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Welcome to the "Swine Management and Nutrition" Soybean Answers online forum. You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions in "FAQs". To ask a specific question, click the "Ask a Question" button in the FAQ area. Questions asked before December 1999 are available in the "Archive" area. More information about the expert is provided below. 

Greetings from the Expert

Welcome to the "Ask an Expert" page. I hope to provide answers to your current questions regarding the use of soybeans or soybean products in swine nutrition and management programs. Please be assured that while I certainly do not have all the answers, we have excellent resource people in the Animal Sciences Department, the veterinary college and other departments within the university that can assist in providing answers to your questions. I will try to answer your questions on as timely a basis as possible.

Please let us hear from you if you have questions. Please make your questions are as detailed and clear as possible. I look forward to hearing from you.

James E. Pettigrew, Ph.D.

Faculty Excellence Professor of Animal Sciences
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-6927
Email: jepettig@uiuc.edu
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Dr. Pettigrew is a native of Wayne County, Illinois, and earned degrees from Southern Illinois University (B.S. in Animal Industries), Iowa State University (M.S. in Animal Nutrition), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition). After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Pettigrew was Manager of Swine Research for the Moorman Manufacturing Company in Quincy, Illinois, for five years. In 1980, he accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Minnesota, where he taught and conducted research for 17 years. His research emphases included mathematical modeling and the connections between nutrition and reproduction. He led the development of the first mathematical model of pig metabolism, with a focus on the lactating sow. He eventually desired a change in his activities, left the University of Minnesota, and founded Pettigrew Consulting International, LLC. In that role, he worked in several countries, especially in Latin America, and across a wide range of activities. He was recruited to the University of Illinois in 2001, under the Faculty Excellence Program. His current research emphasizes connections between diet and health, with special attention to gut bacteria.

Dr. Pettigrew received the American Feed Industries Association Nonruminant Nutrition Research Award from the American Society of Animal Science, the Minnesota Honorary Swine Honor Roll Award from the Minnesota Pork Producers Association, and the Alumni Achievement Award from the Southern Illinois University College of Agricultural Sciences. He was President of the Midwest Section of the American Society of Animal Science, and was a member of the National Research Council subcommittee that produced the 10th Edition of Nutrient Requirements of Pigs. He served on a World Health Organization panel to evaluate the termination of antimicrobial growth promoters in Denmark. He supports the National Pork Board through membership on the Pork Safety Committee, the Non-Antibiotic Production Enhancers Committee, and the Antibiotic Use Decision Tree group. He is a frequent speaker to scientific and industry groups around the world.