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The Microbiome and the Host: Functional Role in Metabolism, Immunity, and Gut-Brain Axis

Physiology Symposium - Sponsored by Zoetis

Monday, March 11, 2024
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Location: Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Ballroom A

    Chair(s)

  • LR

    Lea Rempel

    Research Physiologist (Animal)
    USDA, ARS, USMARC
    Clay Center, Nebraska

Presentations:

  • 8:30 AM – 8:35 AM CST
    Physiology Symposium Introduction
  • 8:35 AM – 9:15 AM CST
    The role of gut microbiota on regulation of growth and metabolism by branched-chain amino acids

    Presenting Author: Adel Pezeshki, PhD – Oklahoma State University

  • 9:15 AM – 9:55 AM CST
    Another renaissance for bile acid gastrointestinal microbiology

    Presenting Author: Jason Ridlon – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 9:55 AM – 10:10 AM CST
    Physiology Symposium Break
  • 10:10 AM – 10:50 AM CST
    The impact of early-life cecal microbiota transplantation on injurious behaviors in egg-laying chickens

    Author: Yuechi Fu – Purdue University

    Author: Jiaying Hu – Purdue University

    Author: Huanmin Zhang – USDA-ARS

    Author: Marisa A. Erasmus – Purdue University

    Author: Heng-wei Cheng – USDA-ARS

    Presenting Author: Timothy A. Johnson – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University

  • 10:50 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Nutrition and gut microbial ecology in companion animals

    Presenting Author: Dayakar V. Badri, PhD – Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc.

  • 11:30 AM – 12:10 PM CST
    Rumen microbiome and metabolome in dairy cattle performance

    Presenting Author: Leluo L. Guan – University of British Columbia