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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
4898
World Ranking
1520
National Ranking
440

Best Publications

  • Estimates of soil ingestion by wildlife

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  • Characterization of the rumen microbiota of pre-ruminant calves using metagenomic tools.

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  • Genomic imputation and evaluation using high-density Holstein genotypes.

    P.M. VanRaden;D.J. Null;M. Sargolzaei;G.R. Wiggans

  • Heat stress abatement during the dry period influences metabolic gene expression and improves immune status in the transition period of dairy cows.

    B.C. do Amaral;E.E. Connor;S. Tao;M.J. Hayen

  • Heat-stress abatement during the dry period: Does cooling improve transition into lactation?

    B.C. do Amaral;E.E. Connor;S. Tao;J. Hayen

  • Invited review: Improving feed efficiency in dairy production: challenges and possibilities*

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  • Fine-mapping milk production quantitative trait loci on BTA6: analysis of the bovine osteopontin gene.

    Robert D. Schnabel;Jong-Joo Kim;Melissa S. Ashwell;Tad S. Sonstegard

  • Heat stress abatement during the dry period influences prolactin signaling in lymphocytes

    B.C. do Amaral;E.E. Connor;S. Tao;J. Hayen

  • Gene expression in bovine rumen epithelium during weaning identifies molecular regulators of rumen development and growth

    Erin E. Connor;Ransom L. Baldwin;Cong-jun Li;Robert W. Li

  • Gene expression in the digestive tissues of ruminants and their relationships with feeding and digestive processes

    E. E. Connor;R. W. Li;R. L. Baldwin;C. Li

  • The Bacterial Community Composition of the Bovine Rumen Detected Using Pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA Genes

    Sitao Wu;Ransom L. Baldwin;Weizhong Li;Congjun Li

  • Rumen Function and Development

    Ransom L. Baldwin;Erin E. Connor

  • High-density genome-wide association study for residual feed intake in Holstein dairy cattle

    B. Li;L. Fang;D.J. Null;J.L. Hutchison

  • Enhanced mitochondrial complex gene function and reduced liver size may mediate improved feed efficiency of beef cattle during compensatory growth

    Erin E. Connor;Stanislaw Kahl;Theodore H. Elsasser;Joel S. Parker

  • Analysis of copy number variations in Holstein cows identify potential mechanisms contributing to differences in residual feed intake.

    Yali Hou;Yali Hou;Derek M. Bickhart;Hoyoung Chung;Jana L. Hutchison

  • Functional annotation of the cattle genome through systematic discovery and characterization of chromatin states and butyrate-induced variations

    Lingzhao Fang;Lingzhao Fang;Shuli Liu;Shuli Liu;Mei Liu;Mei Liu;Xiaolong Kang;Xiaolong Kang

  • The genetic and biological basis of feed efficiency in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows

    L. C. Hardie;M. J. VandeHaar;R. J. Tempelman;K. A. Weigel

  • Bacterial lipopolysaccharide stimulates bovine neutrophil production of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-12 and IFN-gamma

    Eun J Sohn;Max J Paape;Erin E Connor;Douglas D Bannerman

  • Effects of increased milking frequency on gene expression in the bovine mammary gland

    Erin E Connor;Stephen Siferd;Theodore H Elsasser;Christina M Evock-Clover

  • Analysis of bovine mammary gland EST and functional annotation of the Bos taurus gene index.

    Tad S. Sonstegard;Anthony V. Capuco;Joseph White;Curtis P. Van Tassell

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