Pivotal periods for pregnancy loss during the first trimester of gestation in lactating dairy cows

MC Wiltbank, GM Baez, A Garcia-Guerra, MZ Toledo… - Theriogenology, 2016 - Elsevier
Loss of pregnancy can occur at many different stages of gestation and for a variety of causes
but clearly produces a negative impact for reproductive and economic performances of dairy …

Amino acid nutrition in animals: protein synthesis and beyond

G Wu, FW Bazer, Z Dai, D Li, J Wang… - Annu. Rev. Anim …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Amino acids (AA) have enormous physiological importance, serving as building blocks for
proteins and substrates for synthesis of low-molecular-weight substances. Based on growth …

Impacts of arginine nutrition on embryonic and fetal development in mammals

G Wu, FW Bazer, MC Satterfield, X Li, X Wang… - Amino acids, 2013 - Springer
Embryonic loss and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) are significant problems in
humans and other animals. Results from studies involving pigs and sheep have indicated …

Impacts of maternal dietary protein intake on fetal survival, growth, and development

CM Herring, FW Bazer… - … Biology and Medicine, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Maternal nutrition during gestation, especially dietary protein intake, is a key determinant in
embryonic survival, growth, and development. Low maternal dietary protein intake can …

Nutrition and metabolism: Foundations for animal growth, development, reproduction, and health

G Wu - Recent advances in animal nutrition and metabolism, 2022 - Springer
Consumption of high-quality animal protein plays an important role in improving human
nutrition, growth, development, and health. With an exponential growth of the global …

Nutrition, epigenetics, and metabolic syndrome

J Wang, Z Wu, D Li, N Li, SV Dindot… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Epidemiological and animal studies have demonstrated a close link between
maternal nutrition and chronic metabolic disease in children and adults. Compelling …

Amino acid nutrition and reproductive performance in ruminants

KR Gilbreath, FW Bazer, MC Satterfield… - Amino Acids in Nutrition …, 2021 - Springer
Amino acids (AAs) are essential for the survival, growth and development of ruminant
conceptuses. Most of the dietary AAs (including L-arginine, L-lysine, L-methionine and L …

Mechanisms for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy: synergies from scientific collaborations

FW Bazer, RC Burghardt, GA Johnson… - Biology of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Research on the functions of interferon tau (IFNT) led to the theory of pregnancy recognition
signaling in ruminant species. But IFNT does much more as it induces expression of …

Arginine and nitric oxide synthase: regulatory mechanisms and cardiovascular aspects

J Lorin, M Zeller, JC Guilland, Y Cottin… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
l‐A rginine (l‐A rg) is a conditionally essential amino acid in the human diet. The most
common dietary sources of l‐A rg are meat, poultry and fish. l‐A rg is the precursor for the …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: L-arginine and L-citrulline supplementation in pregnancy: a potential strategy to improve birth outcomes in low-resource settings

AM Weckman, CR McDonald, JAB Baxter… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The available data support the hypothesis that L-arginine or L-citrulline supplementation
would be suitable for implementation in resource-constrained settings and will enhance …