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Animal Nutrition & Growth Biology
Research conducted within the Animal Nutrition and Growth Biology Group has several main aims:
- Better understand how nutrition impacts production of economically relevant livestock species
- Gain insight into the molecular mechanisms through which growth occurs in livestock species
- Determine the relationship through which nutrition impacts growth
Some of the specific research projects that are currently being conducted by ADVS faculty within the research area are:
- Determining the mechanism through which anabolic implants improve growth of skeletal muscle in beef cattle
- Understanding the role that maternal nutrition plays in development and subsequent production of the offspring
- Determining the molecular mechanisms responsible for development of end-product tenderness in beef products
- Studying how nutrients affect dairy cattle metabolism
- Determining best practices for receiving beef cattle that may be mineral deficient
- Studying the effects of grazing organic dairy heifers on different pastures on growth, health and reproductive efficiency