The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast - Gustavo Lima: High Inclusions of Soybean Meal in Grow-to-Finish Diets | Ep. 245

In this special rerun episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Gustavo Lima, PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University, discusses how grow-finish pigs respond to high soybean meal diets. He explains the initial drop in feed intake, changes in backfat, later adaptation, energy efficiency, amino acid utilization, and the rise in nitrogen excretion at higher inclusion levels. Listen now on all major platforms! 

What you'll learn:  

• High soybean meal inclusion
• Early feed intake response
• Pig adaptation over time
• Energy and amino acid use
• Nitrogen and ammonia risks

Meet the guest:

Gustavo Lima is a PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University whose work focuses on swine nutrition, ingredient characterization, energy metabolism, caloric efficiency, and applied data analysis. With more than 15 years of experience in swine production across Latin America, Gustavo also brings expertise in environmental control, performance evaluation, barn ventilation, and grow-finish housing. Learn more from Gustavo Lima on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms. 

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