Mechanisms of steroidal implants to improve beef cattle growth: a review

ZK Smith, BJ Johnson - Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
For more than 60 y, beef cattle producers have safely used various types of growth-
enhancing technology (GET) such as steroidal implants with anabolic activity and orally …

The effect of a finishing diet supplemented with γ-aminobutyric acids on carcass characteristics and meat quality of Hanwoo steers

FH Barido, CW Lee, YS Park, SK Lee - Animal bioscience, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective This study was conducted to investigate the effects of supplementation with rumen-
protected γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on carcass characteristics and meat quality of …

Feedlot performance and biological responses to coated and non-coated steroidal implants containing trenbolone acetate and estradiol benzoate in finishing beef …

ZK Smith, J Kim, BJ Johnson - Journal of animal science, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Predominately Angus steers (n= 24; initial BW= 435±28.3 kg) were used to evaluate
non-coated (NC) and coated implants (CI) containing equal amounts of trenbolone acetate …

Hybridization alters red deer gut microbiome and metabolites

L Wei, B Zeng, B Li, W Guo, Z Mu, Y Gan… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The host genes play a crucial role in shaping the composition and structure of the gut
microbiome. Red deer is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for the …

Chromium propionate supplementation alters animal growth performance, carcass characteristics, and skeletal muscle properties in feedlot steers

JO Baggerman, ZK Smith, AJ Thompson… - Translational Animal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of increasing concentrations of Cr
propionate (CrP) on feedlot performance, blood parameters, carcass characteristics, and …

[HTML][HTML] A deep learning-based automated image analysis for histological evaluation of broiler pectoral muscle

J Dayan, N Goldman, D Waiger, T Melkman-Zehavi… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Global market demand for chicken breast muscle with high yield and quality, together with
the high incidence rate of breast muscle abnormalities in recent years highlights the need for …

[HTML][HTML] N-acetyl-l-methionine dietary supplementation improves meat quality by oxidative stability of finishing Angus heifers

Y Liu, W Chen, S Zhang, X Zhu, H Wu, Q Meng… - Meat Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Methionine plays a vital role in protein synthesis, and regulation of antioxidant response in
ruminants. This study aimed to assess the effects of dietary supplementation with N-acetyl-l …

Effects of rumen-bypass protein supplement on growth performance, hepatic mitochondrial protein complexes, and hepatic immune gene expression of beef steers …

M Idowu, G Taiwo, T Sidney, E Treon, Y Leal… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
We investigated the impact of a rumen-bypass protein (RBP) supplement on growth
performance, plasma and urinary N (UN) concentration, hepatic mitochondrial protein …

The effects of animal age, feeding regime and a dietary beta‐agonist on tenderness of three beef muscles

E Moholisa, A Hugo, PE Strydom… - Journal of the Science …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Animal age as determined by number of permanent incisors (pi) is used in
classification of beef carcasses to describe expected meat tenderness. However, animals …

The effect of finishing diet supplemented with methionine/lysine and methionine/α-tocopherol on performance, carcass traits and meat quality of Hanwoo steers

FH Barido, DT Utama, HS Jong, J Kim… - … journal of animal …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective This study aimed to compare the effects of diets with and without supplements of
methionine/lysine (met/lys) and methionine/α-tocopherol (met/α-tocopherol) on the …