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Determining pork fat quality of pigs fed 20% DGS as measured by three methods with a standard industry marketing strategy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Fat quality is important in meat products as it can influence further processing characteristics and pork export potential. The use of non-traditional fat sources such as dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS) changes ...
Effects of the use of assisted reproduction and high caloric diet consumption on body weight and cardiovascular health of juvenile mouse offspring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Maternal obesity and the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are two suboptimal developmental environments that can lead to offspring obesity and cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that these environments ...
Characterization of a transgenic pig model carrying green fluorescent proteasomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) participates in many biological processes involving substrate-specific proteolysis, and can be linked to various pathologies and genetic diseases. Unfortunately, little is known about ...
Large offspring syndrome, a bovine model for the human loss-of-imprinting overgrowth syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a human loss-of-imprinting syndrome primarily characterized by macrosomia, macroglossia, and abdominal wall defects. BWS has been associated with misregulation of two clusters of imprinted ...
Use of simvastatin to inhibit advanced prostate cancer formation in the TRAMP mouse model of prostate cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A provocative question currently proposed by the NIH is: do statin medications, which lower serum cholesterol, prevent cancer? We hypothesize that ...
Improving fiber by-product utilization in high concentrate diets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The effects of starch and fiber combinations in feedlot diets were examined to determine maximum whole shell corn (WSC) inclusion rate in high fiber diets and determine the effects of fibrolytic enzyme addition to WSC diets ...
The inhibition of cysteine peptidases improves in vitro maturation of porcine cumulus-oocyte-complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The cell permeable cysteine peptidase inhibitor, E-64, has shown utility as a potent and irreversible inhibitor for many cysteine proteases. Consequently, ...
Effect of endophyte-infected tall fescue on hepatic gene expression in cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Fescue toxicosis may result from the intake of ergot alkaloids found in endophyteinfected (E+) tall fescue. The liver if the major organ involved in ...
Quality characteristics of ground round formulated with three fat sources
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This research was performed to determine if changing the source of fat for inclusion in ground beef from the round will cause a change in the number of days that the ground beef has a viable shelf-life as influenced by ...
Feedlot cattle response to rumen undegradable protein and diet fiber level of high concentrate diets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Studies were conducted to determine the effects of feeding rumen undegradable protein (RUP) on subsequent feedlot cattle performance. The first experiment was conducted to determine if growth rate and gain to feed ratio ...
Effects of reduced protein and diet complexity on performance and cost of nursery pigs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Two 35-d experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of reducing crude protein by 2.5% and diet complexity with amino acid supplementation on performance and feed cost during the nursery phase. In Exp. 1 and 2, ...
Abundance of TRIM28, SETDB1, and TP53 mRNA is dynamically regulated during porcine early embryogenesis and is abnormal in preimplantation embryos produced by in vitro fertilization in comparison to in vivo derived and nuclear transfer derived embryos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In vitro embryo production is important for research in animal reproduction, embryo transfer, transgenics, and cloning. However, in vitro-derived embryos ...
The effects of reduced protein diets using the Missouri ideal turkey protein on male turkeys from 0 to 21 weeks of age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Protein is one of the major cost components in turkey diets. When diets are formulated on an ideal protein basis, the levels of crude protein decrease with the use of amino acids (AA); performance is maintained and feed ...
Analysis of Gbx genes during neural development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The understanding of how transcription factors regulate neural patterning in the anterior hindbrain, and how the assembly of specific neuronal circuits ...
Effect of commercial feed additives on production variables and metabolic markers of the periparturient dairy cow
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Three experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of commercially available feed additives on production variables and metabolic markers when supplemented during the periparturient period. The hypothesis was that ...
Development of laboratory methods to detect meat tenderness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Tenderness has been identified as one of the most important attributes for consumers concerning their meat quality desire, so there is a clear need to accurately determine and grade meat accordingly to tenderness. A ...
Applying effective energy concept for intake prediction and balancing ruminal nitrogen and post-ruminal amino acid requirements for beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Proper animal nutrition involves balancing nutrient supply to nutrient requirement. Accurate intake prediction is fundamental to diet formulation and appears simple but has historically been challenging to accomplish. ...
Effects of a commercial feed additive on production losses during acute heat stress conditions in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Heat stress occurs when the environmental temperature exceeds the thermoneutral zone (or comfort zone) of the dairy cow, necessitating the employment of energetically costly cooling mechanisms such as sweating and panting. ...
Essential oil effects on rumen fermentation, animal performance, and meat quality of beef steers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Efficiency in ruminants has historically been improved by using antibiotics and ionophores to alter rumen fermentation. Nutritionists, however, have begun searching for alternative rumen modifiers due to the negative ...
NIR fluorescent sensors for blood pH and fructose
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Blood serum parameters are tightly associated with human beings' physiological activities, therefore the real-time monitoring of blood serum parameters ...