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- 2Ebadi, Maryam
- 2Haisan, Jennifer L
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- 10McMullen, Lynn (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Gänzle, Michael (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Oba, Masahito (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Wu, Jianping (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 6Bressler, David (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
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Microbial lipid production using aqueous by-product stream from a lipid pyrolysis technology
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Currently, non-food carbon sources are making a valuable contribution to development of the next generation of hydrocarbon-based renewable fuels and value-added products. As non-food carbon feedstocks with low or negative value, yellow and brown greases, as well as biosolids, can potentially be...
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Fall 2017
Petroleum-derived polymers have applications in various industrial sectors including packaging, aerospace, automotive, adhesives, cosmetics, construction, medical and other industrial fields. Recently, due to dwindling fossil fuel resources and environmental concerns, both academia and industry...
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Spring 2017
Starch nanoparticles (SNP) were isolated by acid hydrolysis from starches varying in amylose content and crystalline type, and physicochemically characterized in terms of their morphology, particle size, crystallinity, molecular size distribution, chain length distribution, amylase resistance and...
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Effect of Grazing on Litter Decomposition and Extracellular Enzyme Activity across Agro-climatic Subregions in Alberta
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Grasslands cover approximately 40% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface and provide a wide range of ecologically and economically important services such as forage production, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) storage, and wildlife habitat. Livestock grazing is a ubiquitous use of grasslands around the...
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The effect of tube vs. bottle feeding colostrum on IgG absorption, abomasal emptying and plasma hormone concentrations in newborn calves
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Desjardins-Morrissette, Mariah O
Colostrum management is essential for calf survival and success in the dairy herd, and current practices on farm are to feed colostrum through either an esophageal tube or a nipple bottle. Therefore, the objective of this thesis was to determine if feeding colostrum to newborn calves through an...
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Fall 2017
Bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus can be found associated with plants, insects and vertebrate hosts, and their lifestyle can range from free-living to strictly host specific. Of the lactobacilli associated with vertebrates, the lifestyle of L. reuteri is particularly well understood. The...
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Effects of dietary 25-hydroxycholecalciferol on growth, production performance, eggshell quality and bone traits of brown egg layers housed under commercial conditions
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The effects of dietary 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25OHD) on growth, production performance, eggshell quality and bone characteristics of laying hens were evaluated in a field trial in Colombia. At day 1 of age, a total of 17,750 Hy-Line Brown pullets were placed on a commercial farm, in 3 houses...
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Adiposity and fat loss in cancer: Exploring the prognostic significance and underlying mechanisms of adipose alterations in cancer
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During cancer progression, many patients will experience some degree of wasting of both muscle and adipose tissue. However, little is-known about adipose tissue alterations after a cancer diagnosis. Therefore, this research was conducted to first understand the prognostic significance of adipose...
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Fall 2017
Assessment of overall diet quality (DQ), rather than single nutrient intake analysis, provides a broader view of an individual’s nutrition status. Overall DQ is assessed using DQ tools that evaluate overall nutritional quality including Adequacy, Moderation and Variety. The association between...
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Genetic structure, virulence and fungicide sensitivity of Pyrenophora teres f. teres and P. teres f. maculata populations from western Canada
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The fungi Pyrenophora teres f. teres (Ptt) and P. teres f. maculata (Ptm) cause net form net blotch (NFNB) and spot form net blotch (SFNB) of barley, respectively. The genetic structure of a collection of 128 Ptt and 92 Ptm isolates, representing fungal populations from western Canada, was...