Dr. Rommel Sulabo: Creep Feeding Insights | Ep. 76

"𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 70% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Philippines industry overview;

2. Creep feeding: a deep dive;

3. Swine nutrition: art or science?

4. Main mistakes on creep feeding;

5. "Crazy ingredients" and the day pigs ate coconuts;

6. Recent research on antibiotic replacements;

7. Ractopamine replacements: any silver bullet yet?;

8. Thoughts on mycotoxins;

9. Critical thinking when looking at data.

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Rommel Sulabo obtained a BS in Agriculture at the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 1997, majoring in Animal Science and specializing in Poultry Nutrition. His undergraduate research focused on microbial phytase supplementation in layer diets. He then worked in the animal feed industry for 5 years as an R&D nutritionist and extension specialist and became an advocate for Filipino swine farmers. In 2003, he received his MS degree in Swine Nutrition at South Dakota State University through a Fulbright scholarship under Dr. Bob Thaler and Dr. Hans Stein's supervision. In 2009, Dr. Sulabo obtained his Ph.D. degree in Swine Nutrition at Kansas State University with Dr. Mike Tokach as his major adviser. After earning his Ph.D., he worked as a postdoc in the Stein lab before returning to the Philippines. Dr. Sulabo is now a professor and the head of the Animal Nutrition Division at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños.