The monogastric nutrition teams offer comprehensive training that weaves a basic understanding of nutrition into an applied research program. Areas of specialized emphasis include comprehensive programs in swine, equine, and poultry nutrition. The K-State swine nutrition program is a national leader in conducting applied field research in modern commercial swine facilities. This allows graduate students to be exposed to the swine business while conducting timely and industry-leading research. Areas of research include amino acid and energy nutrition, utilization of alternative feed ingredients, influences of technological advances on nutritional requirements, and effects of feed processing technologies on nutrient utilization.<br><br>The Equine Nutrition program at K-State has one of only two university-owned herds of cecally cannulated horses. This allows graduate students a research program focused on nutrient digestion and absorption, the equine hindgut's microbiome, and the cecal environment.<br><br>The poultry program focuses not only on broiler and laying hen nutrition, but gamebird nutrition as well. Research areas include feed processing and nutrient requirements of poultry.