Past DISCOVER Conferences

First DISCOVER Conference
on Food Animal Agriculture:
Research Solutions to
Assure Microbial Safety of
Foods of Animal Origin

June 1-4, 1998
Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park
Nashville, Indiana

Second DISCOVER Conference
on Food Animal Agriculture:
Transition Cows

August 29 - Septmeber 1, 1999
Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park
Nashville, Indiana

Third DISCOVER Conference
on Food Animal Agriculture:
Preserving Animal Germplasm Diversity - A Call to Action

October 31 - November 3, 1999
Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park
Nashville, Indiana

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

September 10-13, 2000
Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park
Nashville, Indiana

Fifth DISCOVER Conference
on Food Animal Agriculture:
Milk, Dairy Ingredients and Dairy Foods for the New Decade
Developing New Composition, Nutritional and Functional
Targets for Tomorrow's Consumer

January 20-23, 2002
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, California

Sixth DISCOVER Conference
Nitrogen Losses to the
Atmosphere from Livestock and Poultry Operations

April 28-May 2, 2002
Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park

Seventh DISCOVER Conference
Is There a Future for Antibiotics
in Animal Agriculture?

September 21-24, 2003
Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park
Nashville, Indiana

Eighth DISCOVER Conference
Reducing Cow Culling Rates:
Creating an Environment for Success

October 3-6, 2004
Abe Martin Lodge
Nashville, Indiana

Ninth DISCOVER Conference
Protecting and Managing Animal Genetic Resources for Future Generations: The Next Steps

November 2-5, 2004
The Plains Hotel
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Tenth DISCOVER Conference
Improving Health through Dairy Foods
New Technology, New Research, New Directions

April 10-13, 2005
Stone Mountain
Georgia

Eleventh DISCOVER Conference
Amino Acid Requirements of Dairy Cows

August 28-31, 2005
Abe Martin Lodge
Nashville, Indiana

Twelfth DISCOVER Conference
Integrating Nutritional Management into Environmental Stewardship

April 15-18, 2007
Abe Martin Lodge
Nashville, Indiana

Thirteenth DISCOVER Conference
Sow Productive Lifetime

September 9-12, 2007
Brown County Inn
Nashville, Indiana

Fourteenth DISCOVER Conference
Lipids for Dairy Cattle: Today's Issues, Tomorrow's Challenges

May 18-21, 2008
Brown County Inn
Nashville, Indiana

Fifteenth DISCOVER Conference
Biology of the Calf: Birth to 4 Months

November 16-19, 2008
Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
Roanoke, Virginia

Sixteenth DISCOVER Conference
Direct Fed Microbials/Prebiotics for Animals: Science and Mechanisms of Action

April 19-22, 2009
Brown County Inn
Nashville, IN

Seventeenth DISCOVER Conference
Dairy Herd Analytics

August 24-27, 2009
Brown County Inn
Nashville, IN

Eighteenth DISCOVER Conference
Effect of the Thermal Environment on Nutrient and Management Requirements of Cattle

November 2-5, 2009
Brown County Inn
Nashville, IN

Nineteenth DISCOVER Conference
Key Issues in the Sustainability of the Dairy Industry

May 11-14, 2010
Brown County Inn, Nashville, IN

Twentieth DISCOVER Conference
The Transition Cow: Biology and Management

September 20-23, 2010
The I-Hotel, Champaign, IL

Twenty-First DISCOVER Conference
Improving Reproductive Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cattle

May 9-12, 2011
Eaglewood Resort and Spa in Itasca, IL

Twenty-Second DISCOVER Conference
Milk Components: Opportunities for Maximizing Farm Gate Returns and Meeting Manufacturing Needs

October 10-13, 2011
Eaglewood Resort and Spa
Itasca, IL

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