Achievements
Three of our Ph D students became a Ph D candidate, they will keep working hard to finish their experiments and graduated next spring semester.
Dr. Su A left our team and became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois.
Conferences
In September 10 Dr. Stein gave a conference at the Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference, Danville, IN. about: "Impact of microbial phytase on plasma inositol in weanling pigs".
In September 20 to 23, Dr. Stein participated on the 12th International Whey Conference. The Whey forward. in Chicago IL. and he talked about: "Impact of ingredient protein quality on meeting the requirements for protein in mixed meals".
Personnel changes
Erika Perez form Colombia join our team as a visiting scholar, she is a master student in Colombia and she will be here for 3 months working in a research for her thesis. Sara Gonzales is from Panama and she started as a visiting scholar in September, she will work mainly at the laboratory helping with analysis for our ongoing experiments.
Publications
Peer-reviewed publications:
Torres-Mendoza, Leidy J., Hans H. Stein. 2026. Enzyme-treated soybean meal in diets for weanling pigs: review. Anim Biosci 2026;39(10):250731 doi.org/10.5713/ab.250731 pISSN 2765-0189 eISSN 2765-0235.
Abstracts:
Perez, Victor G., Su A Lee, Hans H. Stein. 2026. Effects of Using an Emulsifier on Energy Digestibility and Growth Performance of Growing Pigs. Journal of Animal Science, Volume 104, Issue Supplement_3, skag107.118, doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag107.118
Conference proceedings:
Maella A. P. and H. H. Stein. 2026. Impact of Microbial Phytase on Plasma Inositol in Weanling Pigs. 25th Annual Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference Proceedings. Danville, Indiana. Sep 10, 2026