Achievements
On January 31, our team met with Mrs. Ester Vinyeta of the Nutreco company, who made an exhibition on important aspects about the industry.
Personnel changes
Our intern Natalia Fanelli finished her time with us. She will now go back to Brazil, to complete her BS degree. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors, and hope her time here was a helpful experience for her.
New experiments
Vanessa Lagos conducted an experiment "Effect of formulating diets based on a ratio between STTD Ca and STTD P and the inclusion of phytase on the calcium and phosphorus balance of growing pigs"
Travel and visitors
On January 29 our team visited the 2019 Illinois Pork Expo in Springfield. The exhibition was supported by several sponsors, who presented their products and new innovations to the participants.
Publications
Jerubella J. Abelilla and Hans H. Stein. 2019. Degradation of dietary fiber in the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine of growing pigs fed corn- or wheat-based diets without or with microbial xylanase. J. Anim. Sci. 97:338–352.
D. M. D. L. Navarro, E. M. A. M. Bruininx, L. de Jong, H. H. Stein. 2019. Effects of inclusion rate of high fiber dietary ingredients on apparent ileal, hindgut, and total tract digestibility of dry matter and nutrients in ingredients fed to growing pigs. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 248: 1 - 9.
L. V. Lagos, C. L. Walk, M. R. Murphy, H. H. Stein. 2019. Effects of dietary digestible calcium on growth performance and bone ash concentration in 50- to 85-kg growing pigs fed diets with different concentrations of digestible phosphorus. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 247: 262 - 272.
Gloria A. Casas, Helle N. Lærke, Knud E. Bach Knudsen, Hans H. Stein. 2019. Arabinoxylan is the main polysaccharide in fiber from rice coproducts, and increased concentration of fiber decreases in vitro digestibility of dry matter. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 247: 255 - 261.
Mónica A. Arredondo, Gloria A. Casas, Hans H. Stein. 2019. Increasing levels of microbial phytase increases the digestibility of energy and minerals in diets fed to pigs. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 248: 27 - 36.
Yue She, J. Chris Sparks, and Hans H. Stein. 2018. Effects of increasing concentrations of an Escherichia coli phytase on the apparent ileal digestibility of amino acids and the apparent total tract digestibility of energy and nutrients in corn-soybean meal diets fed to growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 96:2804–2816.
Molly L. McGhee and Hans. H. Stein. 2018. Apparent and standardized ileal digestibility of AA and starch in hybrid rye, barley, wheat, and corn fed to growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 96:3319–3329.