February 2026

Effects of increasing levels of microbial phytase in corn soybean meal-based diets fed to weanling pigs on growth performance, bone ash, and blood characteristics.
Investigators: Cristobal, M., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: June, 2026.

Impact of the vitamin D metabolite 25(OH)D3 on requirements for Ca and P in diets for gestating sows.
Investigators: Guerrero, D., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: March, 2026.

Net energy of egg products fed to weanling pigs.
Investigators: Fanelli, N. S., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Use of soybean meal to mitigate the negative effects of heat stress in growing pigs.
Investigators: Lee, S. A., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: March, 2026.

Dose response of two novel enzymes on apparent ileal digestibility of amino acids by growing pigs.
Investigators: Lee, S. A., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: October, 2026.

Effects of 25-OH-D3 and dietary Ca and P on lactation performance, digestibility of Ca, P, and energy, milk composition, bone turnover biomarkers, blood vitamin D levels, and bone ash of piglets from lactating sows.
Investigators: Guerrero, D., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effects of super dosing of phytase on apparent total tract digestibility of energy and concentrations of digestible and metabolizable energy in diets fed to growing pigs.
Investigators: Jaramilla, B., Y. Kim, S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effects of soybean hulls in diets fed to late gestating and lactating sows on lactational performance and pig growth performance.
Investigators: Martins, J. C. F. R., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: September, 2026.

Effects of super dosing of phytase on standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in soybean meal when fed to growing pigs.
Investigators: Jaramilla, B., Y. Kim, S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effects of graded levels of microbial phytase on total tract digestibility of minerals by growing pigs.
Investigators: Mallea, A. P., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: July, 2026.

Effects of super dosing of phytase on apparent total tract digestibility of minerals in soybean meal fed to growing pigs.
Investigators: Jaramilla, B., Y. Kim, S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effects of graded levels of microbial phytase on growth performance of growing pigs.
Investigators: Mallea, A. P., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effect of proteases on ileal amino acid digestibility of growing pigs depending on diet type.
Investigators: Ibagon, J. A., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Digestibility of amino acids in covercress meal and in canola meal when fed to growing pigs.
Investigators: Kim, Y., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Growth performance and diarrhea score of weanling pigs fed diets supplemented with basic zinc carbonate.
Investigators: Guerrero, D., M. Cristobal, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Digestibility of energy and concentrations of digestible and metabolizable energy in covercress meal and in canola meal fed to growing pigs.
Investigators: Kim, Y., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effect of soybean hulls on growth performance of weanling pigs.
Investigators: Martins, J. C. F. R., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: September, 2026.

Impact of soybean meal and casein on net energy in diets fed to growing pigs.
Investigators: Rodriguez, C. R., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: September, 2026.

Amino acid digestibility of hemp seed meal in pigs.
Investigators: Wang, L., N. L. Trottier, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Concentration of net energy in two sources of corn protein fed to group-housed pigs.
Investigators: Fanelli, N. S., Ibagon, J. A., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: August, 2026.

Standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in two sources of corn protein fed young pigs.
Investigators: Fanelli, N. S., Ibagon, J. A., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effects of including basic copper carbonate instead of copper hydroxy chloride in diets on growth performance, bone mineralization, and accumulation in organs of growing-finishing pigs.
Investigators: Cristobal, M., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: March, 2026.

Impact of soybean meal and casein on standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids and starch.
Investigators: Rodriguez, C. R., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: September, 2026.

Standardized total tract digestibility of phosphorus in corn proteins fed to young pigs.
Investigators: Fanelli, N. S., Ibagon, J. A., S. A. Lee, and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

NSP degree of polymerization in ileal and cecum digesta from cannulated grower pigs fed complex high fiber diets.
Investigators: Ibagon, J. A., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: April, 2026.

Effect of a novel enzyme on nutrient digestibility in diets fed to growing pigs.
Investigators: Ibagon, J. A., and H. H. Stein.
Expected completion: August, 2026.