Animal Science, Department of
Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications
2003
Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic change for reproduction, weight, and wool characteristics of Targhee sheep, Kathryn J. Hanford, L. Dale Van Vleck, and G. D. Snowder
Estrogen Receptor-α Populations Change with Age in Commercial Laying Hens, K.K. Hansen, R.J. Kittok, G. Sarath, C.F. Toombs, N. Caceres, and M.M. Beck
Prerigor Injection Using Glycolytic Inhibitors in Low-Quality Beef Muscles, N. C. Jerez, Chris R. Calkins, and J. Velazco
Effect of chronic treatment with the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist azagly-nafarelin on basal concentrations of LH in prepubertal bulls, H. Jiménez-Severiano, M. J. D'Occhio, D. D. Lunstra, M. L. Mussard, J. W. Koch, L. R. Ehnis, W. J. Enright, and J. E. Kinder
The Effect of Corn Silage Particle Size and Cottonseed Hulls on Cows in Early Lactation, P. J. Kononoff and A. J. Heinrichs
The Effect of Reducing Alfalfa Haylage Particle Size on Cows in Early Lactation, P. J. Kononoff and A. J. Heinrichs
Modification of the Penn State Forage and Total Mixed Ration Particle Separator and the Effects of Moisture Content on its Measurements, P. J. Kononoff, A. J. Heinrichs, and D. R. Buckmaster
The Effect of Corn Silage Particle Size on Eating Behavior, Chewing Activities, and Rumen Fermentation in Lactating Dairy Cows, P. J. Kononoff, A. J. Heinrichs, and H. A. Lehman
The ability of the n-alkane technique to estimate intake and diet choice of sheep, R. M. Lewis, A. M. Magadlela, N. S. Jessop, and G. C. Emmans
Effects of Final Implant Type and Supplementation of Melengestrol Acetate® on Finishing Feedlot Heifer Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Feeding Economics1, C. N. Macken; C. T. Milton; T. J. Klopfenstein; B, D, Dicke; and D. E. McClellan
Genetic relationships between scrotal circumference and female reproductive traits, G. Martinez-Valezquez, K. E. Gregory, G. L. Bennett, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Correlated response in placental efficiency in swine selected for an index of components of litter size, H. Mesa, T. J. Safranski, R. K. Johnson, and W. R. Lamberson
The National Pork Producers Council Maternal Line National Genetic Evaluation Program: A comparison of six maternal genetic lines for female productivity measures over four parities, J. S. Moeller, R. K. Johnson, J. W. Mabry, T. J. Baas, and O. W. Robison
Heritability of Intramammary Infections at First Parturition and Relationships with Sire Transmitting Abilities for Somatic Cell Score, Udder Type Traits, Productive Life, and Protein Yield, D. L. Nash, G. W. Rogers, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Hargrove, and Jeffrey F. Keown
Supplementation to Meet Metabolizable Protein Requirements of Primiparous Beef Heifers: II. Pregnancy and Economics, H. H. Patterson, Don C. Adams, Terry J. Klopfenstein, R. T. Clark, and B. Teichert
Supplementation to Meet Metabolizable Protein Requirements of Primiparous Beef Heifers: I. Performance, Forage Intake, and Nutrient Balance, H. H. Patterson, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Don C. Adams, and Jacqueline Musgrave
Corn Processing Method in Finishing Diets Containing Wet Corn Gluten Feed, T. L. Scott, C. T. Milton, Galen Erickson, Terry Klopfenstein, and Rick A. Stock
Estimates of genetic parameters and selection strategies to improve the economic efficiency of postweaning growth in lambs, G. D. Snowder and L. Dale Van Vleck
Growth and carcass characteristics in wether lambs of a crossbred dam line, A. M. van Heelsum, R. M. Lewis, M. H. Davies, and W. Haresign
Models with cytoplasmic effects for birth, weaning, and fleece weights, and litter size at birth for a population of Targhee sheep, L. Dale Van Vleck, G. D. Snowder, and Kathryn J. Hanford
Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Milk Production Traits in Finnish Ayrshire Dairy Cattle, S. M. Viitala, N. F. Schulman, D. J. de Koning, K. Elo, R. Kinos, A. Virta, J. Virta, A. Mäki-Tanila, and J. H. Vilkki
2002
Utilization of Distillers Grains form the Fermentation of Sorghum or Corn in Diets for Finishing Beef and Lactating Dairy Cattle, S. Al-Suwaiegh, K. Fanning, R. J. Grant, C. T. Milton, and Terry J. Klopfenstein
