Fourth DISCOVER Conference
on Food Animal Agriculture:
Probiotics for Food Animals

Conference Program

Sessions will be held each morning and evening,

with free time in the afternoons for further discussion or recreation.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000

3:00 – 5:00              Pick up registration materials and participant notebook (Melodian Hall)

6:00                         Welcoming Reception and Conference Dinner, Salt Creek Golf Club (meet in lobby of Abe Martin

        Lodge at 5:45 for transportation)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000

7:00 a.m.                 Breakfast, Allison Room, Abe Martin Lodge

8:00                         Welcome and Overview.  Bill R. Baumgardt, DISCOVER Opportunities and Stanley E. Gilliland,

        Oklahoma State University

8:30                         Morning Session: Introduction to Direct Fed Microbials

                                Moderator: Stanley E. Gilliland, Oklahoma State University

                What are Probiotics?  William R. Aimutis, Land O’Lakes, Inc.

                General Discussion

9:30                         Break, Melodian Hall

9:50                         Panel Discussion: Microbial Species Involved

                - Lactobacilli. Mindy Brashears, University of Nebraska

                - Bifidobacteria. Siobhan S. Reilly, Oklahoma State University

                - Propionibacteria. Thomas G. Rehberger, Agtech Products

                - Mixed or Undefined Cultures. Michael C. Robach, Wayne Farms LLC

                Questions and Discussion

12:00                       Lunch, Allison Room, Abe Martin Lodge

1:00                         Afternoon available for further discussion or recreation.

                Dinner on your own

6:45                        Make Your Own Ice Cream Sundae, Melodian Hall

7:30 – 9:00              Evening Session: Regulatory/Legal Concerns

                   Moderator: Steven R. Rust, Michigan State University

                Selection of Specific Organisms for Use as a Probiotic. Stanley E. Gilliland,  Oklahoma State

     University

                Intellectual Properties. Thomas M. Wozny, Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall,  LLP

                Insuring Viability of the Probiotic. Jane A.Z. Leedle, Chr. Hansen, Inc.

                Questions and Discussion

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1999

7:00 a.m.                 Breakfast, Allison Room, Abe Martin Lodge

8:00                         Morning Session:  Probiotics as Alternatives to Improve Feed Efficiency

                   Moderator: Thomas G. Rehberger, Agtech Products 

                Comparison of Probiotics and Subtherapeutic Levels of Antibiotics. James L. McNaughton,

                  PARC Institute, Inc.

                General Discussion

9:45                         Break, Melodian Hall

10:05                       Panel Discussion: Efficacy by Species

                - Efficacy for Beef Cattle. Steven R. Rust, Michigan State University

                - Efficacy for Dairy Cattle. Gerald E. Higginbotham, University of California

                - Efficacy for Poultry. Norman Stern, USDA-ARS

                - Efficacy for Swine. Scott D. Carter, Oklahoma State University

                Questions and Discussion

12:00                       Lunch, Allison Room, Abe Martin Lodge

1:00                         Afternoon available for further discussion or recreation.

                Dinner on your own

7:00 – 9:00            Evening Session: Possible Modes of Action and Their Enhancement

                Moderator: William Kautz, Chr. Hansen, Inc.

                Actions of Viable Cells. Roderick I. Mackie, University of Illinois

                Bacteriocins of Rumen Bacteria. Ronald Teather, Agri-Canada

                Prebiotics. Keith A. Garleb, Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories 

                Questions and Discussion

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2000

7:00 a.m.                 Breakfast, Allison Room, Abe Martin Lodge

8:00                         Morning Session: Role of Probiotics in Control of Pathogens

                   Moderator: Norman Stern, USDA-ARS

                Production of Inhibitory Substances. Walter J. Dobrogosz, North Carolina State University

                General Discussion

9:45                         Break, Melodian Hall

10:05                       Competitive Exclusion. Nelson Cox, USDA-ARS

                Immunomodulation. Gabriela Perdigon, CERELA, Univ Nacional Tucuman, Argentina

                Questions and Discussion

12:00                       Lunch, Allison Room, Abe Martin Lodge

1:00                         Adjourn