Browsing Animal Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2004 Fall"

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  • Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase and ubiquitin as potential fertility markers in boars 

    Lovercamp, Kyle W. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study was performed to determine whether using high power microscopic analysis and two putative biochemical fertility markers, 15-lipoxygenase ...

  • Selection for placental efficiency in swine 

    Mesa Echeverri, Henry, 1972- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
    With the overall goal of increasing profitability by increasing litter size, two lines of pigs were divergently selected for four generations on an index of reproductive traits (n = 193 litters). The selection index (SI) ...