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- 2Ebadi, Maryam
- 2Haisan, Jennifer L
- 2Ho, Linda
- 2Kim, Yong Min
- 2Kubota, Hiroshi
- 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)
- 6Temelli, Feral (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Spring 2017
Ovomucin, a member of mucin family, is a glycoprotein accounting for 2-4% of egg white protein. Ovomucin is rich in sialic acid (2.6-7.4%, w/w), which has been suggested as an essential nutrient for infants. Ovomucin is insoluble at neutral pH or in the absence of denaturing agents. The overall...
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Fall 2019
Gonzalez Toledo, Selene Yadira
Omega-3 fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acids (DHA) have been related to multiple health benefits. One way to produce omega-3 enriched egg yolk is through hen’s feed manipulation. However, there are many drawbacks to this approach: a high cost of production, wide...
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Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Fatty Acids Modify Skeletal Muscle Fat Infiltration in an Animal Model of Colorectal Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy
DownloadSpring 2017
Background: Myosteatosis is defined as low skeletal muscle radio-density with elevated amounts of intermuscular adipose tissue, assessed using computed tomography. Myosteatosis has been recently observed to be associated with mortality in people with cancer. Previous work from our lab reported...
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Elevated Fatty Acid Content in Muscle is Prevented by EPA and DHA in an Animal Model of Colorectal Cancer Receiving CPT-11 / 5-FU
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This study aimed to assess the effect of irinotecan / 5-fluorouracil treatment on amount and types of fatty acids in skeletal muscles of tumor-bearing rats fed: a) control diet, b) fish oil diet. Rats bearing the Ward colorectal carcinoma were fed a semi-purified diet with or without fish oil...
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Spring 2021
Hashemiranjbar Sharifabad, Mohsen
Feed represents more than half of the costs of livestock production. Residual feed intake (RFI) is a phenotypic measure of feed efficiency that has been proposed as the best approach for genetic improvement of dairy cows. Although RFI is considered as a useful tool for feed efficiency, the...
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Elucidating the effects of photoperiod during gestation and lactation on mammary gene expression and function in cows and mice
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Photoperiod, or day length, generates a highly accurate biological calendar that allows animals to anticipate and adapt to environmental change throughout the year. Photoperiod coordinates both daily and yearly rhythms associated with sleep/wake cycles, behavior, and reproduction, including...
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Elucidating the role of the rumen microbiome in cattle feed efficiency and its potential as a reservoir for novel enzyme discovery
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The rapid advances in omics technologies have led to a tremendous progress in our understanding of the rumen microbiome and its influence on cattle feed efficiency. However, significant gaps remain in the literature concerning the driving forces that influence the relationship between the rumen...
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Spring 2013
The energy requirements to produce muscle and fat in five beef composites relative to harvest age were determined. In Exp. 1, the proportion of muscle in the whole carcass decreased and fat increased with harvest age (P < 0.01). Based on energy apportioned to muscle and fat, to obtain lean beef,...
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Energy and Protein Intake during the First Week of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Hospital Outcomes
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Provision of energy to critically ill children during hospitalization is important. However, too much or not enough energy impacts hospital outcomes. Nutrients can be delivered as enteral nutrition (EN) and/or parenteral nutrition (PN) to promote recovery post-surgery, preserve body weight, and...