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Skip to Search Results- 1Ambrose, Divakar (Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Beltranena, Eduardo (Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Butler, Stephen (Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc)
- 1Dr. G. Douglas Inglis (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
- 1Dr. Richard R. E. Uwiera (AFNS)
- 1Dr. Trina C. Uwiera (Surgery)
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Fall 2017
The emergence of high-throughput genomic data provides new opportunities for genetic analysis. Especially, in terms of genetic improvement of animals, genomic tools provide new tools for animal selection, while still suffering from some statistical issues due to the high-dimension of the genomic...
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Spring 2019
A reproductive phenotype that has high variability, repeatability, heritability, and association with fertility could become an excellent candidate for genetic selection to augment fertility in dairy cows. Therefore, the general objective of this research was to evaluate the aforementioned...
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Comparative isolation of bacteria from inflamed sites to identify inflammation-tailored bacteria
DownloadSpring 2021
Microbial culture collections are fundamental to microbiology research. However, with the advent of next generation sequencing research, the generation and maintenance of comprehensive culture collections has become deprioritized. As such a need exists for the improved isolation of diverse...
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Consumer preferences for the genomic selection for particular traits in breeding dairy cows in Canada
DownloadSpring 2022
This study examines Canadian public preferences for the use of genomic selection in breeding dairy cows for four main traits– feed efficiency, methane emission reduction, enhanced disease resilience, improved cow fertility as well as the use of antibiotics. Since this research information might...
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Fall 2021
Disease resilience is defined as an animal’s ability to maintain a high level of performance in the face of disease challenges caused by multiple pathogens, as is often the case in commercial pig farms. Therefore, disease resilience is anticipated to be critical to the profitability of the pig...
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Genomic selection for pork quality and carcass traits in both cross- and pure-bred populations
DownloadSpring 2015
Pork quality and carcass characteristics are now being integrated into swine breeding objectives because of their economic value. Understanding the genetic basis for these traits is necessary for this to be accomplished. The main objective of this study was to improve pork quality traits in two...
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Spring 2016
Solvent-extracted canola meal (CM) is fed to pigs as alternative to soybean meal (SBM). The relatively high dietary fibre content in CM limit its nutritional value for swine. Canola processing could produce canola co-products with less fibre and greater fat thus increasing its nutritional value....
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Fall 2020
Meat and carcass quality traits are of increasing interest to the swine industry due to their influence on customer purchasing and repurchasing decisions. However, meat quality traits must be measured post-mortem, meaning that these traits cannot be measured on the potential breeding candidates...
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The role of functional properties of dietary fiber in the control of nutrient flow and intestinal health in pigs
DownloadFall 2010
Viscosity and fermentability are considered important properties of dietary fiber. Viscosity increases digesta viscosity and reduces digesta passage rate, nutrient digestion and absorption whereas fermentability increases fermentation into short chain fatty acids (SCFA). The objectives were to...