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Comparison of Inflammatory Cell Populations in Young and Mature Beef Bulls; A Preliminary Study 

Rush, Jessica (2019-04-24)
Bovine venereal diseases, such as Tritrichomonas foetus (T. foetus) infection, can be economically devastating to the cattle industry. Decreases in calf crops due to abortion and infertility, premature culling, and loss ...

Effect of Kisspeptin on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis of the Mare 

Wilborn, Robyn (2008-12-15)
Kisspeptin, a neuropeptide product of the KiSS-1 gene, has recently been shown to control the timing and release of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus in laboratory animals and move anestrus ewes ...

Evaluation of the accessory sex glands of the bull for the presence of Tritrichomonas foetus 

Lovelady, Andrew (2013-07-11)
A bull infected with the venereal protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus can become a chronic carrier, remaining infected for life. It has been theorized that as a bull ages he develops deep folds or crypts in the epithelium ...

The Mangalica Pig is a Novel Biomedical Model for Human Obesity and its Metabolic Complications 

Roberts, Morgan (2015-05-29)
The Mangalica pig is a genetic model of excessive adiposity; therefore, this European heritage breed may serve as an applied model to improve pork quality in modern commercial lean breeds and as a biomedical model to ...