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Last published 2026
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Chad M Pilcher

Researcher

UA Div. of Agriculture

Faculty Researcher

6 h-index 30 pubs 118 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Swine
  • Animals
  • Transportation
  • Animal Feed
  • Animal Welfare
  • Female
  • Male
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Phenethylamines
  • Diet
  • Dietary Fiber
  • Digestion
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Tylosin
  • Random Allocation

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Chad M Pilcher's research focuses on swine nutrition and management, investigating factors that influence growth performance, profitability, and animal welfare. His work includes studies on the effects of different dietary ingredients, such as processed soybean meal and phytogenic feed additives, on nursery pig performance and health. Pilcher also examines the impact of nutrient levels, including lysine and calcium, on growth outcomes.

Further investigations explore the relationship between pig body weight and market variation, as well as strategies for producers and nutritionists to optimize feed costs and profitability under varying economic conditions. His research collaborations include work with Sabrina May, Wesley Schweer, Carine M Vier, and Alan J. Warner, all affiliated with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Pilcher's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 6 with 30 total publications and 118 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 30
  • Citations: 118

Selected Publications

  • Effects of novel specialty soy protein products on growth performance and fecal dry matter of nursery pigs (2026)
    Translational Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 261. Higher Dietary Protein Increases Nitrogen Retention and Improves Caloric Efficiency (2026)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 157. Does Increasing Dietary Soybean Meal Levels Result in Improved Growth Performance, Wean-to-finish Livability, and Carcass value in a Commercial Wean-to-finish Swine Feeding Program? (2026)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 159. Effects of Thermo-Mechanically Processed Soybean Meal on Nursery Pig Growth and Fecal Characteristics (2025)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 99 Growth performance of grow-finish pigs fed different levels of soybean meal in non-isocaloric diets with provisions of digestible amino acids above estimated requirements (2025)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 122 Effects of a phytogenic feed additive on nursery pig performance (2025)
    Journal of Animal Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • PSVI-8 Effects of reducing dietary fermentable protein by increasing levels of a hydrothermal mechanical processed soybean meal on growth performance and survivability of nursery pigs (2025)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • PSVI-7 Effects of increasing levels of calcium on nursery pig growth performance and health (2025)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 23 Evaluation of further processed soy protein sources on growth performance of nursery pigs fed a low complexity diet (2025)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 278 Phytogenic feed additive increased sow lactation average daily feed intake, litter weaning weight, and subsequent conception rate when fed in summer environmental conditions (2024)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 267 Effects of replacing soybean meal with a hydrothermal mechanical processed soybean meal on growth performance and health of nursery pigs fed a low complexity diet (2024)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 20 How do Producers and Nutritionists Determine Which Levers to Pull to Optimize Feed Cost and Profitability Under Differing Economic Conditions? (2023)
    Journal of Animal Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • 158 Effects of Increasing Dietary Standardized Ileal Digestible Lysine Levels on Growth Performance of Grow-Finish Pigs That Were Sired by PIC 800 Boars (2022)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 166 The Impact of Dietary Crude Protein Level on Growth Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs (2022)
    Journal of Animal Science DOI OpenAlex
  • 143 Effects of Increasing Dietary Standardized Ileal Digestible Lysine Levels on Growth Performance of 13- to 23-Kg Pigs Sired by PIC 800 Boars (2022)
    Journal of Animal Science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

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