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Avigdor Cahaner, PhD, Professor (Emeritus) of Quantitative Genetics, Statistics and Experimental Design, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, ISRAEL avigdor.cahaner@gmail.comavigdor.cahaner@mail.huji.ac.il Avigdor Cahaner obtained his PhD in Quantitative Genetics and Breeding at the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). After two post-doc years at the University of California in Davis, he started to work at the Faculty of Agricultureas a Lecturer and researcher, and later promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1987, Associate Professor in 1992 and Full Professor in 1997. In all his research projects over the years, Cahaner studied the consequences of broilers' breeding for rapid growth and high breast meat yield, and looked forpotential genetic mitigation of negative consequences. Some of his research projects were conducted outside of Israel (Turkey, France, USA, Vietnam, Nigeria, Ecuador, Ethiopia, China) in collaboration with local poultry scientists and industry organizations. Prof. Cahaner has been mentoringpoultry researchers, from the academia and industry, in Israel and globally (e.g., Ethiopia, China), helping them in all aspects of theirresearch projects, from definition of objectives and experimentaldesign, to data analysis and the writing of scientific papers in leading international journals. He also offers training and consultation in experimental design and data analysis to researchers from international academia and industry organizations in the agricultural sector and related biological sciences. Prof. Cahaner was Vice-President of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) for 3 terms (1996-2008), especially involved in supporting branches and activities in developing countries. He has been very active in the Israeli branch of WPSA since the 1980's, and currently (since 2015) he serves as the Branch President.

Pageat Patrick After graduating (1983) as a vet at the National Veterinary School of Lyon (France), I created the consultation and course of behavioral medicine in the same vet school. In 1985, I began to serve as head clinician for the consultation of behavioral medicine at the national Vet School of Alfort (France) and was in charge for giving the related classes. The same year, I graduated with an MSc in entomology and insect physiology. From that time, I have been continuously researching, teaching and practicizing in this field, having also a strong involvement in large domestic and wild animals' welfare and applied ethology. In 1991, I defended my PhD about the development of the predatory behavior of a digger wasp. As a consequence for my interest in insects, I discovered the field of chemical communication and began to study it in vertebrates. It led me to study the pheromones of domestic cats and to develop a specific method to analyze such secretions and prepare synthetic analogues. In 1995, my first patent describing the facial feline pheromone complex, gave me the opportunity to fund a private research institution IRSEA. 27 years later, the institutes employs 50 people and includes an academic research team (EBEA = Ethology and Animal Welfare) belonging to the doctoral school SEVAB (University of Toulouse, France) and we continuously welcome PhD and master students. From the first patent, we have finally deposited more than 400 patents covering the development of pheromone products for most domestic species (pets and livestocks, mammals, birds and fish) as well as for their protection against various parasites.

Klaus is currently Dean of the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences at City University. He previously served as Professor of Virology and Chair at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (2007 – 2020), and Adjunct Professor of Virology at Cornell University (2007 – present). After finishing his veterinary degree in 1990, Klaus entered the field of virology, initially working with poxviruses. After his dissertation in 1993, his scientific focus switched to herpesviruses, specifically to work with equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1). He completed his “Habilitation“ in 1997. In the same year, Klaus started to work as a group leader at the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute in Insel Riems and began his investigations of an oncogenic herpesvirus, Marek’s disease virus (MDV) of chickens. He has continued to work on these two herpesviruses during his time on the faculty at Cornell and in Berlin. More recently his research extended into influenza and coronaviruses (SARS- and MERS-CoV, infectious bronchitis virus of chickens, and canine coronaviruses). Klaus is an avid advocate of using natural virus-host systems, because of their unique model character and because they allow harnessing the strength of collaboration with clinicians and researchers from other disciplines. Using infectious clones and reverse genetics, his laboratory mechanistically studies viral pathogenesis and utilizes this knowledge for engineering of modified live virus vaccines. His research has been funded continuously since 1994 by public funding agencies including the European Union, the NIH, the USDA, the DFG and other public sources. He has also secured support for his work from pharmaceutical companies and philanthropists. Klaus has more than 230 scientific publications and his h-index currently stands at 51. He is editor and member of the editorial board of a number of journals, and his honors include membership in the Academy of Sciences of Thuringia since 2014, the Young Investigator Award of the Academy for Animal Health (2002) and the WVPA-Boehringer Ingelheim Vaccine Innovation Award (2017).

