5. Core nutrition questions
are now broader
• Nutrition 1.0: What levels of nutrients are
needed to maintain normal health and
support productivity?
• Nutrition 2.0: In addition to the above, can
nutrients confer robustness?
8. Moving forward..
…we have probably identified a lot of the
big rocks already through trial and error.
“…most likely that overlooked opportunities
to improve health and productivity therefore
occur when normal homeostasis is
disrupted by disease, environmental
challenges, or physiologic transitions.”
Bradford et al., J Dairy Sci, 2016
9. Prime areas for improvement
• Disease morbidity and mortality
o Still particularly with early lactation health
disorders, but also full lactation (mastitis)
• Heat stress
• Reproduction
o Industry has made huge advancements
o 15% PR to often > 30% in ~ 20 years
• Management induced physiologic
challenges
15. Nonnutritive feed additives
• Products that potentially affect the
energetics, immunity, and health of
ruminants through alterations in gut
microbiology and morphology
24. Effects of SARA and SCFP on SAA
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University of Manitoba, 2017
39. Proving efficacy
• Proof of concept with challenge trials
• Large scale field trials
o Experimental unit is the smallest unit to which
a treatment is applied
40. Making proper use of
Meta-analysis
• Publication bias
o Funnel plots are very helpful
• Heterogeneity
• Forest plot (consistency of response)
• Much improved estimate and range of
effect size
Superbugs are now more prevalent
Whole Genome Sequencing makes it possible to trace pathogens back to point of origin
PulseNet data base
Next generation of food security
Total Colonies Tested: CON: 4954 and XPC: 45
P values:
Gentamicin: 0.0003
Amoxicillin-CA: <0.0001
Cefoxtin: <0.0001
Sulfisoxazole: 0.0001
Azithromycin: <0.0001
Data to date suggest that NutriTek supports …. Some may consider one is more important than others but these features and benefits are inter-connected and provide positive feedback to each other and maximize the production and health outcomes.