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Serum biochemistry and immunoglobulin dynamics in multi-day endurance racing horses

Creator:

Esser, Melissa M.

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Endurance riding reflects a relatively new sport among equine athletic disciplines and is growing rapidly. Of all the equine athletic disciplines, endurance riding is the most closely interrelated with veterinary assessment and control to ensure that horses are not exercised beyond their athletic capacity. As endurance riding competition has evolved,...

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Masters Thesis
Effects of camelina meal supplementation on ruminal forage degradability, performance, and physiological responses of beef cattle

Creator:

Cappellozza, Bruno Ieda

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Three experiments compared ruminal, physiological, and performance responses of beef steers consuming hay ad libitum and receiving grain-based supplements with (CAM) or without (CO) inclusion of camelina meal. In Exp. 1, 9 steers fitted with ruminal cannulas received CAM (2.04 kg of DM/d) or CO (2.20 kg of DM/d). Steers...

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Masters Thesis
Applications of GnRH immunization in domestic dogs

Creator:

Donovan, Caitlin Elizabeth

Abstract:

Reproductive function in the dog is controlled by feedback mechanisms that involve the hypothalamus, the anterior pituitary gland, and the gonads. Surgical gonad removal, a common procedure performed in dogs for the purposes of sterilization, disrupts the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis and results in permanently elevated concentrations of gonadotropins. Manipulation of...

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Masters Thesis

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been an immense help to me. Thank you to Dr. Gerd Bobe for numerous lessons in statistics, Meredith