Weekly Team Meetings
Spring 2022
- Meetings will be on Fridays from 1:00 to 2:00 pm online. Use this link to join the meeting.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development).
| Week | Date | Presenter | Topic | Tell your lab group partners what do to to prepare for constructive participation in the session you'll lead) |
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| 1 | 01/28 | -Group - | - Updates - | -Updates and plan for the lab meetings during the Spring semester - |
| 2 | 02/04 | - - | - - | - No meeting - |
| 3 | 02/11 | - Kate, MG - | - ADSA Abstracts - | - Read through ADSA Abstract drafts - |
| 4 | 02/18 | - - | - - | - No meeting. - |
| 5 | 02/25 | - Haden, Kate, MG- |
- UG Symposium, Registration - | - Talk through abstract before Haden submits application; Discuss registration and fees for ADSA, GGAA - |
| 6 | 03/04 | - - | - - | - No meeting- |
| 7 | 03/11 | - - | - - | - - |
| 8 | 03/18 | - - | - - | - No meeting - |
| 9 | 03/25 | - Haden - | - UG Symposium - | - Practice poster presentation for undergraduate symposium - |
| 10 | 04/01 | - - | - - | - No meeting - |
| 11 | 04/08 | - Haden - | - UG Symposium - | - Practice poster presentation for undergraduate symposium - |
| 12 | 04/15 | - Kate - | - Seminar - | - Practice seminar - |
| 13 | 04/22 | - Kate - | - Seminar - | - Practice seminar - |
| 14 | 04/29 | - - | - - | -No meeting - |
| 15 | 05/06 | - Siena - | - IP Presentation - | - IP Presentation; set times for summer meeting - |
Summer 2022 (section to be updated, moved up)
- GOALS: Kate defense practice; MG Prelim practice
- Meetings will be on Fridays from 1:00 to 2:00 pm online. Use this link to join the meeting.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development).
| Week | Date | Presenter | Topic | Tell your lab group partners what do to to prepare for constructive participation in the session you'll lead) |
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| 1 | 01/28 | -- | - - | - - |
| 2 | 02/04 | - - | - - | - - |
| 3 | 02/11 | - - | - - | - - |
| 4 | 02/18 | - - | - - | - - |
| 5 | 02/25 | - - | - - | - - |
| 6 | 03/04 | - - | - - | - - |
| 7 | 03/11 | - - | - - | - - |
| 8 | 03/18 | - - | - - | - - |
| 9 | 03/25 | - - | - - | - - |
| 10 | 04/01 | - - | - - | - - |
| 11 | 04/08 | - - | - - | - - |
| 12 | 04/15 | - - | - - | - - |
| 13 | 04/22 | - - | - - | - - |
| 14 | 04/29 | - - | - - | - - |
Fall 2021
- Meetings will be on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm online. In person meeting will be once an month at TBD. Follow this link to join the meeting.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development).
| Week | Date | Presenter | Topic | Tell your lab group partners what do to to prepare for constructive participation in the session you'll lead) |
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| 1 | 09/14 | -Group - | - Updates - | -Updates and plan for the lab meetings during the Fall semester - |
| 2 | 09/21 | -Cancelled - | - - | - The group will attend the ADSA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting Webinar Series: Methane emission - |
| 3 | 09/28 | - Cancelled - | - - | - World Dairy Expo week- |
| 4 | 10/05 | - MaryGrace- | - AnSci 101 - | - Feedback on AnSci 101 ruminant nutrition lab. - |
| 5 | 10/12 | - - | - - | - Fun meeting: In person lab meeting during a walk on campus - |
| 6 | 10/19 | -Paulina - | -Defense - | - Presentation mock-up. On 10/19 students will have a traning for AALAC reaccreditation- |
| 7 | 10/26 | - Dante- | - AnSci 101 - | - Feedback on AnSci 101 sustainability lab - |
| 8 | 11/02 | - - | - - | - Fun meeting: In person lab meeting and lunch with the group! - |
| 9 | 11/09 | - Paulina - | - Defense - | - Presentation mock-up- |
| 10 | 11/16 | - Hayden - | - Presentation - | - Hayden will show the results of his Farrington project titled: Analysis of Dairy Cattle Urine Preservation Methods - |
| 11 | 11/23 | - Fun meeting: In person lab meeting and lunch with the group - | ||
| 12 | 11/30 | - Paulina - | - Defense- | -Presentation mock-up- |
| 13 | 12/07 | - Dante- | - - | - Graduate seminar mock up- |
| 14 | 12/14 | - Kate- | - - | - TBD - |
Summer 2021
- Meetings will be on Mondays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm online. Follow this link to join the meeting.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development).
