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Dietary strategies to reduce air emissions from laying hen operations	The effect of reduced levels of inorganic and organic trace mineral supplementation on performance, carcass traits, and fecal excretion of grow-finish swine

Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis in Angus cattle	A survey of commercially available broilers originating from organic, free-range and conventional production systems for cooked meat yields, meat composition and relative value

Integration and validation of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system and automatic sorting technology (AST) for real-time correlation of management and disease impacts on the performance of swine in field studies	Small meat lockers working group: A participatory action research project to revitalize the decentralized meatpacking sector in Iowa

The effects of corn hybrid kernel traits on performance in broiler chickens, laying hens, and pigs	Influence of selection for improved growth rate on pork quality

Estimation of (co)variance components and genetic parameters for litters per sow per year and pigs weaned per sow per year	Correlated response in litter traits to selection for intramuscular fat in Duroc swine

Drinking behavior in nursery aged pigs	Evaluation of low dose exposure and immunogenicity of transgenic maize expressing the Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin B subunit when fed intermittently and daily

Acute and chronic metabolic responses of transition dairy cows with fatty liver disease to subcutaneous glucagon injections, oral glycerol, or both	An evaluation of the genetic components of bovine respiratory disease and its influence on production traits

Comparison of carcass composition, performance, and tissue deposition rates among breeds of swine	The effect of genetic background on phosphorus utilization for growth and bone integrity in pigs

The involvement of the novel proteins, perilipin, ATGL, and CGI-58, in lipolysis of early and mid lactation Holstein cows	Predictive measures of fetal distress in calves during delivery

Feeding, defecation and gaseous emission dynamics of W-36 laying hens	Incorporating condensed corn distillers solubles into an integrated pasture and drylot finishing system for feedlot steers

Effect of pre-calving diet energy content on immunologic and metabolic parameters in the transition cow	Evaluation of a calcium pre-molt and low-energy molt program: Effects on laying hen behavior, production, and physiology before, during, and after a fasting or non-fasting molt

Effect of extracted corn germ from a fractionation process on pig growth performance and carcass characteristics	Energy determination of corn co-products in finishing pigs and the use of an in vitro organic matter digestibility assay to predict in vivo energy

The effect of selection for residual feed intake on general behavioral activity, occurrence of lesions, scale activity and exit score in Yorkshire gilts	The effect of connectedness on the bias and accuracy for prediction of breeding value in swine herds

Improving feed quality by proper processing of raw materials	Farmers' experiences with rearing pigs, goats and chickens to improve household nutrition and income in Kamuli, Uganda

The effect of dietary sulfur on performance, mineral status, rumen hydrogen sulfide, and rumen microbial populations in yearling beef steers	Evaluation of litters per sow per year as a means to reduce non-productive sow days in commercial swine breeding herds and its association with other economically important traits

Validation of animal and laboratory methods in digestibility research	The effect of feeding high concentrations of cholecalciferol, phytase or the combination on broiler chicks and laying hens fed various concentrations of nonphytate phosphorus

An investigation of pressure algometry and thermal sensitivity tests for assessing pain associated with a sow lameness model and calf disbudding	Effects of increasing concentrations of corn distiller's dried grains with solubles on the egg production, internal quality of eggs, chemical composition and nutrients content of egg yolk

Evaluation of environmental effects on bovine viral diarrhea virus type 2 (BVDV2) antibody levels and response to BVDV2 vaccination in Angus calves	Genomic selection of purebred animals for crossbred performance under dominance

The effects of feeding condensed corn distillers solubles in pasture vs feedlot settings on steer performance and carcass composition	Factors that impact water intake of feedlot steers throughout the feedlot period

A multimodal analysis of the communicative utterances of a language competent bonobo (Pan paniscus)	Transition performance and metabolic variables in periparturient Holstein cows fed increasing amounts of organic zinc

Analysis of the use of the "CASH" Dispatch Kit captive bolt gun as a single stage euthanasia process for pigs	Feeder space availability and dried distillers grains with solubles inclusion rate effects on nursery and finishing pig performance and total tract digestibility in a commercial setting

Use of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and vitamin E and manipulation of dietary calcium to improve tenderness of beef	Use of linkage disequilibrium for quantitative trait loci mapping in livestock

Use of QTL identified in breed crosses for genetic improvement in pigs	Colicin E1 addition to the swine diet prevents post weaning diarrhea

Remote characterization of locomotion, grazing and drinking behavior in beef cattle using GPS and ruminant temperature dynamics	Quantitative and molecular genetic components of selection for intramuscular fat in Duroc swine

Evaluation of the host immune response to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in naturally infected periparturient dairy cows	Carcass and meat quality characteristics of pasture- and feedlot-finished beef steers supplemented with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3

Avian immunology, immunogenetics, and host immune response to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis infection in chickens	A systematic evaluation of laying hen housing for improved hen welfare

The use of genetic markers to improve sow productive life and genetic abnormalities	Hypothesis building using the Animal Trait Ontology

Genetic regulation of the healthfulness of beef fatty acid composition	The role of PRKG2 in Angus dwarfism

The effect of selection for intramuscular fat on fatty acid composition in Duroc pigs	An evaluation of practices to improve sow productive lifetime and producer profitability

Energy and nutrient cycling in pig production systems	Effects of dietary corn distiller's dried grains with solubles on ammonia emission, production performance, manure characteristics, and economic efficiency for laying hens

A determination of antibiotic resistance before and after the introduction of production livestock	Effects of selection for low residual feed intake and feed restriction on gene expression profiles and thyroid axis in pigs

Vitamin D signaling in the bovine immune system	Quantitative genetic and statistical aspects of feed efficiency by analysis of the selection experiment for residual feed intake in Yorkshire pigs

Molecular genetic assessment of chicken macrophage innate immunity: toll-like receptors, mechanisms of action, and kinetic transcriptome profile	Estimates of genetic parameters for female fertility traits from a dairy selection experiment for fat plus protein by using random regression and linear-threshold animal models

Identification of proteins and biological processes associated with tenderness in beef muscles	Swine pathogen transmission: Recognition, monitoring, and prevention

Modifying current laboratory methods for rapid determination of colostral IgG concentration and colostral IgG absorption in the neonate	A combined linkage disequilibrium and cosegregation method for fine mapping of QTL and approaches to study the long-term accuracy of genomic selection

The swine intestinal microbiota: localized adaptations and responses to in-feed antibiotics	Production and characterization of phosphopeptides from egg yolk phosvitin

MicroRNA expression and function during porcine oocyte maturation and early embryonic development	The effect of selection for residual feed intake during the grow/finish phase of production on feeding behavior traits and sow reproduction and lactation efficiency in Yorkshire pigs

Survival of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during various thermal lethality processes used to manufacture pork products	Characterizing the fallback pig

Protein profile and reactive oxygen species production in mitochondria from pigs divergently selected for residual feed intake