The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast - Dr. Emiline Sundman: Nursery Pig Enrichment | Ep. 242

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Emiline Sundman, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Iowa State University, discusses nutritional and environmental enrichment strategies for nursery pigs. She explains how enrichment influences feeding behavior, pig welfare, and early health indicators while addressing performance outcomes and commercial feasibility. Learn how feeder behavior could support earlier health detection. Listen now on all major platforms!

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What you'll learn:  

• Nutritional enrichment design
• Post-weaning feed intake
• Pig behavior and welfare
• Early health prediction

Meet the guest:

Dr. Emiline Sundman is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Iowa State University. Her work examines animal welfare through behavioral and epidemiological approaches. She earned a PhD in Population Sciences in Animal Health and a master's degree in Animal Physiology with an ethology focus from Iowa State University. Her master's research explored biologically relevant environmental enrichment to improve swine livability. Learn more from Dr. Emiline Sundman on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms. 

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