Jessica P. Acosta

PhD Student Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois

Jessica P. Acosta Medellin is a Ph.D. student in the Hans H. Stein Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a native of Bogotá, Colombia, and received her B.S. degree in Animal Science from Universidad Nacional de Colombia after completing an internship in Dr. Stein’s Laboratory at the University of Illinois. During her internship, she conducted research to determine the nutritional value of a new source of corn protein. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, she enrolled in the master’s program in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois, where she conducted research to determine the effects of an exogenous xylanase on reproductive performance and digestibility of energy and total dietary fiber in sows. She defended her master’s thesis in 2022 and is now working towards her Ph.D. degree in Dr. Stein Laboratory. Her current research focus is on testing the hypothesis that exogenous carbohydrases increase the utilization of dietary fiber in weanling pigs. In the future, she hopes to contribute to the development of the swine industry in her country, work in the animal industry, and be a source of pride for her family.

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Presentation(s):

• 64 - Effect of feeding intact protein from soybean meal instead of crystalline amino acids on growth performance, protein synthesis, and immune response of growing pigs

  Monday, March 11, 2024
  1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CST

• 49 - Effects of xylanase or a stimbiotic on growth performance and total tract digestibility of nutrients by pigs weaned from sows fed a lactation diet without or with xylanase

  Monday, March 11, 2024
  3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CST