Swine Feed Efficiency -- Presentations
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2016 AASV Feed Efficiency Symposium
- Tokach, Mike, Extension Specialist Swine, Kansas State University -- Tools to Help Clients Evaluate and Improve Feed Efficiency
- Moeser, Adam, Associate Professor Matilda R. Wilson Endowed Chair, Michign State University -- Gut Mechanics During Stress: How Feed Efficiency and Growth Can be Influenced
- Goodband, Bob, Tokach, Mike, DeRouchey, Joel, Dritz, Steve, Woodworth, Jason, Kansas State University, and Patience, John, Iowa State University -- Latest Field Research on Feed Efficiency
- Patience, John, Iowa State University -- Feed and Other Factors that Drive Feed Efficiency
Kansas State University Swine Day
- The physiological basis of differences in efficiency, metabolism and energy partitioning between lines of pigs selected for residual feed intake
N. K. Gabler - Iowa State University presented at Joint Annual Meeting 2012 - A Critical Look at the Science Underlying Feed Efficiency
J. F. Patience - Iowa State University presenting at Leman Conference 2012
International Conference on Feed Efficiency in Swine (ICFES 2015) - October 21-22, 2015
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Overview of the AFRI Swine Feed Efficiency project
Dr. John Patience, Iowa State University
The genetics of selection for feed efficiency based on RFI
Dr. Jack Dekkers, Iowa State University
Physiological basis for improved feed efficiency in low RFI pigs
Dr. Nick Gabler, Iowa State University
Impact of multigenerational selection for improved feed efficiency on pork quality
Dr. Steven Lonergan, Iowa State University
Do pigs selected for improved feed efficiency on higher energy diets maintain their superiority on lower energy, higher fiber diets?
Dr. Brian Kerr, USDA-ARS
Impact of selection for feed efficiency on susceptibility to behavioral stress
Dr. Anna Johnson, Iowa State University
Key extension accomplishments: Extending the feed efficiency message
Dr. Mike Tokach, Kansas State University
Serendipity in research: Discovery of SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency) pigs
Dr. Chris Tuggle, Iowa State University
Pig health and feed efficiency
Using genetics, nutrition and other tools to take back what PRRS takes from you
Dr. Bob Rowland, Kansas State University
Can feed be a vehicle of disease transmission?
Dr. Darin Madson, Iowa State University
Impact of nutrition on disease susceptibility and the impact of disease on nutrient utilization
Dr. Nick Gabler, Iowa State University
Making antibiotic-free production work
Mr. Tony Weldon, Cargill
Nutrition and feed efficiency
Ingredients: Where do energy and economics meet?
Dr. Brent Frederick, Christensen Farms
Fiber: What it is, what it does and why nutritionists should care
Dr. John Patience, Iowa State University
The influence of chemical composition on the dietary energy value of fats for swine
Dr. Julian Wiseman, Nottingham University
Feed Additives: Are feed efficiency results measurable?
Dr. Joel DeRouchey, Kansas State University
Physiology and feed efficiency
Heat stress and production efficiency
Dr. Lance Baumgard, Iowa State University
The relationship between stress, gut physiology, and function and its implications for feed efficiency
Dr. Adam Moeser, Michigan State University
Does the intestinal microbiota affect feed efficiency
Dr. Andrew Van Kessel, University of Saskatchewan
Do probiotics and other feed additives have a role in antimicrobial resistance?
Dr. John Pluske, Murdoch University
Genetics and feed efficiency
The genetic basis and responses to selection for RFI in pigs: Integrated results from the RFI selection lines at Iowa State University and INRA, France
Dr. Jack Dekkers, Iowa State University
Dr. Chris Tuggle, Iowa State University
Dr. Helene Gilbert, INRA, France
The genomics of RFI in pigs: Integrated results from the RFI selection lines at Iowa State University and INRA, France
Dr. Chris Tuggle, Iowa State University
Dr. Helene Gilbert, INRA, France
Dr. Jack Dekkers, Iowa State University
Genetic architecture and systems biology of feed efficiency in pigs
Dr. Haja Kadarmideen, University of Copenhagen
Selection strategies for feed efficiency in pigs
Dr. Susanne Hermesch, AGBU, University of New England
Feed intake and feed efficiency in sows
Dr. Rob Bergsma, Topigs Norsvin, and Institute for Pig Genetics BV
Potential impact of selection for feed efficiency on animal robustness
Dr. Wendy Rauw, INIA
Pork quality, animal health and feed efficiency
Muscle metabolism, muscle growth and how it influences final pork quality
Dr. Tim Parr, University of Nottingham
Improving efficiency through growth promotion and its impact on final pork quality
Dr. Dustin Boler, University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
How intensive selection for feed efficiency impacts the conversion of muscle to meat
Dr. Elisabeth Lonergan, Iowa State University
Impact of selection for feed efficiency on susceptibility to social and behavioral stress
Dr. Anna Johnson, Iowa State University
Feed processing and feed efficiency
The science of high quality pellets
Dr. Cassie Jones, Kansas State University
Achieving high quality pellets in the field
Dr. Bart Borg, Standard Nutrition
Optimal particle size for grain and other ingredients: What the research is telling us
Dr. Jason Woodworth, Kansas State University
What new technologies are evolving to improve feed processing and feed efficiency
Dr. Sonja de Vries, Nutreco
The sow herd and feed efficiency
Pre-natal impacts of gestational environment on off-spring growth and performance
Dr. Jason Ross, Iowa State University
Current and future technologies to improve reproductive efficiency in a swine herd
Dr. Fernando Bortolozzo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Influence of sow herd feed use on whole herd feed efficiency
Dr. Steve Dritz, Kansas State University
Gestation housing system impact on sow herd productivity and performance
Dr. Larry Coleman, Vet Care and Tim Friedel, Thomas Livestock
Biology meets technology: Challenges, dilemmas and opportunities for improved pork efficiency
Dr. Egbert Knol
Conference impressions: Now, what should we do to capture value?
Dr. Steve Pollman, DSP Consulting LLC
Iowa Swine Day
- Optimizing the use of dietary fats: quality control, nutritional value, and practical implications
Dr. John Patience, professor, Animal Science, Iowa State University - Are more feed efficient pigs really less robust and more susceptible to disease?
Dr. Jack Dekkers, distinguished professor, Animal Science, Iowa State University.
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