Dr. Ahn's area of research is in basic and applied research related to poultry products such as mechanisms and prevention of lipid oxidation in meat and poultry, dietary and irradiation interventions on the pathogen reduction and quality of meat, characterization of flavor and taste compounds in irradiated cooked meat products, separation and utilization of value-added components from egg, and development of functional bioactive peptides from egg proteins.

“Prof. Olivier Sparagano received his BSc and MSc from the University of Paris VII, France, his MRes from the University Blaise Pascal, France, and his PhD from the Institut Pasteur and the University Lyon I, France. Before joining City University of Hong Kong, he was the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Professor of Animal Health and Biotechnology at Coventry University, UK. Prior to this appointment, he was the Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University, UK. Olivier is a Chartered Biologist, a Fellow of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (of which he was the President several times), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and an Associate Member of the Royal Society for Chemistry. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed papers and over 400 conference abstracts. He has been working on animal diseases, zoonotic pathogens and vector-borne issues for over two decades”

Ahmed Hegazi is currently a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the National Research Center, Egypt. Prof. Hegazi received his master’s degree in 1979, and his PhD in 1981. Hegazi's research work has been focused lately on bee products and their therapeutic effects. Dr. Hegazi awards; First Class Decoration of Excellence, Egypt, 1995, The Senior Scientist Prize of National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 1996, The National Scientific Prize In Biological Sciences, Egypt, 1990, The Scientific Prize of The National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 1989, The Second Best Research Paper Award, International Congress of Propolis, Bones Aires, Argentina, 2000, Main Speaker Award,10 th Academic Conference, PRA and NAS (Nippon Apitherapy Soc.) Japan, 2006, 2 Bronze medals from The International Innovation Fair of the Middle East, Kuwait, 2007 Awarded of Ghazi Wad Allah Salon Prize, 2008. Awarded the Merit Aware of Medical Sciences, The National Research Center, 2016. Dr. Hegazi contributed Chairman of the National Committee for Microbiological Sciences (NCMS) in Egypt, Academy of Science and Technology, Egypt, from 2018. Hegazi organized and contributed to national and international research projects since 1977 and up till now; he has been the principal investigator on multiple research projects within the National Research Center. He Conducted training courses on Clinical Microbiology, National Research Center in 1979. He has 242 articles in national and international scientific journals. Editor in 48 journals, Referee in the 98 International Journals, Organizer of 114 International Symposium and conferences, His publications: 243 articles in national and international scientific journals, 9 books in English language and 13 books in Arabic language. He has patent No. 28335at 11/12/2017. and registers for other 5.

Dr. Telugu is an Associate Professor in the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri. He is also a founding member, President & CSO at RenOVAte Biosciences Inc (www.renovatebiosciences.com), a livestock genetic engineering company.
Primary research interests of his laboratory and his company include Genetic engineering of livestock for agricultural and biomedical applications. The laboratory employs advanced genome editing tools such as CRISPR/Cas system for site-specifically modifying the pig genomes and generating custom preclinical pig models for developing novel therapeutics.

