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Sheila Jacobi is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University, specializing in animal nutrition and gut health. Her research focuses on the effects of dietary components like polyunsaturated fatty acids, prebiotics, and probiotics on intestinal barrier function, myopathies in poultry, and immune responses in livestock. She investigates nutritional strategies to mitigate diseases such as wooden breast myopathy in broilers and neonatal gut dysfunction in pigs.
Her work spans topics including maternal nutrition's impact on fetal development, the role of fatty acids in inflammation moderation, and the microbiome's response to dietary interventions. Key research themes include enteric disease models, PPARγ regulation pathways, and probiotic efficacy in nursery pigs.
Publications highlight contributions to understanding dietary arachidonate's effects on piglet macrophages, vitamin E's role in poultry muscle health, and omega-3 fatty acids' influence on intestinal morphology. Her studies often employ in vitro and in vivo models to bridge nutritional science and clinical outcomes in agricultural systems.
Dr. Jacobi collaborates on projects addressing translational nutrition in animal agriculture, with a focus on sustainable practices and animal welfare. Her lab explores novel nutritional solutions for common production challenges in swine and poultry industries.
