The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced there will be up to $215 million in grants and other support to expand meat and poultry processing options, strengthen the food supply chain, and create jobs and economic opportunities in rural areas.

In nonruminants, oxygen-derived free-radicals such as hydrogen peroxide produced during stressful events impair insulin responsiveness including glucose uptake, protein synthesis, and fatty acid metabolism.

Glycerol monolaurate (GML) is naturally present in breast milk as well as other natural sources such as coconut oil and is widely used as a food additive. Dietary α-GML is used in animal production due to its safe-guarding health and growth-promoting effects.

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant RNA modification in eukaryotes. Current studies showed that the m6A modification widely regulates a series of life processes, such as biological metabolism, growth and development, inflammation, and cancer.

Heat stress (HS) negatively impacts livestock health and carcass quality. Supplementation of livestock with β-adrenergic agonists (β-AA) increases muscle mass and decreases fat deposition.

A variety of functional ingredients—those that provide benefits beyond their nutritional value—may be added to pet foods to support gastrointestinal and immune health.

The American Society of Animal Science would like to help you in recognizing your outstanding animal science students.

Many attendees joined ASAS National President, Dr. Tokach at his Midwest Meeting Reception on Tuesday, March 15th.

Condensed tannins can modulate methane emissions and ruminal biohydrogenation, but effects depend on type and dose.

The primary objective was to examine the effects of oral meloxicam (MEL), compared with a control, administered at the time of hot-iron branding in Angus and Hereford steers and heifers.

Probiotics, also called direct-fed microbials, are widely used in swine and cattle production systems, as an alternative for antibiotics. The benefits of feeding probiotic products include growth promotion and gut functional benefits.

With increasing milk yields in dairy cows, potential limiting factors are intensively discussed. The present review addresses physiological and nutritional constraints that are considered limiting for milk production.

Fish protein hydrolysate (FPH), a new protein material rich in peptides and free amino acids, has the potential to serve as an alternative to traditional fish meal.

Our objectives were to screen 14 triticale cultivars for agronomic and nutritive value characteristics with specific emphasis on identifying typical, as well as deviant, responses to the calendar date and plant maturity.

Unless there is an urgency for removing the triticale crop, such as those created by a feed shortage or need to establish a secondary crop, harvest management decisions should be based on plant growth stage, and not calendar date.

In vitro produced (IVP) bovine embryos suffer from several physiological abnormalities that interfere with their ability to withstand the freezing process, a vital step in shipping and distribution of IVP embryos.

With the ever-growing desire to increase efficiency in beef cattle production, researchers have developed strategies such as treating poor-quality forages with chemicals to increase the digestibility of fiber fractions, consequently increasing their energy value for cattle feeding.

Backfat thickness (BFT) is a complex and economically important trait in the pig industry because it reflects fat deposition and can be used to measure the carcass lean meat percentage in pigs.

Microbial phytase is widely used in commercial broiler diets to improve digestion of phosphorus (P) and reduce its excretion into the environment. Phytase improves the digestion of phosphorus and other nutrients including amino acids (AA).

Heat stress (HS) negatively impacts livestock health and carcass quality. Supplementation of livestock with β-adrenergic agonists (β-AA) increases muscle mass and decreases fat.