Genetic parameters for weight, weight adjusted for body condition score, height, and body condition score in beef cows, Jesus Arango, Larry V. Cundiff, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Breed comparisons of Angus, Brahman, Hereford, Pinzgauer, Sahiwal, and Tarentaise for weight, weight adjusted for condition score, height, and body condition score, Jesus Arango, L. V. Cundiff, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Breed comparisons of Angus, Charolais, Hereford, Jersey, Limousin, Simmental, and South Devon for weight, weight adjusted for body condition score, height, and body condition score of cows, Jesus Arango, L. V. Cundiff, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Comparisons of Angus-, Braunvieh-, Chianina-, Hereford-, Gelbvieh-, Maine Anjou-, and Red Poll-sired cows for weight, weight adjusted for body condition score, height, and body condition score, Jesus Arango, L. V. Cundiff, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Size of beef cows: early ideas, new developments, Jesus Arango and L. Dale Van Vleck
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO ENHANCE TENDERNESS AND VALUE OF MEAT, Chris R. Calkins, Jesus Pablo Velazco De La Garcia, and Nancy Coromoto Jerez-Timaure
Maternal behavior in mice selected for large litter size, Chung-Feng Chiang, Rodger . K. Johnson, and Merlyn K. Nielsen
Selection for maternal behavior in mice—direct and correlated responses, Chung-Feng Chiang, Rodger K. Johnson, and Merlyn K. Nielsen
Rapid communication: Mapping of the Ca2+ ATPase of fast twitch 1 skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (ATP2A1) gene to porcine chromosome 3, Daniel C. Ciobanu, Y. Ciobanu, and M. F. Rothschild
Effect of Corn Processing on Degradable Intake Protein Requirement of Finishing Cattle, R. J. Cooper, C. Milton, Terry Klopfenstein, and D. J. Jordon
Effect of Corn Processing on Starch Digestion and Bacterial Crude Protein Flow in Finishing Cattle, R. J. Cooper, C. T. Milton, Terry J. Klopfenstein, T. L. Scott, C. B. Wilson, and R. A. Mass
Testis Developmental Phenotypes in Neurotropin Receptor trkA and trkC Null Mutations: Role in Formation of Seminiferous Cords and Germ Cell Survival, Andrea S. Cupp, Lina Tessarollo, and Michael K. Skinner
Genetic Parameters and Responses of Linear Type, Yield Traits, and Somatic Cell Scores to Divergent Selection for Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type in Holsteins, B. J. DeGroot, Jeffrey F. Keown, L. Dale Van Vleck, and Erin L. Marotz
Phosphorus Requirement of Finishing Feedlot Calves, Galen Erickson, Terry Klopfenstein, C. T. Milton, Dennis Brink, M. W. Orth, and K. M. Whittet
C. Pieramati, M. Fioretti and A. Rosati
Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic change for reproduction, weight, and wool characteristics of Columbia sheep, Kathryn J. Hanford, L. Dale Van Vleck, and G. D. Snowder
Memorial Khem Shahani, Robert W. Hutkins, Burt Maxcy, and Steve Taylor
Composition and morphology of the follicular basal lamina during atresia of bovine antral follicles, H. F. Irving-Rodgers, M. L. Mussard, J. E. Kinder, and R. J. Rodgers
Changes in muscularity with growth and its relationship with other carcass traits in three terminal Sire breeds of sheep, H. E. Jones, R. M. Lewis, M. J. Young, and C. C. Warkup
The use of X-ray computer tomography for measuring the muscularity of live sheep, H. E. Jones, R. M. Lewis, M. J. Young, and B. T. Wolf
Dried Poultry Waste for Cows Grazing Low-Quality Winter Forage, D. J. Jordon, Terry J. Klopfenstein, and Don C. Adams
Fiber-type composition of muscles of the beef chuck and round, K. S. Kirchofer, Chris R. Calkins, and B. L. Gwartney
Animal Diet Modification to Decrease the Potential for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Rosalina Angel, Gary Cromwell, Galen E. Erickson, Danny G. Fox, Carl Parsons, Larry D. Satter, Alan L. Sutton, David H. Baker, Austin Lewis, and Deanne Meyer
Effects of Manipulating Protein and Phosphorus Nutrition of Feedlot Cattle on Nutrient Management and the Environment, Terry J. Klopfenstein and Galen E. Erickson
Effects of Urea, Isolated Soybean Protein and Blood Meal on Growing Steers Fed a Corn-based Diet, W. F. Knaus, Donald H. Beerman, L. O. Tedeschi, M. Czajkowski, D. G. Fox, and J. B. Russell
