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Dawn Koltes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on avian and swine nutrition, with an emphasis on dietary additives, intestinal health, microbial communities, and the impact of environmental stressors such as thermal stress on poultry performance. She holds a faculty position at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and is affiliated with the NSRIC (Nutrition and Sustainable Resource Institute Center?).
Research Interests: Her work spans avian and swine nutrition, including studies on feed additives, lipid metabolism, intestinal permeability, and the effects of housing systems on animal health. She investigates how dietary components influence microbiota composition, gene expression, and physiological responses in poultry and pigs. Recent projects include evaluating probiotics, oil sources, and stress mitigation strategies in livestock.
Key Research Trends: Over the past three years, her publications emphasize the role of dietary fats (e.g., soybean oil, palm oil) on brain and liver transcriptomics in pigs, the effects of thermal stress on turkey poults, and comparisons of microbial communities in cage-free versus conventional poultry housing systems. Her work also integrates advanced techniques like RNA-seq and lipidomics to understand nutrient-gene interactions.
Awards: No scientific awards explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.
Advising & Grants: Specific grant details or student advisees are not listed here. However, her extensive publication record suggests active involvement in graduate student mentorship, though names are not provided in the source texts.
Labs & Teams: Likely affiliated with Iowa State’s Animal Science Department labs focused on nutrition, microbiology, and animal physiology. The NSRIC facility (3101 NSRIC) may house her research operations, though exact lab names are unspecified.
