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  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Rumen Development, Intestinal Growth and Hepatic Metabolism In The Pre- and Postweaning Ruminant

    R.L. Baldwin;K.R. McLeod;J.L. Klotz;R.N. Heitmann

  • Mammary cell number, proliferation, and apoptosis during a bovine lactation: relation to milk production and effect of bST.

    Anthony Capuco;DL Wood;R Baldwin;K Mcleod

  • Effects of diet forage:concentrate ratio and metabolizable energy intake on visceral organ growth and in vitro oxidative capacity of gut tissues in sheep.

    K R McLeod;R L Baldwin

  • Sheep rumen metabolic development in response to age and dietary treatments.

    M A Lane;R L Baldwin;B W Jesse

  • Milk production of dairy cows fed differing concentrations of rumen-degraded protein.

    K.F. Kalscheur;K.F. Kalscheur;R.L. Baldwin;B.P. Glenn;R.A. Kohn

  • The effect of helminth infection on the microbial composition and structure of the caprine abomasal microbiome.

    Robert W. Li;Weizhong Li;Jiajie Sun;Jiajie Sun;Peng Yu

  • Developmental changes in ketogenic enzyme gene expression during sheep rumen development.

    M A Lane;R L Baldwin;B W Jesse

  • Perturbation Dynamics of the Rumen Microbiota in Response to Exogenous Butyrate

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  • Use of residual feed intake in Holsteins during early lactation shows potential to improve feed efficiency through genetic selection.

    E. E. Connor;J. L. Hutchison;H. D. Norman;K. M. Olson

  • Effects of diet forage:concentrate ratio and metabolizable energy intake on isolated rumen epithelial cell metabolism in vitro.

    R L Baldwin;K R McLeod

  • Effects of Brown Midrib Corn Silage on the Energy Balance of Dairy Cattle

    M.A. Tine;K.R. Mcleod;R.A. Erdman;R.L. Baldwin

  • 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

  • Developmental changes in glucose and butyrate metabolism by isolated sheep ruminal cells

    R. L. Baldwin;B. W. Jesse

  • 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

  • The proliferative actions of insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I, epidermal growth factor, butyrate and propionate on ruminal epithelial cells in vitro

    R.L Baldwin

  • 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

  • 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

  • Quantification of Transcriptome Responses of the Rumen Epithelium to Butyrate Infusion using RNA-seq Technology

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  • Visceral tissue growth and proliferation during the bovine lactation cycle.

    RL Baldwin;KR McLeod;Anthony Capuco

  • Influence of ruminal and postruminal carbohydrate infusion on visceral organ mass and adipose tissue accretion in growing beef steers.

    K. R. McLeod;R. L. Baldwin;M. B. Solomon;R. G. Baumann

  • Salvage of blood urea nitrogen in sheep is highly dependent on plasma urea concentration and the efficiency of capture within the digestive tract.

    Nishanth E Sunny;Sandra L Owens;R L Baldwin;Samer W El-Kadi

  • Ruminal fermentation and intestinal flow of nutrients by lactating cows consuming brown midrib corn silages.

    T.L. Greenfield;R.L. Baldwin;R.A. Erdman;K.R. McLeod

  • Intestinal Protein Supply Alters Amino Acid, but Not Glucose, Metabolism by the Sheep Gastrointestinal Tract

    Samer W. El-Kadi;Ransom L. Baldwin;Nishanth E. Sunny;Sandra L. Owens

  • Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling of cattle sperm and somatic tissues reveals striking hypomethylated patterns in sperm.

    Yang Zhou;Yang Zhou;Erin E Connor;Derek M Bickhart;Congjun Li

  • Comparative whole genome DNA methylation profiling across cattle tissues reveals global and tissue-specific methylation patterns

    Yang Zhou;Shuli Liu;Shuli Liu;Yan Hu;Lingzhao Fang

  • Sheep gastrointestinal development in response to different dietary treatments

    R.L Baldwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyle R. McLeod
Kyle R. McLeod University of Kentucky
Erminio Trevisi
Erminio Trevisi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Richard A. Erdman
Richard A. Erdman University of Maryland, College Park
Theron S. Rumsey
Theron S. Rumsey United States Department of Agriculture
David Bravo
David Bravo Pancosma
Kenneth Kalscheur
Kenneth Kalscheur Agricultural Research Service
Richard A. Kohn
Richard A. Kohn University of Maryland, College Park
H.D. Norman
H.D. Norman Agricultural Research Service
J.S. Van Kessel
J.S. Van Kessel Agricultural Research Service
Ronald Fayer
Ronald Fayer United States Department of Agriculture

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