IFRU organises a weekly meeting of likeminded scientists with interests in animal nutrition/production, rural development and overseas work. We meet every Tuesday at lunchtime to hear from speakers on a wide variety of different subjects. Previous topics and speakers and future topics/speakers are listed below.
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2003| Date | Speaker | Title |
9 December |
Bob Orskov & Bren Hector (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Recent visit to Indonesia : Principles and success of revolving fund projects |
2 Dec |
Esther Gitundu ( Egerton University , Kenya ) |
Egerton University present and possible future collaboration |
25 Nov |
No Meeting |
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18 Nov |
No Meeting |
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11 Nov |
Bob Mayes (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Is cholesterol the new Creatinine? |
4 Nov |
Hugh Dove (CSIRO, Australia ) |
Effects of protein supplements on body composition and wool growth of young sheep consuming a maintenance |
28 Oct |
Bob Mayes & Bob Orskov (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Sixth International Symposium on the nutrition of Herbivores (held in Merida , Mexico 19-24 October) |
21 Oct |
No Meeting |
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14 Oct |
Narayan Shrestha (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Angora rabbits for income generation in the hills of Nepal |
7 Oct |
Dr. Li and Dr. Yang ( China ) |
Animal Production in Guangxi Province |
30 Sept |
No Meeting |
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23 Sept |
Bob Mayes & Hafiz Ali (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Markers to measure diet composition in herbivores |
16 Sept |
Bob Orskov (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Recent visits to Indonesia and Vietnam |
9 Sept |
No meeting |
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2 Sept |
Aziwo Niba University of Dschang , Cameroon ) |
Animal production in a closed settled zone in Cameroon |
26 August |
Jerry Laker (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Harvesting fibre from wild vicuna in the Andes |
| 19 August | Dr Nguyen Quoc Dat & Dr Vu Chi Cuong (National Institute of Animal husbandry, Vietnam) | TBC |
| 12 August | Khursheed Ahmad (Macaulay Institute) | Aspects of ecology of Kashmir Deer or Hangul (a sub species of Red Deer) in Kashmir's Dachigam National Park |
| 5 August | Angeles Ortiz (IFRU Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) | Effect of Nitrogen sources on in-situ sugarcane tops degradability and body weight gain in cattle |
| 29 July | Dr Bob Mayes (Macaulay Institute) | Some thoughts on modifying laboratories, techniques and equipment for developing countries |
| 22 July | Dr Tintin Kustantinah (University of Gadja Mada, Indonesia) | |
| 8 July | Rodd Dyer (Macaulay Institute) | |
| 1 July | Dr Cuk Tri Noviandi & Dr Sudi Nurtini (University of Gadja Mada, Indonesia) | Development of forestry buffer-zone for livestock production in Indonesia: The potential contribution of animal-agriculture to alleviate poverty in adjoining villages |
| 24 June | Dr Dhore, Dr Mishra & Dr Chandrasekhariah (India) | Traditional Livestock production and livelihood systems in semi-arid India and Strategic supplementation of crop residues for improved milk production in cross-bred cows |
| 17 June | Dr Dickin Hovell (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) | Not all good science needs a hypothesis |
| 10 June | Dr Alan Duncan (Macaulay Institute) | Possums and plant secondary metabolites |
| 3 June | Prof Bob Ørskov (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) | |
| 27 May | Grant Davidson (Macaulay Institute) | Children as key informants - experiences from Zimbabwe Note: Change of location - Room 164 |
| 20 May | Muazzez Polat (Ege University, Turkey) | Agriculture and Livestock in Turkey |
| 13 May | Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak (Egerton University, Kenya) | Egerton University - An overview Note: Change of location - Room 164 |
| 6 May | F Fonteh (University of Dschang, Cameroon) | A novel method of milk preservation: A Cameroonian case study |
| 29 April | Gerald Schwartz (Macaulay Institute) | Economic consequences of changing demand patterns on agricultural markets - the example of the BSE crisis Note: Change of location - Room 164 |
| 22 April | Prof Bob Ørskov (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Recent visit to Kenya |
| 15 April | Ali Reza Foroughi (Jihad - Agrculture Ministry, Mashhad, Iran) | Animal Husbandry in Iran |
| 8 April | Dr Hans Erhard (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) | Environment and personality: Effects of prenatal undernutrition on emotional reactivity in adult sheep |
| 1 April | Prof Bob Ørskov
(IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Rice, Fish, Ducks and others |
| 25 March | Yuni Suranindyah (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) | The effect of feeding energy-rich supplements and early weaning on the reproductive performance of Etawah grade goats in Indonesia |
| 4 March | Dr Lies Mira Yusiati (University of Gadja Mada, Indonesia) |
Use of the purine derivative technique in Indonesia |
| 25 February | Prof Iain Gordon (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
The future of Mongolian Wildlife after the Soviet Union break-up |
| 18 February | Leigh Stephen (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
New methods for remote assessment of bird diets using chemical markers |
| 14 February | Dr Alexis Teguia (University of Dschang, Cameroon) |
TBC |
| 11 February | Dr Iain Wright (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Livestock, Fodder, Pastures and People - an integrated study in the Karakoram region of Pakistan |
| 4 February | Ifar Sugagiyo (Brawijaya University,Malang, East Java, Indonesia) | Cattle production systems in Lombok, Indonesia |
| 28 January | Cancelled due to Visiting Group | |
| 21 January | Prof Maggie Gill (Director, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
International Livestock Research - Key Issues |
| 14 January | Dr Dickon Hovell | Supplementation of grazing goats with a browse tree |
| 7 January | Dr Mike Swaine (Aberdeen University) |
Does logging in the tropics enhance tree regeneration? |
| 2002 | ||
| 17 December | Dr Xue Bin Chen | Purine metabolism in Ruminants: Looking at Species Differences |
| 10 December | Dr Andrea Britton (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Munich to Verona: A transect through the Alps |
