Zongyong Jiang
Dr and Professor of Animal Nutrition
Zongyong Jiang, Dr and Professor of Animal Nutrition
President of the Chinese Society of Animal Nutrition, Head of the Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China (Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs)
Educational Background
•1986.09-1989.06, Ph.D of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, China
•1983.09-1986.06, Masters of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, China
•1979.09-1983.06, Bachelors of Animal Husbandry, Sichuan Agricultural University, China
Academic Positions
•2015.08 to date, Principle Investigator, Head of the Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China (Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs), Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
•2008.08-2015.08, Principle Investigator, President of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
•1998.06-2008.08, Principle Investigator, Vice President of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
•1994.06-1998.06, Principle Investigator, Dean of the Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
•1989.08-1994.06, Principle Investigator, Chair of the Department of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Honors and Awards
•2021, Science and Technology Award of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
•2017, Guangzhou Mayor Award
•2010, Science and Technology Award of Guangdong Province
Research interests
•Nutritional requirements and precision feeding of pigs and yellow-feathered chickens, nutritional strategies for sows and weaned piglets
Selected publications
•Effect of dietary arginine-to-lysine ratio in lactation on biochemical indices and performance of lactating sows, 2020, Journal of Animal Science
•Effects of dietary valine supplementation during late gestation on the reproductive performance and mammary gland development of gilts, 2020, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
•Integrated metabolomic and proteomics profiling reveals the promotion of Lactobacillus reuteri LR1 on amino acid metabolism in the gut-liver axis of weaned pigs, 2019, Food & function
Latest projects
•Nutritional modeling and precision feeding of nursery pigs (National Key R&D Program of China, 2021-2025)
•Research and Application of efficient and safe feeding technologies for commercial pigs (National Key R&D Program of China, 2018-2021)