Dr. Min Du: Fetal Programming and Beef Quality | Ep. 18

In this episode of The Beef Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Min Du, Regents Professor and Baxter Endowed Chair in Beef Research at Washington State University, explains how maternal nutrition influences fetal muscle and fat development. He discusses developmental timing, balanced nutrient supply, protein, vitamin A, intramuscular fat formation, and why current requirements may not fully account for the needs of the developing fetus. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Maternal nutrition can have a profound impact on fetal development, which then affects offspring performance."

Meet the guest: Dr. Min Du is a Regents Professor and Baxter Endowed Chair in Beef Research at Washington State University. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, achieved a Google Scholar H-index of 86, and trained more than 60 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars. His career achievements include two major American Society of Animal Science awards, WSU’s Research Excellence Award, and election to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. His research advances fetal programming, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue development, and beef quality. Hear Dr. Min Du on The Beef Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms!

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What will you learn: 

• (00:00) Highlight
• (01:11) Introduction
• (03:06) Fetal development
• (04:53) Gestation stages
• (06:37) Marbling development
• (07:31) Balanced nutrition
• (11:11) Cross-species research
• (15:31) Closing thoughts

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