Eric VanHeugten

Heugten, E., Martinez, G., McComb, A., & Koutsos, L. (2022). Improvements in Performance of Nursery Pigs Provided with Supplemental Oil Derived from Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae. ANIMALS, 12(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233251

Anderson, B. E., Holt, J. P., Boyd, R. D., & Heugten, E. (2021, May). Impact of Replacing Soybean Meal with Corn DDGS and Crystalline Amino Acids on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Growing Pigs. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 99, pp. 72–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab054.119

Padilla, G. E. M., Jha, R., Fellner, V., & van Heugten, E. (2021). PSIII-12 In vitro Evaluation of Purified Fiber Sources for Production of Short-chain Fatty Acids Using Pig Cecal Content as an Inoculum. Journal of Animal Science, 99(Supplement_1), 177–177. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab054.299

Silva-Guillen, Y., Arellano, C., Martinez, G., & Heugten, E. (2020). Growth performance, oxidative stress, and antioxidant capacity of newly weaned piglets fed dietary peroxidized lipids with vitamin E or phytogenic compounds in drinking water. APPLIED ANIMAL SCIENCE, 36(3), 341–351. https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2019-01976

Mendoza, S. M., Boyd, R. D., Zier-Rush, C. E., Ferket, P. R., Haydon, K. D., & Heugten, E. (2017). Effect of natural betaine and ractopamine HCl on whole-body and carcass growth in pigs housed under high ambient temperatures. Journal of Animal Science, 95(7), 3047–3056. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas2017.1622

Shah, S. B., Lentz, Z. A., van Heugten, E., Currin, R. D., Jr., & Singletary, I. (2017). Tempering ventilation air in a swine finishing barn with a low-cost earth-to-water heat exchanger. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 9(2), 023901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4979359

Rosero, D. S., Boyd, R. D., McCulley, M., Odle, J., & Heugten, E. (2016). Essential fatty acid supplementation during lactation is required to maximize the subsequent reproductive performance of the modern sow. ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE, 168, 151–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2016.03.010

Rosero, D. S., Boyd, R. D., Odle, J., & Heugten, E. (2016). [Review of Optimizing dietary lipid use to improve essential fatty acid status and reproductive performance of the modern lactating sow: a review]. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-016-0092-x

Adeola, O., Azain, M. J., Carter, S. D., Crenshaw, T. D., Estienne, M. J., Kerr, B. J., … Heugten, E. (2015). A cooperative study on the standardized total-tract digestible phosphorus requirement of twenty-kilogram pigs. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 93(12), 5743–5753. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2015-9509

Rosero, D. S., Odle, J., Arellano, C., Boyd, R. D., & Heugten, E. (2015). Development of prediction equations to estimate the apparent digestible energy content of lipids when fed to lactating sows. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 93(3), 1165–1176. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8402

Rosero, D. S., Odle, J., Mendoza, S. M., Boyd, R. D., Fellner, V., & Heugten, E. (2015, June). Impact of dietary lipids on sow milk composition and balance of essential fatty acids during lactation in prolific sows. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 93, pp. 2935–2947. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8529

Rosero, D. S., Odle, J., Moeser, A. J., Boyd, R. D., & Heugten, E. (2015). Peroxidised dietary lipids impair intestinal function and morphology of the small intestine villi of nursery pigs in a dose-dependent manner. BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 114(12), 1985–1992. https://doi.org/10.1017/s000711451500392x

Mendoza, S. M., & Heugten, E. (2014). Effects of dietary lipid sources on performance and apparent total tract digestibility of lipids and energy when fed to nursery pigs. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 92(2), 627–636. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2013-6488

Dal Jang, Y., Lindemann, M. D., Heugten, E., Jones, R. D., Kim, B. G., Maxwell, C. V., & Radcliffe, J. S. (2014). Effects of phytase supplementation on reproductive performance, apparent total tract digestibility of Ca and P and bone characteristics in gestating and lactating sows. Revista Colombiana De Ciencias Pecuarias, 27(3), 178–193.

