Dr. Jane Wongchanla: Functional Amino Acids in Weaned Pigs | Ep. 222

In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Jane Wongchanla, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Davis, explains how L-glutamate and L-aspartate support gut integrity in weaned pigs. She explains their role as functional amino acids, their impact on gut integrity and metabolism, and their potential to reduce antibiotic reliance in swine production. Listen now on all major platforms!

Click here to read the full research article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-025-01266-x

"Functional amino acid supplementation showed effects similar to antibiotics while changing immune and metabolic responses in weaned pigs."

Meet the guest: Dr. Jane Wongchanla https://www.linkedin.com/in/supatiradajane-wongchanla-94b278284 is a PhD candidate in Animal Biology at the University of California, Davis. Her research uses pig models to study how L-glutamate and L-aspartate affect intestinal barrier integrity, immune signaling, metabolism, growth performance, and antibiotic reliance. With a veterinary medicine background from Kasetsart University, she connects nutrition, immunology, and applied swine health. Learn more from Dr. Jane Wongchanla on The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.

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What you will learn:

(00:00) Highlight

(01:08) Introduction

(01:46) Amino acid roles

(03:17) Weaning gut stress

(04:43) Intestinal energy