| Week | Date | Presenter | Topic | Tell your lab group partners what do to to prepare for constructive participation in the session you'll lead) |
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| 1 | 05/24 | - - | - - | - Updates from Christy - First impression of Camtesia as a software for pre-recorded presentation - |
| 2 | 05/31 | - - | - - | - Cancelled (help with Methane training for period 2 methane sampling) - |
| 3 | 06/07 | - - | - - | - Cancelled (help with period 2 week 4 sampling) - |
| 4 | 06/14 | - - | - - | - MAW 636 comments from sampling week. Plan for ADSA oral presentation and posters. MaryGrace and Haden will share their plans for the Farrington project- |
| 5 | 06/21 | - - | - - | - NACTA meeting online. The group will give feedback to Kate and Paulina on ADSA poster/presentation. They will send the recording of the before Monday. During Monday meeting half of the time will be dedicated for Kate feedback and the other half for Paulina feedback - |
| 6 | 06/28 | - - | - - | - On going methane sampling MAW 636. Kate and Paulina will send an updated version of the ADSA presentation to the group via e-mail. Each person will give them feed-back via e-mail. Whoever is available to attend the meeting will give additional feed back to Kate and Paulina. Additionally, Hayden and MG will share plans for the Farrington project. |
| 7 | 07/05 | - - | - - | - 4th of July Holiday - Meeting cancelled - |
| 8 | 07/12 | - - | - - | - ADSA Meeting online - |
| 9 | 07/19 | - - | - - | - Discussion of Kate (Maybe Dante?) experimental design and statistical design- |
| 10 | 07/26 | - - | - - |
- Cancel lab meeting. Methane emissions measurments MAW 636 -
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| 11 | 08/02 | - - | - - | - - |
| 12 | 08/09 | - - | - - | - The group will discuss the new format of RNP 1 organized by Dr. Ferrareto and who will enroll it for Fall 2021. Eric Ronk will share details about 101 course organization. - |
| 13 | 08/16 | - - | - - | - Short meeting for updates. Define time slots for fall weekly individual meetings. Discuss about date/time for celebration of the end of MG study and date/time for getting together informally as a group - |
| 14 | 08/24 | - - | - - | - Informal in person lab meeting at the AnSci bulding. MaryGrace, Christy and others will bring cookies or something to share with the group. - |
| 15 | 08/30 | - - | - - | - Meeting cancelled due to Discover conference- |
Spring 2021
- Meetings will be on Mondays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm online. Follow this link to join the meeting.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development).
