The International Feed Ingredients Course 2025
Event Schedule
Day 1 : Tuesday October 14, 2025
SESSION 1 : Current topics facing the global livestock industry
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:30
Grand Opening : Traditional Thai Show
09:30 – 09:40
Opening speech and course briefing
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
09:40 – 10:00
Acknowledgement and souvenir for sponsors
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
10:00 – 10:35
Future demands for Animal Products.
Dr. Paul J Moughan
Speaker
Coffee Break
10:55 – 11:30
Vulnerability of Livestock production to climate change in Southeast Asia.
Dr. Seksom Attamangkune
Speaker
11:30 – 12:05
Future availability of ingredients for feed production.
Mr. Somphob Auesongtham
Speaker
Lunch
SESSION 2 : Procedures for determining the nutritional value of feed ingredients and impact of feed processing
13:00 – 13:40
Nutrient composition and nutritive value of feed ingredients.
– Proximate analyses
– Amino acid profile and mineral content
Dr. Gonzalo G. Mateos
Speaker
13:40 – 14:20
Amino acid digestibility and procedures for evaluation in pigs and poultry.
Dr. Rommel C. Sulabo
14:20 – 15:00
Carbohydrates in feed ingredients, definition, analysis, and digestibility.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
Coffee Break
15:20 – 16:00
Lipids sources. Chemical composition, digestibility, and nutritive value for pigs and poultry.
Dr. Gonzalo G. Mateos
Speaker
16:00 – 16:30
Impact of feed processing on nutrient digestibility in poultry.
Dr. M. Reza Abdollahi
Speaker
16:30 – 17:00
Impact of feed processing on nutrient digestibility in pigs.
Dr. Su A Lee
Speaker
17:00
Adjourn
Day 2 : Wednesday October 15, 2025
SESSION 3 : Oilseeds and Oilseed meal. Overview over global production; nutritional composition, energy content, anti-nutritional factors, inclusion rates, and quality control
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:10
Global production of oilseeds and oilseed meal.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
09:10 – 09:40
Evaluation of soybean processed products in non-ruminant feeding:
full fat soybeans, soybean expellers, and solvent soybean meals.
Dr. Gonzalo G. Mateos
Speaker
09:40 – 10:10
Added value soybean products: fermented and enzymatically processed soybean meal, soy protein concentrates, and soy protein isolate.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00
Quality Control of soybean products: Evaluation of Available method.
Gonzalo G. Mateos
Speaker
11.00 – 11:30
00-Rapeseeds/canola seeds, 00-rapeseed/canola meal,
00-rapeseed/canola expellers. Conventional and
high protein 00-rapeseed/canola.
Dr. C. Martin Nyachoti
Speaker
11:30 – 12:00
Copra meal, copra expellers, palm kernel meal, palm kernel expellers.
Dr. Rommel C. Sulabo
Speaker
Lunch
SESSION 4 : Cereals and cereal co-products. Definition of products. Nutrient evaluation.
13:00 – 13:10
Global production of cereal grains.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
13:10 – 13:50
Corn and corn co – products.
Dr. Su A Lee
Speaker
13:50 – 14:30
Wheat and wheat co – products.
Dr. C. Martin Nyachoti
Speaker
Coffee Break
14:50 – 15:30
Rice and rice co – products for pigs and poultry.
Dr. Rommel C. Sulabo
Speaker
15:30 – 16:00
Cassava co – products for poultry.
Dr. Yuwares Ruangpanit
Speaker
16:00 – 16:30
Cassava co – products for pigs.
Dr. Rommel C. Sulabo
Speaker
16:30 – 17:00
Bakery meal and former food products.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
17:00
Adjourn
Day 3 : Thursday October 16, 2025
SESSION 5 : Towards increased precision in mineral nutrition
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:25
Calcium and Phosphorus sources and utilization : Plant and mineral origin
(limestone, calcium carbonate, dicalcium and monocalcium phosphate).
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
09:25 – 09:55
Phytase effects on P digestibility in pigs and poultry.
Dr. C. Martin Nyachoti
Speaker
09.55 – 10:25
Digestibility of Ca and P and requirements for digestible Ca by
weaning and growing pigs.
Dr. Su A Lee
Speaker
Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:10
Calcium and phosphorus digestibility by broiler chickens.
Dr. M. Reza Abdollahi
Speaker
11:10 – 11:40
Calcium and phosphorus digestibility by laying hens.
Dr. Koonphol Pongmanee
Speaker
11:40 – 12:05
Calcium and phosphorus digestibility and requirements by reproducing sows.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
Lunch
SESSION 6 : New developments in energy determinations of feed ingredients and diets.
13:00 – 13:40
Principles of energy evaluation system for pigs and poultry.
Dr. C. Martin Nyachoti
Speaker
13:40 – 14:20
Net energy values of protein, fat, starch, and fiber for pigs.
Dr. Su A Lee
Speaker
14:20 – 15:00
Energy content of main chemical components of poultry Diets. Critical review.
Dr. Gonzalo G. Mateos
Speaker
Coffee Break
15:20 – 15:50
Energy utilization in poultry. Challenges and opportunities.
Dr. M. Reza Abdollahi
Speaker
15:50 – 16:30
Towards a new NE system for poultry.
Dr. Pairat Srichana
Speaker
16:30 – 17:00
Towards a new NE system for pigs.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
17:00
Adjourn
Day 4 : Friday October 17, 2025
SESSION 7 : Intestinal health and gut microbiome
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:30
Importance of maintaining a healthy gut.
Dr. C. Martin Nyachoti
Speaker
09:30 – 10:00
Microbiome one health for livestock ecosystem.
Dr. Yongyuth Theapparat
Speaker
10:00 – 10:40
Data farm management and microbiome in animal.
Dr. Chaiyapoom Bunchasak
Speaker
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30
Intestinal health and feed additives : Keys to Sustainable Animal Production.
Dr. Chaiyapoom Bunchasak
Speaker
11:30 – 12:00
Practical microbiome in animal production.
Dr. Yongyuth Theapparat
Speaker
Lunch
SESSION 8 : Optimizing the use of feed additives in animal nutrition
13:00 – 13:35
Carbohydrases in animal nutrition.
Dr. M. Reza Abdollahi
Speaker
13:35 – 14:10
Probiotics in the nutrition of pigs and poultry.
Dr. Yanhong Liu
Speaker
14:10 – 14:50
Chelated minerals vs sulfate or oxide forms of minerals.
Dr. Hans H. Stein
Speaker
Coffee Break
15:10 – 15:45
Acidifiers in diets for pigs and poultry.
Dr. Yanhong Liu
Speaker
15:45 – 16:20
Butyrate in diets for pigs and poultry.
Dr. C. Martin Nyachoti
Speaker
16:20 – 16:45
Plant extracts in diets for pigs and poultry.
Dr. Yanhong Liu
Speaker
16:45 – 17:00
Course evaluation
iFIC2025 Staff
17:00
Go to the restaurant by Shuttle bus
iFIC2025 Staff
18:00
Farewell Dinner party
iFIC2025 Staff