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Yvan Chouinard

Sciences animales, FSAA, Université Laval

Le professeur Yvan Chouinard a obtenu son doctorat en sciences animale de l’Université Laval et a complété un stage postdoctoral en nutrition de la vache laitière à l’Université Cornell aux États-Unis. Il est actuellement professeur au Département des sciences animales de l’Université Laval où il enseigne la physiologie et la nutrition des ruminants. Il est titulaire de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG-Novalait-PLC-FPLQ-MAPAQ-Valacta sur le contrôle nutritionnel de la production des constituants du lait chez la vache. Son programme de recherche porte sur l’étude des facteurs alimentaires affectant la composition du lait et la production de méthane chez le bovin laitier.
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