Anna Dilger

Associate Professor
Animal Sciences
University of Illinois at urbana champaign
United States of America

Biography

She has done her B.S., 2002, Purdue University, West Lafayette, M.S., 2004, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ph.D., 2009, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Research Intrest

Animal sciences

List of Publications
Lowe, B.K., G.D. Gerlemann, S.N. Carr, P.J. Rincker, A.L. Schroeder, D.B. Petry, F.K. McKeith, G.L. Allee, and A.C. Dilger. (2014) Effects of feeding ractopamine (Paylean) to physical and immunological castrates (Improvest) in a commercial setting on carcass yield and loin quality. Journal of Animal Science 92:3715-3726.
Bohrer, B.M., B.M. Edenburn, D.D. Boler, A.C. Dilger, and T.L. Felix (2014) Effect of feeding ractopamine hydrochloride (Optaflexx) with or without supplemental zinc and chromium propionate on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of finishing steers. Journal of Animal Science 92:3988-3996.
Clark, D.L., B.M. Bohrer, M.A. Tavárez, D.D. Boler, J.E. Beever, and A.C. Dilger (2014) Effects of the porcine IGF2 intron3-G3072A mutation on carcass cutability, meat quality and bacon processing. Journal of Animal Science 92:5778-5788.
Boler, D.D., F.K. McKeith, C.L. Puls, M. Ellis, S.L. Wood-Follis, R.W. Miller, H.B. Vanimisetti, W.M. Moseley, A.L. Schroeder, and A.C. Dilger (2014) Effects of generic ractopamine (Engain) on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and cutability of finishing barrows and gilts. Professional Animal Scientist 30:625-636.
Jones-Hamlow, K.A., M.A. Tavárez, D.D. Boler, A.L. Schroeder, K.J. Prusa and A.C. Dilger (2015) Color stability and sensory characteristics of fresh and enhanced pork loins from immunologically castrated pigs. Journal of Animal Science 93:794-801.