Yuzhi Li, PhD

Animal Science Professor
University of Minnesota
Morris, MN

Yuzhi Li, Ph.D

Professor-Swine Behavior/Alternative Production

West Central ROC
46352 State Hwy 329
Morris, MN 56267

yuzhili@morris.umn.edu
+1 320 589 1711
https://www.ansci.umn.edu/department-directory/faculty/yuzhi-li

Research Interests:

Automated monitoring of behavioral indicators of swine welfare.
Indicators of tail biting behaviors in growing to finishing pigs.
Determining minimal floor space allowance for group-housed gestating sows.
Minimizing aggression among group-housed gestating sows.
Reducing piglet mortality in alternative farrowing systems.
Organic swine production.

Presentation(s):

• 30 - Effects of dietary winter hybrid rye on performance and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing pigs

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST

• 40 - Identifying tail-biting pigs in small and large groups of growing-finishing pigs with intact tails

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  9:15 AM – 9:30 AM CST

• 39 - Use of the NUtrack System to evaluate behaviors of growing-finishing pigs with intact tails classified as tail biters or non-tail biters

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CST

• 213 - Differences in growth, tail injury, and immune markers among tail-biting, non-biting, and control pigs with intact tails

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  11:15 AM – 11:30 AM CST