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- 3Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
- 2Department of Animal Science
- 2Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
- 1Department of Biological Sciences
- 1Department of Rural Economy
- 2Moore, Stephen (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Adamowicz, Wiktor (Rural Economy)
- 1Beauchemin, Karen (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada - Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science [Adj.])
- 1Debra J. Davidson (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Dr. Erasmus K. Okine, Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta/ Dr. Tim A. McAllister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge and Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta
- 1Ellen Goddard, Rural Economy
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A comparison of reproductive and growth traits of horned and polled cattle in three synthetic beef lines
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Pang, H., Price, M. A., Goonewardene, L. A., Berg, R. T.
One hundred and thirty-seven cow-calf pairs on pasture in southeastern Alberta, were randomly allocated to one of two treatments no supplement (NOS) or a high by-pass protein (70% of CP) creep supplement (HPS) at an intake of 1.5 kg head−1 d−1. Calf weaning weights and pre-weaning ADG were higher...
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2011
Plastow, G., Durunna, O. N., Stothard, P., Mujibi, F. D. N., Moore, S. S., Wang, Z., Basarab, J. A., Nkrumah, D. J., Crews Jr, D. H., Mah, J.
The benefit of using genomic breeding values (GEBV) in predicting ADG, DMI, and residual feed intake for an admixed population was investigated. Phenotypic data consisting of individual daily feed intake measurements for 721 beef cattle steers tested over 5 yr was available for analysis. The...
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Application of Multi-Omics Tools to Study the Genetic Background of Economically Relevant Traits in Commercial Beef Production
DownloadSpring 2022
The sustainability and profitability of beef cattle production are largely associated with feed efficiency, carcass merit, and resistance to infectious diseases. These traits are difficult or expensive to measure on individual animals, which makes them suitable for genomic application. Currently...
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Association analyses of a SNP in the promoter of OLR1 with growth, feed efficiency, fat deposition, and carcass merit traits in hybrid, Angus and Charolais beef cattle
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Chen, L., Islam K., Li, C., Vinsky, M.
A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the promoter region of oxidized low density lipoprotein (lectin-like) receptor 1 (OLR1) (c. −495 T>C) was identified and analyzed for associations with 10 traits related to growth, feed efficiency, body fat deposition and carcass merit traits in hybrid...
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Association analyses of SNPs in candidate genes with body fat deposition and carcass merit traits in beef cattle
DownloadFall 2009
A candidate gene approach was used to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and their associations with body fat deposition and carcass merit traits in beef cattle. In total, 37 SNPs from 9 candidate genes have been genotyped on 463 hybrid, 206 Angus and 187 Charolais steers for...
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Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the bovine leptin gene with feed intake, feed efficiency, growth, feeding behaviour, carcass quality and body composition
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Hansen, C., Murdoch, B., Guercio, S., Basarab, J. B., Moore, S. S., Meng, Y., Li, C., Nkrumah, J. D.
Leptin is a 16-kDa-hormone product of the obese gene synthesized and expressed predominantly by adipose tissues, which has been shown to play major roles in the regulation of body weight, feed intake, energy balance, fertility, and immune system functions. We report an investigation into the...
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Fall 2011
Feed efficiency affects profitability and sustainability in beef production systems. Since ruminal microbes play essential roles in feed digestion and conversion, the overall objective of this project was to investigate the association between ruminal bacteria and feed efficiency of beef cattle....
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BSE Impacts on the Canadian Beef Industry-An Application of the Social Amplification of Risk Framework to Consumer and Producer Behaviour
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In this study the dynamics of risk perceptions about BSE held by Canadian consumers and cow-calf operators are evaluated. Since the BSE outbreak in 2003, Canadian consumers and cow-calf operators may have had various different reactions to BSE. These reactions may be related to their different...
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Candidate genes and biological pathways associated with carcass quality traits in beef cattle
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Karisa, B. K., Bruce, H. L., Plastow, G. S., Moore, S. S., Thomson, J., Wang, Z.
The objective of this study was to use the candidate gene approach to identify the genes associated with carcass quality traits in beef cattle steers at the University of Alberta Ranch at Kinsella, Canada. This approach involved identifying positional candidate genes and prioritizing them...