During the summer months, when it gets hot outside, pig feed intake may decrease, but their requirements do not. Therefore, there are all sorts of strategies out there to try and get more nutrients into the diet without increasing costs too much. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Maria Mendoza about amino acid ratios we should consider when feed intake diminishes, as well as energy levels and soybean inclusions we should keep an eye on during those times.

“Increasing the methionine level of your diet will allow you to better utilize the other amino acids in the diet” - Dr. Maria Mendoza

What you’ll learn:

• (00:00) Highlight
• (01:34) Introduction
• (03:48) How to mitigate heat stress in swines diets
• (05:38) Heat stress reduces feed intake: Balancing swine diets on protein and amino acids.
• (07:23) Alternatives sources of energy for swine diets
• (10:14) The Soybean meal as energy relative to corn
• (15:40) Summer diets: Beneficial amino acids 
• (25:57) Key takeaways from dealing with heat stress in swine nutrition 
• (28:00) Three final questions

Meet the guest: Dr. Maria Mendoza

Experience:

• Current: Research Manager at Evonik Corporation

Background:

• Ph.D., Animal Sciences and Statistic (North Carolina State University)
• M.Sc., Animal Nutrition (North Carolina State University) 
• B.S., Agriculture and Animal Production (EAP Zamorano)

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