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Stress is a limiting factor to optimal performance in the livestock industry. Modern livestock experience different forms of stress every day from various sources such as environment, diet changes, handling and more. Commonly practiced protocols in swine and dairy production such as weaning and transport may have a negative impact on health and performance in the short and long term.
In this presentation, Dr. Jay Johnson will walk through various nutritional strategies that may be used to help mitigate stress in swine and dairy before and dive into the latest research and data. Dr. Johnson will share his findings on various stress responses and performance indicators such as rate of gain, mortality, animal behavior and more.
What participants will learn:
- How various stressors throughout an animal’s life can have short-term and long-term impacts
- How nutrition can be an effective tool in mitigating stress-related growth and health deficits
- How continued research can be used to improve livestock health, performance and welfare
Joining us as speakers will be:
Dr. Jay Johnson
Research Animal Scientist
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
Dr. Jay Johnson is a Research Animal Scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in West Lafayette, IN, specializing in stress and nutritional physiology. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Missouri, his PhD from Iowa State University, and completed his postdoctoral training at Purdue University. The overall goal of Dr. Johnson’s research program is to identify production-relevant stressors and evaluate their impacts on livestock health, productivity, and welfare. Dr. Johnson’s research program uses an integrative physiology approach encompassing aspects of stress physiology, nutritional physiology, and ethology to develop and/or improve livestock husbandry practices that enhance animal health and welfare while maintaining or increasing economic return for producers. Specific areas of research include improving heat stress resilience in swine to reduce the negative effects of pre-and postnatal heat stress and mitigating the effects of early life stressors on gastrointestinal function in pigs and dairy calves to improve health, performance, and welfare metrics.
Andy Vance - Moderator
Director, Strategic Accounts
Farm Progress
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