What’s on the Menu? Evidence-Based Feeding of Exotic Species
March 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Department of Animal Sciences brings you the annual Halver Lecture in Comparative Nutrition:
What’s on the Menu? Evidence‑Based Feeding of Exotic Species
Speaker
Dr. Kimberly Ange‑van Heugten
Comparative Animal Nutritionist
Department of Animal Science
North Carolina State University
Dr. Ange‑van Heugten’s primary appointment at NC State University is education. She teaches approximately 7–8 companion animal and/or nutrition courses per year with an average yearly enrollment of approximately 450 students. She also leads a highly active comparative nutrition research program.
Recent areas of focus include researching the feline and great ape microbiome; comparing fatty acid concentrations within and between human‑managed and free‑ranging amphibians, reptiles, megaherbivores (elephants and rhinos), and great apes; addressing general nutrition improvements and concerns; and testing and advancing technologies across numerous species (elephants, primates such as chimps and gorillas, rhinos and tapirs—as well as other perissodactyls—sea turtles, and toads).
Bio courtesy of North Carolina State University, Department of Animal Science.
