FFoQSI Academic Seminar Series on

Carbohydrates in Livestock Feeding - Current Research and Future Challenges

12.10.2022, 09:00 - 13:00 via Zoom

Thanks to the initiators:

Univ. Prof. Dr. Martin Gierus, Head of Institute of Animal Nutrition, Livestock Products, and Nutrition Physiology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and

Univ. Prof. Dr. Barbara Metzler-Zebeli, Head of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria

Agenda:

08:45 Online come together

09:00 Welcome and overview of the webinar

Univ. Prof. Dr. Martin Gierus

Keynote: Carbohydrates - General Introduction

9:10 Definition and analytics of fiber in monogastric nutrition

Dr. Anne Schiborra, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Livestock Products, and Nutrition Physiology (TTE), BOKU

Scientific Part I: Poultry Nutrition

9:35 Fiber as a key ingredient for poultry nutrition?

M.Sc. Laid Dardabou, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Livestock Products, and Nutrition Physiology (TTE), BOKU

10:00 Inclusion of oat hulls in the diet of pullets from hatch to 15 weeks of age

M.Sc. Jihed Ben-Mabrouk, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Scientific Part II: Dairy Cattle Nutrition

10:15 Starch in the feeding of dairy cattle: how to take the most out of it?

Univ. Prof. Dr. Qendrim Zebeli, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Vetmeduni Vienna

10:40 Can high quality hay replace concentrate-rich starter feeds in feeding of dairy calves?

Dr. Georg Terler, HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein

11:05 ***Coffee break***

Scientific Part III: Pig Nutrition

11:25 Resistant starch: its role as gut modulator in pigs

Univ. Prof. Dr. Barbara Metzler-Zebeli, Institute of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Vetmeduni Vienna

11:50 Carbohydrate sources and gut health in weaned piglets

Prof. Dr. Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, Dept. of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Scientific Part IV: Fiber and Microbiota

12:15 Potential and pitfalls of microbiome research in farm animal feeding studies

Dr. Benjamin Zwirzitz, Institute of Food Science, BOKU

12:35 Prebiotic effects of dietary fiber on gut microbiota

Dr. Pamela Souza de Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

12:55 Outlook and Closing

FASS Webinar on Feed Innovations: Carbohydrates in Livestock Feeding