Demetrios A. Spandidos was born in 1947 in Agios Konstantinos, Sparta, Greece. He obtained his BSc in Chemistry from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, his PhD in Biochemistry from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and his DSc in Genetics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Pathology (in Clinical Virology) (FRCPath), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health (FRSH), a Fellow of the International Society of Hematology (FISH), a Fellow of the American Society of Angiology (FASA), a corresponding member of the National Academy of Buenos Aires, Argentina and an elected member of Academia Europeae (MAE). He is an Honorary Doctor of the Universities of Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca in Romania. He worked at the Theagenio Cancer Institute in Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Anticancer Hospital, the Hellenic Pasteur Institute and the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, and the Medical School and University Hospital in Heraklion, Greece. His main fields of research are in the areas of Molecular Oncology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Virology, with the discovery of cellular oncogenes by gene transfer being his most prominent achievement. He has published over 1,000 papers in recognized journals, he has written 9 books and he has taught in many universities in various countries, including Greece, Italy, Japan, USA and China. He founded Spandidos Publications that includes 12 international journals and has organized 60 international conferences in Greece and abroad. He is Professor Emeritus at the Medical School of the University of Crete, Greece. An updated list of publications and citations can be found in Google Scholar.Demetrios A. Spandidos was born in 1947 in Agios Konstantinos, Sparta, Greece. He obtained his BSc in Chemistry from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, his PhD in Biochemistry from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and his DSc in Genetics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Pathology (in Clinical Virology) (FRCPath), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health (FRSH), a Fellow of the International Society of Hematology (FISH), a Fellow of the American Society of Angiology (FASA), a corresponding member of the National Academy of Buenos Aires, Argentina and an elected member of Academia Europeae (MAE). He is an Honorary Doctor of the Universities of Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca in Romania. He worked at the Theagenio Cancer Institute in Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Anticancer Hospital, the Hellenic Pasteur Institute and the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, and the Medical School and University Hospital in Heraklion, Greece. His main fields of research are in the areas of Molecular Oncology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Virology, with the discovery of cellular oncogenes by gene transfer being his most prominent achievement. He has published over 1,000 papers in recognized journals, he has written 9 books and he has taught in many universities in various countries, including Greece, Italy, Japan, USA and China. He founded Spandidos Publications that includes 12 international journals and has organized 60 international conferences in Greece and abroad. He is Professor Emeritus at the Medical School of the University of Crete, Greece. An updated list of publications and citations can be found in Google Scholar.

University Prof. Dr. Dr. Hafez was head of the Institute of Poultry Diseases of the Free University in Berlin from October 1st 1997 until 31st October 2016. Then after he was Gust “senior” Professor at the same Institute until 31.03.2021. Dr. Hafez is Veterinary Poultry Specialist, Veterinary Microbiology Specialist and Veterinary Animal Hygiene Specialist. He is Diplomat of European College of Veterinary Public health (Dipl. ECVPH) and Diplomat of European College of Poultry Veterinary Science (Dipl. ECPVS). In addition, he is an honor Professor at the University of Hohenheim, Germany since 1996 as well as honor Professor at the Alexandria University, Egypt since 2009. Since 2015, he is advisor of the Arab Federation for Food Industries (AFFI). From 2007 - 2011 he was the President of the WVPA. From 2011-2015 he was of the Vice –(Past)-president of the WVPA. In 2011, he got jubilee plate from the President of SIPA, Italy He is currently Honorary President of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA). Furthermore, he is Chairman of Poultry Scientific Committee of the German Veterinary Chamber, Chairman of the German Branch of the World Veterinary Poultry Association and Chairman Working group 10 (Turkey) European Branch of World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) from 2000 until present. Since 2020 he is Editor-in-Chief of the German Journal of Veterinary Research. In 2022 he is a Member of the Hall of fame of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA).

Dr. Yanfang Wang is a Professor in the Institute of Animal Science (IAS) at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). She received her PhD from the Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. Before joining IAS-CAAS, she was the Research Assistant Professor at University of Missouri, US.Herresearch interestsfocus on thefunctional characterization of the porcine genome, as well as the development of swine models for both agricultural and biomedical purposes. She published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers in international scientific journals. She served as standing committee members of Comparative and Functional Genomics workshop of International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) (2014-2021).

my Main research content 1,Research on Meat Quality and Safety Improvement Technology 2, Research on emission reduction technology from the rearing source 3,Agricultural waste treatment and comprehensive utilization 4, Combination of planting and breeding, low-carbon cycle technology integration my position Deputy Director of the Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, researcher, published more than 100 articles, authorized more than 20 patents,

