Research Scientist - Nutrition
P.O. Box 21057,
2105 8th Street East,
Saskatoon, CANADA S7H 5N9
Phone (306) 667-7445
Fax (306) 955-2510
E-mail: click here
Pascal Leterme joined the Prairie Swine Centre as Research
Scientist – Nutrition in 2005. He is also an Adjunct
Professor of Animal and Poultry Science at the University
of Saskatchewan. He leads the Centre’s nutrition research
program with a particular focus on ingredient evaluation and
on the determination of the functional characteristics of
ingredient components, such as carbohydrates. Dr. Leterme
is also involved in graduate student training.
Prior to joining the Prairie Swine Centre, Dr. Leterme was
previously employed at Gembloux Agricultural University, where
he conducted studies on gastrointestinal endogenous losses,
at the National University of Columbia in Palmira where he
established a new laboratory in swine nutrition and feed ingredient
evaluation and at the National Veterinary School of Lyon,
France where he taught animal nutrition and production.
In 1992, Dr. Leterme was elected to the Scientific Committee
of the European Association for Grain Legume Research, a position
he still holds. He has also served as the editor of Grain
Legumes since 1999.
Dr. Leterme lives in Saskatoon with his wife Carmenza; they
have two sons.
Education
- Ph.D. Faculty of Gembloux (Belgium): 1995
- HDR, University Claude Bernard
Awards and Recognition
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
(Berlin, Germany )
Current Research Program
- Nutritional value of peas in weaning pigs, growing pigs
and sows
- Net energy value of canola meal and full-fat canola seeds
in growing pigs and sows
- Nutritional value of flaxseed meal and effect on sow reproduction
performances
- Hulless barley as functional feed in pigs
Committees/Professional Association Memberships
- Elected member of the Scientific Committee of the European
Association for Grain Legume Research, 1992
Graduate Students
- Rajesh Jha (Ph.D. Candidate)
- Laura Eastwood (M.Sc. Candidate)
- Raghavun Premkumar (M.Sc. Candidate)
Selected Invited Presentations
- National Congress of Animal Production, Cali, Colombia Protein Quality in Swine Nutrition, 2002
- National Exhibition in Animal Production, Brussels, Belgium Real protein digestibility and endogenous losses in swine: interests for the industry, 1998
- Research Days on Swine Production in France, Paris Real protein digestibility in swine: interests for the industry, 1995
Selected Publications
- Leterme, P., M. Botero, A. Londono, J. Bindelle, and A.
Buldgena. 2006 Nutritive value of tropical tree leaf
meals in adult sows. Animal Science 82, 175-184
- Montoya, C., J.P. Lalles, S. Beebe., L, Montagne, W. Souffrant,
and P. Leterme. 2006. Influence of intake level, type
and thermal treatment of Phaseolus vulgaris phaseolin on
gut characteristics in rats. British Journal of Nutrition
95, 116-123
- Leterme, P., F. Estrada, A. Londono, and A. Buldgen. 2006.
Mineral content of tropical fruits and unconventional
foods of Colombia. Food Chemistry 95, 644-652
- Leterme, P., A.M. Londono, F. Estrada, W. Souffrant, and
A. Buldgen. 2005. Chemical composition, nutritive value
and voluntary intake of tropical tree foliage and cocoyam
in pigs. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
85, 1725-1735
- Leterme, P., and L.C. Munoz. 2002. Factors influencing
pulse consumption in Latin America. British Journal of Nutrition
88 (Supplt 2), S251-S255
- P. Leterme, W. Souffrant, and A. Thewis. 2000. Effect
of barley fibres and barley intake on the ileal endogenous
N losses in piglets. Journal of Cereal Science 31 (3), 229-239
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