BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University Department of Animal Science students and faculty will present their latest research and Extension projects at the 2024 Midwest Section meeting of the American Society of Animal Science.
This year’s meeting is March 10-13 in Madison, Wisconsin, and will include student competitions, symposiums and presentations highlighting the research students and faculty are conducting.
During the annual conference, graduate and undergraduate students share research results via oral and poster presentations, and gain access to other national and international animal science research work.
Among those attending this year’s conference are three graduating student research assistants presenting the results of multi-year projects focused on various aspects of swine health.
Lauren Olson and her advisers studied the effects of feeding more soy protein and the amino acid methionine on sow health around the time they give birth. Garrin Shipman will present he and his advisers’ research into the effects of post-MSC DDGS (dried distiller’s grains used for feed after they have gone through a patented stillage, or protein separation, process) on nutrition and digestibility compared to other sources of fiber.
Another graduate research assistant, Katlyn McClellan, and undergraduate Sydney Sheffield researched how hemoglobin concentration impacts sow farrowing duration. McClellan will also present her research into the effects of hemoglobin changes in sows and their piglets over two reproductive cycles.
The conference includes a full slate of research presentations spanning different livestock operations. In addition to the graduate student presentations, SDSU Department of Animal Science researchers and SDSU Extension specialists will present their latest findings on breeding, nutrition and growth performance of swine, beef cattle, sheep and bison.
“The Midwest ASAS annual meeting provides a platform to share new information, learn and discuss research updates, and address animal production industry challenges,” said Ryan Samuel, assistant professor and SDSU Extension Swine Specialist.
The American Society of Animal Science Midwest section comprises South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Ohio from the U.S., along with the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and part of Ontario.
Oral presentations featuring SDSU and SDSU Extension researchers this year are:
Monday, March 11
- Effects of post-MSC DDGS inclusion in gestation diets compared to other fiber sources on in vitro gas and volatile fatty acid production, by Garrin Shipman, Jorge Perez Palencia, Jinsu Hong, Kevin Herrick, Melissa Jolly-Breithaupt and Crystal Levesque; SDSU and POET Bioproducts.
- Effect of two different implant programs on growth performance and carcass characteristics in beef steers fed to three differing harvest endpoints, by Becca Grimes Francis, John Hutcheson, Lee-Anne Walter, Wade Nichols and Zachary Smith; SDSU and Merck Animal Health.
- Substitution of dried distillers grains with soybean meal on beef cattle diets: Effects on ruminal ammonia and volatile fatty acid concentrations, by Natasha Macholan, Grace Jardon, Elissa Colombo, Zachary Smith, Warren Rusche and Ana Clara Baiao Menezes; SDSU and William Carey University.
- Assessment of sow hemoglobin concentration and its impact on farrowing duration, Sydney Sheffield, Katlyn McClellan and Crystal Levesque, SDSU.
- Ruminal degradation profiles of dry matter, organic matter and crude protein of finishing diets with different levels of inclusion of dried distillers grains and soybean meal, by Katherine Moening, Grace Jardon, Elissa Colombo, Zachary Smith, Warren Rusche and Ana Clara Baiao Menezes; SDSU and William Carey University.
- Effects of orally administered Megasphaera elsdenii during finishing diet realimentation on feedlot steer fecal consistency, clinical depression and rumination, by Zachary Schoelerman, Warren Rusche, Zachary Smith and Forest Francis, SDSU.
- Effects of partial or total replacement of dried distillers grains with soybean meal on growth performance, carcass characteristics, sera urea nitrogen and net energy utilization in finishing beef steers, by Cassidy Ross, Erin DeHaan, Forest Francis, Becca Grimes Francis, Thiago Ribeiro, Zachary Smith and Warren Rusche, SDSU.
- Effects of providing vitamin and mineral supplementation throughout gestation on subsequent F1 replacement heifer liver and muscle oxygen consumption and mitochondrial function throughout pregnancy, by Kathryn Slavick, Ana Clara Baiao Menezes, Jennifer Hurlbert, Kazi Sarjana Safain, Kerri Bochantin, Julia Travassos da Silva, Pauliane Pucetti, James Kirsch, Kevin Sedivec, Kendall Swanson and Carl Dahlen; SDSU and North Dakota State University.
- Evaluation of a phytogenic blend on growth performance, health, carcass traits and efficiency of dietary net energy utilization in finishing beef steers, by Thiago Lauro Maia Ribeiro, Becca Grimes Francis, Zachary Smith, Forest Francis, Cassidy Ross, Jeff Heldt, Warren Rusche and Emma Wall; SDSU, Selko and Nutreco.
- Effects of phase feeding rolled hybrid rye on feedlot performance in backgrounded beef steers, by Riley Leeson, Erin DeHaan, Justin Delver, Forest Francis, Becca Grimes Francis, Thiago Ribeiro, Zachary Smith and Warren Rusche, SDSU.
