Journal of Animal Science

Table of Contents

Volume 81, Electronic Supplement 2, 2003
Peer-reviewed papers from the 2002 ASAS National Meeting


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Physiology: Basic Mechanisms Regulating Anovulatory States

Nitric oxide and the ovary.
C. Tamanini, G. Basini, F. Grasselli, and M. Tirelli... E1

Alpharma Beef Cattle Nutrition: Factors Affecting Feed Intake in Beef Cattle

Effects of roughage source and level on intake by feedlot cattle.
M. L. Galyean and P. J. Defoor... E8

Controlling variation in feed intake through bunk management.
R. H. Pritchard and K. W. Bruns...E133

The multifactorial nature of food intake control.
J. M. Forbes...E139

Effect of bunk management on feeding behavior, ruminal acidosis and performance of feedlot cattle: A review.
K. S. Schwartzkopf-Genswein, K. A. Beauchemin, D. J. Gibb, D. H. Crews, Jr., D. D. Hickman, M. Streeter, and T. A. McAllister...E149

Food Safety: Interventions and Future Directions in Food Safety

Preslaughter intervention strategies to reduce food borne pathogens in food animals.
T. R. Callaway, R. C. Anderson, T. S. Edrington, R. O. Elder, K. J. Genovese, K. M. Bischoff, T. L. Poole, Y. S. Jung, R. B. Harvey, and D. J. Nisbet... E17

Beef Species: Status and Application of Genetic Technologies in the Beef Industry

Consumer attitudes toward biotechnology: Lessons for animal-related applications.
C. M. Bruhn... E196

Genomic and computing strategies in the optimization of the genetic component of specification beef.
J. W. Wilton... E24

Physiology: Improving Reproductive Efficiency with Hormone Treatments

The use of controlled internal drug release devices for the regulation of bovine reproduction.
R. J. Mapletoft, M. F. Martinez, M. G. Colazo, and J. P. Kastelic...E28

A review of methods to synchronize estrus in replacement beef heifers and postpartum cows.
D. J. Patterson, F. N. Kojima, and M. F. Smith...E166

Ruminant Nutrition: Feed Additives and Fiber

Use of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes to improve feed utilization by ruminants.
K. A. Beauchemin, D. Colombatto, D. P. Morgavi, and W. Z. Yang...E37

Bacterial direct-fed microbials in ruminant diets: Performance response and mode of action.
C. R. Krehbiel, S. R. Rust, G. Zhang, and S. E. Gilliland...E120

Physiology: Basic Mechanisms Regulating Anovulatory States

Nutritional- and suckling-mediated anovulation in beef cows.
R. P. Wettemann, C. A. Lents, N. H. Ciccioli, F. J. White, and I. Rubio...E48

Nonruminant Nutrition: An Update on Modeling Pig Growth

Simulating the partitioning of dietary amino acids: New directions.
P. J. Moughan...E60

Partitioning of energy intake to heat, protein, and fat in growing pigs.
J. van Milgen and J. Noblet...E86

Modeling chemical and physical body composition of the growing pig.
C. F. M. de Lange, P. C. H. Morel, and S. H. Birkett...E159

Modeling stochasticity: Dealing with populations rather than individual pigs.
C. Pomar, I. Kyriazakis, G. C. Emmans, and P. W. Knap...E178

Characterization of pig genotypes for growth modeling.
P. W. Knap, R. Roehe, K. Kolstad, C. Pomar, and P. Luiting...E187

Nonruminant Nutrition: Phytase--What Is New and What Needs To Be Done?

The Enviropig physiology, performance, and contribution to nutrient management advances in a regulated environment: The leading edge of change in the pork industry
C. W. Forsberg, J. P. Phillips, S. P. Golovan, M. Z. Fan, R. G. Meidinger, A. Ajakaiye, D. Hilborn, and R. R. Hacker...E68

Does supplemental dietary microbial phytase improve amino acid utilization? A perspective that it does not
O. Adeola and J. S. Sands...E78

Growth and Development: Skeletal Muscle Plasticity, Development, and Hypertrophy

Heterogeneity of protein expression within muscle fibers
B. W. C. Rosser and E. Bandman...E94

Goat Species: Potent Solutions for Impotent Dewormers: Controlling Resistant Internal Parasites

Tannins for suppression of internal parasites
B. R. Min and S. P. Hart...E102

Production, Management, and the Environment: Environmental Stress on Livestock and Economic Implications

Environmental stress in confined beef cattle
T. L. Mader...E110

Nonruminant Nutrition: Mineral and Vitamin Nutrition

Some recollections of early swine research with selenium and vitamin E
J. E. Oldfield...E145