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INFO Source Newsletter June 2020
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New Swine Use of Soybean Meal Review is Available
A new updated review of the use of soybean meal in swine diets has been written and is available on the internet. Dr. Han Stein, an international known nutritionist at the University of Illinois has...
Microbial Phytase Use in Swine Diets
Researchers at the University of Illinois determined the effects of graded levels of microbial phytase on the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) and the standardized total tract digestibility (STTD)...
Feeding low-oligosaccharide soybean meal to pigs
Soybean meal (SBM) is used as the major source of supplemental protein in the livestock industry mainly due to its excellent nutrient profile, dependable supply, and lower cost. However, the oligosaccharide content of SBM is...
Soybean Meal – Swine
A technical writer for the Pork Network investigated whether pig feed with higher levels of soybean meal makes good economic sense with the recent lower corn and soybean meal ingredient prices. Soybean meal use is...
Soybean Meal Digestibility
A Soybean Meal Digestibility Study experiment was conducted to evaluate apparent (AID) and standardized (SID) ileal digestibilities of crude protein and amino acids with six soybean products in weaning pigs. A total of 14 weaning...
Value-Added Soybean Meals for Swine
The value-added soybean meals for swine experiments were conducted to evaluate the nutritional value of high protein soybean meal (SBM-HP), low oligosaccharide soybean meal (SBM-LO), and conventional soybean meal (SBM) fed to weanling pigs. The...
Estrogen Activity of Soy Isoflavones
Soy isoflavones are structurally similar to mammalian estrogens and therefore may act as estrogen agonists or antagonists. However, it has not been determined if they have any negative effects on reproductive parameters in male livestock....