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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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139
Citations
69205
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2

Medicine

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139
Citations
69795
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Morrison Award, American Society of Animal Science
  • 2002 - Wolf Prize in Agriculture for discoveries of Interferon tau and other pregnancy-associated proteins, which clarified the biological mystery of signaling between embryo and mother to maintain pregnancy, with profound effects on the efficiency of animal production systems, as well as human health and well-being.
  • 1995 - L. E. Casida Award, American Society of Animal Science
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - Animal Physiology and Endocrinology Award, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Fuller W. Bazer is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans several key fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work notably intersects subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Bazer's research focuses extensively on reproductive physiology and pregnancy-related biological processes. Main topics covered include:

  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Their frequent collaborators include Guoyao Wu, Heewon Seo, Gregory A. Johnson, Claire Stenhouse, and Robert C. Burghardt.

Scientific contributions appear in multiple publication venues, primarily:

  • Biology of Reproduction
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology
  • Reproduction

Selected recent publications by Fuller W. Bazer include:

  • "The Early Stages of Implantation and Placentation in the Pig" (2021) in Advances in anatomy, embryology and cell biology
  • "L-Arginine Nutrition and Metabolism in Ruminants" (2021) in Advances in experimental medicine and biology
  • "Metabolic pathways utilized by the porcine conceptus, uterus, and placenta" (2022) in Molecular Reproduction and Development
  • "Steroids Regulate SLC2A1 and SLC2A3 to Deliver Glucose Into Trophectoderm for Metabolism via Glycolysis" (2020) in Endocrinology
  • "Integrins and their potential roles in mammalian pregnancy" (2023) in Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology

Throughout their career, Fuller W. Bazer has received several awards including the Morrison Award from the American Society of Animal Science in 2014 and the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 2002, which recognized discoveries related to Interferon tau and pregnancy-associated proteins that elucidate embryo-mother signaling mechanisms important for pregnancy maintenance and animal production systems.

Additional honors include the L. E. Casida Award (1995), fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989), and the Animal Physiology and Endocrinology Award (1980) from the American Society of Animal Science.

Best Publications

  • Arginine metabolism and nutrition in growth, health and disease

    Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Teresa A. Davis;Sung Woo Kim

  • Board-invited review: intrauterine growth retardation: implications for the animal sciences.

    G. Wu;F. W. Bazer;Jacqueline Wallace;T. E. Spencer

  • Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development

    Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Timothy A. Cudd;Cynthia J. Meininger

  • Conceptus signals for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy.

    Thomas E Spencer;Fuller W Bazer

  • Proline and hydroxyproline metabolism: implications for animal and human nutrition

    Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Robert C. Burghardt;Gregory A. Johnson

  • Theory of maternal recognition of pregnancy in swine based on estrogen controlled endocrine versus exocrine secretion of prostaglandin F2alpha by the uterine endometrium.

    Fuller W. Bazer;W.W. Thatcher

  • Developmental Biology of Uterine Glands

    C. Allison Gray;Frank F. Bartol;Becky J. Tarleton;Anne A. Wiley

  • Amino acid nutrition in animals: protein synthesis and beyond.

    Guoyao Wu;Fuller W Bazer;Zhaolai Dai;Defa Li

  • Biology of progesterone action during pregnancy recognition and maintenance of pregnancy.

    Thomas E Spencer;Fuller W Bazer

  • Comparative aspects of implantation

    Fuller W Bazer;Thomas E Spencer;Greg A Johnson;Robert C Burghardt

  • Purification and Properties of a Major, Low Molecular Weight Protein Released by the Trophoblast of Sheep Blastocysts at Day 13-21

    J. D. Godkin;F. W. Bazer;J. Moffatt;F. Sessions

  • Establishment of pregnancy in the pig: I. Interrelationships between preimplantation development of the pig blastocyst and uterine endometrial secretions.

    R D Geisert;R H Renegar;W W Thatcher;R M Roberts

  • Endometrial Glands Are Required for Preimplantation Conceptus Elongation and Survival

    C. Allison Gray;Kristin M. Taylor;W. Shawn Ramsey;Jonathan R. Hill

  • Progesterone and Placental Hormone Actions on the Uterus: Insights from Domestic Animals

    Thomas E. Spencer;Greg A. Johnson;Robert C. Burghardt;Fuller W. Bazer

  • Dietary L-arginine supplementation enhances the reproductive performance of gilts.

    Ronaldo D. Mateo;Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Jun C. Park

  • Implantation mechanisms: insights from the sheep.

    Thomas E Spencer;Greg A Johnson;Fuller W Bazer;Robert C Burghardt

  • Novel pathways for implantation and establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in mammals

    Fuller W. Bazer;Guoyao Wu;Thomas E. Spencer;Greg A. Johnson

  • Osteopontin: roles in implantation and placentation.

    Greg A. Johnson;Robert C. Burghardt;Fuller W. Bazer;Thomas E. Spencer

  • Conceptus Development in Intact and Unilaterally Hysterectomized-Ovariectomized Gilts: Interrelations among Hormonal Status, Placental Development, Fetal Fluids and Fetal Growth

    J. W. Knight;Fuller W. Bazer;W. W. Thatcher;D. E. Franke

  • Pregnancy recognition and conceptus implantation in domestic ruminants: roles of progesterone, interferons and endogenous retroviruses

    Thomas E Spencer;Greg A Johnson;Fuller W Bazer;Robert C Burghardt

  • Temporal and spatial alterations in uterine estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor gene expression during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy in the ewe.

    Thomas E. Spencer;Fuller W. Bazer

  • Interferon Tau: A Novel Pregnancy Recognition Signal

    Fuller W. Bazer;Thomas E. Spencer;Troy L. Ott

  • Conceptus signals for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy

    T.E Spencer;R.C Burghardt;G.A Johnson;F.W Bazer

  • Uterine protein secretions: Relationship to development of the conceptus.

    Fuller W. Bazer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Spencer
Thomas E. Spencer University of Missouri
Guoyao Wu
Guoyao Wu Texas A&M University
Robert C. Burghardt
Robert C. Burghardt Texas A&M University
Gwonhwa Song
Gwonhwa Song Korea University
Greg A. Johnson
Greg A. Johnson Texas A&M University
William W. Thatcher
William W. Thatcher University of Florida
Troy L. Ott
Troy L. Ott Pennsylvania State University
Jae Yong Han
Jae Yong Han Seoul National University
Yulong Yin
Yulong Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rodney D. Geisert
Rodney D. Geisert University of Missouri

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