Brandon Lucke-Wold was born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Neuroscience and distinction in honors from Baylor University. He completed his MD/PhD, Master’s in Clinical and Translational Research, and the Global Health Track at West Virginia University School of Medicine. His research focus was on traumatic brain injury, neurosurgical simulation, and stroke. At West Virginia University, he also served as a health coach for the Diabetes Prevention and Management program in Morgantown and Charleston, WV, which significantly improved health outcomes for participants. In addition to his research and public health projects, he is a co-founder of the biotechnology company Wright-Wold Scientific, the pharmaceutical company CTE cure, and wasa science advocate on Capitol Hill through the Washington Fellow’s program. He has also served as president of the WVU chapters for the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Neurosurgery Interest group, and Erlenmeyer Initiative Entrepreneur group. In addition, he has served as vice president for the graduate student neuroscience interest group, Nu Rho Psi Honor Society, and medical students for global health.He was an active member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He is currently amember of the UF House Staff Council, Positive Culture Committee, Quality Improvement Committee, Board of Directors Alachua County Medical Society, and Accreditation Requirements Review Committee.He is married to Noelle Lucke-Wold and has two children. As a family, they enjoy running with their dogs, rock climbing, and traveling. In his spare time, Brandon frequently runs half marathons and 10ks together with is wife. Brandon also enjoys reading, playing piano, discussing philosophy, and playing chess. He is currently a Pgy5 neurosurgery resident at University of Florida with pursuing endovascular enfolded training and was awarded the Dempsey Cerebrovascular Research Fellowship.

Dr Biya BOURAS is a lecturer at the University of El Oued, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Algeria. She had a doctorate in food science. She had six years of experience in higher education and scientific research. She also had ministerial approval as an agri-food expart. She has international research on the coagulation of camel milk and coagulating enzymes of food origin. She is interested in the formulation and manufacture of cheese based on camel milk. She had scientific and international participations in France and USA. She has worked for several years in food control analysis laboratories. Now, Biya Bouras is Deputy Head of the Department of cellular and molecular biology for post-graduation, scientific research and external relations

Dr. Thobela Nkukwana is currently a Senior lecturer in Poultry Science in the Department of Animal Science, University of Pretoria. She serves in the Re Think-NAS Faculty Transformation Desk and a chairperson of the Diversity and Culture sub-committee. Prior to that she was a Senior Researcher: Poultry Nutrition at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and also served in several strategic portfolios. The position involved engaging public and private sector stakeholders in poultry nutrition research, supervision of masters and doctoral candidates through the professional development program; as well as providing technical advice to emerging poultry farmers. After completion of her master’s degree, she worked as a Mono-gastric Nutritionist at NuTecSA a Provimi subsidiary (now Cargill) in Pietermaritzburg, SA. Thereafter, during her tenure at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), a career move spanning nine years, she embarked on her doctoral studies under the National Research Foundation (NRF) PhD track in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch. She held the post of Head of Department (Livestock & Pasture Sciences); and for three years served as an academic representative in University of Fort Hare (UFH) Senate, Institutional Forum and Council, respectively. Her research interests include, but not limited to, promoting safer and sustainable production of poultry meat and eggs using natural and biotech feed additives as alternatives to in-feed antibiotics to enhance digestive physiology; the use of various agro-processing by-products for partial replacement of conventional feed ingredients; climate change effects on the conservation and continued use of indigenous (heritage) poultry breeds for food security in rural communities; as well as welfare in poultry production systems. She has graduated at least 15 masters and one doctorate, and is currently supervising several masters and doctoral candidates. She has published widely in international accredited peer reviewed journals. She is the guest editor of the recently launched Special Issue entitled “Livestock and Poultry Production: Technologies and Prospects” in the open access journal Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417, IF 2.838); serves as a sub-editor for the South African Journal of Animal Sciences (SAJAS); and serves in the Editorial Board of Interdisciplinary Publication of the University of Namibia Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ISSN: 2026-8750). She became a member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) in 2014, a Borlaug Fellow (USDA) in 2017, was featured in the WOMEN IN STEMI Book: Because Science is Fun; and is a member of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). She is the UP-Host and coinvestigator in the FSNet-Africa ARUA-UKRI Project; and she reviews for several journals, as well as national and international funding organizations

