Accomplishments

Ferdinando passed his prelims on July 13. Congratulations, Ferdinando!

Publications

Song, M., B. G. Kim, O. Osuna, and H. H. Stein. 2012. Dietary clay does not negatively affect growth performance, nitrogen and iron status, or diarrhea score of weanling pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):68 (Abstr.)

González-Vega, J. C., C. L. Walk, and H. H. Stein. 2012. Determination of endogenous intestinal losses of Ca and digestibility of Ca in canola meal fed to growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):190 (Abstr.)

Maison, T. and H. H. Stein. 2012. Chemical composition of canola meal, 00-rapeseed meal, and 00-rapeseed expellers. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):309-310 (Abstr.)

Rojas, O. J. and H. H. Stein. 2012. Energy, phosphorus, and amino acid digestibility in Lemna protein concentrate, fish meal, and soybean meal fed to weanling pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):467 (Abstr.)

Almeida, F. N., J. K. Htoo, J. Thomson, and H. H. Stein. 2012. Amino acid digestibility in camelina seeds and camelina expellers fed to growing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):467 (Abstr.)

Cromwell, G. L., M. J. Azain, O. Adeola, S. K. Baidoo, S. D. Carter, T. D. Crenshaw, G. M. Hill, P. S. Miller, J. F. Patience, M. C. Shannon, and H. H. Stein. 2012. Withdrawal patterns of DDGS on performance, belly firmness, and fatty acids in pigs—A cooperative study. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):467-468 (Abstr.)

Almeida, F. N., J. K. Htoo, J. Thomson, and H. H. Stein. 2012. Amino acid digestibility in blood products fed to weanling pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):468-469 (Abstr.)

Almeida, F. N., L. I. Chiba, S. D. Brotzge, R. L. Payne, and H. H. Stein. 2012. Amino acid digestibility in hydrolyzed feather meal fed to pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):469 (Abstr.)

Kim, B. G., D. Y. Kil, D. C. Mahan, G. M. Hill, and H. H. Stein. 2012. Effects of sulfur concentration in diets containing distillers dried grain with solubles on carcass characteristics and tissue mineral concentrations in growing-finishing pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(E-Suppl. 3):565 (Abstr.)

Lab activities

Caroline finished the farm work of a study to determine values for apparent and standardized total tract digestibility of calcium in inorganic and organic sources.

Oscar started experiments to measure amino acid digestibility, phosphorus digestibility, and energy content in corn with different particle sizes.
 

Travels

All the students in the group and Kate Horsman, and Dr. Stein travelled to Phoenix, AZ for the ADSA-AMPA-ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Joint Annual Meeting held July 15-19. Ferdinando, Oscar, and Caroline gave presentations.

Dr. Stein travelled to Colombia and Denmark.

Other happenings

Dr. Defa Li from China Agricultural University and two of his colleagues visited our research facilities and laboratories on Friday, July 13, 2012. We exchanged experiences conducting research to evaluate feed ingredients fed to pigs.

Dr. Defa Li and colleagues with Dr. Stein