Comprehensive nutritional characterization of feed ingredients in nonruminant diets is fundamental to improving the efficiency of lean meat production and minimizing environmental impact.

Research in the laboratory emphasized amino acid nutrition, energy utilization and mineral utilization in nonruminants. Areas of emphasis included nutritional evaluation of feedstuffs; amino acid availability and amino acid-energy relationships; efficiency of amino acid utilization; and mineral metabolism and excretion in pigs, chickens and ducks. The overall program aimed to improve the efficiency of lean meat production in nonruminant animals and minimize the flow of potentially harmful nutrients through animal waste into the environment.

Research Techniques

• Nutritional evaluation of feed ingredients
• Amino acid utilization
• Feed energy utilization
• Phosphorus utilization
• Feed enzymes