| Week | Date | Presenter | Topic | Tell your lab group partners what do to to prepare for constructive participation in the session you'll lead) |
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| 1 | 01/25 | -MaryGrace- | - 1st 2021 meeting- | - Share plans for the semester and plan future lab meetings. MaryGrace will share her NACTA abstract- |
| 2 | 02/01 | -Paulina - | - ADSA abstract - | -Paulina will share her abstract for ADSA. She expects feedback and comments to improve it- |
| 3 | 02/08 | - Kate- | - ADSA abstract - | - Kate will share her abstract for ADSA. She expects feedback and comments to improve it - |
| 4 | 02/15 | - Paulina - | -Prelims - | - Each student will prepare question to ask Paulina as a mock up for her prelims. Also, MaryGrace wants to discuss about the Adisseo call for proposals- |
| 5 | 02/22 | - Kate- | - ADSA abstract - | - Kate will share her abstract for ADSA. She expects feedback and comments to improve it - |
| 6 | 03/01 | - MG and Paulina - | - Diets and ADSA abstract - | - MaryGrace will share her experimental diets and Paulina will share her abstracts for ADSA - |
| 7 | 03/08 | -Paulina- | - Prelims- | - Prelim mock up - |
| 8 | 03/15 | - MaryGrace - | - Experiment - | - MaryGrace will update us on her plans for her trial: diets and calendar- |
| 9 | 03/22 | -Everyone - | - Greenfeed- | - Greenfeed discussion - |
| 10 | 03/29 | - Everyone - | - General Updates- |
- All members of the lab shared general updates with each other-
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| 11 | 04/05 | - Everyone - | - General Updates- | - All members of the lab shared general updates with each other. Specially MaryGrace shared some of her concerns with the greenfeed use in her study - |
| 12 | 04/12 | - Cancelled- | - - | -- |
| 13 | 04/19 | - MaryGrace - | - Seminar- | - MaryGrace will share her seminar presentation with the group. She expects feedback to improve it - |
| 14 | 04/26 | -Paulina - | - Seminar - | - Paulina will share her seminar presentation with the group. She expects feedback to improve. Geoff will join the lab meeting - |
Fall 2020
- Meetings will be on Mondays from 1:30 to 2:30 pm online. Follow This link to join the meeting.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development).
| Week | Date | Presenter | Topic | Tell your lab group partners what do to to prepare for constructive participation in the session you'll lead) |
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| 1 | 09/21 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2 | 09/28 | -Kate- | -Research Plan- | -Kate will share her plans for her starting heifer trial. She will go over sampling schedule, measurments and protocols. - - Additionally we will discuss about the 3 minutes thesis competition open for grad students and the possibility of any of us to participate. - |
| 3 | 10/05 | - Paulina- | - Meta-analysis - | - IPaulina will share materials and methods and tables of results. Paulina would like everybody to discuss about the statistical model and the results of the analysis. |
| 4 | 10/12 | -MaryGrace- | -CP Oscillation- | -MaryGrace will send a summary of her plans and ask for feedback on experimental procedures. - |
| 5 | 10/19 | - Dante- | -Kernza trial- | -Dante will share experimental procedures and ask for feedback- |
| 6 | 10/26 | -Kate- | -Heifer trial- | -Discussion of methane measurements and heifers- |
| 7 | 11/02 | - Paulina- | -Meta-analysis- | -Discussion of results and the possible biological implications- |
| 8 | 11/09 | -MaryGrace- | -AnSci 101 Cattle & Environment Lab- | -Discuss activities for the lab- |
| 9 | 11/16 | - Dante- | -Kernza trial- | -Discussion new experimental procedure- |
| 10 | 11/23 | - Kate- | -Heifer trial- | - Summary of the Heifer Project part 1 and methane and carbon dioxide data. Meeting will start at 2:00 pm - |
| 11 | 11/30 | - Paulina- | -Meta-analysis- |
- Michel has a conflict. Rescheduled to 3:30pm -
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| 12 | 12/07 | -MaryGrace- | -CP Oscillation- | -MaryGrace shared format of result tables- |
| 13 | 12/21 | -Dante- | -Kernza trial- | -Discussion of the experimental diets- |
| 14 | 12/23 | -Kate- | -Lit review- | -Kate will share progress on her literature review 3:00 pm- |
Spring 2018
- Meetings will be on Fridays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in room 432 Animal Sciences Building.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development.).
