Morgan Thayer presents at Midwest ASAS 2022
Dr. Morgan Thayer, Swine Technical Services Manager at ADM, will be presenting our latest research involving the addition of Pichia guilliermondii yeast to pig diets at the Midwest ASAS meeting 2022.
This year’s annual Midwest meeting of the American Society of Animal Science will take place in Omaha, Nebraska 14-16th of March.
Abstract presented at Midwest ASAS 2022
Effects of feeding a whole-cell inactivated Pichia guilliermondii yeast in sow and/or pig diets on progeny nursery and grow-finish growth performance and carcass characteristics. (Thayer, M.T. et al 2022) View the full abstract here
About Morgan Thayer
Dr. Morgan Thayer grew up in the small town of Hope, Indiana where she became interested in swine through 4-H. Morgan earned her B.S. at Purdue University in Animal Sciences, her M.S. at Kansas State University in Swine Nutrition, and her Ph.D. at Purdue University in Swine Nutrition. Her Ph.D. research focused on gut modifying feed additives fed to sows and nursery pigs. Additional research conducted by Thayer involved using frozen semen to evaluate growth and carcass characteristics of two different decades of swine genetics.
Morgan graduated with her Ph.D. in May of 2021 and directly transitioned into her current role at ADM as a Swine Technical Services Manager. She enjoys being involved with continued research of feed additives and supporting the sales team during key customer interactions.
About Pichia guilliermondii
Decades of research demonstrate the beneficial effects across species that Pichia guilliermondii has through its effect on parameters related to the body defense system and gut function.
Pichia guilliermondii has a unique morphology, cell wall composition, and structure which influence its behavior in the animal’s gastrointestinal system. It has a high surface area to volume ratio and high hydrophobicity, which enables it to readily diffuse through the intestinal environment.
Publications by Morgan Thayer
The effects of maternal dietary supplementation of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) and 25(OH)D3 on sow and progeny performance1
Morgan T Thayer, Jim L Nelssen, Austin J Langemeier, Jodi M Morton, John M Gonzalez, Stephanie R Kruger, Zhining Ou, Andrew J Makowski, Jon R Bergstrom
Translational Animal Science, Volume 3, Issue 2, March 2019, Pages 692–708, https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txz029
Thayer, M.T. (2021). Evaluation of a DFM and OA, alone or in combination, on sow reproductive and litter growth performance. abstract
Thayer, M.T. (2021). Evaluation of a DFM and OA, alone or in combination, on sow offspring’s nursery growth performance, abstract
Thayer, M.T. (2020). Feeding a whole-cell inactivated Pichia guilliermondi yeast to gestating and lactating sows in a commercial production system. abstract
Thayer, M.T. (2020). Feeding a whole-cell inactivated Pichia guilliermondi yeast to gestating and lactating sows over two consecutive parities. abstract
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