Koger, J. B., O'Brien, B. K., Burnette, R. P., Kai, R., Kempen, M. H. J. G., Heugten, E., & Kempen, T. A. T. G. (2014). Manure belts for harvesting urine and feces separately and improving air quality in swine facilities. LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 162, 214–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2014.01.013

Price, K. L., Lin, X., van Heugten, E., Odle, R., Willis, G., & Odle, J. (2013). Diet physical form, fatty acid chain length, and emulsification alter fat utilization and growth of newly weaned pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 91(2), 783–792. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2012-5307

Herfel, T., Jacobi, S., Lin, X., Van Heugten, E., Fellner, V., & Odle, J. (2013). Stabilized rice bran improves weaning pig performance via a prebiotic mechanism. Journal of Animal Science, 91(2), 907–913. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2012-5287

Shields, M. C., Heugten, E., Odle, J., & Stark, C. S. (2012). Impact of crude glycerol on feed milling characteristics of swine diets. ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 175(3-4), 193–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2012.05.008

Sullivan, K., Freeman, S., van Heugten, E., Ange-van Heugten, K., Wolfe, B., & Poore, M. H. (2012). Impact of two types of complete pelleted, wild ungulate feeds and two pelleted feed to hay ratios on the development of urolithogenic compounds in meat goats as a model for giraffes. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 97(3), 566–576. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0396.2012.01297.x

Rosero, D. S., Heugten, E., Odle, J., Arellano, C., & Boyd, R. D. (2012). Response of the modern lactating sow and progeny to source and level of supplemental dietary fat during high ambient temperatures. Journal of Animal Science, 90(8), 2609–2619. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2012-4242

Rosero, D. S., Heugten, E., Odle, J., Cabrera, R., Arellano, C., & Boyd, R. D. (2012). Sow and litter response to supplemental dietary fat in lactation diets during high ambient temperatures. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 90(2), 550–559. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2011-4049

Graves, A. K., Liwimbi, L., Israel, D. W., Heugten, E., Robinson, B., Cahoon, C. W., & Lubbers, J. F. (2011). Distribution of ten antibiotic resistance genes in E. coli isolates from swine manure, lagoon effluent and soil collected from a lagoon waste application field. FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA, 56(2), 131–137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-011-0019-z

Shields, M. C., van Heugten, E., Lin, X., Odle, J., & Stark, C. S. (2011). Evaluation of the nutritional value of glycerol for nursery pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 89(7), 2145–2153. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2010-3558

Holt, J. P., Heugten, E., Graves, A. K., See, M. T., & Morrow, W. E. M. (2011). Growth performance and antibiotic tolerance patterns of nursery and finishing pigs fed growth-promoting levels of antibiotics. LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 136(2-3), 184–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2010.09.007

Chaytor, A. C., Hansen, J. A., Heugten, E., See, M. T., & Kim, S. W. (2011). [Review of Occurrence and Decontamination of Mycotoxins in Swine Feed]. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, 24(5), 723–738. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2011.10358

Bruininx, E., Borne, J., Heugten, E., Milgen, J., Verstegen, M., & Gerrits, W. (2011). Oxidation of Dietary Stearic, Oleic, and Linoleic Acids in Growing Pigs Follows a Biphasic Pattern. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 141(9), 1657–1663. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.111.142562

Fix, J. S., Cassady, J. P., Heugten, E., Hanson, D. J., & See, M. T. (2010). Differences in lean growth performance of pigs sampled from 1980 and 2005 commercial swine fed 1980 and 2005 representative feeding programs. LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 128(1-3), 108–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2009.11.006

Heugten, E., Hanson, D., Ange, D., & See, M. T. (2010). Effects of on-farm magnesium supplementation through water on pork quality under two slaughter conditions. Journal of Muscle Foods, 21(2), 350–364. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4573.2009.00187.x

Seabolt, B. S., van Heugten, E., Kim, S. W., Ange-van Heugten, K. D., & Roura, E. (2010). Feed preferences and performance of nursery pigs fed diets containing various inclusion amounts and qualities of distillers coproducts and flavor1. Journal of Animal Science, 88(11), 3725–3738. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2009-2640

Kim, S. W., Heugten, E., Ji, F., Lee, C. H., & Mateo, R. D. (2010). Fermented soybean meal as a vegetable protein source for nursery pigs: I. Effects on growth performance of nursery pigs. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 88(1), 214–224. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2009-1993

Sullivan, K., van Heugten, E., Ange-van Heugten, K., Poore, M. H., Dierenfeld, E. S., & Wolfe, B. (2009). Analysis of nutrient concentrations in the diet, serum, and urine of giraffe from surveyed North American zoological institutions. Zoo Biology, 29(4), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20278

Ange-van Heugten, K. D., van Heugten, E., Timmer, S., Bosch, G., Elias, A., Whisnant, S., … Verstegen, M. W. A. (2009). Fecal and Salivary Cortisol Concentrations in Woolly (Lagothrix ssp.) and Spider Monkeys (Ateles spp.). International Journal of Zoology, 2009, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/127852

Heugten, E. (2009). Mycotoxins and Other Antinutritional Factors in Swine Feeds. Swine Nutrition, Second Edition. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420041842.ch25

