This club was formed to recognize the contribution of Dr. David Baker to the non-ruminant nutrition and to the American Society of Animal Science. Money from the club is used yearly to support the David Baker Amino Acid Symposium at ADSA-ASAS Midwest Section.

David H. Baker has been one of the most productive animal scientists of our time. He has directed 36 Ph.D., 20 M.S., and 5 postdoctoral students. He and his research collaborators (mostly Ph.D. trainees) have published 455 papers in peer-reviewed outlets. He also has authored 280 abstracts and 200 popular articles. Recognitions for his accomplishments in nutrition research have been numerous. He has received six awards from ASAS, five from the Poultry Science Association, and two from the American Society for Nutritional Sciences. In 1986, Baker was the first faculty member in agriculture at Illinois to be given the title of university scholar, the highest honor attainable at the University of Illinois, and in 1987, he received the USDA Distinguished Service Award in Research. In 2005, he received the distinct honor of being elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Value of club as of 9/30/2011: $21,565

Approximate Total of Donations and Pledges to the Club since inception: $25,000

In 2011, the money from this club supported the following symposium at the 2011 ADSA-ASAS Midwest Meeting:

Nitrogen-containing nutrients and the developing infant.

Utilization of threonine by non-ruminant animals.

Amino acid digestibility and concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy in a threonine co-product fed to weanling pigs.

Exogenous enzymes and amino acid digestibility.

Effect of a multi-carbohydrase enzyme on apparent and standardized ileal amino acid digestibility in extruded full fat soybeans fed to finishing pigs.

Amino acid requirements of modern sows.

Influence of dietary L-arginine supplementation to sows during late gestation on sow and litter performance during lactation.



In 2010, the money from this club supported the following symposium at the 2010 ADSA-ASAS Midwest Meeting:

1:00 PM Introduction. Terri Parr.

1:05 PM Impacting an Industry—A Tribute to David H. Baker. Gary L. Allee, University of Missouri, Columbia.

1:20 PM Do the gastrointestinal microfl ora of non-ruminants contribute to the amino acid needs of their host? M. Fuller*, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.

1:50 PM Does lysine level fed in one phase infl uence performance during another phase in nursery pigs? J. E. Nemechek*, M. D. Tokach, S. S. Dritz, R. D. Goodband, J. M. DeRouchey, and J. L. Nelson, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

2:05 PM Amino acid nutrition for effi cient immune responses. B.D. Humphrey*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

2:35 PM Break

2:50 PM (ASAS Animal Science Young Scholar) Methionine sources in swine nutrition: Current knowledge and future directions. J. A. Jendza* and O. Adeola, Purdue University, Department of Animal Sciences, West Lafayette, IN.

3:20 PM Developing low protein, amino acid supplemented diets for swine. L. L. Southern*, M. L. Roux, A. M. Waguespack, S. Powell, T. D. Bidner, and R. L. Payne, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Evonik-Degussa Corp., Kennesaw, GA.

3:50 PM Determining the optimum ratio of standardized ileal digestible (SID) isoleucine to lysine for growing pigs fed wheat-barley based diets. M. D. Lindemann*, A. D. Quant, J. H. Cho, B. J. Kerr, G. L. Cromwell, and J. K. Htoo, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Hanau, Germany.

4:05 PM Practical amino acid formulation for sows and pigs. J. Hedges*, Ralco Nutrition, Inc., Marshall, MN.

4:35 PM Concluding Remarks

In 2009, the money from this club supported the following symposium at the 2009 ADSA-ASAS Midwest Meeting:

1:00 PM Introduction.

1:05 PM Where is the next generation? R. A. Easter, University of Illinois, Urbana.

1:40 PM The origin of methyl groups and their function. J. T. Brosnan, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada.

2:15 PM Whole-body growth, carcass growth and primal mass as indices of lysine adequacy in high lean growth pigs. M. E. Johnston, R. D. Boyd, B. Fields, C. Booher, C. E. Fralick, C. E. Zier-Rush, and A. A. Sosnicki, The Hanor Company, Franklin, KY, Swine Tek Research, Van Wert, OH, PIC USA, Hendersonville, TN.

2:45 PM Regulation of gastrointestinal function: Motivation from the distal gut. K. A. Tappenden* University of Illinois, Urbana.

3:20 PM The standardized ileal digestible isoleucine to lysine requirement ratio may not be greater than 50% in post-weaned piglets. J. van Milgen, R. Barea, L. Brossard, N. Le Floc’h, D. Melchior, and Y. Primot, INRA, UMR1079, Saint- Gilles, France, Agrocampus Ouest, UMR1079, Rennes, France, AJINOMOTO EUROLYSINE S.A.S., Paris, France.

3:35 PM The evaluation of feeding lactating sows on grams of lysine compared to percent of lysine in the diet. L. Greiner, J. Soto, J. Connor, G. Allee, J. Usry, and N. Williams, Innovative Swine Solutions, LLC, Carthage, IL, University of Missouri, Columbia, Ajinomoto Heartland LLC, Chicago, IL, 4PIC, Hendersonville, TN.

3:50 PM Practical and theoretical evaluations of amino acid-related research for
use in commercial swine production. M. Edmonds, Kent Feeds, Inc., Muscatine, IA.