Soybean meal functional compounds: impact on pig health and physiology

Dr. Amy Petry, speaker at the 2025 American Association of Swine Practitioners annual meeting, spoke about how functional compounds in soybean meal activate a physiological response and are known to have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidative and immunomodulation properties. In turn, the functional compounds in soy may play a role in mitigating respiratory disease effects through immunomodulatory mechanisms.

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Speakers

Dr. Amy Petry, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Amy Petry, PhD, leads the MU Monogastric Nutrition Research Lab. Her research centers on enhancing energy utilization; dietary fiber in swine diets; investigating non-nutritive aspects of dietary ingredients. Amy collaborates to create nutritional biomedical pig models, improve swine health, sustainability and production and applied nutrition solutions.

Sarah Muirhead

Managing Director and Editor, Feedstuffs

Sarah Muirhead is managing director of the Farm Progress Livestock Group, which brings together BEEF magazine, National Hog Farmer and Feedstuffs. She has more than 40 years of editorial and communication experience in the feed industry and animal agriculture. Sarah grew up directly involved in her family’s seed and pork production operation.

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