Conference information and scientific program

Evaluation of the efficacy of sodium heptanoate or butyrate in front of an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) K88 oral 
challenge in piglets. 
P. López-Colom
1
, L. Castillejos
1
, M. Puyalto
2
, J. J. Mallo*
2
, and S. M. Martín-Orúe
1
, 
1
Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service, 
Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, 
2
Norel S.A, 
Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
M501  
The use of multiple imputation for the accurate measurements of individual feed intake by electronic feeders. 
Shihui Jiao*
1
, Christian Maltecca
1
, Yijian Huang
2
, and Kent A. Gray
2
, 
1
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 
2
Smithfield 
Premium Genetics, Rose Hill, NC.
M502  
Effect of using nonconventional legumes (narbon vetch, black chickpea, and winter pea) as protein sources in piglet diets. 
Eduardo de Mercado
1
, Jose Gómez-Fernández
1
, Cristina Tomás
1
, Emilio Gómez-Izquierdo
1
, Eva Guillamón
2
, Alejandro Varela
2
, 
Pacual López
3
, and Maria A. Latorre*
4
, 
1
Centro de Pruebas de Porcino, ITACYL, Hontalbilla, Segovia, Spain, 
2
Departamento de 
Tecnología de los Alimentos, INIA, Madrid, Spain, 
3
Copiso Soria Sociedad Cooperativa, Soria, Spain, 
4
Universidad de Zaragoza, 
Zaragoza, Spain.
M503  
Effects of breed, sex, and birth weight on growth and carcass composition traits in pigs. 
L. L. Lo*
1
, C. C. Tsai
1
, and R. S. Lin
2
, 
1
Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 
2
National I-Lan University, 
I-Lan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
M504  
Reducing malodorous compounds on swine in vitro fermentation using probiotics. 
Yeon Jae Choi, Lovelia L. Mamuad, Seung Hyun Kim, and Sang Suk Lee*, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 
South Korea.

