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item Sheep GEMS provides project update (Oct 2024)
item Heritability estimates for longevity-related traits in U.S. Katahdin ewes (Sep 2024)
item Serum energy metabolite and mineral concentrations in a contemporary flock of Western white-faced ewes during the periparturient period (Sep 2024)
item Survival analyses of the productive life in U.S. Katahdin ewes (Sep 2024)
item Disentangling river and swamp buffalo genetic diversity: initial insights from the 1000 buffalo genomes project (Sep 2024)
item Sheep GEMS update: Using genotypes to reduce Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) susceptibilty (Aug 2024)
item Metabolic shift in porcine spermatozoa during sperm capacitation-induced zinc flux. (Jul 2024)
item Milk microbiome in the first month of lactation and at weaning from ewes supplemented with zinc pre- and postpartum (Jun 2024)
item Adding parasite resistance to the breeding objective in hair sheep (May 2024)
item Enhanced bovine genome annotation through integration of transcriptomics and epi-transcriptomics datasets facilitates genomic biology (Apr 2024)
item Effect of chronic cyclic heat stress and supplemented inorganic and organic zinc source levels on grow-finish pig growth performance and estimated body composition (Apr 2024)
item Gene expression patterns as a screening tool for assessing turkey ovarian tissue vitrification protocols (Mar 2024)
item Turkey hen sperm storage tubule transcriptome response to artificial insemination and the presence of semen (Jan 2024)
item Probiotics in milk replacer affect the microbiome of the lung in neonatal dairy calves (Jan 2024)
item Sheep GEMS Update: Lambing assistance and udder health scores (Jan 2024)
item Imputation strategies for genomic prediction using nanopore sequencing (Dec 2023)
item Is scrotal ultrasound a useful tool in ram breeding soundness examination? (Nov 2023)
item Birth season and production system effects on post-weaning growth and gastrointestinal nematode infection of Katahdin lambs (Nov 2023)
item Serum mineral and vitamin concentrations in central performance tested Rambouillet rams with and without angular limb deformities (Nov 2023)
item Characterization of Katahdin lamb carcasses in a traditional lamb marketing context (Nov 2023)
item Genetic parameter estimates of post-weaning growth and gastrointestinal nematode infection traits of Katahdin lambs (Nov 2023)
item Variance component estimates for growth traits in beef cattle using selected variants from imputed low-pass sequence data (Aug 2023)
item First person—Kayla Mills (Aug 2023)
item Low colostrum intake results in accumulation of peroxisome lipid substrates in stratified epithelial vaginal tissue of 3 week old gilts (Aug 2023)
item A journey into sheep GEMS (Aug 2023)
item Meet the Research Leaders at NSIP (Aug 2023)
item The potential value of international sheep evaluations (Aug 2023)
item Variance component estimation and genome-wide association of predicted methane production in crossbred beef steers (Jun 2023)
item Use of overlapping DNA pools to discern genetic differences despite pooling error (May 2023)
item Integrating genome-wide association and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analyses identifies genes affecting fertility in cattle and suggests a common set of genes regulating fertility in mammals (May 2023)
item Long read isoform sequencing reveals hidden transcriptional complexity between cattle subspecies (Mar 2023)
item Global gene expression of the turkey hen reproductive axis during the preovulatory hormonal surge (Feb 2023)
item Genetic diversity and connectivity of moose (Alces americanus americanus) in eastern North America (Jan 2023)
item Comparison of three maternal composite sheep breeds managed under pasture lambing and purebred or terminal mating systems: Ewe body weight, reproductive efficiency, and longevity (Dec 2022)
item Detection of Mycoplasma bovirhinis and bovine coronavirus in an outbreak of bovine respiratory disease in nursing beef calves (Dec 2022)
item Impact of four ovine TMEM154 haplotypes on ewes during multiyear lentivirus exposure (Nov 2022)