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Creator:: Duringer, Jennifer Marie
Abstract:: The pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and ergot alkaloids are known natural toxicants found in livestock forage. These alkaloids contribute to large economic losses in livestock throughout the world. An understanding of the mechanisms of toxicity and development of better diagnostic tools for better management practices was investigated. Variability exists in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: De Lorme, Marthah J. M.
Abstract:: The digestion responses and degradation of ergovaline and production of lysergic acid in the rumen of sheep offered Neotyphodium coenophialum-infected tall fescue straw at two ergovaline levels was investigated. Six crossbred wethers (56 +1- 3 kg BW) were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups in a cross-over design....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Merrill, Melissa L.
Abstract:: Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of a yeast-derived cell wall preparation (YCW) on forage intake and digestibility, ruminal fermentation characteristics, serum prolactin and prolactin stores, and milk production in beef cattle consuming high-alkaloid tall fescue straw. In Exp. 1, 16 Angus x Hereford ruminally cannulated steers (200...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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