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Alberta Pork Telephone Town Hall Breaking New Ground

It’s been just over a year since the first Alberta Pork telephone town hall was launched to provide the latest on PED and how to prevent it. 15 calls and 2,000 participants later, it’s still going strong, and it’s about to get even better.
 
Starting with the next telephone town hall, Alberta Pork will be expanding the program to include other issues of pressing importance to producers and industry. 
 
Join us on Wednesday, February 25 at 10:30 am Mountain Time as we bring you the latest on PED developments and discuss one of the key aspects of the revised code of practice: Pain mitigation. What are the new requirements? How can producers ensure they comply?
 
We'll also be taking your questions on either of these pressing topics.
 
Watch for more details coming soon!
 
Source: Alberta Pork

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Sweetener Effects on Gut Health - Dr. Kwangwook Kim

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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.