Ange-van Heugten, K., Verstegen, M., Ferket, P. R., Stoskopf, M., & van Heugten, E. (2008). Serum chemistry concentrations of captive woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha). Zoo Biology, 27(3), 188–199. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20176

Ange-van Heugten, K. D., Burns, R., Verstegen, M. W. A., Jansen, W. L., Ferket, P. R., & Heugten, E. (2007). Evaluation of diabetes determinants in woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION, 91(11-12), 481–491. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0396.2007.00679.x

Muley, N. S., Heugten, E., Moeser, A. J., Rausch, K. D., & Kempen, T. A. T. G. (2007). Nutritional value for swine of extruded corn and corn fractions obtained after dry milling. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 85(7), 1695–1701. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2006-127

Eisemann, J. H., & Heugten, E. (2007). Response of pigs to dietary inclusion of formic acid and ammonium formate. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 85(6), 1530–1539. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2006-464

Frederick, B. R., Heugten, E., & See, M. T. (2006). Effects of pig age at market weight and magnesium supplementation through drinking water on pork quality. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 84(6), 1512–1519. https://doi.org/10.2527/2006.8461512x

Frederick, B. R., Heugten, E., Hanson, D. J., & See, M. T. (2006). Effects of supplemental magnesium concentration of drinking water on pork quality. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 84(1), 185–190. https://doi.org/10.2527/2006.841185x

Kempen, T. A. T. G., Heugten, E., Moeser, A. J., Muley, N. S., & Sewalt, V. J. H. (2006). Selecting soybean meal characteristics preferred for swine nutrition. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 84(6), 1387–1395. https://doi.org/10.2527/2006.8461387x

Comparison of dietary selenium fed to grower-finisher pigs from various regions of the United States on resulting tissue Se and loin mineral concentration. (2005). Journal of Animal Science, 83(4), 852–857. https://doi.org/10.2527/2005.834852x

Roberts, E. S., Heugten, E., Spears, J. W., Routh, P. A., Lloyd, K. L., & Almond, G. W. (2004). Effects of dietary zinc on performance and immune response of growing pigs inoculated with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, 17(10), 1438–1446. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2004.1438

Xing, J. J., Heugten, E., Li, D. F., Touchette, K. J., Coalson, J. A., Odgaard, R. L., & Odle, J. (2004). Effects of emulsification, fat encapsulation, and pelleting on weanling pig performance and nutrient digestibility. Journal of Animal Science, 82(9), 2601–2609. https://doi.org/10.2527/2004.8292601x

Pion, S. J., Heugten, E., See, M. T., Larick, D. K., & Pardue, S. (2004). Effects of vitamin C supplementation on plasma ascorbic acid and oxalate concentrations and meat quality in swine. Journal of Animal Science, 82(7), 2004–2012. https://doi.org/10.2527/2004.8272004x

Van Heugten, E., O'Quinn, P. R., Funderburke, D. W., Flowers, W. L., & Spears, J. W. (2004). Growth performance, carcass characteristics, plasma minerals, and fecal mineral excretion in grower-finisher swine fed diets with levels of trace minerals lower than common industry levels. Journal of Swine Health and Production, 12(5), 237–241.

Van Heugten, E., & Frederick, B. R. (2004). Magnesium supplementation and pork quality. Pig News and Information, 25(3), 101.

Frederick, B. R., Heugten, E., & See, M. T. (2004). Timing of magnesium supplementation administered through drinking water to improve fresh and stored pork quality. Journal of Animal Science, 82(5), 1454–1460. https://doi.org/10.2527/2004.8251454x

Moeser, A. J., See, M. T., Heugten, E., Morrow, W. E. M., & Kempen, T. V. (2003). Diet and evaluators affect perception of swine waste odor: An educational demonstration. Journal of Animal Science, 81(12), 3211–3215. https://doi.org/10.2527/2003.81123211x

Heugten, E., Spears, J. W., Kegley, E. B., Ward, J. D., & Qureshi, M. A. (2003). Effects of organic forms of zinc on growth performance, tissue zinc distribution, and immune response of weanling pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 81(8), 2063–2071. https://doi.org/10.2527/2003.8182063x

Heugten, E., Funderburke, D. W., & Dorton, K. L. (2003). Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and fecal microflora in weanling pigs fed live yeast. Journal of Animal Science, 81(4), 1004–1012. https://doi.org/10.2527/2003.8141004x

Kempen, T. A. T. G. V., Baker, D. H., & Heugten, E. (2003). Nitrogen losses in metabolism trials. Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 81, pp. 2649–2650. https://doi.org/10.2527/2003.81102649x

