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

Monday, March 10, 2025

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST

Location: CHI Health Center Convention Center, 208/209

Chair(s)

Ryan Samuel, PhD

Assistant Professor
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Presentations:

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CST

Zinc supplementation prior to transit and transit duration effects on inflammation and oxidative stress of beef steers.
Presenting Author: Allison M. Baumhover – Iowa State University
Author: Brock M. Ortner – Iowa State University
Author: Daniela M. Melendez Suarez, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Author: Danisa Bescucci – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Author: Daniel U. Thomson, DVM, PhD – Iowa State University
Author: Karen S. Schwartzkopf-Genswein – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Author: Stephanie L. Hansen, PhD – Iowa State University
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CST

Field validation of mob composite sampling protocol to estimate herd parasitism in cattle
Presenting Author: Ashlee Gibbons – Kansas State University Olathe
Author: Grant I. Crawford, PhD – Merck Animal Health
Author: James Slightom – Merck Animal Health
Author: Haley E. Larson, PhD, PAS – Kansas State University
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CST

Environmental impacts associated with feeding bread by-products to growing and finishing feedlot cattle
Presenting Author: Janine Hansen – University of Manitoba
Author: Tim A. McAllister, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Author: Kim Stanford – University of Lethbridge
Author: Stephanie A. Terry, PhD in Animal and Veterinary Bioscience – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Author: Marcos Cordeiro – University of Manitoba
Author: Kim H. Ominski, PhD – University of Manitoba
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CST

Effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on intestinal morphology and systemic immunity in weaned pigs
Presenting Author: Mariah Jansen – Michigan State University
Author: Charlotte Ludorf – Michigan State University
Author: Kwangwook Kim – Michigan State University
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CST

Substituting DDGS with soybean meal in feedlot diets: Impacts on small intestinal amino acid flow and digestibility
Presenting Author: Grace H. Jardon – South Dakota State University
Author: Edeino Detmann – Federal University of Viçosa
Author: Zachary K. Smith – South Dakota State University
Author: Warren C. Rusche, PAS, PhD – South Dakota State University
Author: Ana Clara B. B. Menezes, PhD – South Dakota State University
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM CST

Standardized ileal digestible lysine intake by gilts should be increased in late gestation to maximize whole-body nitrogen retention, piglet birth weight, and subsequent milk yield
Presenting Author: Vanessa Kloostra – University of Guelph
Author: Chantal Farmer, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Author: Lee-Anne Huber, PhD – University of Guelph
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM CST

Evaluation of ground-grain sorghum vs dry-rolled corn for finishing beef steers
Presenting Author: Harleigh Johnson – Kansas State University
Author: James S. Drouillard – Kansas State University
Author: Jaymelynn K. Farney – Kansas State University
Author: Sarah Sexton-Bowser – Center for Sorghum Improvement, Kansas State University
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM CST

Graduate Student Oral Competition - MS Break
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CST

The apparent utilization of DL-methionine and the hydroxyl-analog of methionine for nitrogen retention of lactating sows
Presenting Author: Faith D. Kurtz – University of Guelph
Author: Cierra Kozole, BSc – University of Guelph
Author: Francis Eugenio, PhD – Adisseo France SAS
Author: Yves Mercier, PhD – Adisseo France SAS
Author: Lee-Anne Huber, PhD – University of Guelph
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CST

Forage sorghum silage as an alternative roughage source in beef cattle feedlot diets
Presenting Author: Nathan E. Rehder – Pennsylvania State University
Author: Tara L. Felix, PhD, PAS – Pennsylvania State University
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CST

Follicle Stimulating Hormone stimulation causes divergent response in Granulosa cell gene expression in typical and non-cycling heifers
Presenting Author: Brooke Rudloff, BS – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Mackenzie Stohlmann – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Rachel Reith – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Sarah Nafziger – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Mohamed Abedal-Majed – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Jessica Keane – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Scott Kurz – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Jennifer Wood, PhD – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Andrea S. Cupp, PhD – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CST

Investigating the effects of sex (ram vs. wether) on live performance, feed efficiency, carcass characteristics, and meat quality in finishing lambs
Presenting Author: Kayla G. Scott – The Ohio State University
Author: Benjamin M. Bohrer, PhD – The Ohio State University
Author: Alejandro E. Relling – The Ohio State University
Author: Braden J. Campbell – The Ohio State University
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CST

Evaluating the impact of thermal conditions on behavior in feeder pigs
Presenting Author: Isaac Suazo – NC State University
Author: Lirong Xiang – North Carolina State University
Author: Lingjuan wang-li – North Carolina State University
Author: Anna K. Johnson, MS, PhD – Iowa State University
Author: Suzanne M. Leonard, PhD – North Carolina State University
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM CST

Effect of medium-chain fatty acid supplementation levels on growth performance, fecal score, and blood antioxidant capacity in weaning pigs
Presenting Author: Jannell Torres – University of Georgia
Author: Chanho Kwon – University of Georgia
Author: Madison Mejia – University of Georgia
Author: Eva Safaie – University of Georgia
Author: Joseph Usack – University of Georgia
Author: Young Dal Jang – University of Georgia
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM CST

Growth performance of small, average, and large pigs following weaning and transportation
Presenting Author: Isabel Turner – Purdue University
Author: Alyssa A. Smith – Purdue University
Author: Dayeon Jeon – Purdue University
Author: Kaylyn Rudy – Purdue University
Author: Sarah Innis, PhD – Purdue University
Author: Brian T. Richert, PhD – Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences
Author: Scott Scott Radcliffe, PhD – University of Kentucky
Author: Alex A. Pasternak, PhD – Purdue University
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CST

The effect of feeding bacillus subtilis on fecal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance gene composition of weaned pigs
Presenting Author: Yating Zhao – University of California, Davis
Author: Anneliek ter Horst – University of California, Davis
Author: Shuhan Sun – University of California, Davis
Author: Shya Navazesh – University of California, Davis
Author: Peng Ji – University of California, Davis
Author: C Titus Brown – University of California, Davis
Author: Yanhong Liu, PhD – University of California, Davis