2005 Research Reports
Beef and Dairy Cattle, Swine, Poultry, Sheep, Horses and Animal Products
December 2005
Publication: P-
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Division of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University
Genetics/Animal Breeding
Milk Production, Calf Performance, Body Weight and Condition Score of Mature Beef
Cows Sired by High and Low Milk EPD Angus and Hereford Bulls
S. Erat and D.S. Buchanan
Milk Expected Progeny Difference and Its Effect on Reproductive Performance of Mature
Beef Cows from Angus and Polled Hereford Sires
S. Erat and D.S. Buchanan
Isolation and Characterization of the Porcine Tissue Kallikrein Gene Family
S.C. Fernando, R.D. Geisert, B.A. Roe and U. DeSilva
Physiology
Influence of Postpartum Nutrition of Primiparous Beef Cows on Insulin Like Growth
Factor-I and Insulin in Plasma and Follicular Fluid
I. Rubio, R.P. Wettemann, F.J. White and L.S. Spicer
Hormonal Regulation of Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A Gene Expression in Ovarian
Granulosa and Theca Cells of Cattle
P.Y. Aad, C.A. Santiago, J.L. Voge, and L.J. Spicer
Effect of Plasma from Cyclic versus Nutritionally Induced Anovulatory Beef Heifers
on Proliferation of Granulosa and Theca Cells in vitro
L.J. Spicer, I. Bossis, and R. P. Wettemann
Effects of Time of Fall Calving on AI Pregnancy Rate, Total Pregnancy Rate, Postpartum
Anovulatory Interval, and Estrous Behavior
M.P. Davis, D.W. Kastner, I. Rubio, M. Anderson, R. Jones, R.P. Wettemann, and D.L.
Lalman
Effect of Body Condition Score on Plasma Concentrations of IGF-I in Postpartum Beef
Cows Treated with Somatotropin
M.J. Prado-Cooper, I. Rubio, M.P. Davis and N.M. Long, M. Anderson, R. Jones, P.Y.
Aad, M. Aleman, R. Cueno, M. Giacomini, S. Parr, R. Ross, A. Brown, R.P. Wettemann
and L.J. Spicer
Food Sciences
Post-Harvest Remediation of Off-Odor and Flavor Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Fillets
Using Acid Solubilization Isoelectric Precipitation
R.L. Nabors, C.W. Kleinhohz, K.K. Schrader and C.A. Mireles DeWitt
Nutrition/Management Cow/Calf
Effects of Soybean Supplementation on Performance and Reproduction of Beef Cows and
their Calves
J.P. Banta, D.L. Lalman, and R.P. Wettemann
Nutrition/Management Stocker Cattle
Energy and Protein Supplementation Strategies to Improve Summer Weight Gains for Stocker
Cattle Grazing Summer Tall-Grass Prairie
H.T. Purvis II and D.A. Cox
Effects of Late-Summer Protein Supplementation and Deworming on Performance of Beef
Calves Grazing Native Range
D.L. Lalman, J.G. Kirkpatrick, D.E. Williams, and J.D. Steele
Effect of Increasing Levels of Monensin in an Energy Supplement for Cattle Grazing
Winter Wheat Pasture
B.G. Fieser, G.W. Horn, and J.R. Kountz
Alterations in Ruminal Micorflora of Steers Consuming Wheat Pasture Dosed with an
Ionophore
S.C. Fernando, H.T. Purvis II, G.W. Horn, B.G. Feiser and U. DeSilva
Nutrition/Management Feedlot Cattle
Effects of Different Winter Growing Programs on Subsequent Feedlot Performance and
Carcass Characteristics of Beef Steers
M.P. McCurdy, G.W. Horn, C.R. Krehbiel, and J.J. Wagner
Effects of Cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) and Propionibacterium freudenreichii
(PF; Bovamine) on Feedlot Performance and CarcassMerit by Steers Fed a High-Concentrate
Diet
L.O. Burciaga-Robles, C.R. Krehbiel, D.L. Step, D.R. Gill,L.J. McBeth, and R.A. Ball.
Effects of Roughage Level and FibrozymeTM Supplementation on Performance and Carcass
Characteristics of Finishing Beef Steers
J.J. Cranston, C.R. Krehbiel, L.J. McBeth, and R.A. Ball
Effect of FuzZpellet™ on Feedlot Performance and Carcass Merit of Feedlot Cattle
C.R. Krehbiel, L.J. McBeth and R.L. Ball
Effect of Roughage Level and Calcium Magnesium Carbonate on Ruminal Metabolism and
Site and Extent of Digestion in Beef Steers Fed a High-Grain Diet
C.D. Keeler, C.R. Krehbiel, J.J. Wagner, and M.B. Crombie
Nutrition/Management Horse
Effects of Saccaromyces Cerevisiae on In Vitro Fermentation of a High Concentrate
or High Fiber Diet in Horses
J.M. Lattimer, S.R. Cooper, D.W. Freeman and D.A. Lalman