Chelsie Parr, Master's student in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory, discusses the effects of feeding new varieties of low fiber, high protein canola meals to weanling pigs on growth performance, organ weights, bone ash, and blood parameters. Adapted from a presentation at the 2014 ASAS Midwestern Section meeting, Des Moines, IA, March 17-19.

In the second of two presentations on corn particle size, Ph. D. candidate Oscar Rojas presents the results of an experiment designed to measure the effect of reducing the particle size of corn on growth performance, dressing percentage, back fat, hot carcass weight, and stomach health in growing and finishing pigs. Adapted from a presentation at the 2014 ASAS Midwestern Section meeting, Des Moines, IA, March 17-19.

Neil Jaworski, a Ph. D. candidate in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory, presents results of his research into the effects of supplementing complex, high-fiber pig diets with direct-fed microbials selected for their ability to secrete fiber-degrading enzymes. Adapted from a presentation at the 2014 ASAS Midwestern Section meeting, Des Moines, IA, March 17-19.

Caroline Gonzalez-Vega is a Ph.D. candidate in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab. She describes an experiment to determine the effect of microbial phytase on the standardized total tract digestibility of calcium in monocalcium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, L. calcareum calcium, and sugar beet coproduct fed to growing pigs. Adapted from a presentation at the 2014 ASAS Midwestern Section meeting, Des Moines, IA, March 17-19.

Tanawong Maison, a Ph. D. student in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, discusses an experiment to determine the digestibility of phosphorus in canola and 00-rapeseed products fed to growing pigs. The experiment compared canola and 00-rapeseed meal produced from plants grown in different locations, as well as 00-rapeseed meal products resulting from different oil extraction techniques. The effect on phosphorus digestibility of adding microbial phytase to the diets was also measured. Adapted from a presentation at the 2013 ASDA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 8-12.

Tanawong Maison, a Ph. D. student in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, discusses an experiment to determine the chemical composition of different canola and 00-rapeseed products. The experiment compared canola and 00-rapeseed meal produced from plants grown in different locations, as well as 00-rapeseed meal products resulting from different oil extraction techniques. Adapted from a presentation at the 2013 ASDA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 8-12.

In the first of two presentations on corn particle size, Ph. D. candidate Oscar Rojas discusses the advantages and challenges of reducing the particle size of feed ingredients, and presents the results of two experiments designed to measure the effect of reducing the particle size of corn on energy, phosphorus, and amino acid digestibility in growing pigs. Adapted from a presentation at the 2013 ASDA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 8-12.

Tanawong Maison, a Ph. D. student in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, discusses an experiment to determine concentrations and standardized ileal digestibility of crude protein and amino acids in canola and 00-rapeseed products fed to growing pigs. The experiment compared canola and 00-rapeseed meal produced from plants grown in different locations, as well as 00-rapeseed meal products resulting from different oil extraction techniques. Adapted from a presentation at the 2013 ASDA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 8-12.

Dr. Yanhong Liu is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab. In this podcast, she reports on research to determine the digestibility and retention of micro minerals in pigs fed either inorganic or organic sources of zinc, copper, manganese, and iron. Adapted from a presentation at the 2013 ASDA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 8-12.

Tanawong Maison, a Ph. D. student in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, discusses an experiment to determine energy values in canola and 00-rapeseed products fed to growing pigs. The experiment compared canola and 00-rapeseed meal produced from plants grown in different locations, as well as 00-rapeseed meal products resulting from different oil extraction techniques. Adapted from a presentation at the 2013 ASDA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 8-12.