Volume 3, Number 2, April 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Replicated association of the single nucleotide polymorphism in PNLIP with marbling in Niigata population of Japanese Black beef cattle

Hideki Tanomura, Youji Muramatsu, Takuji Yamamoto, Takeshi Ohta, Hiroyuki Kose, Takahisa Yamada

Abstract | References PDF (112KB), PP. 89-92, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32013, Downloads: 136 Google Scholar

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Effects of a rumen protected B vitamin blend substituted for biotin upon milk production and component yield in lactating dairy cows

Essi Evans, David T. Mair

Abstract | References PDF (126KB), PP. 93-98, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32014, Downloads: 113 Google Scholar

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Evaluation of forage-based weaning systems in spring-born cross-bred beef calves

John Fredrick Odhiambo, Robert Arthur Dailey, Ronnie Helmondollar, James Yeager Pritchard, Phillip Irvin Osborne

Abstract | References PDF (195KB), PP. 99-104, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32015, Downloads: 123 Google Scholar

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Profiles of energy metabolites and haptoglobin in dairy cows under organic management in Alberta farms

John F. Odhiambo, Umar Farooq, Summera Iqbal, Dominik Mansmann, Qendrim Zebeli, Suzanna M. Dunn, Burim N. Ametaj

Abstract | References PDF (827KB), PP. 105-113, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32016, Downloads: 124 Google Scholar

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Short communication: Supplementing with vitamin E may alter the fibrinolytic capacity of cattle

Anthony K. McNeel, Alfred R. Menino Jr.

Abstract | References PDF (291KB), PP. 114-120, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32017, Downloads: 91 Google Scholar

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Periconceptional growth hormone treatment alters early uterine environment

Jill M. Koch, Caleb O. Lemley, Ronald R. Magness, Matthew E. Wilson

Abstract | References PDF (188KB), PP. 121-126, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32018, Downloads: 127 Google Scholar

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Tyrosine phosphorylation of monocyte-derived macrophage proteins in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis): A potential phenotype of natural resistance

Maria Miarelli, Federica Signorelli, Giovanna de Matteis

Abstract | References PDF (509KB), PP. 127-131, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32019, Downloads: 103 Google Scholar

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Presence of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Streptococcus suis, Pasteurella multocida, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Haemophilus parasuis and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in upper respiratory tract of swine in farms from Aguascalientes, Mexico

Abraham Loera-Muro, Francisco J. Avelar-González, Víctor M. Loera-Muro, Mario Jacques, Alma L. Guerrero-Barrera

Abstract | References PDF (224KB), PP. 132-137, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32020, Downloads: 139 Google Scholar

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Review Paper

Role of natural killer (NK) cells during pregnancy: A review

Marcio Nogueira Rodrigues, Phelipe Oliveira Favaron, Jamille Gregório Dombrowski, Rodrigo Medeiros de Souza, Maria Angelica Miglino

Abstract | References PDF (117KB), PP. 138-144, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2013.32021, Downloads: 151 Google Scholar