San Antonio.
Dr. Ty Lawrence, Caviness Davis Distinguished Chair in Meat Science
and Professor of Animal Science and Director of the Beef Carcass Research Center (BCRC),
delivered an invited presentation, and Dr. John Richeson, Paul Engler Professor of Beef Cattle Feedlot Management and Professor of Animal Science and Graduate Program Coordinator,
was elected as a member of the PNC executive committee.
Sabine Harmer, Sr. Animal Science, served as a meeting intern.
Graduate students Daniel Young, Ph.D. Agriculture, Maddy Kimbrough, M.S. Animal Science,
Wilsey Wendler, M.S. Animal Science, and Kasi Schneid, Ph.D Agriculture,
presented research in the graduate student poster competition.
Graduate Student Poster Competition Results
Kasi Schneid: 1st Place, "Inducing liver accesses in finishing steers with high dietary starch
and erratic feed management and their effects on growth performance,
rumen buffering characteristics, and carcass outcomes."
Kasi was also selected as the first place winner of the inaugural "Future Beef Industry Leadership" scholarship awarded at the Midwest Consulting Nutritionist Forum.
Anna Kobza, M.S. Animal Science '22:
2nd Place for research completed at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Taylor McAtee, M.S. Animal Science '22: 3rd Place for research completed at Kansas State University.
Wilsey Wendler: 4th Place, "Effects of beta-agonist type and timing of Experior feeding on calculated cumulative ammonia gas emissions, live growth performance, and carcass outcomes of feedlot steers."
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