The 2008 Seventh Biennial Symposium of the Comparative Nutrition Society was held August 8-13, 2008 at the Liscombe Resort and Conference Center in Liscomb Mills, Nova Scotia.

 Click on Presentations below to review the oral and poster presentation schedule.

 PRESENTATIONS

The Sue Crissey travel award was given to:

Morag Dick for her abstract Effects of dietary fat source and feeding intensity on the development of fatty liver in the American mink (Neovison vison).

The Malcolm Ramsey travel award was given to:

Julie P. Richmond for her abstract Somatotropic Axis: An endocrine link between nutrient intake and growth rate in free-ranging harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).

Three Presentation awards were given to:

Sarah McCusker for her poster presentation Evaluating the effects of three practical diets on nutritional status, rumen health, and growth of captive mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawns.

Jennifer L. Parsons for her oral presentation Temporal effects of bamboo nutritional quality for giant pandas and other foragers.

Alice S. Green for her oral presentation Beta-carotene metabolism in domestic cats.