7:30 am

Breakfast available in the Exhibit Hall

(served until 8:00 am)

8:00 am

Student Competition Oral Presentations

Symposium: Measurement and effects of trypsin inhibitor in soybean meal

Chair: Gregory L. Engelke, Cornerstone Resources LLC

This symposium will focus on the knowledge around the ANF (Anti-nutritional Factor of Trypsin Inhibitor (TI). Recent work has allowed the development of a new assay for a quick and low cost means of measuring the presence of the active portion of this protein. Additionally, an overview of commercial processing will be discussed.

7:30 am

Breakfast available in the Exhibit Hall

(served until 8:00 am)

Symposium: Defining sustainability within the poultry industry

Chair: Katy J. Tarrant, California State University, Fresno

This symposium will focus on defining sustainability within the dynamic landscape of the poultry industry. In response to a recent survey conducted in June 2023, 61% of PSA member respondents expressed an interest in understanding a modern definition of sustainability. The symposium will explore this multifaceted concept, scrutinizing its implications at various junctures along the supply chain. Attendees will gain valuable insights into how sustainability reverberates through critical aspects such as energy consumption, emissions output, water quality, the interaction of sustainability and welfare, and will explore digital tools designed to enhance data capture, enabling more accurate assessments and informed decision-making. By converging experts, practitioners, and educators in this symposium, we aim to cultivate a nuanced and forward-thinking understanding of sustainability in poultry production.

Symposium: Taking the guesswork out of feed additive selection

Chair: Shelby M. Ramirez, dsm-firmenich, Animal Nutrition & Health

All feed additives are influenced by a variety of factors that modulate their utility. Factors may be broadly categorized as bird-, environment-, or feed-related. For example, feed additives that increase the digestibility of nutrients in the diet may be more effective when the same nutrients are undersupplied to the host. Similarly, additives that promote enteric health may be more noticeably effective when the birds have a subclinical, chronic gut pathology. Bird genetics and growth stage will also influence the effect of additives that aim to increase weight gain or reduce feed conversion ratio. Until recently, these myriad factors have been a focus for academic research but application under field conditions has often been impractical. Today, commercial poultry producers access a host of information from precision services and associated data that creates valuable feedback loops. Personalized feed additive selection and optimization is becoming a reality. This symposium will demonstrate insights generated from precision technologies and how these insights can further support the development and application of feed additives.

Symposium: Use of Hyperspectral tools in the poultry meat industry

Chairs: Shai Barbut, University of Guelph & Brian Bowker, USDA-ARS

This area has been developing over the past two decades and today there are already some successful applications in the field. However, there is much more to be done. This symposium will focus on past achievements, current applications, and future developments.

PSA Business Meeting

(Breakfast will only be available for PSA Members attending the Business Meeting.)

Symposium: Advancements in meat processing

7:30 am

Breakfast available in the Exhibit Hall

(served until 8:00 am)

8:00 am

Scientific Sessions

9:00 am

Symposium: Poultry for functional food: Enriching meat and eggs for human nutrition

9:00 am

Symposium: Recent advances in protein and amino acids nutritional dynamics in relation to performance, health, welfare, and cost of production