| 3 December | Dr Andrew McWilliam (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Bats, DDT and Tsetse clearance |
| 26 November | Prof Bob Ørskov
(IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Two recent trips to Mexico |
| 19 November | Dr Ashok Verma (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Urinary excretion of purine derivatives in Scottish Blackface sheep fed different browse plants in various combinations |
| 12 November | Hilary Redden (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Is it better to be Shaggy or Scooby? (especially if you are a goat) |
| 5 November | Dr Jeff Wilson (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Using the red soils of China: Science versus Economics |
| 29 October | Hafiz Ali (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Alkanes, alcohols and acids as diet composition markers |
| 22 October | Dr Stewart Rhind (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Harmless contaminants or a cause for concern? - Endocrine Disrupting Compounds |
| 8 October | Cancelled | |
| 1 October | Sevvandi Jayakody (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Wildlife of Sri Lanka - some issues on biodiversity conservation |
| 24 September | Dr Hari Hartadi (University of Gadja Mada, Indonesia) |
Development of forestry buffer zone for livestock production in Indonesia: The potential contribution of animal-agriculture to alleviate poverty in adjoining villages |
| 17 September | Abebaw Kebede, Abegaze Beyene and Taye
Ejeta (Jimma University, Ethiopia) |
Jimma College of Agriculture: Perspectives, Problems and Programmes |
| 10 Sepember | Visitors from the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing and the Shaanxi Provincial Agricultural Department, China | Problems related to Agriculture in Shaanxi Province and elsewhere in China |
| 3 September | Dr Soemitro & Dr Zuprizal (University of Gadja Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) |
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| 27 August | Dr Cecile Ginane (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) | Feeding choices of cattle in heterogeneous swards: how do they trade off intake and diet quality under various accessibility constraints? |
| 20 August | Dr Graham Dalton (University of Aberdeen) |
Enlargement of EU and agricultural development from an eastern European viewpoint |
| 13 August | Dr Dickon Hovell | Red Deer in the Tropics |
| 6 August | Prof Bob Ørskov (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Problems facing milk production in peri-urban Ho Chi Minh |
| 30 July | Rodd Dyer (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) | Some fire and grazing issues from Savannas in Northern Australia |
| 23 July | Cancelled | |
| 16 July | Dr Rene Baumont (INRA, France) |
What determines voluntary intake of forages? |
| 9 July | Prof Bob Ørskov (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
New projects in Indonesia |
| 2 July | Dr Dickon Hovell | A glimpse of Ethiopia |
| 25 June | Andy Dalziel (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Agroforestry in the UK |
| 18 June | Dr Bob Mayes (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Alkanes etc as markers - not just for herbivore diets? |
| 11 June | Dr Adrian Egan (University of Melbourne, Australia) |
University of Melbourne's Programme in South East Asia |
| 4 June | Prof Bob Ørskov (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
A trail from intragastric nutrition to purine derivative excretion and the International Atomic Energy Agency finishing at a meeting in Vietnam |
| 28 May | Dr Krishna Agung Santosa (Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia) |
The Macaulay link with Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 21 May | Sander Oom (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Smallholder farming in Nicaragua: opportunities for change? |
| 14 May | Prof Bob Ørskov (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Recent visit to Cameroon |
| 7 May | Raja Omer (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Forest Resources of Pakistan |
| 30 April | Dr Bren Hector (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Recent visit to Indonesia |
| 23 April | Dr Jeff Wilson (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Why do animals and man eat soil? |
| 16 April | Dr Pete Goddard (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
How can we assess the welfare of wild animals? |
| 9 April | Emily Green (Aberdeen University Centre for Organic Agriculture) |
The health management of organic dairy herds |
| 2 April | David Kyle (British Deer Society) |
Deer Welfare |
| 26 March | Dr Narayan Shrestha (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Pig production systems in the hills of Nepal |
| 19 March | Helle Hansen (University of Aberdeen, Department of Chemistry) |
Arsenic metabolism in the seaweed eating sheep from North Ronaldsay, Orkney |
| 12 March | Abdur Rahman (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Comparison of available and required metabolisable energy resources for livestock during winter in an agro-pastoral system of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region of Pakistan |
| 5 March | T.B.A. | |
| 26 February | Dr Robin Kay | The Peculiar Parotid - Ruminant Salivary Secretion |
| 19 February | Dr Machteld Van Lieshout | Bioavailability and bioefficacy of beta-carotene measured using 13C-labelled beta-carotene and retinol: studies in Indonesian children |
| 12 February | Dr Bob Mayes (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Some thoughts about soil ingestion by livestock |
| 5 February | Dr Ashok Verma & Mr Hafiz Ali (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Up to our elbows in it! Our work on sheep urine and faeces |
| 29 January | Prof John Robinson (Scottish Agricultural College) |
Antiques or Assets in Animal Agriculture |
| 22 January | Prof Bob Ørskov (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
Reviewing projects on feed resource management in Vietnam |
| 15 January | Jerry Laker (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
A new EU-INCO project for Macaulay in Latin America: MACS - Sustainable economic utilisation of wild South-American camelids |
| 8 January | Dr Bren Hector (IFRU, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute) |
An overview for the lay-person of the two most commonly used/taught feed evaluation techniques in IFRU: In vitro gas production and in sacco rumen degradability |