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M505  
Relationship between birth weight and subsequent piglet performance: A meta-analytic study. 
Eloiza Lanferdini
1
, Ines Andretta
2
, Leonardo da Silva Fonseca
1
, Rennan Herculano Rufino Moreira
1
, Vinicius de Souza Cantarelli
1
, 
Rony Antônio Ferreira
1
, Alysson Saraiva
3
, Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa
1
, and Márvio Lobão Teixeira de Abreu*
2
, 
1
Universi-
dade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 
2
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do 
Sul, Brazil, 
3
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
M506  
Meat quality of finishing pigs from sows supplemented with arginine during gestation. 
Leonardo da Silva Fonseca
1
, Eloiza Lanferdini
1
, Rennan Herculano Rufino Moreira
1
, Rhuan Fillipe Chaves
1
, Peter Bitencourt 
Faria
1
, Marianne Kutschenko
2
, Eduardo Terra Nogueira
2
, Alysson Saraiva
3
, Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa
1
, and Márvio Lobão 
Teixeira de Abreu*
1
, 
1
Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 
2
Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition, Limeira,São 
Paulo, Brazil, 
3
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
M507  
Growth curve analysis of placental and fetal growth influenced by adjacent fetal sex status under crowded uterine condi-
tions in pigs. 
Brad A. Freking* and Clay A. Lents, USDA, ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE.
M508  
Effect of mineral sources on reproductive performance in sows. 
Tsung-cheng Tsai*
1
, Gary A. Apgar
2
, Mark J. Estienne
3
, Mark Wilson
4
, and Charles V. Maxwell
1
, 
1
University of Arkansas, Fayette-
ville, AR, 
2
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 
3
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 
4
Zinpro Inc., Eden Prairie, MN.
M509  
Transcriptome profile of boar spermatozoa as revealed by RNA-sequencing. 
Jean M. Feugang*
1
, Shengfa S. Liao
1
, William S. Sanders
2,3
, Jingqiao Lu
4
, Mark A. Crenshaw
1
, Scott T. Willard
1,5
, and Peter L. 
Ryan
1,6
, 
1
Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 
2
Department of Com-
puter Science & Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 
3
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and 
Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 
4
School of Medicine, Emory University, GA, 
5
Biochemistry, 
Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 
6
Pathobiology and 
Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.
M510  
Effects of chicken egg anti-F4 antibodies supplementation on performance and diarrhea incidences in enterotoxigenic Esch-
erichia coli K88
+
 challenged piglets. 
Kolawole R. Aluko*
1
, Deepak Ettungalpadi Velayudhan
1
, Lin Fang
2
, and Charles M. Nyachoti
1
, 
1
University of Manitoba, Winni-
peg, MB, Canada, 
2
Zyme Fast System Inc., Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
M511  
Combined effects of chitosan and probiotic supplementation on performance and diarrhea incidences in enterotoxigenic 
Escherichia coli K88
+
 challenged piglets. 
Kolawole R. Aluko*
1
, Deepak Ettungalpadi Velayudhan
1
, Aike Li
2
, Yulong Yin
3
, and Charles M. Nyachoti
1
, 
1
University of Mani-
toba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 
2
Academy of State Administration of Grain, Beijing, China, 
3
Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, 
Chinese Academic of Sciences, Changsha, China.
M512  
Yeast cell wall supplementation in the diet of weaned piglets and its effect on performance and diarrhea incidence. 
Amadeo A. Alcantara*
1
, Kim C. P. Isiderio
1
, and Melina A. Bonato
2
, 
1
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of the Philippines 
Los Baños, Los Baños, Philippines, 
2
ICC Industrial Comércio Exportação e Importação Ltda, São Paulo, Brazil.
M513  
Yeast cell wall supplementation in the diet of weaned piglets and its effect on gut health. 
Amadeo A. Alcantara*
1
, Glorilyn M. Valesco
1
, Cellito C. Mendoza
1
, and Melina A. Bonato
2
, 
1
College of Veterinary Medicine, Uni-
versity of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Philippines, 
2
ICC Industrial Comércio Exportação e Importação Ltda, São Paulo, 
Brazil.
M514  
Effect of chronic heat stress on mRNA expression of heat shock protein 70, uncoupling protein 3, and cytochrome p450 in 
pigs. 
Verónica Montesinos, Margarita Cota, Miguel Cervantes, Ernesto Avelar, Salvador Espinoza, and Adriana Morales*, Instituto de 
Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, México.
M515  
Influence of CLA supplementation on body composition of finished pigs. 
Kyle J. Stutts*, Ginger G. Vann, Mark J. Anderson, Jessica L. Leatherwood, Marcy M. Beverly, and Stanley F. Kelley, Sam Houston 
State University, Huntsville, TX.
M516  
Effect of acute water and feed deprivation at weaning and subsequent heat stress on serum stress markers and ileal mucosa 
gene expression in nursery pigs. 
Nathan L. Horn*
1
, Guy Miller
2
, Frank Ruch
3
, Carrie R. Little
3
, Kolapo M. Ajuwon
1
, and Olayiwola Adeola
1
, 
1
Purdue University, 
West Lafayette, IN, 
2
Biomatrix, Princeton, MN, 
3
JBS United, Sheridan, IN.

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M517  
The growth of Tamworth x Berkshire pigs farrowed outdoors and reared in a hoop structure. 
H.-S. Park
1
, N. Whitley
2
, and S.-H. Oh*
1
, 
1
Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 
2
Cooperative Extension Program, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC.
M518  
Effect of postcervical artificial insemination with semen supplemented with oxytocin in sows in warm weather. 
Juan M. Romo, Javier A. Romo, Ruben Barajas, Hector R. Guemez, and Juan M. Uriarte*, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, 
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

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SYMPOSIA AND ORAL SESSIONS
Animal Health 
Reproductive health and acute immune responses
Chair: Troy Wistuba, Phibro Animal Health 
Sebastian I-2
9:30 AM 
20  
Efficacy of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs for the treatment of acute puerperal metritis in dairy cows. 
Alina Pohl and Wolfgang Heuwieser*, Clinic of Animal Reproduction, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
9:45 AM 
21  
Intrauterine cephapirin infusion is associated with better reproduction performance in cows with purulent vaginal 
discharge and cytological endometritis. 
José Denis-Robichaud*
1
 and Jocelyn Dubuc
2
, 
1
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, 
Ontario, Canada, 
2
Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada.
10:00 AM 
22  
Potential role of lactic acid bacteria in the regulation of Escherichia coli infection and inflammation of the bovine 
endometrium. 
Sandra Genís*
1
, Àlex Bach
1,2
, Francesc Fàbregas
1
, Marta Terré
1
, and Anna Arís
1
, 
1
Department of Ruminant Produc-
tion, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Torre Marimon, Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain, 
2
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
10:15 AM 
23  
Uterine microbiota from calving until establishment of metritis in dairy cows. 
Soo Jin Jeon*
2
, Achilles Vieira-Neto
1
, Mohanathas Gobikrushanth
2,6
, Rodolfo Daetz
2
, Rodolfo Mingoti
1
, Ana Carolina 
Parize
2
, Sabrina Freitas
2
, Antonio Nelson da Costa
5
, Rodrigo Bicalho
3
, Svetlana Lima
3
, Kwang C. Jeong
1,4
, and Klibs 
N. Galvão
2
, 
1
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 
2
Department of Large Animal 
Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 
3
Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 
4
Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 
5
Departamento de 
Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, 
6
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional 
Science, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada.
10:30 AM 
  
