Michael D. Tokach

University Distinguished Professor
Kansas State University
Abilene, Kansas

Dr. Mike Tokach is a University Distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University. Tokach joined K-State in 1991 and, as a swine nutrition researcher and extension specialist, is an author on more than 490 articles in scientific journals, 11 book chapters and more than 1,200 extension and non-refereed articles. Tokach has received more than $28 million in research grants and gifts. He also has been awarded seven patents for his research and has given more than 380 invited lectures at national and international conferences. Tokach has also advised and mentored over 120 advanced-degree students and visiting professors since joining the university. Mike’s wife Lisa also specializes in Swine as a veterinarian. Together, they have three children, Sage, Rogan, and Fiona.

Presentation(s):

• 20 - Evaluating increasing levels of soy protein concentrate on growth performance and fecal dry matter of nursery pigs

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

• 22 - Evaluating the effects of startup soybean meal on nursery pig growth performance

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST

• 27 - Effect of increasing corn dried distillers grains with solubles containing 3 or 6% oil on nursery and finishing pig growth performance and carcass characteristics

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

• 206 - The effect of litter size relative to functional teat count on lactating sow and litter performance

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

• 8 - Effect of weaning body weight and nursery phase feeding budget on nursery pig growth performance, fecal dry matter, and economics

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST

• 11 - Evaluation of net energy, standardized ileal digestible lysine, and soybean meal content interactions in 10 to 23 kg pigs using a factorial design

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CST

• 65 - Technologies and practices to improve feed and nutrient utilization by pigs

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CST

• 140 - Determining if nitrogen is a limiting factor to maintain feed efficiency when feeding low protein, amino acid fortified diets

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CST

• 69 - Effects of increasing Histidine:Lysine ratio during lactation on sow and litter performance

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CST

• 104 - Impact of dietary ABC-4 formulation strategy with or without water acidification in rural or well water on weaned pig performance

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  8:00 AM – 8:15 AM CST

• 109 - Effects of increasing dietary zinc in low ABC-4 diets on nursery performance, fecal dry matter, serum zinc concentration, and zinc excretion

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CST

• 111 - Effects of increasing dietary level of ValoproWin in low ABC-4 diets on nursery performance and fecal dry matter

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST

• 112 - Effects of dietary acidifiers and other low acid-binding capacity-4 formulation strategies on nursery pig performance and fecal dry matter

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

• 98 - Effects of increasing soybean meal in diets with or without distillers dried grains with solubles on growth performance and carcass characteristics of pigs in early and late-finishing phases

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  9:00 AM – 9:15 AM CST

• 238 - Evaluation of split suckling strategies on pre-wean piglet growth and mortality for high-producing sows

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CST

• 240 - Effects of lactation feeder design on sow bodyweight change, litter performance, and feeder cleaning criteria

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST

• 278 - Setting up weaned pigs for success

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  3:05 PM – 3:40 PM CST

• 123 - Effects of compound enzymes in diets of different nutrient density fed to late nursery pigs

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  2:30 PM – 2:45 PM CST

• 148 - Evaluating the effect of zinc source on growth performance and body weight variation of grow-finish pigs

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CST

• 134 - Effects of standardized ileal digestible lysine:crude protein ratio on growth performance of 11- to 25-kg pigs

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  2:30 PM – 2:45 PM CST

• 139 - Effects of standardized ileal digestible threonine to lysine ratio on finishing pig growth performance

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CST

• 161 - Effect of dietary standardized ileal digestible (SID) lysine and SID lysine:crude protein ratio on growth performance, survivability, and economics of nursery pigs

  Wednesday, March 12, 2025
  8:15 AM – 8:30 AM CST

• 179 - Determining the productive energy of soybean meal relative to corn and feed-grade amino acids

  Wednesday, March 12, 2025
  8:15 AM – 8:30 AM CST

• 184 - Modeling grow-finish pig growth performance responses to variable net energy levels with ingredient nutrient estimations using four energy systems

  Wednesday, March 12, 2025
  9:15 AM – 9:30 AM CST