Prof. Nathalie Trottier

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

National Pork Board: Regulation of amino acid transport efficiency by the porcine mammary gland, 119,257, 2008 to 2010.
USDA: Amino acid utilization by the gut, $25,000, 2004 to 2004.
National Pork Board: Amino acid utilization by the gut, $50,000, 2003 to 2005.
Michigan State University Animal Industry Coalition: Interactive effect of fiber and reduced protein diet on nitrogen excretion in the growing pig, $20,000, 2001 to 2002.
Michigan State University Animal Industry Coalition: Development of gene discovery cDNA libraries and microarray sets for swine and cattle. Collaborator, $71,400, 2001 to 2002.
Rhone Poulenc: Amino acid nutrition of the pig: A review, $25,000, 2001 to 2001.
National Pork Producer Council: Interactive effect of fiber and reduced protein diet on nitrogen excretion in the growing pig, $25,000, 2000 to 2002.
Michigan Soybean Council: Soybean Meal as the Main Source of Protein for Lactating Sows, $24,000, 1998 to 2000.
Nutri-Quest, Inc: Effect of Heat Stress and Dietary Arginine on Lactation Performance in Sows, $24,000, 1998 to 2000.
Corn Marketing Board of Michigan: Application and Benefits of Feeding High Oil Corn to Swine, $31,128, 1998 to 2000.
Corn Marketing Program of Michigan: High Oil Corn: Crop Production and Swine Feeding Demonstration, $81,708, 1998 to 2000.
National Pork Producer Council: Endogenous Amino Acid Contribution to Odorous Metabolites in Swine Waste, $25,000, 1997 to 1999.
Scottish Agriculture Office: Mammary Amino Acid Utilization and Lactational Performance in Sows, $32,000, 1996 to 1999.
Corn Marketing Program of Michigan: Protein and Starch Digestibility of Different Corn Hybrids Fed to Swine, $56,674, 1996 to 1998.
Prince Agri Products Inc: Effect of Chromium Picolinate on Reproductive Performance of Sows, $4,000, 1996 to 1996.
Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council: Competitive Advantage for Soybean Meal in Diets for Lactating Sow. Principle Investigators, $48,722, 1995 to 1997.

