Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Dr. Brendemuhl informed the committees that the former S-1044 committee was now the S-1061 committee following the 5-year project approval that was received in September 2013. Dr. Lindemann relayed congratulations from Dr. Cox, in her absence, for the successful re-write of the sow committee project and to both committees for their continued collaboration and productivity that is taken to the completion point of publication. Dr. Neal Merchen, the administrative advisor for NCCC-042, was unable to attend the meetings, but did provide written comments to the committee. Dr. Merchen noted that the project should be renewed in March. He thanked Marcia Shannon and the committee for the work on the new proposal. Also, it was noted that committee members do not roll over to the new project, and if members had not already done so, they should contact their Experiment Station director to initiate the process to be added to the new committee. Dr. Merchen also noted that the nomination for the Experiment Station Section Award for Excellence in Multistate Research was selected for submission by the North Central region. However, the nomination was not selected for the national award. Station reports were made by Dr. Stein for University of Illinois, Drs. Kim and van Heugten for NCSU, Dr. Chiba for Auburn, and Dr. Maxwell for the University of Arkansas. A break commenced at 9:30. NCCC-042 Committee meeting NCCC-042 was reconvened at 10:11 am by Chair Marcia Shannon. Brian Kerr moved to approve the minutes of the 2013 meeting. Carter seconded the motion. Motion approved. Discussion centered on the members not present at the meeting. It was noted that most had travel related issues or health problems. Committee noted that absences were not a common problem for the committee and that the absences this year were a one-time occurrence. A review of past projects commenced. It was noted that the fat paper was published (J. Anim. Sci. 2013 91:4216-25). Additionally, discussion focused on the status of the DDGS manuscript and the vitamin premix article. It was noted that the vitamin premix article submitted to the Journal of Animal Science by T. Crenshaw was rejected. The committee considered if it would be wise to submit to another journal, but discussion eventually lead to the recommendation of no further submissions. As far as the DDGS manuscript is concerned, Cromwell noted that he would be working on it during the Spring 2014 for eventual submission. Discussion of current projects followed. It was noted that meetings of the subcommittees had been delayed. The progress of the digestible P study was discussed. All participating stations had forwarded their data the project leader L. Adeola. A recommendation was made to submit an abstract of the results at the National ASAS meeting in July 2014. L. Adeola submitted an abstract for the national meetings. The other project under consideration (Paylean x Zn) was discussed and the committee felt that it was not worth pursuing based on current data. Discussion then focused on new projects. Brian Kerr lead the discussion related to the possibility of the committee authoring a book on digestion techniques in swine. Kerr noted that he had looked into the possibility and will continue to explore the idea. Phil Miller commented on the National Animal Nutrition Program Feed and Ingredients database. Miller noted that the database was moving forward, but questioned whether the committee could provide analysis of ingredients for missing data. Discussion ensued and the committee would look for opportunities to contribute. A possible future product related to bakery feeds could provide new data for the national database. Another possible project centered around super-dosing of phytase and the committee would continue discussion during the Friday morning session. Finally, the chairs of the subcommittees were encouraged to have subcommittee meeting during fall to discuss ideas and have proposal of projects ready for discussion at the annual meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 12:03. S-1061 Committee meeting The meeting was called to order at 10:00 am by Dr. Joel Brendemuhl, Chair. The agenda and minutes were approved by acclamation. Review of Past Objectives The Phytase objective is close to finalization. Dr. Lindemann (Kentucky) reported that the manuscript that Dr. Youngdal Jang, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kentucky, developed was finished and would be submitted by January 15. The committee expressed their appreciation to Dr. Lindemann for the completion of the objective. The Carnitine project is led by Dr. Dove (Georgia). There were no updates provided. The Low Protein objective is led by Dr. Brendemuhl (Florida). General discussion occurred. It was agreed that Dr. van Heugten would send his data to Dr. Brendemuhl and they would decide with Dr. Levesque how to proceed, with the possibility that Dr. Levesque might summarize it. The Organic Mineral objective is led by Dr. Maxwell. He reported that he has data from SIU, Va Tech (about 40 litters), and the University of Arkansas (about 90 litters). It was agreed that he should analyze the data and discuss with Dr. Estienne the possibility of developing and submitting an abstract around November 1 for the 2015 Midwest ASAS meeting. The Appetein objective is led by Dr. Carter (Oklahoma State). It was reported that an abstract was presented at the national meetings in the summer of 2013 and that a manuscript was now in development. The Copper objective from the previous S-1044 project is now the first objective in the approved S-1061 project. It is led by Dr. Lindemann. Much discussion ensued about the study which will soon begin at UK. It was reported by Dr. Lindemann that Micronutrients would supply the TM premix and that he had arranged for general project support for each university that committed 40 females for a minimum of 2 parities on the study. Following robust discussion of the protocol it was agreed that the 3 dietary treatments would be NRC Cu (an added 20 ppm without consideration of indigenous Cu), NRC + 100, and NRC + 200. The supplementation would continue through gestation and lactation. Dr. Lindemann will coordinate TM premix supply, vitamin supply, and Chromax supply to participants. He was instructed to develop a concise list of project requirements and procedures for participants. He was further instructed to submit the laboratory analytical cost requirements to the NPB for possible additional funding. Dr. Brendemuhl called a