Jessica P. Acosta received her BS degree in Animal Science from the National University of Colombia. She conducted an internship in 2019 at the University of Illinois in the Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory and working with Dr. Hans H. Stein, she received her M.S. in 2022, and her Ph.D. in 2025 in Nutritional Sciences. Her research included work to determine the nutritional value of a new source of high-protein distillers dried grains with solubles and in a high protein corn product fed to pigs. For her Master’s degree she determined the effects of exogenous xylanase on reproductive performance and digestibility of energy and total dietary fiber by gestating and lactating sows. The research for her PhD dissertation focused on determining fermentability of dietary fiber and digestibility of energy and nutrients in diets with added exogenous carbohydrases or stimbiotics fed to weanling and growing pigs. She has published 8 peer-reviewedd manuscripts and 11 scientific abstracts.

Presentation Details
Title: Effects of xylanase Or stimbiotic on Apparent Ileal, cecal, and Total Tract Digestibility of Energy and Dietary Fiber in Diets Containing Wheat Middlings Fed to Growing Pigs
Session: Nonruminant Nutrition VIII: Enzymes and Layer Nutrition
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Time: 9:30-10:00 AM
Room: 205/206/207