Animal Science

Animal Science Biotechnology in the Classroom

Merrill, M. S. (2015, July). Presented at the Agricultural Biotechnology in the Classroom Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Do breed and gender affect how pigs respond to drugs?

Merrill, M. S. (2015, May). Presented at the NC State University Swine Research Day, Clinton, NC.

Efficacy of protease on growth, gut health, and nutrient digestibility in nursery pigs fed diets with different levels of soybean meal

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 2), 57.

Opportunities with supplemental amino acids on gut health of pigs

Proceedings of the 7th China Academic Symposium of Swine Nutrition, 4.

Effects of dietary inclusion of direct-fed microbials on gut health and growth of nursery pigs orally challenged with F18-positive enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 2), 42.

Oral tryptophan supplementation to nursing piglets increases serotonin synthesis and improves performance after weaning under social mixing stress

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 3), 298.

Supplemental effects of herbal additive on growth performances, health status, and carcass quality in finishing pigs as alternatives to the use of antibiotic growth promotors

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 3), 854.

Effects of dietary inclusion of Lactobacillus acidophilus on growth performance, health, and carcass traits of growing-finishing pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 3), 412.

Supplemental effects of β-mannanase on growth performance, ileal nutrient digestibility, and gut health of nursery pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 3), 225.

Effects of supplemental xylanase on digesta viscosity, gut health, and growth performance of nursery J

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 3), 226.

Effects of supplemental xylanase on growth, gut health, and ileal nutrient digestibility in nursery pigs fed corn-soybean meal based diets with two dietary energy levels

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 3), 225.

Pigs like yogurt!: Impacts of direct-fed microorganisms on growth, health and meat characteristics of growing-finishing pigs

Presented at the 10th Annual NC State University Graduate Student Research Symposium.

Effect of β–glucan from microalgae on the growth performance and gut health of nursery pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 2), 174.

Nutritional impacts on gut health and metabolic status in pigs

Symposium on One Health for Animals and Humans, 9–30.

Effects of dietary inclusion of direct-fed microbials on growth performance and carcass traits of finishing pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 93(Supplement 2).

Nutritional aspects that influence the reproductive systems of sows

VIII Simpósio Brasil Sul de Suinocultura, 68–82.

Feed application of multistrain direct fed microbial for growth and health of pigs

Forum of Non-Antibiotic Animal Husbandry, 54–55.

Human is not ready to be a Mega Eater

Dong A Science, 359(Special Issue), 80–85.

The art of presentation

Presented at the Scientist and Engineers Early Development Workshop (SEED), KSEA, Washington DC.

Agricultural Innovation for Improved Productivity

Keynote presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture for Subtropical Regions (ISSASR-3 2015), Chinese Academy of Science, Changsha, Hunan, China.