- Alleviating antinutritional effects of high soybean meal diets for nursery pigs through multienzyme and acidifier supplementation, by Ashir Foreman Atoo, Andres Bolivar-Sierra, Jorge Perez Palencia, Rob Patterson, Hari Krishnan, Crystal Levesque and Jinsu Hong; SDSU, CBS Bioplatforms and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Tuesday, March 12
- Nutrient digestibility in growing pigs fed a corn distillers dried grains with soluble-based (cDDGS) diet with multi-enzyme supplementation, by Joseph Halbur, Jinsu Hong, Sara Llamas-Moya, Tri Duong, Mark Bertram, Amy Petry and Eric Weaver; SDSU, Kerry Inc., First Choice Livestock and the University of Missouri.
- Does inclusion of high oleic soybeans in a swine finishing ration influence lipid oxidation and consumer taste panel preference? By Natalie Acosta Castellanos, Robert Maddock, Robert Thaler, Jennifer Young, Shane Mueller, Kim Koch and Eric Berg; NDSU, American Meat Science Association, SDSU and the Northern Crops Institute.
- Growth performance and physiological response of nursery pigs fed a high canola meal diet with acidifiers, Katlyn McClellan, Jorge Perez-Palencia, Eric Weaver, Crystal Levesque and Jinsu Hong, SDSU.
- Effects of higher levels of soy protein and methionine on periparturient health of sows, by Lauren Olson, Moul Dey and Eric Weaver, SDSU.
- Effect of replacement of dried distillers grains plus solubles with increasing extruded and expelled soybean meal on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics in finishing steers, by Becca Grimes Francis, Justin Delver, Forest Francis, Erin DeHaan, Thiago Ribeiro, Cassidy Ross, Warren Rusche and Zachary Smith, SDSU.
- Comparative analysis of rumen bacterial communities from bison heifers fed two forage-based diets of different quality, by Anlly Fresno Rueda, Benoit St-Pierre, Carter Kruse; SDSU and Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture.
- Effects of post-MSC DDGS inclusion in gestation diets on total tract nutrient and energy digestibility compared to other fiber sources, by Garrin Shipman, Jorge Perez Palencia, Jinsu Hong, Kevin Herrick, Melissa Jolly-Breithaupt and Crystal Levesque; SDSU and POET Bioproducts.
Poster presentations:
Monday, March 11
- An evaluation of sodium salicylate in the periparturient management of the sow, by Lauren Olson and Eric Weaver, SDSU.
- Dietary isoacids modulate nutrient digestibility and fermentation products in ileal digesta and feces of growing pigs fed corn-soybean meal diets, by Angie Benavides Infante, Jorge Perez Palencia, Crystal Levesque, Lucas Rodrigues, Mike Socha and Wesley Schweer; SDSU and Zinpro Corporation.
- Effect of dietary xylanase supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and digesta viscosity of weaned pigs fed wheat-soybean meal-based diets, by Sydney Sheffield, Keith Haydon, Crystal Levesque and Jorge Perez Palencia; SDSU and CJ Bio America.
- Effect of protease supplementation on amino acids digestibility of soybean meal fed to growing pigs of different ages, by Gabriela Miotto Galli, Angie Benavides Infante, Crystal Levesque, Vinicius Cantarelli, Rhuan Chaves, Claudia Silva, Vitor Fascina, and Jorge Perez Palencia; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do sul, SDSU and AnimalNutri.
- Effect of dietary fatty acids composition on growth performance, fecal consistency and plasma fatty acid profile of weaned pigs, by Alejandro Forero Salamanca, Crystal Levesque and Jorge Perez Palencia, SDSU.
- Effects of dietary corn origin (U.S., Argentina and Brazil) on pig growth performance, by Joseph Halbur, Alejandro Forero Salamanca, Jordan Jansen, Jinsu Hong, Jorge Perez Palencia, Crystal Levesque, Shane Mueller, Robert Thaler and Eric Weaver; SDSU and Northern Crops Institute.
Tuesday, March 12
- Assessing sow and suckling pig hemoglobin status in a single lactation following one or two iron supplementations of piglets in a commercial farm, Aryeri Bardales, Casey Bradley and Crystal Levesque; SDSU and Sunswine Group.
- Influence of an oregano-based essential oil on growth performance and carcass traits of beef steers, by Bergin DeBruin, Christina Bakker, Zachary Smith, Keith Underwood, Judson Grubbs, Amanda Blair and Warren Rusche, SDSU.
- Metabolic potential of three novel rumen bacterial species from sheep characterized by utilizing a metagenomic-based approach, by Reid Anema, Zachary Smith and Benoit St-Pierre, SDSU.
For more information, contact Bob Thaler, Farm Credit Services of America Endowed Chair in Swine Production, distinguished professor and SDSU Extension Swine Specialist, 605-688-5435 or Robert.Thaler@sdstate.edu; or Ryan Samuel, assistant professor and SDSU Extension Swine Specialist, at 605-688-5165 or Ryan.Samuel@sdstate.edu.
