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The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast - Dr. Jean Noblet: Energy in Swine Diets - Part 1 | Ep. 162

the swine nutrition blackbelt podcast Mar 13, 2025

In this special episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, celebrating National Ag Day, Dr. Jean Noblet,  a consultant in monogastric nutrition, shares insights on the critical role of energy in swine nutrition. He explains the importance of precise energy evaluation in feed, the development of net energy systems, and how ingredient variability impacts diet formulation. Tune in now on all major platforms!

What will you learn: 

  • Importance of energy in feed
  • Net energy vs. digestible energy
  • Factors affecting energy value
  • Evaluating alternative ingredients

 

Meet the guest:

Dr. Jean Noblet is a retired researcher from INRAE (National Institute for Agricultural Research) in France. He holds an Agronomist Engineer degree and a Ph.D. in Nutrition. His expertise lies in energy and protein nutrition of swine, poultry, and calves, with major contributions to calorimetry methods, feed energy evaluation, and modeling of energy requirements. He has authored over 220 peer-reviewed papers and developed key nutrition software, InraPorc and EvaPig.
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