Meet Prof. Kate Shoveller Descriptive Transcript

Summary: Prof. Kate Shoveller provides insights on her research on companion animal nutrition and her experiences working with graduate students.

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Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College

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Text: Prof. Kate Shoveller
Department of Animal Biosciences
Kate: My research spans both feline and canine nutrition
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in the healthy dog and cat.
So we look at growth, the adult period and the geriatric period
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and specifically are interested in nutrient requirements and how different ingredients are processed by the dog and the cat.
And ultimately we hope that this helps owners make better decisions about the foods that they feed to their pets
and it makes them happier about how they interact with their pet and ultimately will help to sustain or improve the
human-animal bond and other family dynamics.
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Kate: It's the data that makes me excited, but what makes me even more excited is when my graduate students come from trying to
understand how to put that in the context of our global understanding about dog and cat nutrition and I see them move into
a state of excitement over the data, and then I know not only have I produced data that can really help dogs and cats,
but I'm starting to help others really understand how they can impact
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and improve our knowledge base about dog and cat nutrition.
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Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac
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