March 2026 Lab News

Achievements

 

Our team participate in the ASAS Midwest meeting, Omaha - Nebraska, March 9 - 11, 2026.

 

 

Conferences

Our team presented posters and oral presentations at the Midwest meeting:

Dr. Su A Lee

(Poster) Effects of microencapsulated microminerals and vitamins on growth performance and blood characteristics of weanling pigs.

(Oral) Determination of net energy and nitrogen balance in group-housed pigs fed diets containing varying levels of fiber from soybean hulls.

Jimena Ibagon

(Oral) Effects of dietary protein on nitrogen valance, reproductive performance, colostrum and milk compositions and blood immune characteristics of sows.

(Oral) Impact of soybean meal on growth performance, net energy, nitrogen retention, and greenhouse gas production when included in diets for growing pigs.

(Poster) Impact of different protein sources as additional crystalline amino acids on nitrogen balance and concentrations of energy in diets fed to growing pigs

Diego Guerrero

(Oral) Influence of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and dietary calcium and phosphorus on calcium and phosphorus digestibility by gestating sows

(Oral) There are differences in standardized total tract digestibility of calcium among 14 sources of calcium carbonate sources form Latin America and fed to growing pigs.

Andrea Mallea

(Poster) Growth performance of weanling pigs fed diets supplemented with a novel acidifier.

(Oral) Release of phosphorus and inositol form soybean meal by growing pigs fed diets with graded levels of microbial phytase.

Dr. Hans Stein

(Oral) Implications of increased nitrogen retention in modern pigs.

Why a new net energy value for soybean meal fed to pigs is needed.

Natalia Fanelli

(Oral) Standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in four egg products fed to weanling pigs

Jessica Acosta

(Oral) Effects of xylanase or stimbiotic on apparent ileal, cecal, and total tract digestibility of energy and dietary fiber in diets fed to growing pigs.

Yeonwoo Kim

(Oral) Ileal digestibility of amino acids in pistachio blanks and growth performance of weanling pigs fed diets containing pistachio blanks as a source of fiber.

 

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications:

Kim, Yeonwoo, Maryane S. F. Oliveira, Su A Lee, Hans H. Stein. 2026. Digestibility of Energy and Concentrations of Digestible and Metabolizable Energy in Pistachio Shell Powder and in Soybean Hulls Fed to Growing Pigs. Animals Animals 2026, 16, 758. doi.org/10.3390/ani16050758

Torres-Mendoza, Leidy J., Hans H. Stein. 2026. Effects of heat damage and crystalline amino acid supplementation on growth performance of weanling pigs fed diets based on soybean meal and enzyme-treated soybean meal. Animal Feed Science and Technology 337 (2026) 116716. doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2026.116716