PhD student
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Sherbrooke, Quebec
My main research line is target/precision nutrition for group-housed pigs under an enteric challenge. I have been studying how pigs respond to a sanitary challenge and its impact on gut health and protein deposition response, considering different factors that can influence the response, such as amino acid requirements and individual variability, aiming to estimate the requirements for challenged pigs. Using precision feeders to measure individual performance, pigs are allowed to eat diets supplemented with crystalline amino acids (such as Trp, Thr, and Met) to meet their biological needs while mitigating inflammation. My research interests also include using artificial intelligence to improve estimates of individual amino acid requirements of challenged growing pigs. My project aims to understand the variability in pigs' coping abilities to a sanitary challenge and protein deposition among pigs raised in poor sanitary conditions. This will help to develop target individual solutions to reduce the use of in-feed antibiotics and to improve pigs' robustness.
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