Assistant Professor
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy - North Carolina State University, 2004
Masters of Science - Michigan State University, 2000
Bachelor of Science - University of Kentucky, 1997
Discipline(s):
Nutrition
Courses Taught:
200 Introductory Animal Sciences
"Intro science class explores cows-literally"
H299 Freshmen Research Seminar: Contemporary Animal Biology Research (co-instructor)
761 Advanced Nutrient Utilization. Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism (co-instructor)
Grants & Awards:
Lyvers Peffer, P.A. and M. Belury. 2006. Assessment of perinatal docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid in a premature piglet model: Implications for early nutritional state and subsequent disease. OARDC Competitive Grants Program. $50,000
Lyvers Peffer, P.A. 2006. Web-accesible instructional modules for enhancing learning through hybrid-instruction in an introductory Animal Sciences course. Price Chair Teaching Improvement Small Grants Program. $4,950.
Publications:
Lyvers Peffer, P.A., X. Lin, S.K. Jacobi, L.A. Gatlin, Woodworth, and J. Odle. 2007. Ontogeny of Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I Activity, Carnitine-Km, and mRNA Abundance in Pigs throughout Growth and Development. J. Nutr. 137:898-903.
Deiuliis, J. A., Li, B., Lyvers Peffer, P. A., Moeller, S. J., and Lee, K. 2006. Alternative splicing of delta-like 1 homolog (DLK1) in the pig and human. Comp. Biochem. Phys. B. 145:50-59.
Lyvers-Peffer, P.A., X. Lin, and J. Odle. 2005. Hepatic beta-oxidation and carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in neonatal pigs after dietary treatments of clofibric acid, isoproterenol, and medium-chain triglycerides. Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 288:R1518-1524.
Lyvers-Peffer, P.A. and J. Odle. 2002. The effects of dietary L-carnitine supplementation on weanling pig performance. N.C. Swine Report, Dept. of Animal Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Lyvers-Peffer, P.A. and D.W. Rozeboom. 2001. The effects of a growth-altering pre-pubertal feeding regimen on mammary development and parity-one lactation potential in swine. Liv. Prod. Sci. 70:167-173.
Odle, J., P. Lyvers-Peffer, and X. Lin. 2005. Hepatic Fatty Acid Oxidation and Ketogenesis in young Pigs. In: Biology of Metabolism in Growing Animals, ed. D. Burrin and H. Mersmann.
Species:
Swine
Dr. Peffer serves as the Undergraduate Program Leader and faculty coordinator to the Animal Sciences Internship Program. Her research focuses on lipid metabolism in the pre and postnatal piglet and is concerned with improving piglet survival and the use of the piglet model in defining nutritional management of the human.
