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RFW Programme
| SESSION CHAIRMAN | TIME | TOPIC | PRESENTER | |
| MONDAY 2 MARCH 2020 | RFW: SESSION 1 | |||
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Registration open | |||
| Kenneth Botha | 09:00 - 09:20 | Welcoming and opening & introducing NDS | Kenneth Botha Kaonne Group | |
| 09:20 - 10:00 | Ruminant modelling, a reality or fiction? | Dr Ermanno Melli NDS Italy | ||
| 10:00 - 10:40 | CNCPS biology and NDS: An update | Dr Emiliano Raffrenato NDS Italy | ||
| 10:40 - 11:20 | Tea/Coffee break in the Foyer | |||
| RFW: SESSION 2 | ||||
| Dr Martin van der Leek (TBC) | 11:20 - 12:00 | Amino acids in ruminants: Where are we? | Speaker (TBC) | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Nitrogen and Phosphorous excretion efficiencies as parameter to decrease polution | Speaker (TBC) | ||
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Formulating protein pools in practice on NDS | Dr Ermanno Melli NDS Italy | ||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch in the Foyer | |||
| RFW: SESSION 3 | ||||
| Dr Hinner Köster | 14:00 - 14:30 | Leaky gut syndrome in ruminants | Kenneth Botha Kaonne Group | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Fiber pools and digestibilities | Dr Emiliano Raffrenato NDS Italy | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Rumen pH model in NDS | Dr Emiliano Raffrenato NDS Italy | ||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee break in the Foyer | |||
| RFW: SESSION 4 | ||||
| Dr Brink van Zyl (TBC) | 16:00 - 16:30 | Fatty acids nutrition in ruminants | Allen MacGillivray MacNiel Business Solutions, Australia | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Rumen fill and dry matter intake in NDS | Dr Emiliano Raffrenato NDS Italy | ||
| TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2020 | RFW: SESSION 5 | |||
| Kenneth Botha | 08:00 - 08:40 | How to use data on the rumen microbiome to improve our understanding of ruminant nutrition | Speaker (TBC) | |
| 08:40 - 09:20 | Ruminants: Optimum sugar levels | Prof Lourens Erasmus Department of Animal and Wildlife Science University of Pretoria (TBC) | ||
| 09:20 - 10:00 | Wildlife nutrition: Facts and fiction | Dr Hinner Köster Ruminant Nutrition Consultant Kaonne Group | ||
| WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020 | RFW: SESSION 6 | |||
| Dr Emiliano Raffrenato | 14:45 - 15:15 | Sheep nutrition: New trends in intensive sheep operations | Dr Ockert Einkamerer Animal Science University of the Free State (TBC) | |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Feedlot nutrition: Beef & sheep feedlot modelling to optimize profits | Dr Hinner Köster Ruminant Nutrition Consultant Kaonne Group | ||
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Veterinarian benchmarking to improve nutrition in dairy and beef operations | Dr Martin van der Leek Faculty of Veterinary Science University of Pretoria | ||
| THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2020 | RFW: SESSION 7 | |||
| Dr Ockert Einkamerer (TBC) | 11:30 - 13:00 | Ruminant modelling in practice | Dr Ermanno Melli & Emiliano Rafrenato NDS Italy | |
| Setting up the your NDS model | Dr Ermanno Melli & Emiliano Rafrenato NDS Italy | |||
| Raw materials matrixes and digestabilities in the model | Dr Ermanno Melli & Emiliano Rafrenato NDS Italy | |||
| CNCPS biology in a model and nutrient benchmarking for ruminants | Dr Ermanno Melli & Emiliano Rafrenato NDS Italy | |||
| NDS demonstration: Southern Africa examples | Dr Ermanno Melli & Kenneth Botha | |||
| Nonlinear optimisation with NDS | Dr Ermanno Melli & Emiliano Rafrenato NDS Italy | |||
| RFW: SESSION 8 & 9 - COMMERCIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS – Sponsored Session | ||||
| FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2020 | 08:00 - 08:20 | The role of organic minerals in ruminants | Sponsored by: Chemunique / Zinpro (TBC) | |
| 08:20 - 08:40 | The role of probiotics in ruminants | Sponsored by: Envarto | ||
| 08:40 - 09:00 | The use of "bypass" fats in ruminants | Sponsored by: NutriBase (TBC) | ||
| 09:00 - 09:20 | The role of amino acids in ruminant nutrition | Sponsored by: Ajinomoto | ||
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Tea/Coffee break in the Foyer | |||
| 09:40 - 10:00 | The role of buffers in ruminants | Sponsored by: Bester Feed and Grain (TBC) | ||
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Topic to be confirmed | Sponsored by: Kemin | ||
| 10:20 - 10:40 | The role of mycotoxin binders in dairy nutrition | Sponsored by: Trouw Nutrition | ||
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Feed analysis service to the industry | Sponsored by: FeedFirst (TBC) | ||
| 11:00 - 11:05 | Wrap up & closing of RFW | |||
| 11:05 - 12:00 | Session A: Dr Melli - private session with individual company | For RFW delegates by prior appointment only (Contact Kenneth Botha directly to confirm booking) | ||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Session B: Dr Melli - private session with individual company | For RFW delegates by prior appointment only (Contact Kenneth Botha directly to confirm booking) | ||
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | |||
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Session C: Dr Melli - private session with individual company | For RFW delegates by prior appointment only (Contact Kenneth Botha directly to confirm booking) | ||
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Session D: Dr Melli - private session with individual company | For RFW delegates by prior appointment only (Contact Kenneth Botha directly to confirm booking) |