recess of the S-1061 Committee for lunch at 12:00 PM. Joint NCCC-042 and S-1061 Committee Meeting The joint committee reconvened at 1:00 PM. The afternoon program was chaired by Dr. Joel Brendemuhl. Dr. Chris Hostettler, Director of Animal Science for the National Pork Board gave an update via teleconference. The National Pork Board has a budget of $53.6 million for 2014. The funding for research in science and technology is $7.0 million and is broken into: swine health ($2.4 million), animal science ($1.57 million), animal welfare ($.88 million), public health ($.73 million), pork safety ($.84 million), and environment ($.5 million). There are 22 members on the Animal Science committee and will oversee research funding of $1.57 million. In the animal science area, the funding is broken into areas for mitigation of high feed cost, sow lifetime productivity, mitigation of seasonality, program management, human capital development, National Pork Board scholarships, and industry productivity analysis. Dr. Hostetler further discussed the results of the Nutritional Efficiency Consortium (conducted from 2007-2011), reviewing the calls for proposals, the proposals funded, and their key issues. Dr. Hostetler finished his discussion with asking for help with possible ideas for sustainability of swine nutrition research funding which is part of the animal science funding by the National Pork Board. Discussion was held on renaming the current research effort. Station Reports: Reports from the following universities were given to include: University of Kentucky, South Dakota State University, and University of Missouri. Dr. Charlotte Kirk-Baer addressed both committees via phone and presented an update on the National Institute of Food and Agriculture Division of Animal Systems Programs. Attached is a summary of her presentation. Station Reports: Reports from the following universities followed: Kansas State University, University of Florida, University of Hawaii, and Oklahoma State University. The meeting was adjourned by Dr. Brendemuhl at 5:07 p.m. Friday, January 10 NCCC-042 Committee meeting The business meeting for the NCCC-042 was called to order by President Dr. Marcia Shannon. Possible dates for the 2015 joint meeting were shared. After travel discussions were shared the dates decided to finalize plans during the joint meeting with both committees present. Elections were held for the leadership of NCCC-042 for 2014. The President will be Dr. Scott Carter; Vice-President, Dr. Jim Nelssen, and Secretary will be Dr. Brian Kerr. The business meeting was adjourned at 8:39 a.m. Next, a group discussion was held related to research projects for the committee. Dr. Hans Stein stalked about a possible nursery experiment that would be 4 or 5 treatments that utilized super-dosing of phytase and evaluating the effects on growth performance. A considerable amount of discussion was held about sources of phytase, levels of phytase, duration of feeding, phosphorus levels and dietary amino acid concentrations. It was decided that Drs. Hans Stein, Marcia Shannon and Jim Nelssen would develop a protocol, distribute it to both committees, and finalize a design by the 2014 Midwestern American Society of Animal Science meetings. A considerable amount of discussion was next held on ingredient evaluation use in growing-finishing pig diets. Dr. Hans Stein and Dr. Brian Kerr talked about feeding bakery meal, hominy feed or corn-germ meal in research diets for finishing pigs. Because of variability in bakery meal, the committee decided to conduct a survey of bakery by-product meal from each state and determine nutrient concentrations. Dr. Brian Kerr will develop a protocol that would include critical information about sources of bakery meal, where produced and date of manufacture of the bakery product. Each committee participant would then submit sample(s) of bakery meal to Dr. Brian Kerr and a complete chemical analysis would be conducted. Dr. Kerr will finalize this protocol with various sources of bakery meal and send it to each committee member by the 2014 Midwestern American Society of Animal Science meeting. A discussion was held about the Nutrient Metabolism Subcommittee (chaired by Dr. Tom Crenshaw). Next year a new project will be developed by this committee. A break was taken at 9:30 a.m. ? S-1061 Committee meeting Dr. Brendemuhl reconvened the committee at 8:15 AM. Further discussion of the Cu objective took place. Then Dr. Chiba, who is leading the Essential Oil objective for the S-1061 project presented the results of his discussions with 2 companies that have possible products for evaluation. Several questions were raised, the primary one being whether an antibiotic needs to be a treatment or a part of the objective in any way. Dr. Chiba will continue to gather information on the subject area. Election of a secretary for the upcoming year occurred. Dr. Crystal Levesque will serve in that capacity, Dr. Maxwell will move up to vice-chair, and Dr. Lindemann will move up to chair of the committee. The meeting was ended for a break at 9:00 AM. Joint NCCC-042 and S-1061 Committee Meeting At 10:02 a.m. a joint session of both committees was held. Dr. Joel Brendemuhl said that because of low attendance at this year’s meeting that hotel rates would probably increase. It was hoped that the polar vortex that covered the Midwest region of the country was a one year event and that everyone could travel to the 2015 meeting to be held on January 7 and 8 in Orlando, Florida. The meeting will begin at 8:00 AM on January 7 and adjourn at 12:00 PM on January 8. New Project Discussion Dr. Lindemann presented the new sow objectives for the S-1061 project: a) Essential oils – Dr. Lee Chiba, Objective Leader b) The use of copper in sow diets – Dr. Merlin Lindemann, Objective Leader c) Organic minerals for sows – Dr. Charles Maxwell, Objective Leader Dr. Hans Stein shared the proposal of a nursery trial that would involve super-dosing of phytase to nursery pigs. Every representative at the meeting said that once the final protocol was developed that they would participate. Dr. Brian Kerr discussed the bakery meal project and it was found that unanimous participation would occur once the final protocol was circulated. Discussion was held regarding the role of the Section Editor in publishing papers in the Journal of Animal Science. Several raised concerns about the considerable amount of time it took to review submitted journal papers. The joint meeting was adjourned at 11:21 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Jim Nelssen Secretary