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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
3568
World Ranking
2289
National Ranking
648

Best Publications

  • Regulatory roles of leptin in reproduction and metabolism: a comparative review.

    D.A. Zieba;D.A. Zieba;M. Amstalden;G.L. Williams

  • Neurokinin 3 Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Septal Region, Preoptic Area and Hypothalamus of the Female Sheep: Colocalisation in Neurokinin B Cells of the Arcuate Nucleus but not in Gonadotrophin‐Releasing Hormone Neurones

    M. Amstalden;L. M. Coolen;L. M. Coolen;A. M. Hemmerle;Heather J. Billings;Heather J. Billings

  • Leptin gene expression, circulating leptin, and luteinizing hormone pulsatility are acutely responsive to short-term fasting in prepubertal heifers: relationships to circulating insulin and insulin-like growth factor I(1).

    M. Amstalden;M.R. Garcia;S.W. Williams;R.L. Stanko

  • Serum leptin and its adipose gene expression during pubertal development, the estrous cycle, and different seasons in cattle

    M. R. Garcia;M. Amstalden;S. W. Williams;R. L. Stanko;R. L. Stanko

  • Reduced progesterone concentration during growth of the first follicular wave affects embryo quality but has no effect on embryo survival post transfer in lactating dairy cows

    Fernando Acuna Rivera;Luís Gustavo Delamanha Mendonça;Gláucio Lopes;Jose E P Santos

  • Concentration of progesterone during the development of the ovulatory follicle: II. Ovarian and uterine responses

    R.L.A. Cerri;R.C. Chebel;F. Rivera;C.D. Narciso

  • Leptin and its role in the central regulation of reproduction in cattle.

    G.L Williams;M Amstalden;M.R Garcia;R.L Stanko

  • Central Infusion of Recombinant Ovine Leptin Normalizes Plasma Insulin and Stimulates a Novel Hypersecretion of Luteinizing Hormone after Short-Term Fasting in Mature Beef Cows

    M. Amstalden;M.R. Garcia;R.L. Stanko;R.L. Stanko;S.E. Nizielski

  • Hormonal manipulations in the 5-day timed artificial insemination protocol to optimize estrous cycle synchrony and fertility in dairy heifers.

    F.S. Lima;E.S. Ribeiro;R.S. Bisinotto;L.F. Greco

  • Use of a stair-step compensatory gain nutritional regimen to program the onset of puberty in beef heifers.

    R C Cardoso;B R C Alves;L D Prezotto;J F Thorson

  • Efficacy of embryo transfer in lactating dairy cows during summer using fresh or vitrified embryos produced in vitro with sex-sorted semen.

    B.M. Stewart;J. Block;P. Morelli;A.E. Navarette

  • Age at puberty, total fat and conjugated linoleic acid content of carcass, and circulating metabolic hormones in beef heifers fed a diet high in linoleic acid beginning at four months of age.

    M. R. Garcia;M. Amstalden;C. D. Morrison;D. H. Keisler

  • Effects of leptin on basal and GHRH-stimulated GH secretion from the bovine adenohypophysis are dependent upon nutritional status.

    D A Zieba;M Amstalden;S Morton;J L Gallino

  • Chronic administration of recombinant ovine leptin in growing beef heifers: effects on secretion of LH, metabolic hormones, and timing of puberty.

    M. N. Maciel;M. N. Maciel;D. A. Zieba;M. Amstalden;D. H. Keisler

  • Regulatory Roles of Leptin at the Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal Axis Before and after Sexual Maturation in Cattle

    D.A. Zieba;M. Amstalden;S. Morton;M.N. Maciel

  • Divergent effects of leptin on luteinizing hormone and insulin secretion are dose dependent.

    Dorota A. Zieba;Marcel Amstalden;Marlon N. Maciel;Duane H. Keisler

  • Kisspeptin activates the hypothalamic–adenohypophyseal–gonadal axis in prepubertal ewe lambs

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  • Leptin Prevents Fasting-Mediated Reductions in Pulsatile Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone and Enhances Its Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Mediated Release in Heifers

    M.N. Maciel;D.A. Zieba;M. Amstalden;D.H. Keisler

  • Leptin acts at the bovine adenohypophysis to enhance basal and gonadotropin-releasing hormone-mediated release of luteinizing hormone: differential effects are dependent upon nutritional history.

    M. Amstalden;D. A. Zieba;J. F. Edwards;P. G. Harms

  • Comparison of three approaches for synchronization of ovulation for timed artificial insemination in Bos indicus-influenced cattle managed on the Texas gulf coast

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