International Conference on Livestock Nutrition

11-12August 2015. Frankfurt, Germany. The Livestock Nutrition-2015 Conference focused on the theme “Determining New Sustainable Feeding Strategies and Nutrient Standards”.

Livestock contributes directly to the livelihoods and food security of almost a billion people and affects the diet and health of many more. Livestock is needed for many reasons which include analyses of the social and economic aspects of the livestock sector; the environmental impacts of livestock such as the production and management of waste, greenhouse gas emissions and livestock-related land-use change; and large-scale public health and epidemiological investigations.

The livestock sector directly influences agricultural sector and therefore it targets a wide range of audience such as Livestock Feed manufacturing industries, RandD scientists in the field of Livestock Science, Veterinarians and Animal Health experts.

The scientific sessions focued on livestock nutrition and health, animal husbandry and modern agriculture, animal diseases, animal feed industries and the products manufactured, environmental impact of meat production and various other aspects directly concerning livestock science.

Extract of the program

• Voluntary intake and palatability indices of pedi goats fed Tanninferous Acacia karroo leaf meal by cafeteria method David Brown, University of Limpopo, South Africa
• Influence of water deprivation on intake and growth performance of Nguni goats C T Mpendulo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Comparison of mathematical models described in situ DM Digestion of alfalfa cuts in sheep Evans Obura, Ataturk University, Kenya
• Alternatives for inhibition of methanogenesis and enhance fermentation of feeds in the rumen Gebrehiwot Tadesse, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
•  Effects of high fibre and its source on the growth and slaughter performance of pigs fed maize soybean diets fortified with Roxazyme® G2 F Fushai, University of Venda, South Africa