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August 2015
During the week of July 12, 2015, over 3,000 scientists, students and dairy industry representatives traveled to Orlando, Florida, to attend the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science (JAM). This annual conference brings together people who are working to identify the best ways to raise dairy cows for the benefit of the cow, the producer and consumers. Held in a different city every year, many attendees brought their families this year to take advantage of the many local attractions in Orlando, adding to the excitement surrounding the conference.
A highlight of the joint annual meeting each year is the presentation of posters. Undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. students and general dairy researchers from around the world submit posters that highlight their current research projects. Only the top posters are chosen to be presented during JAM, and this year, 1,550 posters were presented. The poster presentations allow conference attendees to have earnest discussions with the scientists and learn more about their research. There were also 867 oral presentations, which allowed researchers to discuss their research with the audience in more depth.
There were several excellent poster presentations dedicated to providing the feeding value of canola meal to dairy cows. The research team, led by Dr. Kenneth Kalscheur, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, provided two posters. One poster discussed how cows produced more milk when starch was increased from 21 percent to 27 percent of the diet. Another study showed that excellent results could be obtained with starch from either corn or barley as the major grain source, showing the versatility of canola meal.
Dr. Glen Broderick, of Broderick Nutrition and Research, provided results from canola meal analyzed in four consecutive years in his poster. The fraction of protein calculated to reach the intestine was remarkably consistent year to year. Research conducted by Dr. Antonio Faciola at the University of Nevada showed that cows receiving diets with canola meal continue to outperform their counterparts given diets with soybean meal. Faciola and his team conducted fermentation studies which confirmed that canola meal contained more rumen escape protein than soybean meal.
As always, the 2015 ADSA®-ASAS JAM was an exciting event for the dairy industry, and provided a great opportunity to share the benefits of canola meal with other research scientists and dairy industry representatives. To learn more about current canola meal research, visit the Research page of this website, or contact a Canolamazing representative.
