Beef heifer development: Managing nutrition to optimize fertility Adam F. Summers – Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University
8:35 AM – 9:05 AM CDT
Supplementing omega-6 fatty acids to enhance reproductive performance of beef cows Reinaldo F. Cooke – Texas A&M University
9:05 AM – 9:35 AM CDT
Maternal nutrition during early gestation: Impacts on developmental outcomes Joel Caton – North Dakota State University; Matthew S. Crouse – North Dakota State University; Lawrence P. P. Reynolds, PhD – North Dakota State University; Carl R. Dahlen, PhD – North Dakota State University; Bryan W. Neville, PhD – Carrington Research Extension Center; Pawel P. Borowicz – North Dakota State University; Tammi L. Neville – Research Specialist; Kyle J. McLean, PhD – University of Tennessee Knoxville; Alison K. Ward – North Dakota State University
9:35 AM – 10:05 AM CDT
Nutrition and sexual development in bulls Joseph Dalton – University of Idaho
10:05 AM – 10:10 AM CDT
WSASAS Beef Symposium Break
10:10 AM – 10:15 AM CDT
WS Awards Presentation Reinaldo F. Cooke – Texas A&M University
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM CDT
WS Distinguished Service Talk: Effects of steam flaking on the carbon-footprint of finishing beef cattle N. A. Cole, n/a – USDA-ARS; David B. Parker – USDA-ARS-CPRL; Mike S. Brown, n/a – Elanco,2500 Innovation Way, Greenfield, IN 46140; Jenny S. Jennings – Texas AgriLife Research; Kristen E. Hales – Texas Tech University; Stacey A. Gunter, PhD, PAS, ACAN – USDA, ARS, Southern Plains Range Research Station
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM CDT
WS Young Scholar Talk MS I: The impact of cow size on cow-calf and post-weaning progeny performance in the Nebraska Sandhills Rob Ziegler – University of Nebraska; Jacki Musgrave – University of Nebraska-North Platte; T L. Meyer – University of Nebraska; Rick N. Funston – University of Nebraska-North Platte; Kathryn Hanford – University of Nebraska-Lincoln; James C. MacDonald – University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Travis Mulliniks, PhD – University of Nebraska
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CDT
WS Young Scholar Talk MS II: Heat stress-induced deficits in growth, metabolic efficiency, and cardiovascular function coincided with chronic systemic inflammation and hypercatecholaminemia in ractopamine-supplemented feedlot lambs Rebecca M. Swanson – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
WS Young Scholar Talk PHD: Effect of increasing dietary zinc during late gestation and early lactation on ewe and lamb body weights, serum and milk minerals, and somatic cell count Chad M. Page – University of Wyoming
