2025 Proceedings

2025 Program

8:15-9:00 AM

Registration

9:00-9:05 AM

Welcome

Dennis Liptrap, Ralco Nutrition

9:05-9:50 AM

Policy outlook for animal agriculture and animal science: opportunities and challenges

Lowell Randel, The Randel Group, Washington, DC

9:50-10:25 AM

The functional role of colostrum in the metabolic transition of neonates to the external environment

Theresa Casey, Purdue University

10:25-11:00 AM

Break

11:00-11:30 AM

Translating fiber nutrition into practical strategies for U.S. sow diets

Amy Petry, University of Missouri

11:30-12:00 AM

Impacts of heat stress on energy balance in sows and their progeny: consequences for growth and developmental outcomes

Jay Johnson, University of Missouri

12:00-1:10 PM

Lunch

1:10-1:55 PM

European experience for a holistic approach to feeding nursery pigs diets without therapeutic zinc

Neil Jaworski, Trouw Nutrition, The Netherlands

1:55-2:25 PM

Impacts of non-nutritive sweeteners on performance and gastrointestinal development in weaned pigs

Kwangwook Kim, Michigan State University

2:25-2:40 PM

Break

2:40-3:20 PM

Nutritional management of health compromised pigs: implications and approaches

Nicholas Gabler, Iowa State University

3:20-4:00 PM

From papers to profit: bridging research and real world application in production swine nutrition

Trey Kellner, AMVC Group

4:00 PM

Closing Remarks