2008 Research Reports
Beef and Dairy Cattle, Swine, Poultry, Sheep, Horses and Animal Products
December 2008
Publication: P-
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Division of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University
Animal Breeding/Genetics
Effects of variations in the melatonin receptor 1A gene on reproductive performance
in Dorset ewes
A. K. Lunsford and R. G. Mateescu
Food Science
Effect of zilpaterol hydrochloride supplementation of beef steers and calf-fed Holstein
steers on the color stability of top sirloin butt steaks
K. C. Hargens, D. L. VanOverbeke, G. G. Hilton, J. Green, M. Hunt, C. Brooks, J. Killefer,
M. N. Streeter, J. P. Hutcheson, W. T. Nichols, D. M. Allen, and D. A. Yates
Evaluating a beef enhancement brine using 1% ammonium hydroxide as a replacement for
sodium tripolyphosphate
A. N. Parsons, D. L. VanOverbeke, C. L. Goad, and C. A. Mireles DeWitt
Influence of feeding various levels of wet and dry distillers grains to yearling steers
on carcass characteristics, meat quality, fatty acid profile and retail case life
of longissimus muscle
L. A. Kinman, D. L. VanOverbeke, C. R. Richards, R. B. Hicks and J. W. Dillwith
Lowering sodium tripolyphosphate usage in beef enhancement brines with 1% ammonium
hydroxide
A. N. Parsons, D. L. VanOverbeke, C. L. Goad, and C. A. Mireles DeWitt
Rapid and sensitive detection of aflatoxins using immunomagnetic bead-based recovery
and real-time qPCR assay
D. Babu and P. Muriana
Nutrition/Management Cow/Calf
Effects of maintenance energy requirements of beef cows on cow and calf performance
C. L. Bailey, M. J. Prado-Cooper, E. C. Wright, M. Anderson, R. Jones, G. W. Horn,
C. R. Krehbiel, R. P. Wettemann
Impact of time of day of harvest on nitrate concentration on forage sorghums
R. C. Levalley, G. E. Selk, G. A. Highfill, H. Zhang, and C. J. Richards
Nutrition/Management Horses
The effect of fat supplementation on nutrient digestibility and fatty acid transport
in yearling horses
S. M. Teuschler-Stewart, S. R. Cooper, M. S. Davis, D. W. Freeman