Past Events

Phenylalanine is an indispensable amino acid for cats and is the precursor for tyrosine, melanin, catecholamines, and thyroid hor-mones. However, a minimum requirement for phenylalanine has not been defined for adult cats. Additionally, phenylalanine is speculated to stimulate the satiety hormone, cholecystokinin, and delay gastric emptying, but this has not been explored in cats.

Probiotics are a common supplement used in the equine industry despite lack of evidence for their efficacy. Probiotics are often provided to horses receiving antibiotics to protect against adverse effects such as a gut microbiome disturbance that can lead to gastrointestinal diseases. The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the effect of probiotics in horses receiving concurrent antibiotic treatment. Sixteen horses were used in a four-way crossover design and given either 10 days of antibiotics, 28 days of probiotics, a combination of both, or none.

Due to the growing population and depletion of resources, the demand for economically and environ-mentally sustainable ingredient alternatives has increased. As a result, this thesis sought to investigate the health impacts of supplementing of an alternative plant-based oil, Camelina sativa oil, to the diets of healthy adult dogs and horses to determine whether it is safe for inclusion in commercial feeds formulation for these animals.

The Karrow lab is pleased to present a special guest seminar by Dr. Tomonori Nochi from Tohoku Universtiy.  

CCSAW is hosting an ad hoc seminar to take advantage of a special visitor in town: Dr. Lotta Berg, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.  

Welcome to this month's installment of the 2022 ‘Virtual’ Nutrition Seminar Series hosted by the Centre for Nutrition Modelling of the Animal Biosciences Department. Each month in 2022, CNM will deliver seminars from a different lab within the Nutrition group, and share their exciting new research in a dynamic virtual manner. 

With the arrival of summer weather, ABSc GSC is back with the 3rd iteration of the Activity Challenge! This event will encourage everyone to get active this summer while building some healthy competition within the department!