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Investigating sire fertility : the relationship between spermatozoa characteristics and early embryonic development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Early embryonic mortality in cattle occurs between days 1-27 of gestation and is one of the primary contributors to economic failure in the dairy industry. Specifically, by day 7 of gestation, up to 50 percent of all embryo ...
Tracing cat domestication through population genetics and capturing genotype-by environment interactions in US beef cattle genomic predictions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Cat domestication initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats and the peoples of developing agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent. To refine the sites of cat domestication, over 1,000 random-bred cats of ...
An examination of influenza immunity in pigs and their role in assessing antiviral therapies for humans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The lung is dynamic barrier organ with a complex cell population. Pulmonary immune cells must balance an effective and tolerogenic response to keep homeostasis. Due to numerous similarities to the human respiratory system, ...
Involvement of aberrant chromosome architecture and locus-specific vulnerability to DNA methylation epimutations in bovine large offspring syndrome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Large/abnormal offspring syndrome (LOS/AOS) and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) are similar congenital overgrowth syndromes which occur naturally in ruminants and humans, respectively. The incidence of these syndromes ...
Effects of long-term postgastric infusion of casein or glutamic acid on small intestinal starch digestion, energy balance, body composition, and metabolic fates of luminally assimilated glucose carbon in cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Small intestinal starch digestion (SISD) in ruminants is limited, but SISD can be improved by postruminal supply of casein or glutamic acid. There are no reports on the effects of increases in SISD in response to greater ...