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Travel Report: 10th International Congress of Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production (AAAP) and the 2nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in New Delhi, India September 20 – October 1, 2002
by Y. J. Ru
September 2003
RIRDC Web Publication No: W03/117 RIRDC Project No: TAO12-51
Yingjun Ru also attended the 2nd International Symposium on Recent
Advances in Animal Nutrition prior to the conference on 22nd September
2002.
The main reasons for Yingjun Ru to attend the conference was to obtain information that would benefit the progress of his current RIRDC projects. In particular; Communicate with international researchers on deer nutrition research to develop a better understanding of the differences in digestion physiology between deer and other ruminants.
Evaluate the potential to develop rapid feed evaluation systems for deer.
Discuss the current progress in the application of herbs, spices and botanicals for monogastrics to replace antibiotics in the feed.
Assess the current development in village poultry production systems in Asia.
The major benefits gained by Yingun Ru from attending the conference were as follows; Outcomes of the deer nutrition research in Australia were discussed at length with overseas researchers. A number of areas have been suggested for further studies, including comparison of nutrient requirement between animal species, evaluation of alternative feed resources and the development of rapid feed evaluation systems.
Understanding of the digestive physiology of deer is essential for the development of feeding strategies. Research in this area is very active in India, but experimental protocols need to be improved.
Enzymes are used widely by the pig and poultry industries to improve feed utilisation efficiency.
However, the application of enzymes is a hit or miss strategy. A great understanding is needed on the substrate of different enzymes and the chemical characteristics of feed grains for the successful application of enzymes in pig and poultry rations.
Despite years of research on natural products to replace the antibiotics, the animal responses to these products are inconsistent. Researchers agree that more materials, especially local materials should be further tested.
It has been demonstrated by overseas researchers that free range poultry or village poultry plays a significant role in the supply of animal protein to humans. There is a demand for free range products, especially these produced by local breeds. There is potential to improve the production of free range chickens by developing feeding strategies, assessing potential pastures and stocking rate and selecting proper breeds.
The variability in nutritive value of feed ingredients, especially by-products makes it hard to formulate ration to meet the nutrient demand by pigs and poultry. While Australian researchers are focusing on the development of rapid feed evaluation assays for cereals for pigs and poultry, overseas researchers are developing rapid feed assay for by-products such as soybean meals. However, more data is required before robust feed evaluation method can be developed.
SCHEDULE
| September 20, 2002
September 22, 2002 September 23–28, 2002 |
Travel from Adelaide to New Delhi, India via Singapore
Attend the 2nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition Attend 10TH International Congress of Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production (AAAP) Present papers, chair a symposium on less developed livestock species, discuss feed evaluation, deer nutrition and monogastric nutrition research with colleagues |
| September 30, 2002 | Travel from New Delhi to Adelaide via Singapore |
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