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EXTENSION EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM: The future of biosecurity and antimicrobial use in livestock production in the United States and the role of extension1 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
As the global population continues to grow, food needs will increase as well. The amount of land and other resources devoted to agriculture production is not expected to grow significantly, leading mo...
Production and processing studies on calpain-system gene markers for beef tenderness: Consumer assessments of eating quality 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
We investigated the effects of calpain-system genetic markers on consumer beef quality ratings, including interactions of marker effects with hormonal growth promotant (HGP) use and tenderstretch hang...
Chilling rate effects on pork loin tenderness in commercial processing plants 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
The present experiment was conducted to provide a large-scale objective comparison of pork LM tenderness and other meat quality traits among packing plants that differ in stunning method and carcass c...
Effects of prechilling parameters on water-holding capacity of chilled pork and optimization af prechilling parameters using response surface methodol... 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
The objective of the study was to investigate how prechilling (PC; first chilling stage in 2-stage rapid chilling) parameters affected water-holding capacity (WHC) of chilled pork (sus scrofa) and to ...
Serum hormone profiles, pregnancy rates, and offspring performance of Rambouillet ewes treated with recombinant bovine somatotropin before breeding 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
An experiment was conducted to examine effects of bovine ST (bST) on serum hormone concentrations, pregnancy rates, and offspring performance. Before initiation of a fall breeding period, 75 Rambouill...
Effects of housing and feeding systems on performance of neonatal Holstein bull calves 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
As the dairy industry continues to grow, more dairy calves are available for dairy, beef, and veal purposes. Rearing systems must be highly efficient to make this industry cost efficient, making the e...
Relationship between body condition score at calving and reproductive performance in young postpartum cows grazing native range 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
Body condition score is used as a management tool to predict competency of reproduction in beef cows. Therefore, a retrospective study was performed to evaluate association of BCS at calving with subs...
Effects of wheat or corn distillers dried grains with solubles on feedlot performance, fecal shedding, and persistence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are a coproduct of the ethanol industry and are often used as a replacement for grain in livestock production. Feeding corn DDGS to cattle has been linked ...
Ruminal acidosis challenge impact on ruminal temperature in feedlot cattle 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
The objective of this experiment was to determine if ruminal temperature rise coincides with pH reduction using an acidosis challenge model. Twelve ruminally cannulated steers (518 ± 28 kg BW) were ad...
Mannan oligosaccharide increases serum concentrations of antibodies and inflammatory mediators in weanling pigs experimentally infected with porcine r... 16 Aug 2012 | 12:00 am
Mannan-containing products are capable of modulating immune responses in animals. However, different products may have diverse immunomodulation. The experiment was conducted to examine effects of mann...