Heugten, E., Hasty, J. L., See, M. T., & Larick, D. K. (2003). Storage stability of pork from Berkshire and Hampshire sired pigs following dietary supplementation with vitamin E. Journal of Muscle Foods, 14(1), 67–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4573.2003.tb00346.x

Roberts, E. S., Heugten, E., Lloyd, K., Almond, G. W., & Spears, J. W. (2002). Dietary zinc effects on growth performance and immune response of endotoxemic growing pigs. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, 15(10), 1496–1501. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2002.1496

Hasty, J. L., Heugten, E., See, M. T., & Larick, D. K. (2002). Effect of vitamin E on improving fresh pork quality in Berkshire- and Hampshire-sired pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 80(12), 3230–3237. https://doi.org/10.2527/2002.80123230x

Heugten, E., & Kempen, T. V. (2002). Growth performance, carcass characteristics, nutrient digestibility and fecal odorous compounds in growing-finishing pigs fed diets containing hydrolyzed feather meal. Journal of Animal Science, 80(1), 171–178. https://doi.org/10.2527/2002.801171x

Ferket, P. R., Heugten, E., Kempen, T. A. T. G., & Angel, R. (2002). Nutritional strategies to reduce environmental emissions from nonruminants. Journal of Animal Science, 80(E-suppl_2), E168–E182. https://doi.org/10.2527/animalsci2002.80e-suppl_2e168x

Kempen, T. A. T. G., Kim, I., & Heugten, E. (2002). Pigs as recyclers for nutrients contained in Bermuda grass harvested from spray fields. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 81(3), 233–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(01)00129-8

Moeser, A. J., Kim, I. B., Heugten, E., & Kempen, T. V. (2002). The nutritional value of degermed, dehulled corn for pigs and its impact on the gastrointestinal tract and nutrient excretion. Journal of Animal Science, 80(10), 2629–2638. https://doi.org/10.2527/2002.80102629x

Kempen, T. V., Heugten, E., & Trottier, N. L. (2001). Adipic acid increases plasma lysine but does not improve the efficiency of lysine utilization in swine. Journal of Animal Science, 79(9), 2406–2411. https://doi.org/10.2527/2001.7992406x

Heo, K., Odle, J., Han, I. K., Cho, W., Seo, S., Heugten, E., & Pilkington, D. H. (2000, July). Dietary L-carnitine improves nitrogen utilization in growing pigs fed low energy, fat-containing diets. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, Vol. 130, pp. 1809–1814. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/130.7.1809

Armstrong, T. A., Spears, J. W., Heugten, E., Engle, T. E., & Wright, C. L. (2000). Effect of copper source (cupric citrate vs cupric sulfate) and level on growth performance and copper metabolism in pigs. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, 13(8), 1154–1161. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2000.1154

Van Heugten, E., & Van Kempen, T. (1999). Methods may exist to reduce nutrient excretion. Feedstuffs, 71(17), 12–13.

Van Heugten, E., Sweet, L. A., Stumpf, T. T., Risley, C. R., & Schell, T. C. (1997). Effects of water supplementation with selenium and vitamin E on growth performance and blood selenium and serum vitamin E concentrations in weanling pigs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 211(8), 1039-.

Heugten, E., & Spears, J. W. (1997). Immune response and growth of stressed weanling pigs fed diets supplemented with organic or inorganic forms of chromium. Journal of Animal Science, 75(2), 409–416. https://doi.org/10.2527/1997.752409x

Heugten, E., Coffey, M. T., & Spears, J. W. (1996). Effects of immune challenge, dietary energy density, and source of energy on performance and immunity in weanling pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 74(10), 2431. https://doi.org/10.2527/1996.74102431x

VANHEUGTEN, E., SPEARS, J. W., & COFFEY, M. T. (1994). THE EFFECT OF DIETARY-PROTEIN ON PERFORMANCE AND IMMUNE-RESPONSE IN WEANLING PIGS SUBJECTED TO AN INFLAMMATORY CHALLENGE. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 72(10), 2661–2669. https://doi.org/10.2527/1994.72102661x

VANHEUGTEN, E., SPEARS, J. W., COFFEY, M. T., KEGLEY, E. B., & QURESHI, M. A. (1994). THE EFFECT OF METHIONINE AND AFLATOXIN ON IMMUNE FUNCTION IN WEANLING PIGS. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 72(3), 658–664. https://doi.org/10.2527/1994.723658x

Seventh Crissey Zoological Nutrition Symposium. 1–105. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine.