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Concentrations of DE and ME and digestibility of phosphorus in a new source of high-protein DDGS fed to growing pigs

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - March 31, 2021 01:17 - 11 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Minoy Cristobal is a Master's student in Poultry Science at the University of Illinois and former visiting scholar in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab. In this presentation, he discusses two experiments in which he evaluated the concentrations of digestible and metabolizable energy and digesti...

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Passive Transfer of Immunity, Colostrum, etc. Part 1

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc - March 26, 2021 09:23 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Crash course in immunology of neonatal goat kids part one! In this episode, I try to give a foundation for understanding what all is going on with goat kid immune systems and how they manage to survive a world full of bacteria and potential pathogens for the first 1-2 months of their lives whil...

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Success from the Seychelles - Dr Nirmal Shah

Let's Talk Conservation - March 24, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Going halfway around the work this week to the beautiful Seychelles archipelago talking to Dr Nirmal Shah, Chief Executive of Nature Seychelles. Nirmal is a well-known figure in the Seychelles conservation scene. A biology heavy upbringing in the Seychelles and education have earned him having a...

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The effect of increasing phytase dose to 1000 FTU/kg on P and Ca digestibility in pigs fed diets without inorganic P

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - March 24, 2021 04:19 - 10 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Carly Rundle, Ph. D. candidate in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, compares the effects of increasing doses of two microbial phytase supplements, one derived from T. reesei and the other from A. niger, on phosphorus and calcium digestibility in growing pigs. Adapted from a presentation at the...

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Is it ok to eat beef?

Rediscovering the Power of Healthy Animals - Animal X-Factor - March 23, 2021 15:18 - 32 minutes
“Is it ok to eat beef? A candid chat about feeding your family what they will eat and need” In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss the role we play in shaping our family’s view on food. We will talk about trending topics around food like plant-based proteins to marketing labels and ...

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Best Things About Bats - Dr Hernani Oliveira

Let's Talk Conservation - March 17, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week I am joined by my friend Dr Hernani Oliveira to talk about bats! Hernani is a tropical conservation ecologist with fieldwork experience across different environments, including: the savannahs and rainforests of Brazil, the dry and rainforests of Costa Rica, the lowland and pre-montane ...

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Coral Sea Connection - Dr Andy Lewis

Let's Talk Conservation - March 10, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Join me this week in sunny Australia where I talk to Dr Andy Lewis, CEO and founder of the Coral Sea Foundation. Andy has a PhD in coral reef ecology from James Cook University and, along with his extensive experience in small ship adventure cruising, he has become one of the most skilled and wi...

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Episode 12: Power Flaps

Intoxecology - March 03, 2021 11:51 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This week, Katie and Ellie kick off the episode by getting political (surprise, surprise) before Ellie shares some exciting news – she's going to be an auntie! Katie shares all there is to know about parrot fish and their sequential hermaphroditism before Ellie tackles the emperor penguin (no, n...

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Networking for Conservation - Kimberly Ray

Let's Talk Conservation - March 03, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week we head to California and meet Kimberly Ray, Founder and CEO of Marine Conservation Network (MCN)! An original water baby from Florida, Kimberly was always in the water and became fascinated with the ocean and the mysteries of what waited below the surface. This love eventually led to ...

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Effect of feed sweetener and feed flavor on growth performance of weanling pigs

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - February 26, 2021 20:50 - 9 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Dr. Charmaine Espinosa, a post-doctoral research fellow in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, shares the results of her research on the effect of a feed sweetener and a feed flavor added to diets on average daily feed intake, average daily gain, final body weight, and diarrhea scores in weanlin...

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Swimming with Sharks and Exploring Caves - Cristina Zenato

Let's Talk Conservation - February 24, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
What a guest to open with! The remarkable Cristina Zenato; ocean and cave diving guru; shark whisper; speaker, writer and conservationist. Cristina is known for her special relationship with her local sharks and her passion for promoting the protection of all sharks in the world. Her current pro...

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Isoquinoline alkaloids and nutrient digestibility by growing pigs fed corn-soybean meal diets

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - February 17, 2021 02:56 - 9 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Carly Rundle, Ph. D. candidate in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, reviews the effects of supplementation with isoquinoline alkaloids on digestibility of crude protein, amino acids, starch, and acid hydrolyzed ether extract in growing and finishing pigs. Isoquinoline alkaloids are phytogenic ...

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Episode 11: If You Think Rats are Bad, Think Again Because Bats are Even Worse

Intoxecology - February 15, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
We welcome a very special guest and Intoxecology's own resident virologist, Tim Passchier (made famous by Episode 8: Tim's Three Critiques). Tim tells us about his work looking at how viral genomes are packaged, and grills Katie on why she personally cannot convert the US to the metric system. Ti...

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Episode 11: If You Think Rats are Bad, Think Again Because Bats are Even Worse (with Tim Passchier)

Intoxecology - February 15, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
We welcome a very special guest and Intoxecology's own resident virologist, Tim Passchier (made famous by Episode 8: Tim's Three Critiques). Tim tells us about his work looking at how viral genomes are packaged, and grills Katie on why she personally cannot convert the US to the metric system. T...