| Week | Date | Name | Topic | Notes (what to do for participants to prepare for the discussion) |
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| 1 | 01/12 | Group | MAW 564 Sampling ADSA Abstract DY SCI 900 Topic |
Wrap up & Thanking for MAW 564 sampling ADSA, 2018 abstract update from each of us Discussing which 100-Year Review of JDS will be covered in DY SCI 900 (section 014) |
| 2 | 01/19 | Group | ADSA Abstract Update | You are expected to share your ADSA abstract update with the group. You can bring & discuss any questions/issues related with your data, statistical model, data analyses & writing abstract. |
| 3 | 01/26 | Group | Abstract Update | You are expected to share your ADSA & ISNH abstract update with the group. Fernanda will present her work from Brazil entitled "Effect of condensed tannin on rumen microbes". |
| 4 | 02/02 | Group | Abstract Update | Fei will share his writing camp experience through a workshop using Omar's abstract as an example. You all are expected to share your ADSA abstract update with the group. |
| 5 | 02/09 | Group | Abstract Update | You all are expected to share your ADSA abstract/any other project work update with the group. |
| 02/16 | Group | Abstract Update | You all are expected to share your ADSA abstract/any other project work update with the group. Everybody will give feedback on your abstract for further improvement. |
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| 7 | 02/23 | Group | Informal Meeting | We will meet in Union South at 3:15 PM for an informal meeting regarding Fernanda's farewell. |
| 8 | 03/02 | Group | Article Discussion | Giving feedback to Omar's article entitled 'Effect of replacing crude protein from alfalfa hay with crude protein from triticale hay on milk production, Nitrogen partitioning, and urea Nitrogen metabolism in dairy cows'. |
| 9 | 03/09 | Group | Article Discussion | Giving feedback to Liang et al.s article entitled 'Potential of organic dairies to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production: Assessment of multiple functional units'. |
| 10 | 03/16 | Group | Fei's Article | Giving feedback to Fei on article entitled 'Effects of starch versus dextrose at two levels of rumen degradable protein in iso-nitrogenous diets on lactation performance, ruminal parameters, digestibility, enteric methane emission, and N balance in dairy cows '. |
| 11 | 03/23 | Group | Lit Review |
Giving feedback to Paulina's Master's Thesis Literature Review.
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| 12 | 03/30 | No meeting | ||
| 13 | 04/06 | Group | Fei' Article | Giving feedback to Fei on article entitled 'Feeding behaviour of lactating dairy cows with contrasting predicted residual feed intake fed two levels of forage neutral detergent fiber in diet'. |
| 14 | 4/20 | Omar & Paulina | Mock Up | Omar and Paulina are going to give a mock up of DYSCI departmental seminar presentation to get feed back. |
Fall 2017
- Meetings will be on Fridays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in room 432 Animal Sciences Building. After meeting, we will join in the Terrace at Memorial Union (if the weather allows) or in The Sett at Union South.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development.).
