2022 Program

2022 Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference

8:15     Registration

9:00     Welcome – Dennis Liptrap, Ralco Nutrition

9:05     Early life nutrition in pigs in relation to immune function and disease.  Daniel Columbus, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

9:50     Probiotics and gut brain axis.  Sheila Jacobi, The Ohio State University 

10:20   Break

10:50   Technology to make nutrition implementation easier.  Isabella Condotta, University of Illinois

11:25   Fundamentals, limitations, and pitfalls on the development and application of sustainable pig precision nutrition. Aline Remus, Sherbrooke R&D Centre, Quebec, Canada

12:00   Lunch

1:10     Normal vitamin status of pigs at different life stages.  Laura Greiner, Iowa State University

1:55     Vitamin D and Vitamin D metabolites impact on calcium and phosphorus.  Hans Stein, University of Illinois

2:30     Break

2:50     Injecting different amounts of iron – Effects on blood parameters during late nursery-early grower phase.  Merlin Lindemann, University of Kentucky

3:25     Effects and functions of copper on nutrient utilization in growing pigs.  Charmaine Espinosa, University of Illinois

4:00     Closing Remarks