Browsing Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Animal sciences (MU)"
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Comprehensive approach to dietary inclusion of high oleic soybean oil in monogastrics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The banning of partially hydrogenated oils in food processing by the FDA has led to a search for alternative oil sources with a decreased potential for oxidation. While marketed and founded for use in the food industry, ... -
Conceptus interferon gamma is essential for pregnancy maintenance in the pig
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in the pig is a complex process that relies on adequate communication between the conceptus and maternal uterine endometrium. During the peri-implantation period, the conceptuses ... -
Considerations for reproductive management of bos indicus-influenced beef heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The Bos indicus species of beef cattle presents a number of unique reproductive challenges, especially with regard to those that influence reproductive efficiency including timely attainment of puberty, response to certain ... -
Contemporary light sources and their impact on the discoloration and oxidation of fresh beef products
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Discolored fresh meat products in a retail setting are often perceived negatively by consumers when making purchasing decisions. Prolonging fresh meat color is critical for the retail industry in regard to sales and consumer ... -
Corn preparation for fattening lambs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)The question of the advisability of grinding grain for farm animals is one which is causing a great deal of discussion at the present time. Theoretically it would be expected that any preparation of a feed, for any class ... -
Cotton seed and cotton-seed products as feeds for live stock
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)The purpose of this work was to get together the results of the different experiments with cotton seed and cotton seed products in order that comparisons might be made of the feeding values of the different products with ... -
Determination of allelic expression of H19 in pre- and peri-implantation mouse embryos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)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 ... -
Determination of fat percentage using three different methods within marbling scores on beef longissimus muscle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Consumers are concerned with fat consumption from meat products and the ability to determine fat has changed with recent technological advances. The objective of this study was to determine fat percentage within marbling ... -
Determining best predictors of animal performance in feedlot steers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Two studies were performed in a feedlot environment to determine the long-term effects of heat events on animal performance and well-being. Experiments in this thesis were designed to pinpoint ambient variables that most ... -
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 ... -
Determining the efficacy of a biosensor to detect calpastatin, a meat tenderness indicator
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)An instrumental tenderness detection system used at the time of grading to sort beef carcasses on their predicted tenderness would be valuable for the beef industry. A biosensor to accurately predict calpastatin, the ... -
Development and analysis of a FOXA2 conditional overexpression mouse model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)The uterus is essential for mammalian reproduction as it provides environment for conceptus implantation and subsequent development. Endometrial glands synthesize and secrete or transport substances critical for conceptus ... -
Development and evaluation of the 7 and 7 synch protcol for enhanced control of the bovine estrous cycle among postpartum beef cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Experiment 1 was designed to evaluate the effect of treatments in advance of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH; 100 [mu]g gonadorelin) administered at the start of estrus synchronization. We hypothesized that administration ... -
Development of a novel immunoassay for simultaneous quantification of endocrine parameters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Since the advent of the radioimmunoassay in the 1950s, numerous immunologically-based methods have evolved for sample analysis. Although each immunological method possesses unique assets and liabilities, all share limited ... -
Development of a pregnancy associated glycoprotein assay to detect late embryonic mortality in cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Embryonic mortality (EM) decreases profitability of a beef or dairy operation because of the impact that it is has on delaying the time of conception ... -
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 ... -
Developmental exposure to bisphenol a (BPA) and ethinyl estradiol (EE) and effects on F1 parental care and F2 pup parameters in California mice (Peromyscus californicus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Environmental exposure during the perinatal period can promote health and disease in offspring, otherwise coined developmental origins of health and ... -
The developmental liver transcriptome of Rattus norvegicus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Our research is involved in the transcriptional dynamics of perinatal liver development. The transcription factors and their downstream effects have been well studied in regards to early liver development, yet perinatal ... -
Diet shifts provoke complex and variable changes in the metabolic networks of the ruminal microbiome
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Grazing mammals rely on their ruminal microbial symbionts to convert plant structural biomass into metabolites they can assimilate. To explore how this complex metabolic system adapts to the host animal's diet, we inferred ... -
Dietary fat source alters pork fat quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)During the last decade, several changes have taken place in the swine industry. There has been an increase in the use of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) which, depending on the level included in the diet, may ...