| Week | Date | Name | Topic | Notes (what to do for participants to prepare for the discussion) |
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| 1 | 09/22 | Group | Welcome Fall semester | New people in the group: Tatiana, Fernanda, Benito, and Francisco... Welcome to the Wattiaux's Lab!... Michel will be leading this meeting. We will go through current research (Elias & Omar's trial), coming trial in Arlington WI, and future Fei and Paulina's trials. |
| 2 | 09/29 | All | Research | Everyone in the team will present a short review of the research that they are involved in, regardless of stage of their research (in progress, finished, in plans). |
| 3 | 10/06 | Group | Arlington trial | Sandy will be leading this meeting to explain us the logistic for the coming trial in Arlington. Please everyone be prepared with some hypothesis that could be tested by using "pair cows". |
| 4 | 10/13 | Fei | Research | First half of the meeting will focus in data from trial MAW-502 showing correlation between methane and brain-chain VFA. In the second half of the meeting will focus in data of RFI, feeding behavior and their correlation with NDF level. |
| 5 | 10/20 | Fei & Paulina | Lit. Review | Paulina and Fei will present their outline of literature review corresponding to their thesis. We will discuss what should be included on this chapter. |
| 6 | 10/27 | Francisco | RFI | Residual Feed Intake |
| 7 | 11/03 | Elias /Fernanda, Francisco, Benito | Research | 3:00 - 3:30 Elias: Manure application trial 3:30 - 4:00 Fernanda, Francisco, Benito: Arlington trial updates. |
| 8 | 11/10 | All | Research | We could also review last updates for Arlington trial. |
| 9 | 11/17 | All | Research | We will review details of Arlington's trial such as schedule for sampling, supplies for lab analysis, and others. Also, we will be reviewing the supplies list for lab analysis that we will do in near future. To do so, please be prepared with your lab procedures, supplies, and questions to get feedback. |
| 10 | 11/24 | - - - - | No meeting | Thanksgiving |
| 11 | 12/01 | All | Miscellaneous |
Fei will be sharing his experience of last year in PDPW Business Conference: http://www.pdpw.org/businessconference/
We will reviewing last updates of Arlington trial (MAW-564). In addition, sampling is coming soon so we will checking schedule, procedures, and other details. |
| 12 | 12/08 | - - - - | No meeting | Team will be performing a mock-up of sampling in Arlington for MAW-564 |
| 13 | 12/15 | All | Miscellaneous | For our last meeting of this semester the agenda includes: - ADSA abstracts participations - Outcomes of first period sampling of MAW-564 - Availability for help in second period sampling of MAW-564 |
Fall 2016
- Meetings will be on Tuesdays 16h00 - 17h10, room 432 Animal Sciences Building.
- Our main goal is to allow presenters to update the group and seek feedback on research issues that they are currently involved in, regardless of stage of their research (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development.) The second goal is to learn how to critically evaluate manuscript.
| Week | Date | Name | Topic | Notes (what to do for participants to prepare for the discussion) |
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| 1 | 08/23 |
Matias | Methane and RFI | We will watch a JAM presentation and be prepared to discuss McDowell et al. JAS 94:1179-1193. Effect of divergence in phenotypic residual feed intake on methane emissions, luminal fermentation... |
| 2 | 08/30 |
---- | No meeting | Semester starts in a week! |
| 3 | 09/06 |
Tiago | N balance data- MAW454 | Tiago will present his data with a focus on MUN, and be prepare to discuss the paper from Huhtanen et al. JDS 98:3282-3196. Evaluation of between-cow variation in milk urea and rumen ammonia nitrogen concentrations and the association with nitrogen utilization and diet digestibility in lactating cows. |
| 4 | 09/13 |
Elias | Comparing methane emission in dairy cows measured by respiration chamber and sensor | Elias will present his Master's work from Europe, and please read Garnsworthy et al JDS 95:3166-3180 On-farm methane measurements during milking correlate with total methane production by individual dairy cows and the paper of Lassen et al., 2012 Accuracy of noninvasive breath methane measurements using Fourier transform infrared methods on individual cows. |
| 5 | 09/20 |
