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 ...

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 ...

African black rhinoceros wild populations have decreased 97 percent since the 1960s, mainly as a result of poaching and the species is classified as Critically Endangered. Captive populations are managed to ensure survival ...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In mammals, the majority of cells in the body contain the same genome as other cells. The concept of nuclear totipotency has been well demonstrated by ...

It is essential that the early mammalian embryo attaches to the uterus or implants to survive. Most embryonic mortality is associated with complications during this process resulting in a loss of 25-60% of embryos or ...

[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 ...

Residual feed intake (RFI), used as a metabolic efficiency measurement, is BW and growth rate independent and also is a moderately heritable trait. Previous research reported RFI was correlated to feed activity and behavior, ...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] As ethanol production continues to increase, so does the use of dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS) in swine diets. The effects of high ...

Gene targeting by homologous recombination was utilized to target the GGTA-1 locus. Two independent enrichment strategies were evaluated to determine if targeting efficiencies at the GGTA-1 locus could be improved. The ...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of curcumin (CMN), an antioxidant supplied by turmeric (Curcuma longa) powder to ameliorate the adverse effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) on performance of pigs ...

H19 is a maternally-expressed imprinted non-coding RNA with tumor suppressor activity. H19 is located in an imprinted cluster which contains the paternally-expressed fetal growth factor Igf2. Monoallelic expression of H19 ...

Three experiments investigated methods to reduce forage waste during stored forage feeding using large round bale feeders (LRBF). In the first experiment, cone and sheeted LRBF reduced (P < 0.05) fescue hay waste 54 and ...

The nutritional and energy status of individuals is communicated throughout the body by means of leptin. This hormone also plays a role in implantation and placental development and function, as well as programming behavior ...

[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 objectives of this study were to select sheep divergent for a footrot resistant genotype by screening with the DQA2 gene marker and to investigate the host resistant immune response, neutrophil phagocytic efficiency, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tall fescue is widely used as pasture grass in the United States, and is the most important cool season grass for grazing animals. Certain fungi also grow on these grasses which produce toxins, resulting in reduced feed ...

[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 ...