• Farmer, C., Guan, X., Trottier, N.L. (2008) Mammary arteriovenous differences of glucose, insulin, prolactin and IGF-I in lactating sows under different protein intake levels, Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 34, 54-62
• Nortey, T. N., J. F. Patience, P. H. Simmins, N. L. Trottier, R. T. Zijlstra (2007) Effects of xylanase and (or) phytase supplementation on energy, amino acid, and phosphorus digestibility and growth performance of grower pigs fed wheat-based diets containing wheat millrun, Journal of Animal Science, 85, 1432-1443
• Kirkwood, R. N, Pérez Laspiur, J, Ames, N. K., Moore, J. B., Cegielski, A., Trottier, N.L. (2007) Mammary gland biopsy does not affect lactation performance in sows, Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 87, 281-284
• Guay, F., Donovan, S., Trottier, N.L. (2006) Biochemical and morphological development are partially impaired in intestinal mucosa from growing pigs fed reduced-protein diets supplemented with crystalline amino acids, Journal of Animal Science, 84, 1749-1760
• Guay, F., Trottier, N.L. (2006) Muscle growth and plasma concentrations of amino acids, IGF-I and insulin in growing pigs fed reduced-protein diets, Journal of Animal Science, 84, 3010-3019
• Pérez Laspiur, J., Farmer C., Zanella, A., Trottier, N.L. (2006) Hormonal response to dietary L-arginine supplementation in heat-stressed sows, Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 86, 373-377
• Snow, J. L., H. H. Stein, P. K. Ku, and N. L. Trottier, Amino acid digestibility and nitrogen utilization of high oil, high lysine, and waxy corn fed to growing pigs, Animal Feed Science and Technology, 113, 113-126, 2004
• Guan, X, B. J. Bequette, P. Ku, R. T. Tempelman, and N. L. Trottier, Amino acid need for milk synthesis defined by maximal uptake of plasma amino acid by the porcine mammary glands, The Journal of Nutrition, 134, 2182-2190, 2004
• Guan, X., J. E. Pettigrew, P. K. Ku, N. K. Ames, B. J. Bequette, and N. L. Trottier, Dietary protein concentration affects plasma arterio-venous difference of amino acids across the porcine mammary gland, Journal of Animal Science, 82, 2953-2963, 2004
• Pérez Laspiur, J., J. L. Burton, P. S. D. Weber, R. N. Kirkwood, and N. L. Trottier, Amino acid transporters in porcine mammary gland during lactation, Journal of Dairy Science, 87, In press, 2004
• Otto, E. R., M. Yokoyama, P. K. Ku, N. K. Ames, and N. L. Trottier, Nitrogen balance and ileal amino acid digestibility in growing pigs fed diets reduced in protein concentration, Journal of Animal Science, 81, 1743-1753, 2003
• Otto, E. R., M. Yokoyama, S. Hengemuehle, R. D. von Bermuth, T. van Kempen, and N. L. Trottier, Ammonia, volatile fatty acids, phenolics, and odor offensiveness in manure from growing pigs fed diets reduced in protein concentration, Journal of Animal Science, 81, 1754-1763, 2003
• Trottier, N. L., B. D. Nielsen, K. J. Lang, P. K. Ku, and H. C. Schott, Endurance exercise alters serum branched-chain amino acid and alanine concentration, Equine Veterinary Journal, 68(Suppl), 168-172, 2002
• Guan, X., B. J. Bequette, G. Calder, P. K. Ku, K. N. Ames, and N. L. Trottier, Amino acid availability affects amino acid transport and protein metabolism in the porcine mammary gland, Journal of Nutrition, 132, 1224-1234, 2002
• Guan, X., B. J. Bequette, G. Calder, P. K. Ku, K. N. Ames, and N. L. Trottier, The effect of litter size and day of lactation on amino acid uptake by the porcine mammary gland, Journal of Animal Science, 80, 2402-2411, 2002
• Pérez Laspiur, J., and N. L. Trottier, Effect of dietary arginine supplementation and environmental temperature on sow lactation performance, Livestock Production Science, 70, 159-165, 2001
• Kempen, T. van, van Heugten, E., and N. Trottier, Adipic acid increases plasma lysine but does not improve the efficiency of lysine utilization in swine, Journal of Animal Science, 79, 2406-2411, 2001
• Riche, M., N.L. Trottier, P.K. Ku, D.L. Garling, Apparent digestibility of crude protein and apparent availability of individual amino acids in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed phytase pretreated soybean meal diets, Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 25(3), 181-194, 2001
• Guan X, Matte JJ, Ku PK, Snow JL, Burton JL, Trottier NL, High chromium yeast supplementation improves glucose tolerance in pigs by decreasing hepatic extraction of insulin, Journal of Nutrition, 130(5), 1274-9, May 2000
• Trottier, N. L. and X. Guan, Research paradigms behind amino acid requirements of the lactating sow: Theory and future application, Journal of Animal Science, 78(Supplement 3), 48-58, 2000
• Stein HH, Trottier NL, Bellaver C, Easter RA, The effect of feeding level and physiological status on total flow and amino acid composition of endogenous protein at the distal ileum in swine, Journal of Animal Science, 77(5), 1180-7, May 1999
• Trottier NL, Nutritional control of amino acid supply to the mammary gland during lactation in the pig, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 56(2), 581-91, July 1997
• Trottier NL, Shipley CF, Easter RA, Plasma amino acid uptake by the mammary gland of the lactating sow, Journal of Animal Science, 75(5), 1266-78, May 1997
• Trottier NL, Shipley CF, Easter RA, A technique for the venous cannulation of the mammary gland in the lactating sow, Journal of Animal Science, 73(5), 1390-5, May 1995
• Trottier NL, Easter RA, Dietary and plasma branched-chain amino acids in relation to tryptophan: effect on voluntary feed intake and lactation metabolism in the primiparous sow, Journal of Animal Science, 73(4), 1086-92, April 1995
• Trottier, N. L., C. F. Shipley, and R. A. Easter, Arteriovenous differences for amino acids, urea nitrogen, ammonia and glucose across the mammary gland of the lactating sow, Journal of Animal Science (Supplement 2), 73, 57-58, 1995
• Nortey, T. N., J. F. Patience, J. S. Sands, N. L. Trottier, R. T. Zijlstra, Effects of xylanase supplementation on the apparent digestibility and digestible content of energy, amino acids, phosphorus, and calcium in wheat and wheat by-products from dry milling fed to grower pigs, Journal of Animal Science, In Press
• Wickens, C. L., Moore J. B., Shelle J., Clayton, H.M., Skelly, C., Trottier, N.L., Nitrogen utilization and metabolism in mature horses fed different levels of protein, Journal of Animal Science, Submitted
• Brosnan, J, Wijekoon, E., Warford-Woolgar, L., Trottier, N., Brosnan, M., Brunton, J., R. Bertolo., Creatine Synthesis in the Neonatal Piglet: Implications for Amino Acid Metabolism and Methyl Balance, American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Submitted
• Farmer, C, Trottier, N, Dourmad, J-Y, Current knowledge on mammary blood flow and uptake of energetic precursors in lactating sows, Canadian Journal of Animal Science, In Press