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Development, characterization and application of polyclonal antibodies against ovine adipocytes for body fat reduction by passive immunization

Creator:

Nassar, Abdul-Rahman Hassan

Abstract:

Three experiments were conducted (1) to develop and characterize polyclonal antibodies against ovine adipocyte plasma membranes (APM), (2) to evaluate the effect of administering the developed antibodies to lambs on lamb growth and carcass characteristics, and (3) to investigate the possibility of using the developed antibodies to identify antigenic components...

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Dissertation

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Dr. Gary Banowetz for his scientific and technical advice, constructive criticism and for serving
Puberty development and reproductive performance in beef heifers fed rations supplemented with Oregon by-product feeds

Creator:

Oswald, Keely E.

Abstract:

In the majority of management scenarios, it is imperative that beef replacement heifers calve at two years of age. In order to achieve this goal, yearling heifers should reach 60 to 65% of their mature body weight by 13 months of age. Feed costs represent 75 to 80% of the...

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Masters Thesis

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Oregon (Banowetz, et al., 2008). This includes production of annual and perennial ryegrass and tall