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

Associated Faculty