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Animal Behavior, Health and Well-Being

Monday, March 10, 2025

8:30 AM – 11:45 AM CST

Location: CHI Health Center Convention Center, 213/214

Chair(s)

YIng Chen

Application development and Tech service manager
Eastman Chemical Company
San Diego, California

Presentations:

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM CST

Evaluation of species and quantity of wildlife trafficking through areas of densely populated invasive plant species
Author: Teresa L. Steckler – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Holly Tuten – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Christopher Evans – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Yvette Johnson-Walker – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Christopher Stone – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Author: Joshua C. McCann – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Krescene Holscher – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM CST

Usage of aggregated diagnostic data from veterinary diagnostic laboratories to monitor enteric coronavirus activity in the U.S.
Presenting Author: Guilherme Cezar – Iowa State University
Author: Rodger Main – Iowa State University
Author: Hemant Naikare – University of Minnesota
Author: Angela Pillatzki – South Dakota State University
Author: Franco Matias-Ferreyra – Kansas State University
Author: Melanie Prarat Koscielny – Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Author: Craig Bowen – Purdue University
Author: Daniel C. Linhares – Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Author: Giovani Trevisan – Iowa State University
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM CST

Stimbiotic supplementation as alternative strategy to therapeutic levels of zinc oxide in nursery pigs and alternative to energy in growing animals
Presenting Author: Alexandre Barbosa de Brito – AB Vista Feed Ingredients
Author: Wolfgang Peralta – Agrosuper
Author: Miliane Alves da Costa – AB Vista Feed Ingredients
Author: Ingrid Yolanis Martinez Rojas – AB Vista Feed Ingredients
Author: Gustavo Cordero – AB Vista Feed Ingredients
Author: Gilson A. Alexandre Gomes – AB Vista Feed Ingredients
Author: Carlos Paez Rodriguez – Encipharm Spa
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM CST

Identifying tail-biting pigs in small and large groups of growing-finishing 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: Lee J. Johnston – University of Minnesota
Author: Yuzhi Li, PhD – University of Minnesota
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CST

Use of the NUtrack System to evaluate behaviors of growing-finishing pigs with intact tails classified as tail biters or non-tail biters
Presenting Author: Storey L. Forster – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Courtney A. Archer, MS – University of Minnesota
Author: Yuzhi Li, PhD – University of Minnesota
Author: Lee J. Johnston – University of Minnesota
Author: Jon Anderson – University of Minnesota
Author: Benny E. Mote, PhD – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Author: Ty B. Schmidt, PhD – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CST

Effect of space allocation on feeding behavior in grow-finish pigs
Presenting Author: Mackenzie Griffin, MS – Iowa State University
Author: Jayden Lawrence – Illinois State University
Author: Marley M. Knowles – Illinois State University
Author: Michael Barrowclough – Illinois State University
Author: Justin W. Rickard – Illinois State University
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST

Animal Behavior, Health and Well-Being Break
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST

Award Talk: Longitudinal assessment of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Salmonella enterica concentration and prevalence in relation to feedlot cattle health and management
Presenting Author: Colten W. Dornbach, MS – Texas Tech University
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Evaluating the use of a monoterpene-based phytogenic supplement to alleviate the effects of gestational heat stress on the sow and her developing offspring.
Presenting Author: Mekenzie R. Cecil – Purdue University
Author: MaryKate H. Byrd – Purdue University
Author: Caitlyn R. Sullivan – University of Missouri
Author: Jacob Musa, MS – Purdue University
Author: Shelby L. Diggs – Purdue University
Author: L. Kirsten Senn – USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit
Author: Kara J. Pounds – Purdue University
Author: Brian T. Richert, PhD – Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences
Author: Jay S. Johnson – University of Missouri
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM CST

Liver abscess pathogens in healthy livers, normal tissues of abscessed livers and ruminal epithelial tissues of beef-on dairy feedlot cattle
Presenting Author: Mina Abbasi – Kansas State University
Author: Reese Wilson – Texas Tech University
Author: Xiaorong Shi – Kansas State University
Author: Leigh Ann George – Kansas State University
Author: Farinaz Baghaei Naeni – Kansas State University
Author: Jianfa Bai – Kansas State University
Author: Raghavendra G. G. Amachawadi, BVSc, MS, PhD – Kansas State University
Author: Dr. Dale R. Woerner, PhD – Texas Tech University
Author: T. G. Nagaraja, BVSC, MVSc, PhD – Kansas State University
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM CST

Using pathway activation mapping to understand the differences between dams with high and low piglet fetal mortality after PRRSV infection
Presenting Author: Maria C. Walsh, PhD – Biofractal
Author: Laura Payling, PhD – Biofractal
Author: Luis Romero, PhD – Biofractal
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CST

Impacts of lung consolidation at weaning on feedlot growth performance and carcass characteristics in beef × dairy calves
Presenting Author: Ingrid Fernandes – Pennsylvania State University
Author: Melissa C. Cantor – Pennsylvania State University
Author: Tara L. Felix, PhD, PAS – Pennsylvania State University