The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Michelle Kromm, Principal of Food Forward LLC, explains why highly pathogenic avian influenza requires a broader risk management strategy beyond biosecurity alone. Practical insights include vaccination, surveillance, stakeholder collaboration, trade considerations, and long-term disease resilience to protect poultry health, productio...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Michelle Kromm, a poultry veterinarian and risk management consultant, discusses the ongoing impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza on poultry production. She examines outbreak trends, biosecurity challenges, endemic virus dynamics, economic pressures, mental health considerations, and the evolving discussion around vaccination s...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, we revisit a conversation with Dr. Natalie Morgan, an Associate Professor at Curtin University, who explains the role of fiber in poultry diets. She discusses soluble and insoluble fiber, effects on gut health, microbiota, and nutrient utilization, and challenges in fiber measurement. The conversation highlights opportunities to use fiber...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Meaghan Meyer, Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University, discusses broiler social dynamics, environmental enrichment, feeding behavior, and welfare assessment. She explains how enrichment strategies influence activity, resource access, feed intake, and flock behavior while highlighting practical considerations for commercial p...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Olumide Olowe, PhD Candidate at Purdue University, discusses the potential of brown seaweed as a functional ingredient in broiler nutrition. He explains its effects on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal health, microbiota composition, and short-chain fatty acid production, while addressing challenges related to ingredi...

In this special episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, we bring you a crossover with The Poultry Podcast Show. Co-host Dr. Pratima Adhikari sits down with Dr. Jean Noblet, consultant in monogastric nutrition and former INRA Director of Research, who explains practical approaches for estimating net energy in poultry feeds. He discusses prediction equations, energy evaluation methods, i...

In this special episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, we bring you a crossover with The Poultry Podcast Show. Co-host Dr. Pratima Adhikari sits down with Dr. Jean Noblet, consultant in monogastric nutrition and former INRA Director of Research, to explain the evolution of poultry feed energy evaluation from metabolizable energy to net energy systems. He discusses indirect calorimetry...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Pedro Ferzola, a research associate at FFoQSI and scientist at BOKU University, explains early feeding strategies in broiler chickens. He highlights the importance of nutrient timing, energy sources, and feed processing to support gut development and performance. Learn how early nutrition shapes outcomes and why precision feeding matt...

In this special rerun episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Birger Svihus from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences breaks down how particle size affects broiler feeding behavior. He shares insights into how birds select feed particles, their preferences for fines, and the implications for feed formulation. Find out how a closer look at pecking patterns could change the way...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Thomas Jones, a PhD student at the University of Georgia’s Department of Poultry Science, presents research on using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict digestible amino acid content in soybean meal. By correlating rooster bioassay data with NIR spectra, the method enables rapid, real-time nutrient assessment at the f...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Emmanuel Nuamah, Research Assistant at Jeonbuk National University in South Korea, explains how meta-analysis combines data from multiple studies to deliver more reliable, evidence-based nutritional strategies for broilers and layers. He walks through the full meta-analysis process, from the PICO framework to bias screening, and discusses...

In this special episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, marking Earth Day, we welcome Dr. Rony Riveros, a postdoctoral researcher specializing in energy metabolism, mineral metabolism, and nutritional modeling in broilers and laying hens, who explores how precision nutrition and mathematical modeling can drive more sustainable poultry production. He explains how dynamic nutritional mod...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Stacey Roberts, Senior Director of Nutrition at Versova, explains how genetics influence layer nutrient requirements and feeding strategies. She highlights digestible amino acids, alternative ingredients, and how to apply research data in commercial systems. Dr. Roberts also discusses aligning nutrition with production goals and flock...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Laura Guarás, RD&A Manager at Kerry, explains how alpha-galactosidase enzymes improve the nutritional value of soybean meal in poultry diets. She explores galactooligosaccharides, nutrient availability, multi-enzyme strategies, and advances in bioengineering that improve enzyme stability and performance in feed systems. Laura also hig...

In this special re-run episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, we bring back our conversation with Dr. Taina Lopes, a postdoctoral fellow at Auburn University, who explores how nutrition can influence immune responses to Newcastle disease in poultry. She breaks down the impact of viral shedding, immunization challenges, and the role of nutrients like vitamin D and zinc in immune suppor...

In this part two episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Juan Espino, an animal nutritionist in Guatemala, continues the conversation, now discussing amino acid density and arginine strategies to support extended lay. He explains how optimizing arginine-to-lysine ratios can improve flock uniformity, egg persistence, immune response, and shell quality through antioxidant nutrition....

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Bethany Alexander, PhD student at Virginia Tech, discusses the role of choline in laying hen nutrition and its importance for liver health and fat metabolism. Research evaluating a natural choline alternative compared different dietary strategies and explored impacts on egg production and egg quality. Results highlight opportunities and l...

In this part one episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Juan Espino, an animal nutritionist in Guatemala, discusses nutritional strategies for extended lay cycles up to 100 weeks. He explains phase feeding, calcium management, body weight control, amino acid balance, and antioxidant support to sustain shell quality and persistency. Learn practical approaches to improve long-term l...

In this part 2 episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Oluyinka Olukosi, Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, continues the conversation explaining how resistant starch influences gut health and performance responses in broilers. He discusses feeding duration, timing of inclusion, disease challenge models, and practical ingredient considerations for commercial diets. D...

In this part 1 episode of the Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Oluyinka Olukosi, Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, explains how resistant starch functions as a nutritional strategy to support poultry gut health. He outlines starch digestion, fermentation benefits, feed processing effects, and practical inclusion levels. Listen now on all major platforms! “Pelleting does not...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Milan Kandel, PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, explains how canola products can be better used in poultry diets. He discusses Australian feed-ingredient challenges, the nutritional benefits of canola, key anti-nutritional factors, and how processing methods improve digestibility and performance. Learn research-driven strategies...

I'm Dr. Doug Korver, and I’m thrilled to kick off my first episode as co-host on The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast! Very excited to embark on this journey with you. In this episode, our special guest is Hamid Naeini, a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia. We discuss nutritional approaches to Blackhead disease control in turkeys, including transmission routes, clinical signs, and l...

In this special rerun episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Oluyinka Olukosi, associate professor at the University of Georgia, discusses reduced protein diets in broiler nutrition. He explains the challenges of replacing soybean meal, the role of alternative protein feedstuffs, and how amino acids influence performance and gut health. Learn how these approaches impact both produ...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Rana Waqar Tabish from Auburn University breaks down how multi-omics is being applied to practical poultry nutrition challenges. He explains how transcriptomics and microbiome data clarify gut health responses to calcium levels, limestone particle size, and fiber strategies under necrotic enteritis and coccidiosis pressure. The discus...

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Sami Dridi from the University of Arkansas explains the molecular and physiological impact of beta mannan on poultry health and performance. He breaks down how beta mannan triggers inflammation, affects gut integrity, and reduces feed efficiency, and he shares research on how beta mannanase can counter these challenges. Listen now on...