Technical Note—A Comparison of Methods Used to Measure Eating and Ruminating Activity in Confined Dairy Cattle, P. J. Kononoff, H. A. Lehman, and A. J. Heinrichs
A genetic evaluation of growth in sheep using random regression techniques, R. M. Lewis and S. Brotherstone
A description of the growth of sheep and its genetic analysis, R. M. Lewis, G. C. Emmans, and G. Simm
Effects of index selection on the carcass composition of sheep given either ad libitum or controlled amounts of food, R. M. Lewis, G. C. Emmans, and G. Simm
Uncoupling proteins and energy expenditure in mice divergently selected for heat loss, T. G. McDaneld, Merlyn K. Nielsen, and Jess Miner
Relationships Among Severity and Duration of Clinical Mastitis and Sire Transmitting Abilities for Somatic Cell Score, Udder Type Traits, Productive Life, and Protein Yield, D. L. Nash, G. W. Rogers, J. B. Cooper, G. L. Gargrove, and Jeffrey F. Keown
Rapid communication: Physical and linkage mapping of the porcine calcitonin (CALC) gene, J. E. Neil, S. E. Zhang, J. M. Helm, Daniel C. Ciobanu, and M. F. Rothschild
Application of Fuzzy-Neural Network in Classification of Soils using Ground-penetrating Radar Imagery, Lameck O. Odhiambo, Robert S. Freeland, Ronald E. Yoder, and J. Wesley Hines
Comparative epidemiology of scrapie outbreaks in individual sheep focks, C. A. Redman, P. G. Coen, R. M. Lewis, W. S. Dingwall, J. D. Foster, M. E. Chase-Topping, N. Hunter, M. Woolhouse, and L. Matthews
Estimation of genetic parameters for milk, fat, protein and mozzarella cheese production for the Italian river buffalo Bubalus bubalis population, A. Rosati and L. Dale Van Vleck
Comparison of models for estimation of genetic parameters for mature weight of Hereford cattle, J. M. Rumph, R. M. Koch, K. E. Gregory, L. V. Cundiff, and L. Dale Van Vleck
The Role of Nutrition in Reducing Nutrient Output from Ruminants, L. D. Satter, Terry J. Klopfenstein, and Galen E. Erickson
Rapid communication: Mapping of the beta Tropomyosin (TPM2) gene to pig chromosome 1, J. Sherwood, Daniel C. Gill, and M. F. Rothschild
Effects of breed and family on rate of copper accretion in the liver of purebred Charollais, Suffolk and Texel lambs, N. F. Shuttle, R. M. Lewis, and J. Small
Responses to selection for lean growth in sheep, G. Simm, R. M. Lewis, B. Grundy, and W. S. Dingwall
Heritability and repeatability of sexual performance scores of rams, G. D. Snowder, J. N. Stellflug, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Effect of duration of performance test on variance component estimates for lamb growth rate, G. D. Snowder and L. Dale Van Vleck
Estimates of parameters between direct and maternal genetic effects for weaning weight and direct genetic effects for carcass traits in crossbred cattle, R. K. Splan, Larry V. Cundiff, M. E. Dikeman, and L. Dale Van Vleck
2001
Maximal Replacement of Forage and Concentrate with a New Wet Corn Milling Product for Lactating Dairy Cows, K. Buddugari and R. J. Grant
Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting reproduction in pigs, J. P. Cassady, R. K. Johnson, Daniel Pomp, G. A. Rohrer, L. Dale Van Vleck, E. K. Spiegel, and K. M. Gilson
Genetic variation in two conserved local Romanian pig breeds using type 1 DNA markers, Daniel C. Ciobanu, Andrew E. Lu, Alexandru Nagy, Richard Wales, Max F. Rothschild, and Graham S. Plastow
Expression, Action, and Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor Alpha and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor During Embryonic and Perinatal Rat Testis Development, Andrea S. Cupp and Michael K. Skinner
Managing N Inputs and the Effect on N Losses Following Excretion in Open-Dirt Feedlots in Nebraska, Galen Erickson and Terry Klopfenstein
Nutritional Methods to Decrease N Losses from Open-Dirt Feedlots in Nebraska, Galen Erickson and Terry Klopfenstein
Increased plasma follicle-stimulating hormone concentrations in prepubertal gilts from lines selected for increased number of corpora lutea, J. J. Ford, D. R. Zimmerman, T. H. Wise, K. A. Leymaster, and R. K. Christenson
Effect of Animal Grouping on Feeding Behavior and Intake of Dairy Cattle, R. J. Grant and J. L. Albright
Atresia revisited: two basic patterns of atresia of bovine antral follicles, H. F. Irving-Rodgers, I. L. van Wezel, M. L. Mussard, J. E. Kinder, and R. J. Rodgers
