The Department of Animal Biosciences conducts outstanding research in the areas of nutrition, nutrition modelling, physiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, welfare and behavior, breeding, genetics and meat science. The following is a list of journal articles published from members of the Department of Animal Biosciences in the month of July-have a read!

• Totafurno AD, Huber LA, Mansilla WD, Wey D, Mandell IB, De Lange CFM. The
  effects of a temporary lysine restriction in newly weaned pigs on growth
  performance and body composition. J Anim Sci. 2019 Jul 23. pii: skz196. doi:
  10.1093/jas/skz196. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31330536. [1]
   
• Richardson CM, Baes CF, Amer PR, Quinton C, Martin P, Osborne VR, Pryce JE,
  Miglior F. Determining the economic value of daily dry matter intake and
  associated methane emissions in dairy cattle. Animal. 2019 Jul 22:1-9. doi:
  10.1017/S175173111900154X. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31327334. [2]
   
• Nayeri S, Schenkel F, Fleming A, Kroezen V, Sargolzaei M, Baes C, Cánovas A,
  Squires J, Miglior F. Genome-wide association analysis for β-hydroxybutyrate
  concentration in Milk in Holstein dairy cattle. BMC Genet. 2019 Jul 16;20(1):58.
  doi: 10.1186/s12863-019-0761-9. PubMed PMID: 31311492 [3].
   
• Stryker JA, Atkinson JL, Brown RD, Barney D, Robinson JAB, Duncan J, Finegan
  EJ. Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with
  focus on thermoregulatory behavior. Int J Biometeorol. 2019 Jul 15. doi:
  10.1007/s00484-019-01753-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31309283. [4]
   
• Birkl P, Chow J, McBride P, Kjaer JB, Kunze W, Forsythe P,
  Harlander-Matauschek A. Effects of Acute Tryptophan Depletion on Repetitive
  Behavior in Laying Hens. Front Vet Sci. 2019 Jul 11;6:230. doi:
  10.3389/fvets.2019.00230. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31355217.  [5]
   
• Decina C, Berke O, van Staaveren N, Baes CF, Harlander-Matauscheck A.
  Development of a Scoring System to Assess Feather Damage in Canadian Laying Hen
  Flocks. Animals (Basel). 2019 Jul 10;9(7). pii: E436. doi: 10.3390/ani9070436.
  PubMed PMID: 31295882 [6].
   
• King MTM, Duffield TF, DeVries TJ. Short communication: Assessing the
  accuracy of inline milk fat-to-protein ratio data as an indicator of
  hyperketonemia in dairy cows in herds with automated milking systems. J Dairy
  Sci. 2019 Jul 10. pii: S0022-0302(19)30589-2. doi: 10.3168/jds.2018-16070. [Epub
  ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31301848. [7]
   
• Guarini AR, Lourenco DAL, Brito LF, Sargolzaei M, Baes CF, Miglior F, Tsuruta
  S, Misztal I, Schenkel FS. Use of a single-step approach for integrating foreign
  information into national genomic evaluation in Holstein cattle. J Dairy Sci.
  2019 Jul 10. pii: S0022-0302(19)30586-7. doi: 10.3168/jds.2018-15819. [Epub ahead
  of print] PubMed PMID: 31301840. [8]
   
• Oliveira HR, Cant JP, Brito LF, Feitosa FLB, Chud TCS, Fonseca PAS, Jamrozik
  J, Silva FF, Lourenco DAL, Schenkel FS. Genome-wide association for milk
  production traits and somatic cell score in different lactation stages of
  Ayrshire, Holstein, and Jersey dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci. 2019 Jul 10. pii:
  S0022-0302(19)30600-9. doi: 10.3168/jds.2019-16451. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
  PMID: 31301836. [9]
   
• Díez-León M, Kitchenham L, Duprey R, Bailey CDC, Choleris E, Lewis M, Mason
  G. Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore
  species. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Jul 6;373:112056. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112056.
  [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31288059. [10]
   
• You L, Lee AV, Oh SY, Fisher-Heffernan RE, Edwards M, de Lange K, Karrow NA.
  Effect of lipopolysaccharide-induced immune stimulation and maternal fish oil and
  microalgae supplementation during late pregnancy on nursery pig
  hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function. J Anim Sci. 2019 Jul 2;97(7):2940-2951.
  doi: 10.1093/jas/skz166. PubMed PMID: 31081510.  [11]
   
• Bandara RMAS, Torrey S, Turner PV, Linden AZ, Bolinder A, Schwean-Lardner K,
  Widowski TM. Efficacy of a Novel Mechanical Cervical Dislocation Device in
  Comparison to Manual Cervical Dislocation in Layer Chickens. Animals (Basel).
  2019 Jul 1;9(7). pii: E407. doi: 10.3390/ani9070407. PubMed PMID: 31266199. [12]
   
• Neijat M, Habtewold J, Shirley RB, Welsher A, Barton J, Thiery P, Kiarie E.
  Bacillus subtilis Strain DSM 29784 Modulates the Cecal Microbiome, Concentration
  of Short-Chain Fatty Acids, and Apparent Retention of Dietary Components in
  Shaver White Chickens during Grower, Developer, and Laying Phases. Appl Environ
  Microbiol. 2019 Jul 1;85(14). pii: e00402-19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00402-19. Print
  2019 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 31076425.  [13]
   
• Nichols K, Dijkstra J, van Laar H, Kim JJM, Cant JP, Bannink A. Expression of
  genes related to energy metabolism and the unfolded protein response in dairy cow
  mammary cells is affected differently during dietary supplementation with energy
  from protein and fat. J Dairy Sci. 2019 Jul;102(7):6603-6613. doi:
  10.3168/jds.2018-15875. Epub 2019 May 15. PubMed PMID: 31103304. [14]
   
• Neijat M, Casey-Trott TM, Robinson S, Widowski TM, Kiarie E. Effects of
  rearing and adult laying housing systems on medullary, pneumatic and radius bone
  attributes in 73-wk old Lohmann LSL lite hens. Poult Sci. 2019 Jul
  1;98(7):2840-2845. doi: 10.3382/ps/pez086. PubMed PMID: 30915474. [15]