Professor Mohammad Zibaei has completed his Ph.D. at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Parasitology and Research Fellowship Course in the Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences in Immunoparasitology (2006-2007), Kobe, Japan. He is currently as Professor (Full) of Parasitology in the Department of Parasitology and Mycology at Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. He has given several international lectures on parasitic helminthiasis and has been a member of the scientific committee and the organization of various international conferences and congresses. Dr. Zibaei has published more than 130 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an Ad-Hoc reviewer in famous journals

Atakan KOÇ, Professor at Aydın Adnan Menderes University (ADU), Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, Animal Breeding and Breeding Department, Türkiye. After graduating from Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, and Department of Animal Science in 1991, he completed his Master's Degree at the University of Melbourne,Australia. He attended Dairy Cattle Course in Israel in 1999. He completed his PhD in 2001 at ADU Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. He conducts research and gives lectures on reproductive efficiency, milk yield, milk and meat quality characteristics, calf rearing, and herd management in cattle, buffalo and camels. He was the Türkiye coordinator of the project on behalf of ADÜ, the partner of CAMELMILK Project supported by the PRIMA Program. He still conducts research in the fields of cattle, buffalo and camel breeding at the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, ADU, Türkiye.

Hossam M. Fahmy is full Professor of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo Egypt since 2005. Doctor Fahmy earned his master’s degree in 1988, and his MD in 1994. Being a research fellow in the division of Bone Marrow Transplant in MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston Texas (1993-1994), he has developed a deep interest in basic transfusion medicine and advanced techniques related to collection of different sub-fractions of blood and the extraction of therapeutic bioactive substances. Currently Dr. Fahmy’s main scope of work is the development of blood derived products for rejuvenation purposes in humans and animals. He owns an international patent for the production of lyophilized platelets derived growth factors. The patent has got final recognition and acceptance in key countries as USA, Israel, Japan and India. While human platelets are used for the preparation of growth factors for clinical use in humans, Equine platelets are used to prepare growth factors for use in horses, dogs, camels and other mammals, since the homology in the molecular structure is over 90% across all mammalian species. There are numerous international publications showing the successful role of Equine growth factors when used in wound healing, cartilage renewal, management of infertility besides enhancing cell propagation in different animal cell cultures.

Jane is an Associate Professorand Head of Research at Hartpury University. She is an experienced researcher, with a passion for enhancing equine performance and wellbeing through industry-informed, real-world research that generates change. Janequalified as a Veterinary Nurse then gained her Masters in Equine Science before completing her doctorate exploring the application of surface electromyography as a tool to assess muscle adaptation during training in racehorses and sport horses. Her main areas of professional interest include scientific evaluation of equestrian performance and equine welfare, training and equitation science, and rider impacts on equitation.Jane co-edited and authored ‘Training for Equestrian Performance’to showcase how science and research can be applied practically to improve performance for horses and their riders, and has published over 100 research articles as well as regularly presenting at international equine conferences. Sheis a founding member of the Sport horse Welfare Foundation and previous President of the International Society for Equitation Science.

