Achievements

On February 7^th, Diego Rodriguez successfully defended his Masters Thesis on "Use of feed technology to improve nutritional value of feed ingredients fed to pigs".

Ph. D. Student Su A Lee passed her preliminary exam on February 8^th.

Visitors

Dr. Gloria Casas, who got her Ph. D. last year, visited our laboratory in February. She also participated in Diego Rodriguez's defense committee.

Publications

Lagos L. Vanessa, and Hans H. Stein. 2019. Oven drying of ileal digesta from growing pigs reduces the concentration of AA compared with freeze drying and results in reduced calculated values for endogenous losses and elevated estimates for ileal digestibility of AA. J. Anim. Sci. 2019.97:820–828.

Mesina Von G. R., L. Vanessa Lagos, Rommel C. Sulabo, Carrie L. Walk, and Hans H. Stein. 2019. Effects of microbial phytase on mucin synthesis, gastric protein hydrolysis, and degradation of phytate along the gastrointestinal tract of growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 2019.97:756–767.

Blavi Laia, Jens N. Jørgensen, and Hans H. Stein. 2019. Effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis on ileal digestibility of AA and total tract digestibility of CP and gross energy in diets fed to growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 2019.97:727–734