Break
10:45 AM 
25  
Association among health and fertility and survival of high-producing dairy cows in three geographic regions of 
Chile. 
Pablo Pinedo*
1,2
, Pedro Melendez
3
, Sushil Paudyal
4
, Felipe Arias
5
, Ricardo Krauss
5
, Hernando Lopez
6
, Alejandro Luco
5
, 
and Cristian Vegara
5,6
, 
1
Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Amarillo, TX, 
2
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College 
of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX, 
3
Department of Vet-
erinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 
4
West 
Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, 
5
ABS Chile Ltda, Santiago, Chile, 
6
ABS Global Inc., DeForest, WI.
11:00 AM 
26  
Bovine viral diarrhea diagnostic testing results in the Intermountain West—Comparison between test methods, 
age, sex and beef versus dairy breeds. 
David J. Wilson*, Thomas J. Baldwin, E. Jane Kelly, Arnaud VanWettere, and Gordon Hullinger, Utah State University, 
Logan, UT.
11:15 AM 
27  
Preweaning plane of nutrition and Mannheimia haemolytica dose influence inflammatory responses to a com-
bined bovine herpesvirus-1 and Mannheimia haemolytica challenge in postweaned Holstein calves. 
K. P. Sharon*
1,2
, Y. L. Liang
1
, N. C. Burdick Sanchez
2
, J. A. Carroll
2
, P. R. Broadway
2
, and M. A. Ballou
1
, 
1
Department of 
Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 
2
USDA-ARS, Livestock Issues Research Unit, Lubbock, 
TX.
11:30 AM 
28  
Plasma leptin concentrations are increased during a vaccine-induced acute-phase response in beef cattle. 
Rodrigo Marques*
1
, Reinaldo Cooke
1
, Murilo Rodrigues
1
, Bruno Cappellozza
1
, Sergio Arispe
2
, and David Bohnert
1
, 
1
EOARC, Oregon State University, Burns, OR, 
2
Malheur County Extension, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR.
11:45 AM 
29  
Effect of an early-life LPS challenge on a subsequent LPS challenge in Holstein bull calves. 
Aimee L. Benjamin*
1
, Filiz T. Korkmaz
1
, Theodore Elsasser
2
, and David E. Kerr
1
, 
1
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 
2
USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.

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12:00 PM 
30  
ACTH-test reactivity affect disposition for storage of fat depots in dairy cows during the transition period. 
Lena Ruda
1
, Claudia Raschka
1
, Lea Fieguth
1
, Asako Kinoshita
1
, Anja Schacht
1
, Marion Piechotta
1
, Korinna Huber
2
, Akos 
Kenez
2
, Ulrich Meyer
3
, Sven Dänicke
3
, and Juergen Rehage*
1
, 
1
Clinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine 
Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 
2
Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, 
Germany, 
3
Institute of Animal Nutrition, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Braunschweig, Germany.
12:15 PM 
31  
Use of an ex vivo/in vitro laminitis model to elucidate the role of endotoxins during equine and bovine laminitis. 
Nicole Reisinger*
1
, Simone Schaumberger
2
, and Gerd Schatzmayr
1
, 
1
Biomin Research Center, Tulln, Austria, 
2
Biomin 
Holding GmbH, Herzogenburg, Austria.
Bioethics Symposium 
Effects of science, government, and the public in directing the future of animal agriculture
Chair: Kathryn Proudfoot, The Ohio State University 
Sponsor: Elanco Animal Health 
Panzacola F-3
9:30 AM 
  
