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  • Sunday, July 6, 2025
  • 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM ET
    Opening Session
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Oral Presentation Upload Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    ASAS-NANP Symposium: Mathematical Modeling and Data Predictive Analytics in Animal Nutrition - Sponsored by National Animal Nutrition Program
    Chair: Luis O. Tedeschi, PhD – Texas A&M University
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours: Sunday
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    Opening Session Reception
  • Monday, July 7, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours: Monday
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Student Breakfast & Learn
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Oral Presentation Upload Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Nonruminant Nutrition I
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Comparative Gut Physiology Symposium: Changes in gut energy demands in response to stress
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Exhibitor Move In
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Animal Behavior and Well-Being I
    Chair: Peixin Fan – Mississippi State University
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition I: Feeding Studies I
  • 8:30 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Forages and Pastures I
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium I: Riding the CRISPR Wave to Understand and Manipulate Genome to Phenome in Livestock
    Chair: Fernando Biase – Virginia Tech
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    ASAS Public Policy Symposium and Workshop: Effectively Communicating Animal Science
    Co-Chair: Penny K. Riggs – Texas A&M University
    Co-Chair: Don Mulvaney – Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University
  • 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Growth and Development I
  • 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    CSAS Graduate Student Oral Competition: MS I
  • 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Swine Species
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    Animal Breeding and Genetics II: Phenotyping Tools
  • 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Animal Breeding and Genetics I: Functional and Molecular Genetics and Other Omics
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    President Listening Session
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Exhibitor Hours
  • 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Physiology and Endocrinology I: General Physiology and Endocrinology
    Chair: Jeremy Block – Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    CSAS Graduate Student Oral Competition: MS II
  • 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Forages and Pastures II
  • 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education
  • 2:00 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Animal Breeding and Genetics Symposium II: Academic and industry collaborations to advance animal breeding and genetic research
    Chair: Breno O. Fragomeni – University of Connecticut
  • 2:00 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Growth and Development II
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    EAAP Symposium - Sponsored by European Federation of Animal Science
    Chair: Laura A. A. Boyle – Pig Development Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition II: Feeding Studies II
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition Symposium: Gut permeability: What is it and what is the impact?
    Chair: David L. Harmon, PhD – University of Kentucky
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Nonruminant Nutrition II
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Production, Management and Environment I
  • Tuesday, July 8, 2025
  • 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours: Tuesday
  • 6:45 AM – 5:30 PM ET
    Poster Help Desk/Upload Hours
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Oral Presentation Upload Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Animal Health Symposium: Metabolomic Biomarkers of Animal Health
    Chair: Jiuzhou Song – University of Maryland
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Livestock Symposium: The Essential Societal Role of Livestock, Today and Tomorrow
    Chair: Peter J. Ballerstedt, PhD – Grass Based Health, LLC
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education Symposium: Mentoring That Works: Practical Strategies for Faculty and Graduate Success
    Chair: Stephanie L. Hansen – Iowa State University
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Exhibitor Hours
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    CSAS Graduate Student Session I
  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Production, Management and Environment II
  • 8:30 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Animal Breeding and Genetics III: Methods in Genetic and Genomic Evaluations
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Forages and Pastures Symposium: Utility of forage systems for carbon capture and flux
    Chair: S. Leanne Dillard – Auburn University
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition III: Nutritional Physiology
  • 9:00 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    CSAS Graduate Student Oral Competition: PhD
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Companion Animal Symposium I: Therapeutic and Personalized Nutrition for Companion Animals
    Chair: James R. Templeman – Primal Pet Foods, Primal Pet Group, Fairfield, California, United States
  • 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Swine Species/Nonruminant Nutrition Symposium: Antibiotic-free Pork Production
    Chair: Marko Rudar, PhD – Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    ARPAS Exams
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    CSAS Annual General Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    President Listening Session
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    ASAS-CSAS Sustainability Symposium: The role of livestock in a circular bioeconomy
    Chair: Kim Ominski – University of Manitoba
  • 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Physiology and Endocrinology II: Male Fertility and Semen Biology
    Chair: Pedro Fontes, DVM, MS, PhD – University of Georgia
  • 1:40 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Production, Management and Environment Symposium: Livestock Systems
    Chair: Obioha N. Durunna – Lakeland College
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Animal Behavior and Well-Being II
    Chair: Juliana Ranches – Oregon State University
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    ARPAS Exams
