Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Improving fiber digestibility in DDGS from ethanol production
October 31, 2013By Sabrina Trupia
The objective of this project was to assess effects of pretreatment methods (chemical, enzymatic, and mechanical) on the digestibility of energy in DDGS. Combinations of different methods were...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Determining the biological and metabolic differences between slow and fast growing pigs raised in commercial conditions
October 22, 2013By John Patience
With escalating feed prices, increasing litter sizes, and ever-evolving disease challenges, the difficulties of transitioning pigs during the weaning process is a major priority for pork producers....
Animal Science
Precision nutrition for pork niche markets: Characterizing feed intake, growth rate, and fat deposition of purebred Berkshire pigs housed in Iowa hoop barns
October 1, 2013By John Mabry
Niche marketing continues to grow in Iowa and the United States as the demand for high quality pork increases. Previous research on meat quality of pork has demonstrated that purebred Berkshires...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impact of Mitochondrially Targeted Novel Antioxidant on Pig Feed Efficiency
September 4, 2013By Don Beitz
Oxidative stress is considered a potential cause of decreased feed efficiency in animals. Therefore, incorporating antioxidants into livestock feeds may improve feed efficiency by decreasing...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Using high-fiber diets to limit energy intake in developing gilts: effects on puberty, reproduction, culling rates, lifetime productivity, and progeny health and growth
August 27, 2013By Philip S. Miller
The effects of developing gilts limiting energy intake, using a high-fiber diet, compared to a corn-soybean meal based diet were evaluated. The high-fiber diet used contained 40% soybean hulls....
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical evaluation of a new novel bio-fuels byproduct “MycoMeal” on growth performance, body composition and intestinal health in nursery pigs
July 16, 2013By Nicholas Gabler
The thin stillage leftover from ethanol production contains biodegradable organic compounds and sufficient micronutrients that an ideal feedstock for fungal cultivation such as Rhizopus microsporus...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Genome-Wide Association Study for Sow Feed Efficiency and Reproduction and Genomic Selection using Low Density Panels
June 17, 2013By Jack C.M. Dekkers
With the rise in feed costs, increasing nutritional efficiency of production is, more than ever, one of the main drivers of profitability of pork production. Over the past decades, substantial effort...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Increased Accuracy of Selection for Nutrient Utilization in Duroc Pigs by Application of Genomic Tools
April 29, 2013By Joe Cassady
The pig industry continues to face many challenges with regard to costs of production. Feed costs continue to be the largest variable cost. One way of reducing feed costs is by increasing the...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
The economic value of genomic selection to swine breeding herds
April 1, 2013By Kenneth J. Stalder
Many swine breeding organizations are in the early stages of the decision making or implementation process regarding incorporation of genome-enabled selection into a breeding program. However,...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effects of reducing the particle size of corn on the concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy and on the digestibility of energy, phosphorus, and amino acids by growing pigs
April 1, 2013By Hans H. Stein
The objective of this research was to measure the effects of different particle sizes of corn on energy and nutrient digestibility and to test the hypothesis that diets containing corn with reduced...
