XueFen Yang
Dr and Professor of Animal Nutrition
Xuefen Yang, Dr and Professor of Animal Nutrition
Principle Investigator, Chair of the Department of Swine Nutrition and Feed Science, deputy Secretary General of Chinese Society of Animal Nutrition, Secretary of the Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China (Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs)
Educational Background
•9/2003-6/2007，South China Agricultural University，Bachelor of Science in Animal Science
•9/2007-6/2011,South China Agricultural University, Ph.D in Animal Nutrition and Feed Science (Supervisor: Dr. Zongyong Jiang)
Professional Experience
•2011 to date, Principle Investigator, Chair of Dept. of Swine Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Professor
•2011, Visiting scholar, Dept. of Animal Science, University of Missouri
•2015-2016, Visiting scholar, Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research interests
•Nutritional Modeling and Precision Feeding of Pigs
•Antibiotic-free feeding strategies for pigs
•Nutritional strategies for improving gut health of weaning piglets
Selected Publications
•Dietary resveratrol attenuation of intestinal inflammation and oxidative damage is linked to the alteration of gut microbiota and butyrate in piglets challenged with deoxynivalenol, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2021, 12(1):71（corresponding author）
•Supplemental choline modulates growth performance and gut inflammation by altering the gut microbiota and lipid metabolism in weaned piglets, The Journal of Nutrition, 2021, 151(1):20-29（corresponding author）
•Effect of niacin on growth performance, intestinal morphology, mucosal immunity and microbiota composition in weaned piglets, Animals, 2021, 11(8):2186 （corresponding author）
•Effect of Resveratrol Supplementation on Intestinal Oxidative Stress, Immunity and Gut Microbiota in Weaned Piglets Challenged with Deoxynivalenol, Antioxidants, 2022, 11(9):1775（corresponding author）
•Niacin Improves Intestinal Health through Up-Regulation of AQPs Expression Induced by GPR109A, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(15):8332（corresponding author）
Latest projects
•Nutritional modeling and precision feeding of nursery pigs (National Key R&D Program of China, 2021-2025; Guangzhou Key R&D Program, 2021-2025)
•The manipulation and mechanism of the diet and feeding on the formation of healthy and high-quality meat for livestock and poultry (National Key R&D Program of China, 2018-2021)
•Antibiotic-free feeding strategies for pigs, (National Key R&D Program of China, 2018-2021)
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