Download the 2021 AFMA Symposium Programme
| DAY 1: | MONDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2021 | DAY 2: | TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021 | |
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| 07:00 | Virtual platform opens | 07:00 | Virtual platform opens | |
| 08:50 - 09:00 | Welcome and opening | 08:50 - 09:00 | Welcome and opening | |
| 09:00 - 09:05 | Platform demonstration | 09:00 - 09:05 | Platform demonstration | |
| SESSION 1 | THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE | SESSION 5 | APPLICATION OF LOW CRUDE PROTEIN DIETS | |
| 09:05 | Session opening Session Moderator: Chantelle Fryer (Evonik Africa) | 09:05 | Session opening Session Moderator: Frans Hagg (Allied Nutrition) |
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| 09:10 - 09:40 | Aidan Connolly (Cainthus & AgriTech Capital) Sponsored by Nova Feeds Digital disruption of the animal feed industry | 09:08 - 09:38 | Phil Cardoso (Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois) Sponsored by Kemin Transition cow management and its impact on cow’s health, production, and reproduction |
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| 09:40 - 09:45 | Vitam International (Event Partner) Presentation | 09:38 - 10:01 | Peter Chrystal (Baiada Poultry Australia) Sponsored by Evonik Sustainable chicken meat production in sub-Saharan Africa: Are reduced protein diets relevant? |
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| 09:45 - 10:28 | Dawie Roodt (Efficient Group) Sponsored by BioFarm How to adapt to a changing world: Views from an unreconstructed neo-liberal fundamentalist | 10:01 - 10:21 | Ruud Eits (Trouw Nutrition Innovation) Sponsored by Trouw Nutrition How a combination of broiler modelling & nutritional research helps optimising broiler diets for performance, profits and sustainability |
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| 10:28 - 11:03 | Ferdi Meyer (BFAP) Sponsored by Bester Feed & Grain The future of agriculture: Feed & grain | 10:21 - 10:35 | Session Q&A | |
| 11:05 - 11:20 | Session Q&A | 10:35 - 10:43 | AFMA Intervarsity Writer's Cup winner Zarinah Skippers – Stellenbosch University Effect of pre-treatment incubation time using exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on in vitro fibre digestion |
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| 11:20 | Virtual break | 10:43 - 10:51 | AFMA Student Nutrition Poster Award Sarah Harrison, University of Pretoria An in vitro comparison of buffers used in ruminant diets |
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| SESSION 2 | AUTOMATION & DIGITALISATION | 10:51 | Virtual break | |
| 12:00 | Session opening Session Moderator: Mannie Taljaard (Cargill International) | SESSION 6 | ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION | |
| 12:03 - 12:18 | Cobus Nel (Promtek Africa) Sponsored by Promtek What Smart Manufacturing concepts mean for the animal nutrition industry | 11:35 | Session opening Session Moderator: Marlien de Kock (Trouw Nutrition SA) |
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| 12:18 - 12:38 | Rafael Murarolli (Cargill Animal Nutrition) Sponsored by Cargill The use of modelling tools to optimise business performance | 11:38 - 12:01 | Anja Pastor (Phytobiotics Futterzusatzstoffe GmbH) Sponsored by Vitam International Intestinal inflammation management in farm animals |
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| 12:38 -13:00 | Stefaan Bekaert (Huvepharma) Sponsored by Huvepharma Digital platforms to monitor flock health and performance | 12:01 - 12:31 | Milan Hruby (ADM Animal Nutrition) Sponsored by Allied Nutrition Maintaining animal performance in NAE environment with focus on management and nutritional solution combinations: The many lessons learned in the US poultry industry |
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| 13:00 - 13:10 | Session Q&A | 12:31 - 12:56 | Stephen Collett (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia) Sponsored by Alltech Biotechnology SA Reducing antibiotic use by using the Seed, Feed, Weed approach |
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| 13:10 | Virtual break | 12:56 - 13:10 | Session Q&A | |
| SESSION 3 | SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL PRODUCTION | 13:10 - 13:25 | Rob Gous Scholarship Winner Announcement Koos van der Merwe/AFMA Student of the Year Award Andries van der Merwe – University of the Free State The effect of tannins originating from Castanea sativa on sheep health, production, and in vitro fermentation characteristics |
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| 14:10 | Session opening Session Moderator: Chantelle Fryer (Evonik Africa) | 13:25 | Virtual break | |
| 14:13 - 14:35 | Tom Battagliese (BASF Nutrition & Health) Sponsored by BASF Moving beyond least cost formulation to enable a sustainable animal protein value chain | SESSION 7 | ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION (cont) | |
| 14:35 - 14:50 | Mia Eeckhout (Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Ghent University) Sponsored by Huvepharma Towards more sustainable animal feed production: Opportunities and challenges | 14:25 | Session opening Session Moderator: Marlien de Kock (Trouw Nutrition SA) |
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| 14:50 - 15:10 | Todd Applegate (Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia) Sponsored by Biomin Nutritional consequences and coping strategies to gastro-intestinal challenges | 14:30 - 14:50 | Yann Fournis (Cargill Health Technologies) Sponsored by Cargill Holistic approach to reduce antibiotic consumption in poultry |
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| 15:10 - 15:20 | Session Q&A | 14:50 - 15:10 | Chris Henderson (C4 Africa Holdings) Sponsored by Elanco Antibiotics and production: From a farmer's perspective |
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| 15:20 | Virtual break | 15:10 - 15:30 | Panel Discussion Dr Chris Henderson (C4 Africa) Prof Neil Duncan (C4 Africa) Marlien de Kock (Trouw Nutrition SA) Margaret Churchill (SAAHA) |
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| SESSION 4 | THE ANIMAL MICROBIOME | 15:30 | Closing of the 2021 AFMA Symposium | |
| 15:40 | Session opening Session Moderator: Caitlyn de Vos (Vitam International) | |||
| 15:43 - 16:06 | Frédérique Chaucheyras-Durand (Lallemand Animal Nutrition) Sponsored by Vitam International Rumen microbiota during challenging periods: What do we learn with omic approaches? | |||
| 16:06 - 16:24 | Guilherme Borchardt (Chr. Hansen, Animal Health & Nutrition) Sponsored by ENVARTO Reveal the unknown: An innovative research investigation to measure, predict and act on the microbiome and ultimately on the animal’s behaviour | |||
| 16:25 - 16:40 | Session Q&A | |||
| 16:40 | Closing of day 1 |
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