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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
4997
World Ranking
2228
National Ranking
14

Best Publications

  • Influence of negative energy balance on cyclicity and fertility in the high producing dairy cow.

    D C Wathes;M A Fenwick;Z R Cheng;N Bourne

  • Differences between primiparous and multiparous dairy cows in the inter-relationships between metabolic traits, milk yield and body condition score in the periparturient period.

    D C Wathes;Z R Cheng;N Bourne;V J Taylor

  • Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on ovarian and uterine function in lactating dairy cows.

    R S Robinson;P G A Pushpakumara;Z R Cheng;A R Peters

  • Negative energy balance alters global gene expression and immune responses in the uterus of postpartum dairy cows.

    D. Claire Wathes;Zhangrui Cheng;Waliul Chowdhury;Mark A. Fenwick

  • Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus Infection Disrupts Uterine Interferon Stimulated Gene Regulatory Pathways During Pregnancy Recognition in Cows

    Zhangrui Cheng;Laura E Brown;D Claire Wathes

  • Factors influencing heifer survival and fertility on commercial dairy farms.

    D C Wathes;J S Brickell;N E Bourne;A Swali

  • IGF1 induces up-regulation of steroidogenic and apoptotic regulatory genes via activation of phosphatidylinositol-dependent kinase/AKT in bovine granulosa cells

    Arul Murugan Mani;Mark A Fenwick;Zhangrui Cheng;Mohan K Sharma

  • Relationships between the plasma concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I in dairy cows and their fertility and milk yield

    V J Taylor;Z R Cheng;P G A Pushpakumara;D E Beever

  • Effect of level of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on systemic and tissue fatty acid concentrations and on selected reproductive variables in cattle

    S Childs;A A Hennessy;A A Hennessy;J M Sreenan;D C Wathes

  • Multiple correlation analyses of metabolic and endocrine profiles with fertility in primiparous and multiparous cows

    D C Wathes;N Bourne;Z R Cheng;G E Mann

  • Influence of energy balance on the somatotrophic axis and matrix- metalloproteinase expression in the endometrium of the postpartum dairy cow

    D Claire Wathes;Zhangrui Cheng;Mark A Fenwick;Richard Fitzpatrick

  • Effect of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on uterine prostaglandin synthesis in the cow

    Z R Cheng;R S Robinson;P G A Pushpakumara;R J Mansbridge

  • Time Course of Defense Mechanisms in Bovine Endometrium in Response to Lipopolysaccharide

    Theerawat Swangchan-Uthai;Chloe R.M. Lavender;Zhangrui Cheng;Ali A. Fouladi-Nashta

  • Relationships between age at first calving and first lactation milk yield, and lifetime productivity and longevity in dairy cows

    G M Haworth;W P Tranter;J N Chuck;Z R Cheng

  • The effects of lipopolysaccharide and interleukins-1alpha, -2 and -6 on oxytocin receptor expression and prostaglandin production in bovine endometrium.

    S T Leung;Z R Cheng;E L Sheldrick;K Derecka

  • Palmatine inhibits TRIF-dependent NF-κB pathway against inflammation induced by LPS in goat endometrial epithelial cells.

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  • Combining genome wide association studies and differential gene expression data analyses identifies candidate genes affecting mastitis caused by two different pathogens in the dairy cow.

    Xing Chen;Zhangrui Cheng;Shujun Zhang;Dirk Werling

  • Association between growth rates, age at first calving and subsequent fertility, milk production and survival in Holstein-Friesian heifers

    Jessica S. Cooke;Zhangrui Cheng;Nicola E. Bourne;D. Claire Wathes

  • The effect of dietary supplementation with linoleic acid to late gestation ewes on the fatty acid composition of maternal and fetal plasma and tissues and the synthetic capacity of the placenta for 2-series prostaglandins.

    Matthew Elmes;Priya Tew;Zhangrui Cheng;Sue E. Kirkup

  • Importance of Viral Disease in Dairy Cow Fertility.

    D. Claire Wathes;Chike F. Oguejiofor;Carole Thomas;Zhangrui Cheng

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