Suzanne Leonard
Bio
Precision livestock farming is a growing area of animal production systems that utilizes technology, data, engineering, and animal science principles to improve livestock production, management, welfare, and sustainability. Dr. Leonard’s program applies precision livestock farming techniques to optimize food animal production systems, focusing on swine. These applied research projects and Extension programs strive for solutions that producers can broadly implement.
Publications
- Comparison of Ammonia Concentrations Between Flush and Pull-Plug Waste Management Systems in Wean-Finish Swine Barns. , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2023)
- Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Daily Feeding Behavior in Swine , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2023)
- Estimating backfat depth, loin depth, and intramuscular fat percentage from ultrasound images in swine , ANIMAL (2023)
- Impact of Amount and Solubility of Dietary Fiber Fed During Late Gestation and During the Pre-Farrowing Period on Sow Serum Chemistry and Piglet Vitality Index , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2023)
- Sow Location Within Farrowing Room Impacts Reproduction During Heat Stress. , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2023)
- Gruel Creep Feeding Accelerates Growth and Alters Intestinal Health of Young Pigs , ANIMALS (2022)
- Impact of housing environment and management on pre-/post-weaning piglet productivity , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2022)
- Automating ultrasound measurements of back fat and loin depth in swine , (2021)
- Effect of stall size, number of heat lamps during farrowing: Part 1 , National Hog Farmer (2021)
- Effect of stall size, number of heat lamps during farrowing: Part 2 , National Hog Farmer (2021)