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Upcoming Events

2024-25 Luncheon Webinars

March 20, 2025; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Lucas Knarr, Ph.D. candidate, Animal Food and Nutrition Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 

                               (and WVU Poultry Feed Mill Manager) 

Topic:        The Interlaced Nature of Poultry Nutrition and Feed Manufacture: How WVU is Tackling Timely Issues in the Modern Poultry Industry           

Video:        TBA

2025 ARPAS-DC mini-symposium (updated March 27, 2025)

Managing Impact of  Animal Dietary Inputs

April 23, 2025, 12:30-4:30 pm

Topics:   Dietary Phosphorus in Poultry: A Challenge, a Success, and an Opportunity (Dr. Michael Persia, Virginia Tech)

                   Balancing Nutrition and Sustainability: Roles of Dietary Protein in Pet Food (Dr. Maria Cattai De Godoy, University of Illinois)

                   Work at USDA’s Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory on Understanding Feed Efficiency in the Beltsville Herd

                             (Drs. Ransom Baldwin & Congjun Li, Agricultural Research Service, USDA)

                   Tools and Programs for Sustainability Available from the Institute for Feed Education and Research (Dr. Paul Davis, 

                             American Feed Industry Association)

Cost:  $30 ($10 for postdoctoral researchers; Federal employees, undergraduate students, and graduate students free)

Online registration:  https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-2025-symp-reg

Registration form: https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-2025-reg-update

This event will not be recorded.

Recent Events

2024-25 Luncheon Webinars

February 20, 2025; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Robin Schoen, Director, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Academy of Sciences

Topic:        A Consensus Study on Heritable Genomic Modifications in Food Animals and Other Recent Animal Science-Related Activities 

                     at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine           

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Feb2025 (passcode: 3krhz2P+)

January 16, 2025; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Lowell Randel, President, The Randel Group, Alexandria, VA

Topic:        Agricultural Policy Outlook for 2025        

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-January2025

December 19, 2024; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   K. Scott Jensen, Area Range Extension Educator, University of Idaho

Topic:        Lost Rivers Grazing Academy and Current Range Management Practices           

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Dec2024 (passcode: y#R.c9+c)

November 21, 2024; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Elisheva Greene, ARPAS-DC Undergraduate Internship Award recipient, University of Maryland 

Topic:        Summer at Days End Horse Rescue          

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Nov2024 (passcode: X66KmJm?)

October 17, 2024; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Austin Therrell, Executive Director, Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO)

Topic:        Who Is AAFCO and What Do They Do?           

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Mar2024 (passcode: S^4w&SVF)

September 19, 2024; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Dr. Chris Boomsma, CEO, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)

Topic:        CAST Update: Building the Future on a Strong Legacy          

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Sept2024

2024 ARPAS-DC mini-symposium

Current Developments in Equine Health and Management

May 1, 2024, 1-4:30 pm

Topics:   Equine Anthelmintic Resistance: Next Stop Complete Treatment Failure (Dr. Martin Nielsen, University of Kentucky)

                   Equine Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (Dr. Courtney Heaton, Auburn University)

                   Research on Genetic Disorders (Dr. Elizabeth Ann Staiger, Texas A&M University–Kingsville)

                   Unique Welfare Issues in Equids (Dr. Bonnie Beaver, Texas A&M University–College Station)

Program:  https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-May2024-Program     

This event was not recorded.

2023-24 Luncheon Webinars

March 21, 2024; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Dr. Joan Lunney, Distinguished Senior Research Scientist, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD

Topic:        Combining Immunology and Genomics Research to Improve Pig Health and Biomedical Research

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Mar2024 (passcode: S^4w&SVF)

February 15, 2024; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Andrew Brodrick, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Topic:        The C-Terminus of Infectious Bursal Disease virus (IBDV) VP3 Encodes a Predicted Intrinsically Disordered Region (IDR) that Modulates the Physical Properties of Viral Replicative Bodies

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Feb2024 (passcode: o8%#m2ms)

January 18, 2024; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Dr. Heather Huson, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University

Topic:        Working Dog Genetics: Research and Application

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Jan2024 (passcode: MC@80!a1)

December 14, 2023; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Grace Platte, Coordinator, Membership and Communications, Animal Agriculture Alliance

Topic:        Animal Agriculture Alliance: Connect, Engage, and Protect

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Dec2023 (passcode: !DLh.S3!)

November 16, 2023; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Dr. Christopher Good, Director of Research, Freshwater Institute, The Conservation Fund, Shepherdstown, WV 

Topic:        Research to Support Salmon Production in Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Nov2023 (passcode: Rd6.V+nu) 

October 19, 2023; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Dr. Michael E. Pesato, Four State Veterinary Services, Newark, DE

Topic:        Developing Parasite Resistance in Small Ruminants (and Other Species)

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Oct2023 (passcode: 8DesK08%)

September 21, 2023; 12-1 pm

Speaker:   Dr. Jenny Maloney, Research Microbiologist, USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

Topic:        Sequencing Parasites to Inform Detection in Animals and as Contaminants in Food and Water           

Video:        https://tinyurl.com/ARPAS-DC-Sept2023 (passcode: @pwa?9aw)