Swine it #104: Fiber: how should we use it in swine diets? - Dr. Tom Weber
27 August 2021
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"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:
1. The use of fiber in the US swine industry
2. Fiber in gestation
3. Options for good quality components
4. Methods of fiber analysis
5. Ratios for formulating diets
6. Total Digestible Fiber (TDF)
7. Mode of action of fiber in sows
8. Fiber in lactation
9. Amino acids in high-fiber diets
10. Fiber in early nursery
11. Insoluble fiber
12. Fiber in finishing pigs
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Weber graduated with his Bachelor's (Animal Science), Master’s (Animal Science), and Ph.D. (Animal Nutrition & Immunology) from Purdue University. He is currently a Technical Manager for AB Vista.
𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.