  • 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Production, Management and Environment III
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Cell Biology Symposium: Single-cell genomics of livestock animals
    Chair: SUSANTA K. BEHURA, PhD – Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Companion Animal I
    Co-Chair: James R. Templeman – Primal Pet Foods, Primal Pet Group, Fairfield, California, United States
    Co-Chair: Julia Guazzelli Pezzali, DVM, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    CSAS Graduate Student Session II
  • 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Animal Breeding and Genetics IV: Reproductive Efficiency
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Horse Species
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Student/Faculty/Industry Networking Walking Mixer
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM ET
    ASAS Awards Ceremony
  • 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM ET
    ASAS Awards Reception
  • Wednesday, July 9, 2025
  • 6:30 AM – 3:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours: Wednesday
  • 6:45 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Poster Help Desk/Upload Hours
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Oral Presentation Upload Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    Beef Species Symposium: Heavier carcass weights: Strategies to maximize efficiency in current market signal
    Chair: Jhones O. Sarturi – Texas Tech University
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Horse Species Symposium: Current and Future Outlook on Equine Industry, Research Trends, and Opportunities: How to promote a sustainable field into the future
    Chair: Robert D. Jacobs – Zinpro
  • 8:00 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Animal Behavior and Well-Being Symposium: Precision Feeding for Improving Livestock Health and Well-Being - Sponsored by Temple Grandin Appreciation Club
    Chair: Christopher J. Byrd – North Dakota State University
  • 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET
    Exhibitor Hours
  • 8:15 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    CSAS Symposium I: Livestock Microbiomes: Innovations and Impacts on Animal Health and Agriculture - Sponsored by the Canadian Society of Animal Science
    Chair: Robert J. Gruninger, PhD (he/him/his) – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Physiology and Endocrinology III: Nutrition, Stress, and Fetal Programming
    Chair: Rodrigo S. Marques – Virginia Tech
  • 8:30 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    ASAS Publications Committee Symposium: Perspectives on Peer Review

    Chair: Sarah A. Reed – University of Connecticut

  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Animal Breeding and Genetics V: Sustainability, Environmental Adaptation, Health, and Welfare
  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Nonruminant Nutrition III
  • 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition IV: Environmental Impact Studies
  • 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Companion Animal II
    Co-Chair: James R. Templeman – Primal Pet Foods, Primal Pet Group, Fairfield, California, United States
    Co-Chair: Julia Guazzelli Pezzali, DVM, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    ARPAS Exams
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    President Listening Session - Publications
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM ET
    Student Lunch & Learn
  • 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Physiology and Endocrinology Symposium: Advances in Reproductive Physiology: Unraveling the High Fertility Cycle in Cattle
    Chair: Victor Gomez-Leon – Department of Animal Sciences & Industry, Kansas State University
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition V: Application of in vitro methods
  • 1:30 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    CSAS Symposium II: Building Bridges for Sustainable Livestock: Developing Global Collaborations and Partnership - Sponsored by the Canadian Society of Animal Science
    Chair: Gleise Medeiros da Silva, PhD – University of Alberta
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Animal Health
  • 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    Beef Species I: Virtual Engagement and Consumer Perceptions
  • 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Small Ruminant Symposium: Technology/precision ag transforming the sheep industry
    Chair: Melinda Ellison, Ph.D. – University of Idaho, Moscow; Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center
  • 1:45 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Meat Science and Muscle Biology
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    ARPAS Exams
  • 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    USDA Grants Writing Workshop: Competitive Grant Funding Opportunities at the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
    Chair: Mark A. Mirando – USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Companion Animal Symposium II: Longevity and Quality of Life: A Comparative Assessment - Sponsored by Zinpro
    Chair: Julia Guazzelli Pezzali, DVM, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Beef Species II: Enteric methane influenced by genetics, feed additives, and measurements
  • 3:15 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition VI
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Beef Species III: Dietary and animal management strategies to impact growth and carcass performance
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Small Ruminant
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Exhibitor Move Out
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM ET
    ASAS Business Meeting
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM ET
    Companion Animal Mixer
  • Thursday, July 10, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Oral Presentation Upload Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Physiology and Endocrinology IV: Embryo Development and Fertility
    Chair: Jessica Nora Drum – South Dakota State University
  • 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Production, Management and Environment IV
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Ruminant Nutrition VII: Production Systems
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Artificial Intelligence Symposium: Animal Science and Animal Agriculture Opportunities and Challenges
    Chair: Stephanie L. Hansen – Iowa State University
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Growth and Development Symposium: Muscle and Adipose Tissue Development in Meat Species: Genetic and Physiological Responses to Thermal Challenges -Sponsored by the Rodney L. Preston Appreciation Club