Introduction. 
Jessica Pempek, The Ohio State University.
9:30 AM 
32  
Role of science in the future of animal agriculture. 
Paul H. Hemsworth*, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
10:00 AM 
33  
Update on the US Technical Advisory Group to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Working 
Group 16—Welfare of Food-Producing Animals. 
Craig A. Morris*, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, DC.
10:30 AM 
34  
Effect of consumer choices on food animal production practices in the future. 
Charlie Arnot and J. J. Jones*, Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, MO.
11:00 AM 
  
Panel Discussion
11:30 AM 
  
Break
11:45 AM 
35  
US consumer perceptions of animal use for food, recreation, and more: Are feelings about Bambi the deer, Bessie 
the cow, and Buster the dog more related than we thought? 
Elizabeth Byrd* and Nicole Widmar, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN.
12:00 PM 
36  
Willingness to pay for pork chops and chicken breasts: Are hunters (and those who approve of hunting) different 
(from the average US consumer)? 
Elizabeth Byrd*, Nicole Widmar, and John Lee, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN.
12:15 PM 
37  
Willingness to pay for pork chops and bacon: Effects of perceived farm sizes and information shocks. 
Ann Cummins*, Nicole Widmar, Joan Fulton, and Candace Croney, Purdue University.
Breeding and Genetics Symposium 
Relevance of modeling in the genomics era
Chairs: Ignacy Misztal, University of Georgia, and Jennifer M. Bormann, Kansas State University 
Panzacola F-1/2
9:30 AM 
38  
Is complex modeling important in the age of genomic selection? 
Guilherme J. M. Rosa*, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

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10:00 AM 
39  
BLUP, REML, and other tools in the age of genomic selection. 
Esa A. Mäntysaari* and Martin Lidauer, Natural Resouces Institute Finland, Green Technology, Jokioinen, Finland.
10:30 AM 
40  
Practical implications for genetic modeling in the genomics era for the dairy industry. 
Paul M. VanRaden*, Animal Genomics and Improvement Lab, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD.
11:00 AM 
41  
Experiences in bioinformatics. 
Luc L. Janss*, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.
11:30 AM 
42  
Practical implications for genetic modeling in the genomics era for the beef industry. 
Andy D. Herring*, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
12:00 PM 
  
Panel Discussion
Comparative Gut Physiology and Nonruminant Nutrition Symposium 
The gut–brain axis—Sensing and signaling
Chairs: Joanne Knapp, Fox Hollow Consulting LLC (AM session) and 
Joshua Jendza, BASF (PM session) 
Sponsors: APC Inc., King Techina Group, Novus International, and Pancosma 
Sebastian I-1
9:30 AM 
  
Introduction. 
Joanne Knapp.
9:45 AM 
43  
Nutrient and non-nutrient sensing in the gastrointestinal tract. 
Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey*, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology, Liverpool, UK.
10:30 AM 
44  
Effects of supplemental amino acids in low-protein diets on intestinal tight junction and amino acid transporters in 
growing pigs. 
S. J. Zhang*
1,2
, W. Parnsen
1
, and S. W. Kim
1
, 
1
Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 
NC, 
2
College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
10:45 AM 
45  
The emerging role of bile acids as nutrient-sensing signals. 
Ignacio R. Ipharraguerre*
1,2
, 
1
Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 
2
Lucta 
S.A, Montornes del Valles, Spain.
11:15 AM 
46  
The role of gut peptides in the gut–brain axis of livestock. 
Andrew P. Foote*, USDA-ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE.
11:45 AM 
47  
Nutrient sensing by glucagon-like peptide-1 secreting cells. 
Frank Reimann*, Institute of Metabolic Science & MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 
UK.
12:30 PM 
  
Lunch (on your own)
2:00 PM 
48  
Effect of feeding rate and glucose provision on plasma glucagon-like peptide 2 concentration in dairy calves. 
Sarah Y. Morrison*
1
, Juan. J. Castro
1
, Kristen M. Glosson
1
, Jens. J. Holst
2
, James K. Drackley
1
, and Ignacio R. 
Ipharraguerre
3,4
, 
1
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 
2
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 
Denmark, 
3
Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, University of Kiel, Germany, 
4
Lucta SA, Barcelona, Spain.
2:15 PM 
49  
The brain within the gut—Activation of enteric cells and sensory neurons. 
John B. Furness*
1
, David M. Bravo
2
, Jeremy J. Cottrell
1
, and Frank R. Dunshea
1
, 
1
University of Melbourne, Parkville, 
Australia, 
2
InVivo Animal Nutrition & Health, Talhouët, Saint-Nolff, France.