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2012

Steele, Michael A., Plaizier, Jan C., AlZahal, Ousama, Dionissopoulos, Louis, McBride, Brian W.

The objective of this study was to characterize the mRNA and protein expression of inflammatory and structural genes in the rumen epithelium during grain-induced ruminal acidosis in lactating dairy cattle. A total of 16 rumen-fistulated, lactating Holstein dairy cattle (618±35 kg of body weight,...

2005-09-01

Zhang, Xiuqing , Bolund, Lars , Bao, Jingyue , Ma, Ligeng , Wong, Gane K., Deng, Xing Wang , Wang, Jian , Liu, Xigang , Yuan, Longping , Li, Jian , Zhao, Hongyu , Pedersen, Soren , Wang, Xiangfeng , Wang, Jun , Sun, Ning , Cao, Mengliang , Chen, Chen , Jiao, Yuling , Li, Lin , Su, Ning

2001

MacLean, Melissa A., Zalkovic, Pavol, Ambrose, Divakar J.

Abstract A procedure to secure a jugular vein catheter system to the neck of cattle is described. A wide-mouthed polypropylene bottle attached to a halter strap provided a secure container for the catheter. This device allowed convenient access to the catheter for repeated sampling and,...

1981

Price, M. A., Graham, W. C.

A technique is described for meausuring increases in bone length during defined periods before slaughter in cattle. It consists of jugular infusions of oxytetracycline at specified time intervals. Oxytetracycline identifies the sites of ossification in growing bones at the time of infusion by...

1981

Price, M. A., Berg, R. T., Jones, S. D. M.

A trial is reported comparing the accumulation of lipid in rib cuts from 12 bull and 12 heifer carcasses from two breed types: Hereford (HE) and Dairy Synthetic (DY). Serial slaughter was carried out from weaning (163 ± 15.1 (SD) days) to approximately 16 mo of age. The left side of each carcass...

2008

Owttrim, G.W., Lalonde, S.V., Smith, D.S., Konhauser, K.O.

Bacteria grow in complex solutions where the adsorption of aqueous species and nucleation of mineral phases on the cell surface may interfere with membrane-dependent homeostatic functions. While previous investigations have provided evidence that bacteria may alter their surface chemical...

2012

Guan, Leluo, Romao, Josue M., McAllister, Tim, He, Maolong, Jin, Weiwu

Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of molecular regulators found to participate in numerous biological processes, including adipogenesis in mammals. This study aimed to evaluate the differences of miRNA expression between bovine subcutaneous (backfat) and visceral fat depots (perirenal...

2009

Bell, J. B., Deng, H., Simmonds, A. J., Hughes, S. C.

Abstract: Vertebrate development requires the activity of the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (mef2) gene family for muscle cell specification and subsequent differentiation. Additionally, several muscle-specific functions of MEF2 family proteins require binding additional cofactors including members...

Fall 2011

Meng, Ya

Microarrays are biotechnological advancements measuring expressions of thousands of genes in a single assay. A two-group microarray study yields gene expression measurements for patients with a disease of interest and for healthy controls. Our objective is to apply the methods of microarray data...

2012

Wang, Z., Xu, S., Hu, Z.

We developed a marker based infinitesimal model for quantitative trait analysis. In contrast to the classical infinitesimal model, we now have new information about the segregation of every individual locus of the entire genome. Under this new model, we propose that the genetic effect of an...