All ! | Diet and method effects on CH4 measurements | Be prepared to discuss the following article from Hammond et al, JSD 99:7904-7917 Effects of diet forage source and neutral detergent fiber content on milk production of dairy cattle and methane emissions determined using GreenFeed and respiration chamber techniques. |
| 6 | 09/27 |
Paulina | Methane and Forage Maturity | Read the paper that Paulina just published on JDS (Congratulations!) Muñoz et al., 2016 and she will share her work during her bachelor program. |
| 7 | 10/04 |
-- | Optional | Visit with Elanco Animal Health, Chile: Gonzalo Ojeda Barría, Sergio Eugenio Gallardo, and Monica Alejandra Barrientos. |
| 8 | 10/11 |
All | Review manuscript | Please write a one-page review of this manuscript according to JDS guidelines: Diet-CP-Ammonia-Emission.pdf |
| 9 | 10/18 |
Fei | Manuscript Discussion | We will discuss manuscript by Mutsvangwa et al., 2016 and each person will be assigned with table/figures. |
| 10 | 10/25 |
Nick | Manuscript Discussion | We will discuss manuscript by Roman-Garcia et al., 2016 and each person will be assigned with table/figures. |
| 11 | 11/01 |
Nick | Manuscript Discussion | We will discuss manuscript by White et al., 2016 and each person will be assigned with table/figures. |
| 12 | 11/08 |
Omar | Manuscript Discussion | We will discuss manuscript and each person will be assigned with table/figures. |
| 13 | 11/15 |
Omar | Project update | Omar will present partial result of his trial “Using a pen study upon commercial conditions: Triticale could replace alfalfa as protein forage source in the feeding of lactating dairy cows" which was done in Mexico last spring. Attached are two pen study papers for your information Belloet et al., 2016 and St-Pierre 2007 |
| 14 | 11/22 | -- | No meeting | Enjoy your Thanksgiving! |
| 15 | 11/29 |
Elias | Project update | Elias is going to present the preliminary plan of his trial to get feedback from you. Also, read this paper for dietary effect of ruminating behavior between Holstein and Jersey cows to assist discussion. |
| 16 | 12/06 |
Fei | Project update | Fei is going to present his research on the effects of NFC source and RDP level on enteric methane, nitrogen utilization, and performance for lactating dairy cows. In addition, Fei will also present his most recent findings on the correlations between phenotypic RFI of the cows in this trial and performance and N excretion. |
| 17 | 12/13 | Paulina | Manuscript Discussion | We will discuss the paper "Effect of feeding cows in early lactation with diets differing in roughage-neutral detergent fiber content on intake behavior, rumination, and milk production" by Adin et al., 2009.
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Spring 2015
- Meetings will be on Mondays 1:20 - 2:30 pm, room 654 Animal Sciences Building.
- The main goal of the meeting is to allow each presenter to update the group and seek feedback from the participants on issues that they are currently facing in their research project, regardless of its stage (planning, implementation, data analysis, or manuscript development.)
| Week | Date | Name | Topic | Notes |
| 1 | January 26 | Sanjeewa | Presentation of PhD. Research (Effect of DDG in dairy diets). | |
| 2 | February 2 | Fei | Planning methane emission / Nitrogen utilization trial | |
| 3 | February 9 | Marina & Bethany | Effect of Amount of AA Supply on Mammary AA Metabolism | Abstract to Midwest ADSA |
| 4 | February 16 | Matias | Methane emission data from cow subject to SARA | |
| 5 | February 23 | Nelson | Comparison of GC vs. HPLC methods for AA quantification | |
| 6 | March 2 | Margaret | Methods of calculation of MPP:MUNP ratio with "DHIA" data | ADSA Abstracts deadline |
| 7 | March 9 | Tiago | Prediction of Urinary and Urinary Urea-N Excretion in late Lactation | |
| 8 | March 16 | Margaret | Milk Protein Production to Milk Urea Production ratio (MPP:MUNP) as an indicator of cow N metabolism | NACTA Abstracts deadline |
| 9 | March 23 | Marina | PhD Research presentation | |
| 10 | March 30 | Fei | Discussion of dairy diets to test effects of souces of NFC on performance and methane emission (at two level of RDP/RUP) | Spring break |
| 11 | April 6 | Nelson | Effects of Lys supplementation on corn based diets | |
| 12 | April 13 | Matias | Summary of 2 Tannin trials on cow performance, N partitioning and emissions | |
| 13 | April 20 | Tiago | Change in N digestion and metabolism associated with low CP diet in late lactation | |
| 14 | April 27 | Sanjeewa | Modification of quantification of Starch | |
| 15 | May 4 | Omar | Research Plan |