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
Ahmed, M. W., Sprigler, A., Emmert, J. L., Dilger, R. N., Chowdhary, G., & Kamruzzaman, M. (2025). Non-destructive detection of pre-incubated chicken egg fertility using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning. Smart Agricultural Technology, 10, Article 100857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.100857
Cao, C., Yuan, J., Gilbert, ER., Cline, MA., Lam, F., Li, KC., & Dilger, RN. (2025). Increased Circulating Interleukin Concentrations in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Obesity Reviews. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13971
De La Guardia-Hidrogo, V. M., Geary, E. L., Wilson, S. M., Bauer, L. L., Menton, J. F., Vinay, E., Millette, M., Kelly, M. R., Dilger, R. N., & Swanson, K. S. (2025). In vitro fermentation characteristics of acacia fiber using canine fecal inoculum. Journal of animal science, 103, Article skaf152. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf152
Golden, R. K., & Dilger, R. N. (2025). Validating an updated protocol for the novel object recognition task in young pigs. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 19, Article 1480389. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1480389
Metras, B. N., Oba, P. M., Holt, D. A., Bauer, L. L., Miller, M. J., Dilger, R. N., & Swanson, K. S. (2025). In vitro fermentation characteristics of dietary fibers using fecal inoculum from dogs consuming commercial or grain kefir. Journal of animal science, 103, Article skaf022. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf022