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Apr
19
Interpretive Summary: Effects of different defatted rice bran sources and processing technologies on nutrient digestibility in cannulated growing pigs
A study recently published in the Journal of Animal Science evaluated the effects of different defatted rice bran sources and processing technologies on nutrient digestibility in different intestinal segments of pigs.
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Apr
19
Interpretive Summary: Effects of administering exogenous bovine somatotropin to beef heifers during the first trimester on conceptus development
A study recently published in the Journal of Animal Science evaluated the administration of bovine somatotropin and its effects on fetal and placental development in beef heifers, including steroid- and eicosanoid-metabolizing enzyme activity when administered during the first trimester.
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Apr
14
Interpretive Summary: Effect of supplementation with different fatty acid profile in sheep
A paper recently published in the Journal of Animal Science evaluated the effects of maternal supplementation with an enriched source of monounsaturated fatty acid or of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid during the first third of gestation on productive and metabolic status of their offspring pre- and postweaning, postweaning plasma metabolites and hormones concentrations, and hypothalamic relative mRNA expression during the finishing period.
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Apr
14
Interpretive Summary: Economic and environmental assessments of combined genetics and nutrition optimization strategies to improve the efficiency of sustainable pork production
A study recently published in the Journal of Animal Science evaluated the economic and environmental impacts of these strategies that incorporated selection for pig feed:gain and dietary optimization based on a single or multiple objectives tailored to meet the population’s nutritional requirements, with the goal to optimize sustainable farm feed efficiency.
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Apr
12
Interpretive Summary: Nutrient digestibility and fecal characteristics, microbiota, and metabolites in dogs fed human-grade foods
The authors of this recent Journal of Animal Science study evaluated the digestibility of HG food in dogs.
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Apr
12
American Society of Animal Science Journals Featured on the OUP Blog
In recognition of the infographic efforts by the ASAS Journals and to enhance distribution, OUP (Oxford University Press) has begun to feature infographics on the OUP Blog each month.
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Apr
12
Journal of Animal Science Late to Press in March 2021 and April 2021
Many members have noticed that we have yet to close out the March 2021 issue of Journal of Animal Science (JAS) or launch the April 2021 issue, let us begin by apologizing for the inconvenience.
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Apr
08
The 9th International Congress on Farm Animal Endocrinology will take place October 10-13, 2021
The meeting venue for ICFAE is the newly opened Sweetgrass Inn on the Isle of Palms, SC.
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Apr
08
Interpretive Summary: Genetic parameter estimation for beef bull semen attributes
In this recent Journal of Animal Science study, researchers chose to better understand the genetic parameters of bull fertility using fixed effect modeling.
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Apr
08
The 2021 ASAS - ADSA Virtual Northeast Meeting Award Recipients
Yesterday during the 2021 ASAS - ADSA Virtual Northeast Meeting we recognized several outstanding Northeast Members.
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Apr
08
Interpretive Summary: Improving performance of finishing pigs with added valine, isoleucine, and tryptophan: validating a meta-analysis model
The authors of this recent Journal of Animal Science study did a meta-analysis of existing studies and then hypothesized that adding the lacking AA (such as Iso, Val or Trp) would ameliorate any AA imbalance issues.
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Apr
05
Have you been to the ASAS Animal Science Image Gallery lately?
The gallery, housed at animalimagegallery.org, provides images, animations, and short videos for classroom and outreach learning.
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Apr
05
Interpretive Summary: Interactions of amino acids and hormones regulate the balance between growth and milk protein synthesis in lactating rats fed diets differing in protein content
A recent study published in the Journal of Animal Science aimed to explore the correlations among circulating amino acids and insulin-like growth factor-I, growth hormone, and prolactin concentrations in plasma and producing tissue of lactating rats fed diets with varying protein content.
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Apr
05
Interpretive Summary: Improvement, identification, and target prediction for miRNAs in the porcine genome by using massive, public high-throughput sequencing data
A recent study published in the Journal of Animal Science collected nearly all public sRNA-seq data to sequence and to improve the annotation for known microRNAs and identify novel microRNAs that have not yet been annotated in pigs.
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Apr
01
Late Breaking Abstracts Submission Opened for 2021 ASAS-CSAS-SSASAS Annual Meeting
Late-Breaking abstract submission is available for the 2021 ASAS-CSAS-SSASAS Annual Meeting and Trade Show! The submission deadline is May 25, 2021 at 3:00 PM CDT.
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Apr
01
2021 ASAS-CSAS-SSASAS Annual Meeting is Slated to be Live in Louisville
We understand why societies are struggling to decide what to do with meetings throughout 2021!
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Mar
29
Comment period on animal biotechnology reopened
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reopening the public comment period for an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding whether to establish regulations for the movement of certain animals modified or developed using genetic engineering.
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Mar
29
Dairy Checkoff working with NFL to reach consumers
The Dairy Checkoff has announced new initiatives that will provide opportunities for consumers and children to engage with dairy and learn about the industry’s sustainability efforts. The Dairy Checkoff will be working with the National Football league (NFL) to achieve these goals.
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Mar
29
FARM Program review published
The National Dairy FARM Program (FARM) has published the “2020 Year in Review” which is the annual summary for the FARM Program, exploring the achievements and challenges faced during the year.
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Mar
29
New bill encourages whole milk in schools
A new bipartisan bill introduced to the House would allow for unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias.
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