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Prof. Dr. Lee J. Johnston

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West Central Research and Outreach Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN 56267, USA
Interests: swine nutrition; swine management; sow energy and protein nutrition; feedstuff evaluation; sow reproducing management; nutrition/environment interactions; weaned pigs nutrition; pork production; swine housing; renewable energy use; precision livestock farming

Dr. Margalida Joy

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Animal production and health, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon, Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: animal production; animal nutrition; feeding system; feedstuffs; animal product quality
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Prof. Dr. Miroslava Kačániová

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Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture, Trieda Andreja Hlinku 2, 94976 Nitra, Slovakia
Interests: essential oils; antimicrobial activity; medicinal plants; mass spectrometry; bacteriology; food microbiology; food safety
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Dr. Kampon Kaeoket

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Department of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Interests: pig reproduction; reproductive pathology and immunology; biotechnology in animal reproduction; pig herd health management
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Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Kamiński

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Department of Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego St. 1A. 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: reproduction; endocrinology; pregnancy; oestrous cycle; ovaries, pituitary; uterus
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Prof. Dr. Nobuyuki Kanemaki

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School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Chuou-ku, Sagamihara 252-5201, Kanagawa, Japan
Interests: vision science; ophthalmic diseases; dogs; cats; horses

Dr. Andris J. Kaneps

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Kaneps Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
Interests: lameness diagnosis and treatment; equine orthopedic; equine soft tissue surgery; sport horse rehabilitation; equine athletic performance

Prof. Dr. Gisela Kaplan

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Emeritus Professor, School of Science and Technology, University of New England Australia, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Interests: animal cognition; animal communication; animal behaviour; primates; songbirds; social learning; brain plasticity

Prof. Dr. Naomi Kashiwazaki

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Professor Emeritus, Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan
Interests: assisted reproduction technology; oocyte/embryo cryopreservation; reproduction in livestock
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Dr. Ramanathan K. Kasimanickam

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Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, USA
Interests: cow; bull; fertility; population genomics; production medicine
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Prof. Dr. Johannes Kauffold

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Clinic for Ruminants and Swine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Interests: pig reproductive; fertility control

Dr. Alan Kelly

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College of Health and Agricultural Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: beef production systems; nutritional physiology; feed efficiency; early life calf developmental programming

Dr. Ajmal Khan

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Animal Nutrition and Physiology, AgResearch Limited, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
Interests: calf nutrition; ruminant nutrition; animal physiology; dairy cattle; animal welfare; feed additives; livestock IOT; precision feeding

Dr. Bartosz Kierończyk

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Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wołyńska 33, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
Interests: non-ruminant nutrition; poultry; companion animals; feed additives; insects as food and feed; alternative protein and energy source; GIT microbiology; GIT physiology
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Prof. Dr. Beob Gyun Kim

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Department of Animal Science and Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
Interests: swine nutrition; trace minerals; enzyme additives; amino acids; novel feed ingredients
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Prof. Dr. Hyeun Bum Kim

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Department of Animal Resources Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Republic of Korea
Interests: poultry; pig; Veterinary microorganisms; immune response

Dr. Kwan-Suk Kim

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Department of Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28644, Republic of Korea
Interests: local animal diversity and conservation; genetic adaptation; convergent evolution; marker-assisted selection

Dr. Kwangwook Kim

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Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: monogastric animals; pig; nutrition; health; physiology; gut development; antibiotic alternatives
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Prof. Dr. Kyoung Hoon Kim

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Department of Ecofriendly Livestock Science, Institute of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang 25354, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
Interests: beef cattle; energy metabolism; intramuscular fat; feed evaluation; methane mitigation; rumen microbiome

Dr. Minju Kim

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School of Animal Life Convergence Science, Institute of Applied Humanimal Science, Hankyong National University, Ansung 17579, Republic of Korea
Interests: animal nutrition; farm management; animal feed; feed processing; animal welfare; nutriomics
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Prof. Dr. Sung-Jo Kim

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Division of Cosmetics and Biotechnology, Hoseo University, Asan 31499, Republic of Korea
Interests: bioactive compound; animal medicine; feed additives; functional material; animal metabolic disease; companion animal disease; cell based assay; animal cell culture; molecular biology; search for drug candidates

Prof. Dr. Gunnar Klemetsdal

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Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Arboretveien 6, 1433 Ås, Norway
Interests: quantitative genetics; feed efficiency; inbreeding

Prof. Dr. Johann KOFLER

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University Clinic for Ruminants, Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Interests: cattle; lameness; musculoskeletal ultrasonography; claw diseases; bovine orthopedic disorders; bovine orthopedic surgery; digital dermatitis; hoof trimming

Prof. Dr. Lori R. Kogan

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College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
Interests: human animal interactions and veterinary medicine

Prof. Dr. Xiangfeng Kong

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Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
Interests: pigs; sows; metabolites; gut microbiota; animal nutrition
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Dr. Steven Kopp

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School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Gatton 4343, Australia
Interests: clinical parasitology; parasiticide pharmacology; wildlife parasitology; clinical pathology

Dr. Brou Kouakou

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Georgia Small Ruminant Research and Extension Center, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 31030, USA
Interests: small ruminants; metabolism; supplements; sustainable goat production systems

Dr. Maryline Kouba

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Institut Agro-INRAE, UMR1079 PEGASE, CEDEX, 35042 Rennes, France
Interests: omega 3 fatty acids; lipogenesis in poultry and pig; pig adipose tissue growth; pig and poultry nutrition; new plants for animal nutrition to substitute at least partially soybean; sensory analysis; Africa

Prof. Dr. Mariusz Pawel Kowalewski

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Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: domestic animal reproduction; canis familiars; placenta; ovary; steroidogenesis; STAR; hypoxia

Prof. Dr. Dariusz Kucharczyk

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Department of Lake and River Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Al. Warszawska 117A, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: fish biology; fish reproduction; fish physiology; conservation biology; fish biodiversity
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