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Goat Respiratory Stuff, Part 2

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc - January 29, 2021 10:15 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Part 2 of Goat Respiratory Stuff - I talk about non-infectious causes of respiratory issues in goats. Discussion includes, inflammatory/allergic issues, cardiogenic, neoplastic, anatomical, and functional causes, and talk about what I'm looking at in a physical exam focused on respiratory probl...

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Digestibility of Ca and P in feed ingredients fed to gestating sows and growing pigs

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - January 29, 2021 07:31 - 23 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Dr. Su A Lee, a recent graduate from the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, presents data from her Ph. D. work and other experiments to determine the digestibility of calcium and phosphorus in growing pigs and gestating sows. Adapted from a Young Scholars Presentation at the 2020 ASAS Midwestern Se...

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Goat Respiratory Stuff, Part 1

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc - January 22, 2021 09:54 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Talking about coughing goats! Well, more accurately, talking about respiratory disease in goats. This is going to be a two parter. In part 1, we get into infectious causes of respiratory disease in goats, some anatomy talking about normal respiratory defense mechanisms, and the interplay of...

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Review of current data for digestible indispensable amino acid scores (DIAAS) determined for human foods

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - January 20, 2021 02:02 - 20 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Hannah Bailey, a Ph. D. student in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory, provides an overview of the work done in our lab to determine digestible indispensable amino acid score (DIAAS) values for edible nuts as well as pork and beef cuts processed in different ways and at different temperat...

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Episode 10: How Ribetting

Intoxecology - January 18, 2021 17:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Ellie kicks off this weeks episode by telling Katie about how bad her day was after eye-butting the kitchen table. Ellie then dips her toe into freshwater and talks about the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) and their freeze tolerance. Katie then discusses her twitter handles namesake and favou...

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On the Table: Will Meat Survive COVID-19?

Rediscovering the Power of Healthy Animals - Animal X-Factor - January 12, 2021 19:04 - 35 minutes
In the past year, COVID-19 tested our food supply chain like never before. Despite shortages and disruptions, demand for meat in particular remained high as consumers relied on food that provides nutrition and comfort. In this episode, Dr. Phil Rincker, Cattle Technical Consultant at El...

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Episode 9: Thirteen Nipples

Intoxecology - January 05, 2021 12:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode, Ellie and Katie welcome Inez Hein as the first ever guest on Intoxecology! Inez currently works in the environmental sector, helping with forest restoration in the UK. Inez tells the hosts about her life and education in the US and The Netherlands before she moved to the UK, and ...

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Episode 9: Thirteen Nipples (with Inez Hein)

Intoxecology - January 05, 2021 12:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode, Ellie and Katie welcome Inez Hein as the first ever guest on Intoxecology! Inez currently works in the environmental sector, helping with forest restoration in the UK. Inez tells the hosts about her life and education in the US and The Netherlands before she moved to the UK, and...

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Episode 15: Low Stress Animal Handling (A.K.A. Fear Free) with Dr. Katie Berlin

Unleashed Veterinary Podcast - December 23, 2020 20:44 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
In this episode Dr. Francke and guest Dr. Katie Berlin discuss a topic that has absolutely transformed the practice of veterinary medicine for the better for you and your pet! Drs. Francke and Berlin are both Fear Free Certified Practitioners, having completed all additional education and test...

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Effects of dietary AA on AA digestibility in soybean meal and soy protein concentrate fed to pigs

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - December 20, 2020 17:54 - 13 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Dr. Su A Lee, a recent graduate from the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab, talks about how dietary amino acid concentration affects the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids in feed ingredients, and demonstrates that AA SID can be determined in pigs fed diets below, at, or slightly...

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Episode 8: Tim's Three Critiques

Intoxecology - December 14, 2020 17:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Ellie and Katie kick off the episode by discussing Tim's Three Critiques, before talking about the Portuguese man o war and the Tasmanian devil. Katie reveals that she is, in fact, a blanket octopus puppeteering amputated man o war tentacles. Seven Pounds spoilers for some reason, and some unexp...

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Tales From the Farm Vol 9

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc - December 11, 2020 09:33 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Farm update and talking about what we want to get done this winter and in 2021. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tales From the Farm Vol 9

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc - December 11, 2020 09:33 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Farm update and talking about what we want to get done this winter and in 2021. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/goatdoc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Comparing PDCAAS and DIAAS to evaluate protein quality of roasted and raw pistachio nuts

Stein Monogastric Nutrition Lab Podcast - December 07, 2020 22:25 - 4 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Hannah Bailey, a Ph. D. student in the Stein Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory, discusses an experiment she conducted to determine the protein digestibility corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) and the digestible indispensable amino acid score (DIAAS) for raw and roasted pistachio nuts fed to growi...

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Milk & Mammaries Part 3

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc - December 04, 2020 09:16 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Annnnd I totally uploaded the wrong episode file for Part 3! And then we had a ridiculous snowstorm and we lost power, then the power came back on, but no internet. So here is the correct episode! Sorry! Devin joins me for Part 3 of the series on Milk and Mammary Health. We talk about pro...

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Healthy Animals for Healthier People and Planet

Rediscovering the Power of Healthy Animals - Animal X-Factor - December 01, 2020 16:05 - 29 minutes
From malnutrition to social isolation and climate change, healthy animals can unlock solutions to the greatest physical, mental and environmental health challenges facing our global community. In this episode, Elanco leaders, including Jeff Simmons, CEO and President, Sara Place, Chief ...