Estimating Forage Protein Degradation in the Rumen, Terry J. Klopfenstein, R. A. Mass, K. W. Creighton, and H. H. Patterson
Use of Intra-Uterine Insemination of Pigs: Pros, Cons & Economics, Donald G. Levis, Scott Burroughs, and Sara Williams
Candidate gene analysis for loci affecting litter size and ovulation rate in swine, R. C. Linville, Daniel Pomp, R. K. Johnson, and M. F. Rothschild
Switching Feedlot Dietary Fiber Level for Cattle Fed in Winter, T. L. Mader, M. S. Davis, J. M. Dahlquist, and A. M. Parkhurst
Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), Body Fat, and Apoptosis, Jess L. Miner, C. Cederberg, Merlyn K. Nielsen, Xiaoli Chen, and Clifton Baile
Locomotor activity, core body temperature, and circadian rhythms in mice selected for high or low heat loss, M. R. Mousel, Walter W. Stroup, and Merlyn K. Nielsen
Predictors of marker-informativeness for an outbred F2 design, J. L. Rocha, Daniel Pomp, L. Dale Van Vleck, and Merlyn K. Nielsen
Direct and correlated responses to two-stage selection for ovulation rate and number of fully formed pigs at birth in swine, A. Ruiz-Flores and R. K. Johnson
Use of sire referencing schemes to select for improved carcass composition in sheep, G. Simm, R. M. Lewis, J. E. Collins, and G. J. Nieuwhof
Usefulness of subjective ovine milk scores: I. Associations with range ewe characteristics and lamb production, G. D. Snowder, A.D. Knight, L. Dale Van Vleck, C. M. Bromley, and T. R. Kellom
Usefulness of subjective ovine milk scores: II. Genetic parameter estimates, G. D. Snowder, L. Dale Van Vleck, A. D. Knight, T. R. Kellom, and C. M. Bromley
Genetic and phenotypic parameters for dietary selection of mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. vaseyana [Rydb] Beetle) in Rambouillet sheep, G. D. Snowder, J. W. Walker, K. L. Launchbaugh, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Origin and Conservation Genetics of Threatened Ute Ladies’-Tresses, Spiranthes diluvialis (Orchidaceae), Allen L. Szalanski, Gerry Steinauer, Richard Bischof, and Jessica Lynn Petersen
Genetic correlations for litter weight weaned with growth, prolificacy, and wool traits in Columbia, Polypay, Rambouillet, and Targhee sheep, L. Dale Van Vleck, C. M. Bromley, and G. D. Snowder
COMPARISON OF CONVENTIONAL AND TWO-STAGE REVERSIBLE FLOW, STATIC-BED BIODENITRIFICATION REACTORS, Bryan L. Woodbury and Mohamed F. Dahab
2000
Designing and Conducting Experiments for Range Beef Cows, Don C. Adams, Merlyn K. Nielsen, Walter H. Schacht, and Richard T. Clark
Interactions Between Forage and Wet Corn Gluten Feed as Sources of Fiber in Diets for Lactating Dairy Cows, D. M. Allen and R. J. Grant
Genetic Improvement of the Horse, T. Arnason and L. Dale Van Vleck
Genetic parameters among weight, prolificacy, and wool traits of Columbia, Polypay, Rambouillet, and Targhee sheep, C. M. Bromley, G. D. Snowder, and L. Dale Van Vleck
Estimation of Genetic Variance in Corn from F1 Performance with and without Pedigree Relationships among Inbred Lines, C. M. Bromley, L. Dale Van Vleck, B. E. Johnson, and O. S. Smith
Comparison of plasma FSH concentration in boars and gilts from lines selected for ovulation rate and embryonal survival, and litter size and estimation of (co)variance components for FSH and ovulation rate, J. D. Cassady, Rodger K. Dennison, and J. J. Ford
Rapid communication: Porcine vitamin D-25-hydroxylase maps to chromosome 5, Daniel C. Ciobanu, R. K. Raven, M. F. Rothschild, and N. H. Bell
Expression and Action of Neurotropin-3 and Nerve Growth Factor in Embryonic and Early Postnatal Rat Testis Development, Andrea S. Cupp, Grace H. Kim, and Michael K. Skinner
Comparison of plasma FSH concentration in boars and gilts from lines selected for ovulation rate and embryonal survival, and litter size and estimation of (co)variance components for FSH and ovulation rate, R. K. Johnson and J. J. Ford
Metabolizable Methionine and Lysine Requirements of Growing Cattle, M. J. Klemesrud, Terry J. Klopfenstein, and Austin Lewis
Effect of Dietary Concentration of Metabolizable Lysine on Finishing Cattle Performance, M. J. Klemesrud, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Rick Stock, Austin Lewis, and D. W. Herold