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Research Project: Developing a Systems Biology Approach to Enhance Efficiency and Sustainability of Lamb Production

Location: Livestock Bio-Systems

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Effects of harvest season on carcass characteristics of lambs harvested in the Intermountain West - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Effects of increasing dietary zinc sulfate fed to gestating ewes: II. Milk somatic cell count, microbial populations, and fatty acid composition Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Page, C.M., Knuth, R.M., Murphy, T.W., Rule, D.C., Bisha, B., Taylor, J.B., Stewart, W.C. 2022. Effects of increasing dietary zinc sulfate fed to gestating ewes: II. Milk somatic cell count, microbial populations, and fatty acid composition. Applied Animal Science. 38(3):285-295. https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2022-02268.

Effect of TMEM154 E35K variant (haplotypes 1 and 3) on the incidence of ovine lentivirus infection and ewe productivity during lifetime exposure Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Murphy, T.W., Chitko-McKown, C.G., Heaton, M.P., Freking, B.A. 2021. Effect of TMEM154 E35K variant (haplotypes 1 and 3) on the incidence of ovine lentivirus infection and ewe productivity during lifetime exposure. Journal of Animal Science. 99(11). Article skab304. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab304.

The relationship between milk score near parturition and udder score near weaning and their effects on Polypay, Rambouillet, and Targhee ewe productivity Reprint Icon - (Proceedings)
Murphy Jr, T.W., Taylor, J.B. 2021. The relationship between milk score near parturition and udder score near weaning and their effects on Polypay, Rambouillet, and Targhee ewe productivity. Translational Animal Science. 5(Supplement S1): S134-S138. Article txab176. https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txab176.