Thanks to genetic selection, hens can produce 500 eggs in 70 weeks with economic, environmental, and animal welfare advantages. This paradigm shift still represents a real metabolic challenge for the hen, that should be better understood and studied to ensure the success of such a field strategy.
Dr. Marie-Pierre Létourneau Montminy is a Full Professor at the Animal Science Department at Laval University in Québec, Canada.
She completed her master's degree at AgroParisTech in Paris, followed by a doctorate from the AgroParisTech and Laval University. She then was a postdoctoral fellow on hog precision nutrition at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Her main research objective is sustainable protein animal production, more specifically optimizing phosphate and nitrogen use in hogs and poultry by understanding and quantifying the impact of diet and animal-related factors with animal trials, meta-analysis and modelling to help formulate a healthy diet, respectful of the environment at a lower cost.
She holds two Research Chairs; the first one is Laval University's Alternative Feeding Strategies in Pig and Poultry in a Context of Sustainability and the second one is the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Animal Protein Production.
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