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Three days focused on starch and sugars
The impact of starch and sugars in the equine nutrition will be at the core of all presentations. This theme will be decline through complementary workshops and conferences to provide both scientific and practical insights for everyone.
27 November 2024
28 November 2024
29 November 2024
Pratical workshops
Conferences
Technical workshops
Illustration of digestion, health and performance monitoring methods for research and practice.
Up-to-date knowledge through conferences by guest experts and poster sessions.
Practical presentations of starch and sugars processing techniques, food and ecosystem analyses, etc.
Lab To Field Research Center
University of Burgundy
University of Burgundy
Guided tour of Dijon
Gala dinner
On the first day, Lab To Field will be opening the doors of its research centre specialized in the relationship between nutrition, health and performance in horses. Practical and clinical workshops will be organised to present studying and monitoring methods on horses, specifically focusing on the impact of starch and sugars on health, digestion, metabolism, performance, and more …
Themes for Day 1
Clarifying the sources of starch and sugar
Modulating horse performance through the fibre/starch ratio
Understanding how carbohydrates influence gastric health
Controlling parasitism through feeding
Diagnosing the inflammation of the large intestine linked to dysbiosis
Detecting metabolic disorders using blood biomarkers
The second day aims to provide an overview of scientific knowledge and perspectives on the uses and effects of starch and sugars in equine nutrition. This day will be dedicated to conferences delivered by international researchers, who will share their expertise on the subject. Posters will be presented during a session organized to exhibit innovative work related to the conference theme.
Themes for Day 2
Introduction – Starch and sugars in equine nutrition: a common concern
Samy Julliand (Lab To Field)
Origin and diversity of non-structural carbohydrates in forgaes, and factors in the variation of their concentration.
Pr Marie-Pascale Prud’Homme / Dr Annette Bertrand (UMR EVA)
Starch and sugars: what do humans believe?
Alice Monier Torrente (Horse Development)
Starch and sugars: what do horses perceive ?
Do horses have a ‘sweet’ tooth?
Dr Andrea Ellis (UNEQUI Ltd)
Posters session
Starch and large intestine health: can standards be updated?
Pr Véronique Julliand (UMR PAM) / Dr Pauline Grimm (Lab To Field)
Energy metabolism disorders associated
with starch of sugars intake in horses
Dr Erica Macon (Texas A&M University)
The third day will focus on technical workshops, held in laboratories and research centres specialised on food. Based on the illustrations presented during the workshops, perspectives will be opened up on various themes: food processes for adapting foods, biochemical analyses of interest, in vitro studies, etc.
Themes for Day 3
Understanding the impact of technological processes
on starch structure
Predicting or measuring the function performed
by the digestive microbiota
Considering the diversity of starches and sugars in feed formulation
Using in vitro tests to predict digestion in complex ecosystems
Balancing a ration by considering starch and sugar
