The Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability (AIFARMS) Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is pioneering advancements in agricultural technology, with significant implications for the swine industry. Recent demonstrations showcased AI-driven solutions aimed at enhancing...
Illinois native Tyler Main is making his mark as a sixth-generation pork producer, continuing a family legacy that spans generations. Located in Altona, Illinois, the Main family farm raises 16,000 to 20,000 market hogs annually, with Tyler working alongside...
Diets with high inclusion of corn fermented protein (CFP) may have an excess of Leu, which has a negative impact on the growth performance of pigs. Tryptophan is a precursor of serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter that is critical...
Soybean meal (SBM) is the major source of amino acids (AA) and energy in diets for swine throughout the world because SBM has an AA profile that matches the requirements of pigs and AA in SBM have high digestibility....
Dr. Su A Lee, our Research Scientist in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, explain the "Feed preference of weanling pigs fed diets containing extruded corn ground to different particle sizes". Adapted from an oral presentation at the 2024 ASAS...
Soybean meal (SBM) is the primary source of amino acids (AA) and energy in diets for swine throughout the world. However, less SBM is often used in diets to decrease nitrogen (N) excretion and environmental pollution. Nonetheless, it is...
Background
The “Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid Score” (DIAAS) method measures protein quality in human foods. Animal-based products generally have high protein quality, but DIAAS values for some pork products are not available. Therefore, the objective of this experiment was to...
Most of the P in corn and soybean meal (SBM) is stored as phytate. Phytase consists of one hydroxylated inositol ring with six phosphate groups. Therefore, phytase is often included at a standard level of 500 units (FTU) per kg...
Dr. Su A Lee, a postdoctoral research associate in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, explain the Interactive effects of extrusion and particle size reduction of corn on metabolizable energy by weanling pigs. Adapted from an oral presentation at the...
Vitamin D regulates a wide spectrum of genes responsible for Ca and P homeostasis and cell differentiation. Cholecalciferol, commonly known as vitamin D3, is a primary source of vitamin D3 in diets for growing pigs; however, it needs to...