Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Improving nutrient utilization and biological and financial performance through the use of super-dosing of phytase in grow-finish diets
September 1, 2015By John Patience
The objective of this research was to determine the impact of feeding grow-finish pigs super-dosed levels of phytase on the digestibility of nutrients, and pig growth performance. The enzyme...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of an in vitro digestibility procedure for dietary fiber in high fiber feed ingredients fed to growing pigs
August 7, 2015By Gerald Shurson
Use of high fiber feed ingredients in commercial swine diets is a common strategy to decrease feed costs during times of high corn and soybean meal prices. However, the addition of high fiber...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Improving energy utilization in high by-product diets with copper
August 4, 2015By R.D. Goodband
The overriding objective is to determine if energy utilization from diets containing high levels of by-products and differing in energy content can be improved with supplemental Cu in commercial...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Should Producers Invest in 2-High, 3-High, or 4-High Roller Mills?
July 31, 2015By Michael Tokach
The overall objective of this research is to help producers decide whether they should invest in a 2-High, 3-High, or 4-High roller mill when considering technology to reduce particle size to...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Enhancing feed utilization and nutrient digestibility through management of particle size and feed processing options
July 6, 2015By John Patience
The overall goal for this experiment was to determine the impact of average particle size of corn, wheat and corn DDGS with two different grinding technologies on the digestion of energy and...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluating the use of long-term conditioning or extrusion to extract nutrients from low energy feedstuffs
June 30, 2015By Cassandra Jones
A shift in three major issues affecting feed manufacturing for pork production has occurred simultaneously in recent years. First, high...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Optimal dietary protein for the development of gilts. NPB #15-119 (14-235-Year2)
June 29, 2015By Jeffrey Vallet
This experiment was undertaken to develop diets that could be fed ad libitum to developing gilts that would result in differences in growth rate or body composition during development. A further...
Animal Science
Sow performance in response to dietary betaine fed in lactation and weaning-to-35 d post-insemination during moderate heat stress
May 18, 2015By Eric Van Heugten
Heat stress has serious negative consequences for the swine industry by reducing feed intake and reproductive performance of sows. Based on commercial observations, heat stress during the summer...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impact of disease on amino acid requirements of growing pigs
May 1, 2015By Anoosh Rakhshandeh
A total of 40 gilts (initial BW 9.4 ± 0.9 kg) were used in three experiments (Exp) to evaluate the impact of disease induced either by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or porcine...
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
PRRS host genetics consortium (PHGC): a proposal to continue consortium work to study the role of host genetics and resistance to PRRSV
April 27, 2015By Joan K. Lunney
Despite extensive efforts to eliminate PRRS from US production facilities, it remains a key disease issue and poses a continued economic...
