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  • Feb
    17
    Interpretive Summary: Hematological and immunological responses to naturally occurring bovine respiratory disease in newly received beef calves in a commercial stocker farm


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    Blood and immune parameters are altered during bovine respiratory disease (BRD) progression and can be used for predicting disease status.

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  • Feb
    17
    Interpretive Summary: Identify known and novel candidate genes associated with backfat thickness in Duroc pigs by large-scale genomewide association analysis


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    Backfat thickness (BFT) is a complex and economically important trait in the pig industry because it reflects fat deposition and can be used to measure the carcass lean meat percentage in pigs.

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  • Feb
    17
    Interpretive Summary: Timing of maternal supplementation of dried distillers grains during late gestation influences postnatal growth, immunocompetence, and carcass characteristics of Bos indicus-influenced beef calves


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    This 2-yr study evaluated the effect of the timing of dried distillers grains (DDG) supplementation during the last trimester of gestation in Bos indicus-influenced beef cows and the subsequent impact on their offspring.

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  • Feb
    17
    Interpretive Summary: Intake, ruminal fermentation parameters, and apparent total-tract digestibility by beef steers consuming Pensacola bahiagrass hay treated with calcium oxide


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    With the ever-growing desire to increase efficiency in beef cattle production, researchers have developed strategies such as treating poor-quality forages with chemicals to increase the digestibility of fiber fractions, consequently increasing their energy value for cattle feeding.

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  • Feb
    17
    Interpretive Summary: Development of genomic predictions for Angus cattle in Brazil incorporating genotypes from related American sires


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    There was a desire to implement genomic selection for Angus cattle in Brazil since the technology has been proved to increase genetic gain in animal breeding programs.

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  • Feb
    17
    Interpretive Summary: Proteomic profiling of plasma-derived small extracellular vesicles: a novel tool for understanding the systemic effects of tick burden in cattle


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    Cattle ticks are a significant burden to cattle industries globally. Current methods to treat cattle ticks are costly and inefficient in the long term. It has been noted that while some cattle may exhibit a natural resistance to ticks, others carry a heavy tick burden.

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  • Feb
    10
    Interpretive Summary: Effects of a blend of essential oils, medium-chain fatty acids, and a toxin-adsorbing mineral on diarrhea and gut microbiome of weanling pigs experimentally infected with a pathogenic Escherichia coli


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    This experiment aims to investigate an antimicrobial blend consisting of essential oils, medium-chain fatty acids, and a toxin-adsorbing mineral on diarrhea, growth performance, and gut microbiome of newly weaned pigs experimentally infected with a pathogenic Escherichia coli (F18 E. coli).

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  • Feb
    10
    Interpretive Summary: Effects of supplementing low-protein diets with sodium dichloroacetate and glucose on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of growing-finishing pigs


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    The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplementing low-protein diets with sodium dichloroacetate (DCA) and glucose on growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of growing-finishing pigs.

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  • Feb
    10
    Interpretive Summary: Supplementing a blend of magnesium oxide to feedlot cattle: effects on ruminal, physiological, and productive responses


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    Acidosis is a common digestive disorder in feedlot cattle consuming high-grain diets, resulting in excessive accumulation of organic acids and pH reduction in the rumen.

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  • Feb
    10
    Interpretive Summary: Characterizing the effect of incrementally increasing dry bulb temperature on linear and nonlinear measures of heart rate variability in nonpregnant, mid-gestation, and late-gestation sows


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    Pregnant pigs may be at a higher risk of poor physiological outcomes due to heat exposure compared to mature female pigs that are not pregnant.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Concentration and heritability of immunoglobulin G and natural antibody immunoglobulin M in dairy and beef colostrum along with serum total protein in their calves


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    Understanding how breed influences immunoglobulin (Ig) G and natural antibody (NAb) IgM concentrations in colostrum can improve bovine colostrum quality and calf health. Maternal colostral IgG is abundant, persistent, and pathogen specific.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Effect of amino acid blend as alternative to antibiotics for growing pigs


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    Dietary antibiotics have been used in pig farming practices to avoid health problems, improving animal growth performance. However, antimicrobial resistance due to the use of antibiotics in farms is considered to be a global health challenge.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Effects of in ovo feeding of disaccharide and/or methionine on hatchability, growth performance, blood hematology, and serum antioxidant parameters in geese


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    In modern poultry husbandry, hatchery treatments and/or transportation make hatched neonates subject to encounter a fasting period after incubation. This is a big problem to limit the growth and survivability of birds.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Effect of bupivacaine liposome suspension administered as a local anesthetic block on indicators of pain and distress during and after surgical castration in dairy calves


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    Castration is a routine procedure performed on beef and dairy operations in the United States. All methods of castration cause pain. The American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners recommend that anesthesia and analgesia be administered during castration.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Grass-fed vs. grain-fed beef systems: Performance, economic, and environmental trade-offs


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    Between the influence of the “food elite” on social media and increasing public concerns over climate change, consumer demand for grass-fed beef has increased considerably. Although many consumers perceive grass-fed beef as more environmentally friendly than grain-fed beef, there is a dearth of research available to address these consumer claims.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Weinroth Best Practices Animal Science 16S RNA profiling summary


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    The recent development of 16S rRNA gene sequencing as a method to identify microbes that live on various surfaces of the body, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract, has revolutionized the field of microbiology, and has resulted in an explosion of publications focusing on the microbiome of many species.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Impact of forage diversity on forage productivity, nutritive value, beef cattle performance, and enteric methane emissions


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    In recent years the beef industry has been targeted as a primary contributor to global warming. More specifically, this includes methane (CH4) production from the grazing sector, and therefore, researchers are working to mitigate the CH4 production in grazing environments.

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  • Feb
    03
    Interpretive Summary: Gene expression in the amygdala and hippocampus of cyclic and acyclic gilts


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    Reproductive failure affects up to 30% of replacement gilts, causing a massive reduction in profitability for a producer. More specifically, there are two types of prebreeding anestrus that cause reproductive failure, including the delay in attaining puberty (prepubertal anestrus, PPA) or silent ovulation (behavioral anestrus, BA).

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  • Jan
    27
    John Deere Releases First Autonomous Tractor


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    John Deere, the agricultural manufacturing company, revealed its first autonomous tractor for large-scale production use. The company states the invention is a way to helper farmers and ranchers who are challenged to produce more with less land.

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  • Jan
    27
    World Food Prices Increase 28% in 2021


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    “While normally high prices are expected to give way to increased production, the high cost of inputs, ongoing global pandemic and ever more uncertain climatic conditions leave little room for optimism about a return to more stable market conditions even in 2022, ” said FAO Senior Economist Abdolreza Abbassian.

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