Achievements

In the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory, Dr. Hans Stein and his graduate students and employees conduct research with monogastric animals to evaluate feed ingredients, nutrient requirements, and feeding strategies. A number of research techniques are used in the laboratory and in particular, Dr. Stein's group has expertise in the area of measuring ileal and total tract energy and nutrient digestibility, and in measuring energy and nutrient balances.

Travel

On February 12, Dr. Hans H. Stein participated in a meeting with FDA about regulations related to testing of baby formulas, this meeting was in Washington DC.

Personnel changes

We have a new visiting scholar, Jimena Ibagon is from the National University in Bogota Colombia. Jimena will be with us for the next 6 month. She will assist with the work in our calorimeter unit where she will do research to determine net energy values in diets fed to pigs.

Publications

Lagos, Vanessa L., Hans H. Stein. 2020. Torula yeast has greater digestibility of amino acids and phosphorus, but not energy, compared with a commercial source of fish meal fed to weanling pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 2020, 1-9. doi:10.1093/jas/skz375.

Casas, Gloria A., Laia Blavi, Tzu-Wen L. Cross, Anne H. Lee, Kelly S. Swanson, and Hans H. Stein. 2020. Inclusion of the direct-fed microbial Clostridium butyricum in diets for weanling pigs increases growth performance and tends to increase villus height and crypt depth, but does not change intestinal microbial abundance. Journal of Animal Science, 2020, 1–12. doi:10.1093/jas/skz372.

Espinosa, Charmaine D., R. Scott Fry, Matthew E. Kocher, and Hans H. Stein. 2020. Effects of copper hydroxychloride on growth performance and abundance of genes involved in lipid metabolism of growing pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 2020, 1–9. doi:10.1093/jas/skz369.

Su A Lee, 2020. Ph. D. Dissertation: Digestibility of calcium and phosphorus and effects of microbial phytase in diets fed to growing pigs or gestating sows.