Prof. Mohamed Ghanem Got his PhD from West Virginia University, USA. He is a professor of Animal medicine and the Ex-Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University. He also appointed as the head of animal Medicine Dept, director of Vet. Teaching Hospital, vice director of chief information officer of Benha University and the Director of E-learning of Benha University. Prof. Ghanem areas of interest including animal medicine, of ruminant, equine, camel, and pets, particularly the new techniques of clinical and laboratory diagnosis and the use of alternative medicine for therapeutic interference. He published more than 60 papers in regional and international impacted journalsin Europe and USA, and got excellence in scientific research from Benha university for the quality of research output. He is a member of editorial boards and reviewer committees ofdifferent regional andinternational journals. He is teaching and supervising Master and PhD students in the field of Vet Internal Medicine. Besides, he has been engaged indifferent projects in scientific research, educationalenhancementand society development. Dr. Ghanem participated in higher education development projects such as quality assurance and accreditation projects (QAAP), continuous improvement and qualification f0r accreditation (CIQAP), and project for supporting excellence in higher education as a member of technical support team in the Higher education project management unit.Prof. Ghanem is a reviewer in the National Agency for quality assurance and accreditation in education (NAQAAE) as he served a team member for site visit of different institutions in higher education. Besides, he was the team leader for preparation and qualification for accreditation renewal for the faculty of veterinary medicine, Benha university Prof Ghanem is a member of crew panel for THE BINATIONAL FULBRIGHT COMMISSION IN EGYPT for reviewing and judging the proposals submitted by Egyptian researcher to get a post-docs fellowships in USA. He is also a judge for projects submitted to science technology and development fund (STDF) and the Newton-Moshrafa project fund.Dr. Ghanem has been a member of the national sector of veterinary studies where he shared in development of the unified veterinary decree with active participation in proposing and developing new educational program and fields in veterinary practice. In addition, Dr Ghanem participated in developments of educational standards in Africa continent in collaboration with the African Union by updating the competencies and kill of Veterinary graduates. He also shared in workshops and conferences of updating the European standards and guidelines. Dr. Ghanem achieves several activities and goals in the international rankings where he leads a team for Shanghai ranking in subject of Veterinary science as the Benha University occupied the rank 151-200 internationally in veterinary field.

Dr. Palmy Jesudhasan earned his Ph.D. in Zoology in 1998 at the University of Madras, Chennai, India. He joined ARS in 2020 as a Research Microbiologist with the Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His research is focused on controlling foodborne and poultry pathogens using vaccine, genomic, and proteomic approaches. Dr. Jesudhasan developed and patented an electron beam-inactivated Salmonella enteritidis vaccine to control Salmonella enteritidis in chickens. He has worked with both bacterial and viral pathogens and has developed DNA and protein vaccines to control pathogens in chickens and fish. He has vast experience in developing gene knockouts in both bacteria and human cell lines using CRISPR/Cas9 and other methods. Dr. Jesudhasan has authored or co-authored several peer-reviewed publications, book chapters.

Dr. John Prososki did his undergraduate study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He attended The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1986 He started his own large animal veterinary practice in Birnamwood, Wisconsin with a focus on dairy cattle. In 1991 he incorporated embryo transfer into his practice. Over the next decade Dr. Prososki increased his focus on the embryo transfer portion of the practice and in 2004 created Wittenberg Embryo Transfer, transitioning to specialization in dairy reproduction. In 2006 he purchased a dairy and began housing his own genetic stock for improving the Holstein breed. Together with his sons, Dr. Aaron Prososki and Luke Prososki, he has produced a herd of unique, high genomic value Holstien donors. They have produced a number of bulls for the AI industry, and exported thousands of embryos around the world. Dr. Prososki performs over 500 embryo collections and transfers over 12,000 embryos annually. Dr. Prososki was elected to the board of the American Embryo Transfer Association for 5 years and served as President of the AETA from 2018-2019.

I am a veterinarian. I completed master’s degree in animal nutrition at Guangxi University, China, and completedPhD in Animal Science from School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, New Zealand. In research, I am interested in the application of animal nutrition and behaviour science to improve animal performance and welfare, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I have conducted both lab and on-farm studies involving broad range of in vitro (microbiome and fermentation) and in vivo techniques, sensing technologies and data modelling methodologies. I have experience of doing an advisory role to improve farm’s profitability and animal performance and welfare through management of animal nutrition, reproduction, health, and economics at farm level. I am looking forward to investigating the effects of nutrition and on-farm management of resources to improve animal performance and welfare with reduced environmental footprints.