Our graduate students represented the Department of Animal Biosciences and the UofG  well, and were very successful, at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer, AB (March 4-7, 2025). A total of 11 research posters were displayed by UofG students, and 3 students were chosen (of 5 total) to participate in the student oral research presentation competition. In that oral presentation competition, Jessica Brasier from the DeVries lab won first place for her presentation on training of dairy heifers to a robotic milking system. Marijke Boerefyn from the Steele lab was a runner-up in that oral competition. In the poster presentation competition, Titouan Chapelain from the Steele lab won first place, and was voted producers' choice, for his work on the effects of colostrum quantity on Holstein and Holstein crosses.

Great job ABSc students!