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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- Interaction between calcium particle size/solubility and phosphorus and calcium digestibility
- Impact of calcium on phytase efficacy
- Optimization of the phytase calcium matrix to maximize its efficacy
This webinar is sponsored by DuPont, and is presented by WATT Global Media.
Speaker Info:
Dr. Roselina Angel received her Ph.D. in Poultry Nutrition from Iowa State University in 1990 after which she worked as a Research Manager of Purina Mills Specialty Business Group until 1998. Dr. Angel joined the University of Maryland as an Assistant Professor in 1998 and rose through the ranks to her current position of Professor. Dr. Angel was a member of the Poultry Science Association’s Board of Directors from 2001 to 2004. She has been a member of the program committee for the Poultry Science’s Informal Nutrition Conference since 1998 and now co-chairs that Conference. She has been a panel member for USDA’s National Research Initiative competitive grants program and an Ad Hoc reviewer for USDA-NRI, the Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund, and other funding agencies. Dr. Angel has published seven book chapters, 100 articles in refereed journals and more that 160 abstracts. She was named a Fellow of the Poultry Science Association in 2016. This is the highest recognition PSA can bestow on a member and it is awarded based on their professional distinction and contributions to the field of poultry science without regard to longevity. Dr. Angel’s recent focus has been on improvement in phosphorus nutrition through optimizing calcium use. Her research has had a direct measurable impact on water and air quality and the environmental and economic sustainability of the poultry industry worldwide.
Dr. Yueming Dersjant-Li is a senior scientist with the Global Innovation group within the Danisco Animal Nutrition industry team – which is part of DuPont Industrial Biosciences. At present, her main research area is enzyme application in non-ruminants animals. She obtained her PhD degree at Wageningen University (WUR), and has been working in the animal feed industry for many years. She has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and commercial magazines.
Dr. Guillermo Zavala is the founder of Avian Health International. Dr Zavala holds a DVM and a specialty in poultry production from the University of Mexico; a Master of Science, a Master of Avian Medicine, and a PhD in medical microbiology from the University of Georgia. He has worked in broiler and breeding companies, vaccine companies, one diagnostic laboratory, two academic institutions and as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Population Health, University of Georgia. His field of research is in applied virology (CIAV, IBDV, tumor viruses, ILT, enteric viruses and fowl adenovirus). He has 32 publications in peer-reviewed journals.