Achievements
On November 12th, our senior Ph D Candidate Jessica Acosta passed her preliminary examination. On November 4th, Nelson Camilo Ruiz successfully defended his MS thesis entitled “Nutritional evaluation by growing pigs of five sources of full fat soybeans grown in different geographical regions in the United States”.
New Experiments
Diego Rodriguez and the farm crew started at the farm an experiment about Standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in four sources of egg products fed to weanling pigs. Leidy Torres Ph D Student started a trial about growth performance of weanling pigs fed enzyme-treated soybean meal
Conferences
Doctor Stein gave some conferences at:
Pig Research Summit, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 20-21.
- Net energy in soybean meal and other feedstuffs
- Impact of processing ingredients and diets on nutritional value
Joint FAO-IAEA Scientific Advisory Group Meeting on Construction of a Database on Ileal Digestibility of Protein and Amino Acids in Foods Consumed by Ilumans. Paris, Nov. 26-29, 2024.
- Ileal digestibility of amino acids determined in pigs
Personnel changes
After almost 5 years as a post doctoral research fellow, Dr. Su A Lee became a Research Scientist in our lab. Congratulations on your new position.
Publications
Peer-reviewed publications:
Fanelli, Natalia S., Juliana C. F. R. Martins, and Hans H. Stein. 2024. The digestible indispensable amino acid score (DIAAS) in eggs and egg-containing breakfast meals is greater than in toast breads or hash browns served without eggs. Journal of Nutritional Science (2024), vol. 13, e68, page 1 of 11. doi:10.1017/jns.2024.71.
Extension Publication:
Ruiz-Arias, N. C., S. A Lee, and H. H. Stein. 2024. Full-fat soybeans: Valuable source of energy, digestible P for pigs. National Hog Farmer. On-line edition. Oct. 31, 2024.