Joel Caton, professor of animal science and co-director of the Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, and Allison Meyer, NDSU doctoral candidate, recently attended the International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology meetings held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on Sept. 6-9. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Ruminant Physiology: Digestion, Metabolism and Effects of Nutrition on Reproduction and Welfare.” Scientists representing 49 countries gave 21 invited symposia presentations and 373 other oral and poster presentations.

Caton and Meyer gave two presentations, titled “Maternal Nutritional Plane Alters Ovine Jejunal mRNA Expression of Glucagon Like Peptide-2 in Offspring at 20 and 180 Days of Age” and “Effects of Maternal Nutrition Plane and Selenium Supple During Gestation on Neonatal Offspring Growth and Visceral Organ Mass.”

Meyer also visited the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, where Caton is spending sabbatical leave. The Wilson G. Pond International Travel Award, sponsored by the American Society of Animal Science, funded Meyer’s travel.