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Full Schedule

  • 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