33rd Annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium

Xavière Rousseau / AB Vista

 

Xavière Rousseau is Global technical support manager in AB Vista based in France. She joined the company 8 years ago after completed her PhD working on minerals optimisation in poultry and swine with INRA (France) and Agriculture Canada. During this time, she built a good knowledge on animal physiology and on the interactions between calcium, phosphorus and animal physiology before joining AB Vista team where she has developed her expertise on enzymes and how-to bring enzymes value to reach the different production objectives. Her last area of interest is to look at the dietary fibre fraction and how to better characterize this substrate as looking at the tools to analyse and at the different strategies to optimize their use that would make sense for monogastrics nutritionists.

Amir Ghane / Danisco Animal Nutrition-IFF

 

Dr. Ghane started his studies in Veterinary Medicine, later obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Poultry Science (Avian Physiology and Nutrition, and Ethology) from University of Guelph, Canada. His early career was at Maple Leaf Farms in Canada, subsequent experience included Operations Manager at Cargill Canada, then Cherkizovo Group in Russia as Chief Operations Officer. Later joined Cargill Animal Protein, as Global Technical & Scientific Advisor (China, Canada, and Russia). He joined Devenish Nutrition as Senior International Executive in charge of business expansion in international markets. Currently, Amir holds the position of Senior Technical Director with Danisco Animal Nutrition -IFF.

Lane Pineda / Trouw Nutrition R&D

 

Dr. Sandra van Kuijk is researcher product validation at Trouw Nutrition R&D since 2016. In her current job, she tests a large variety of products such as feed additives, including trace minerals, and complete feeds in all species including broiler chickens. The aim of the research can be Salmonella control, growth performance or improving carcass quality. Before starting at Trouw Nutrition R&D, she finished her PhD at Wageningen University, in the Animal Nutrition Group.

Manisha Kolakshyapati / University of New England

 

Dr. Manisha is a postdoctoral researcher at University of New England currently working with laying hens.