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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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Evaluation of an on-farm preconditioning program and novel spore-based mucosal vaccine as tools to mitigate bovine respiratory disease
DownloadFall 2024
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most costly disease in the North American feedlot industry. Antimicrobials are mainly used to prevent BRD in feedlots. However, concerns over antimicrobial use and rising resistance in key BRD pathogens necessitate alternative strategies to reduce...