Eduardo Beltranena
Bio
Dr. Beltranena earned his Ag Engineering degree majoring in Animal Science from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico. He then worked as manager of a 1200 sow farrow-to-finish, crops, and feedlot operation where he conducted field research trials. Eduardo also formed Cryogenico, a company that imported and distributed frozen swine semen and cattle embryos in Mexico. He completed his PhD in nutrition and reproduction interactions at the University of Alberta, Canada. Eduardo was feed mill nutritionist and product development lead at Calmar Feed Mill Ltd. in Alberta. Dr. Beltranena then joined the Prairie Swine Centre in Saskatchewan as Manager of External Research Services. Eduardo then worked for the Alberta Ministry of Agriculture as Monogastric Feed Research Scientist. His position was transferred to the University of Alberta where he added teaching swine production to his research program feeding novel grains, oilseeds, pulses, value-added processing, and effects of co-products on carcass, meat, egg quality, and environmental sustainability. Dr. Beltranena’s extension and research program at NCSU will focus on reducing piglet crushing by sows, dam mortality and retention in herds, feeding North Carolina’s feedstuffs and coproducts, precision feeding of lactating sows and hogs, reducing the nitrogen footprint of the pork industry, and the training needs of Spanish speaking workers in North Carolina’s barns.
Publications
- Developing alternative sources of feed for pigs: an overview , Advances in Pig Nutrition (2024)
- Effect of extrusion on energy and nutrient digestibility of lentil-based diets containing either supplemental plant or animal protein fed to growing pigs , Translational Animal Science (2024)
- Energy and nutrient digestibility and effect of increasing the dietary inclusion of hull-less oats replacing wheat grain on growth performance of weanling pigs , Animal Feed Science and Technology (2024)
- 168 Bentley Lecture: Feeding Co-Products to Pigs to Reach Sustainable Food Production and Reduce Feed Cost , Journal of Animal Science (2023)
- 191 Apparent Total Tract Digestibility, Fecal Metabolites, and Feces Quality of Pulse-Based Vegan Dog Foods with Or Without Added Enzymes in Adult Dogs and Comparison to Digestibility from a Pig Model , Journal of Animal Science (2023)
- Apparent total tract digestibility, fecal metabolites, and feces quality of pulse-based dog foods with or without added enzymes in adult dogs and comparison to digestibility from a pig model , ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Annual Meeting (2023)
- Co-products and other alternative feedstuffs for sustainable pig production: an overview , Advances in Pig Nutrition (2023)
- Effect of increasing dietary fermentable fiber on diet nutrient digestibility and estimation of endogenous phosphorus losses in growing pigs , Journal of Animal Science (2023)
- Energy, Nutrient Digestibility and Effect of Increasing Dietary Inclusion of Hull-Less Oats Replacing Wheat Grain on Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs , SSRN (2023)
- Ingredient fractionation for monogastric animal nutrition: the worth of sum of parts versus the whole , Animal Feed Science and Technology (2023)