Contact Information
186 Animal Sciences Laboratory
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Areas
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Animal Sciences
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Professor, Center for Digital Agriculture, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Affiliate, Personalized Nutrition Initiative, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Director, Illinois Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Recent Publications
Bryan, E. E., Bode, N. M., Chen, X., Burris, E. S., Johnson, D. C., Dilger, R. N., & Dilger, A. C. (2024). The effect of chronic, non-pathogenic maternal immune activation on offspring postnatal muscle and immune outcomes. Journal of animal science, 102, Article skad424. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skad424
Daniels, V. C., Monaco, M. H., Hirvonen, J., Ouwehand, A. C., Jensen, H. M., Mukerjea, R., Christensen, N., Lehtinen, M. J., Dilger, R. N., & Donovan, S. M. (2024). Interactions between the human milk oligosaccharide 2′-fucosyllactose and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis in influencing systemic immune development and function in piglets. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11, Article 1444594. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1444594
Gorenz, B., Oelschlager, M. L., Jespersen, J. C., Cao, C., Smith, A. H., Mackie, R. I., & Dilger, R. N. (2024). Organ growth and fermentation profiles of broilers differing in body growth rate. Poultry science, 103(5), Article 103628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.103628
Jespersen, J. C., de Paula Dorigam, J. C., Whelan, R., Dilger, A. C., Oelschlager, M. L., Sommer, K. M., Gorenz, B. E., White, R. R., & Dilger, R. N. (2024). Defining optimal dietary starch, oil, and amino acid inclusion levels for broilers experiencing a coccidiosis challenge. Poultry science, 103(2), Article 103335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103335
Jespersen, J. C., Sommer, K. M., White, C. S., Froebel, L. E., Dorigam, J. C. D. P., Harsh, B. N., & Dilger, R. N. (2024). Effects of a coccidiosis challenge on dietary methionine recommendations in broilers. Poultry science, 103(4), Article 103502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.103502