Description
Conduct applied research and provide expert guidance on swine genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, health, and management to optimize herd performance and pork quality.
- • Conduct swine nutrition, breeding, and management research to improve herd performance and pork quality.
- • Advise hog producers on feeds, genetics, housing, and technologies to enhance production efficiency.
- • Determine swine nutrient requirements and evaluate feed ingredients, rations, and additives.
- • Assess effects of housing, handling, health protocols, and diets on growth, carcass yield, and meat quality.
- • Develop and validate best practices for feeding, housing, biosecurity, and parasite and disease control in pigs.
- • Design and evaluate selection and breeding programs to improve litter size, feed efficiency, and robustness.
- • Analyze swine population genetics and heritability of economically important traits.
- • Plan and assess crossbreeding strategies and line development for desirable trait combinations.
- • Communicate findings through reports, producer trainings, and scientific publications.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
