Due to positive response and participation, global animal health company Alltech will hold a second Young Animal Scientist (YAS) contest in 2007. The contest is scheduled to begin in the fall semester of 2006 and a winner will be announced in the spring.

The program, in which undergraduate university students can submit a paper on natural alternatives, aligns with Alltech’s mission statement of being a provider of natural, nutritional alternatives for the animal feed industry.

Matt Scobie, an animal science student at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, won the 2006 YAS award with his paper, “The Use of Feed Attractants and Palatability Enhancers in Aquaculture Diets.” In April, Scobie was presented the award and a $5,000 scholarship at Alltech’s 22nd International Feed Industry Symposium in Lexington, Ky.

“Our goal with the Young Animal Scientist program is to generate interest among today’s youth–our future–that animal science holds endless possibilities,” said Alltech President Dr. Pearse Lyons