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Graduate Student Oral Competition PHD I - Sponsored by the Gretchen Hill Appreciation Club

Monday, March 10, 2025

9:00 AM – 11:45 AM CST

Location: CHI Health Center Convention Center, Ballroom A

Chair(s)

HT

Huyen Tran

Purina Animal Nutrition
LIncoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM CST

Effects of Timothy grass inclusion in 3-phase-feed and individual Precision fed growing- finishing pigs
Presenting Author: Berta Llorens – AgriFood Canada
Author: Aline Remus – AAFC
Author: Marie-Pierre Letourneau-Montminy – Laval University
Author: Candido Pomar – AAFC
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM CST

The effect of litter size relative to functional teat count on lactating sow and litter performance
Presenting Author: Abigail K. Jenkins – Kansas State University
Author: Sierra M. Collier – Kansas State University
Author: Joel M. DeRouchey – Kansas State University
Author: Michael D. Tokach – Kansas State University
Author: Jason C. Woodworth – Kansas State University
Author: Katelyn N. Gaffield – Kansas State University
Author: Jordan T. Gebhardt – Kansas State University
Author: Robert D. Goodband – Kansas State University
Author: Kyle Coble, PhD – JBS Live Pork
Author: Paul Corns – JBS
Author: Jimmy Karl – JBS Live Pork
Author: Tag Bradley – JBS Live Pork
Author: Erick Barrera – JBS Live Pork
Author: Mitzi Arellanes – JBS Live Pork
Author: Erik N. Darrington – Genus PIC
Author: Rebecca Robbins – Genus PIC
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CST

Temporal heat stress impact on gene regulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy in bovine myocytes
Presenting Author: Erika P. Eckhardt – Michigan State University
Author: Andrea M. Luttman – Michigan State University
Author: Cedric Gondro – Michigan State University
Author: Jongkyoo Kim, PhD – Michigan State University
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Effects of bacteriophages, their bacterial hosts, and combined phage-bacteria inoculations on in vitro ruminal fermentation and methane production
Presenting Author: Gabriela Magossi – North Dakota State University
Author: Godson Aryee – North Dakota State University
Author: Kendall C. Swanson – Department of Animal Sciences, North Dakota State University
Author: Samat Amat, PhD – North Dakota State University
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST

Effects of inorganic and organic dietary iron sources on maternal iron status across one complete reproductive cycle in highly prolific sows
Presenting Author: Katlyn A. McClellan – South Dakota State University
Author: Abigail Morse – South Dakota State University
Author: Elle Ploeger – South Dakota State University
Author: Joshua Jendza – Qualitech
Author: Yanbin Shen – APC
Author: Joe Crenshaw – APC
Author: Eric M. Weaver – South Dakota State University
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CST

Graduate Student Oral Competition PHD I Break
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST

Preliminary analysis of loin muscle fascicle fracturing as impacted by pig genetics and intra-muscular location
Presenting Author: Daniela A. Alambarrio – University of Georgia
Author: Andrzej Sosnicki – Genus PIC
Author: Brandon Fields – Genus PIC
Author: Emily K. Arkfeld – Triumph Foods
Author: Siara Zedonek – University of Georgia
Author: Xiaohan Li – University of Georgia
Author: John M. Gonzalez – University of Georgia
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Effects of diet protein concentration on apparent ileal digestibility of starch and standardized ileal digestibility of protein and amino acids by growing pigs
Presenting Author: Minoy Cristobal – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Su A Lee – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Andrea Paola P. Mallea Ortiz – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Carl M. M. Parsons – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Hans H. Stein – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CST

Impact of rearing environment and handling on pre- and post-wean pigs ability to cope with stress
Presenting Author: Kaitlyn Sommer – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Zimu Li – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Ryan N. Dilger, Professor – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM CST

Differences in growth, tail injury, and immune markers among tail-biting, non-biting, and control pigs with intact tails
Presenting Author: Courtney A. Archer, MS – University of Minnesota
Author: Storey L. Forster – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Benny E. Mote, PhD – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Ty B. Schmidt, PhD – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Jon Anderson – University of Minnesota
Author: Lee J. Johnston – University of Minnesota
Author: Yuzhi Li, PhD – University of Minnesota
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CST

In utero heat stress alters testis development and circulating cytokines profiles in pre-pubertal boars
Presenting Author: Brooke E. McAnally, MS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Author: MaryKate H. Byrd – Purdue University
Author: Jacob Musa, MS – Purdue University
Author: Luiz F. Brito, PhD – Purdue University
Author: Jay S. Johnson – University of Missouri
Author: Amy T. Desaulniers, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln