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item Development and validation of a protocol to determine feed spillage from commercial broiler feeders (Feb 2025)
item Effect of dimming wave characteristics on LED lamp performance during early operational life (Feb 2025)
item The influence of cecal microbiota transplantation on chicken injurious behavior: Perspective in human neuropsychiatric research (Aug 2024)
item Effect of a probiotic supplement (Bacillus subtilis) on struggling behavior, immune response, and meat quality of shackled broiler chickens exposed to preslaughter stress (Jul 2024)
item Effect of repeated HPA axis stimulation on hair cortisol concentration, growth, and behavior in preweaned dairy cattle (Jun 2024)
item Early human contact and housing for pigs - part 2: resilience to routine husbandry practices (Apr 2024)
item Using spatial modeling to evaluate LED light intensity and uniformity in commercial broiler houses during brooding and tunnel conditions (Mar 2024)
item The impact of early-life cecal microbiota transplantation on social stress and injurious behaviors in egg-laying chickens (Feb 2024)
item Effect of nutritional pen construction on the thermal performance of broilers (Feb 2024)
item Rehydration post-transport: duration of oral fluid therapy on behavior, biochemical measures of hydration, and health of neonatal dairy calves (Jan 2024)
item Longitudinal genomic analyses of automatically-recorded vaginal temperature in lactating sows under heat stress conditions based on random regression models (Dec 2023)
item Investigating the impact of non-additive genetic effects in the estimation of variance components and genomic predictions for heat tolerance and performance traits in crossbred and purebred pig populations (Dec 2023)
item Daylight exposure and circadian clocks in broilers: part I—photoperiod effect on broiler behavior, skeletal health, and fear response (Dec 2023)
item Genomic predictions and GWAS for heat tolerance in pigs based on reaction norm models with performance records and data from public weather stations considering censored temperature thresholds (Nov 2023)
item Dairy calf transportation in the United States: challenges and strategies to improve animal welfare (Nov 2023)
item Condition of surplus dairy calves during marketing: A cross-sectional study (Nov 2023)
item Interactions between corticotropin releasing factor signaling and prophylactic antibiotics on measures of intestinal function in weaned and transported pigs (Oct 2023)
item Genetic parameters for automatically-measured vaginal temperature, respiration efficiency, and other thermotolerance indicators measured on lactating sows under heat stress conditions (Sep 2023)
item Comparison of outside air and sol-air design temperatures for estimating insulation needs (Sep 2023)
item L-glutamine supplementation reduces gastrointestinal permeability and biomarkers of physiological stress in preweaning Holstein heifer calves (Aug 2023)
item Differential responses of physiological parameters, production traits, and blood metabolic profiling between first- and second-parity Holstein cows in the comparison of spring versus summer seasons (Jul 2023)
item Investigating the effects of jute nesting material and enriched piglet mats on sow welfare and piglet survival (Jul 2023)
item Effect of photoperiod on physiological parameters in broiler chicks from placement to 7-days-of-age1 (Jun 2023)
item Evaluating the temperature preferences of sexually mature Duroc, Landrace, and Yorkshire boars (May 2023)
item Animal welfare at slaughter: perceptions and knowledge across cultures (May 2023)
item Cecal microbiota transplantation: Unique influence of cecal microbiota from divergently selected inbred donor lines on cecal microbial profile, serotonergic activity, and aggressive behavior of recipient chickens (May 2023)
item Evaluating phenotypes associated with heat tolerance and identifying moderate and severe heat stress thresholds in lactating sows housed in mechanically or naturally ventilated barns during the summer under commercial (Apr 2023)
item Field survey of electrical grounding systems on commercial broiler houses in Mississippi and Alabama (Apr 2023)
item Effects of the in ovo administration of L-ascorbic acid on tissue L-ascorbic acid concentrations, systemic inflammation, and tracheal histomorphology of ross 708 broilers subjected to elevated levels of atmospheric ammonia (Mar 2023)
item Field survey of trunk line heating gas leaks in commercial broiler houses (Mar 2023)
item Electronic-free Traceable Smart Capsule for Gastrointestinal Microbiome Sampling (Jan 2023)
item Radiant flux preference of neonatal broiler chicks during brooding (Aug 2018)