Cardioprotective properties of quercetin in fescue toxicosis-induced cardiotoxicity via heart-gut axis in lambs (Ovis Aries)

J Ge, SL Shelby, Y Wang, PD Morse, K Coffey… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study investigated whether quercetin mitigated fescue toxicosis-induced
cardiovascular injury via the heart-gut axis. Twenty-four commercial Dorper lambs were …

The lack of knowledge on the microbiome of golf turfgrasses impedes the development of successful microbial products

U Stingl, CJ Choi, B Dhillon, M Schiavon - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Golf courses have a significant environmental impact. High water demands and the
intensive use of agricultural chemicals have been a concern for decades and are therefore …

Beef cattle that respond differently to fescue toxicosis have distinct gastrointestinal tract microbiota

LR Koester, DH Poole, NVL Serão, S Schmitz-Esser - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) is a widely used forage grass which shares a symbiosis
with the endophytic fungus Epichloë coenophiala. The endophyte produces an alkaloid …

Reproductive microbiome and cytokine profiles associated with fertility outcomes of postpartum beef cows

MS Smith, KJ Hickman-Brown… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Shifts from commensal bacteria (for example, Lactobacillus in the phylum Firmicutes) within
the reproductive tract have been associated with changes in local reproductive immune …

VEGFA165 can rescue excess steroid secretion, inflammatory markers, and follicle arrest in the ovarian cortex of High A4 cows

MA Abedal-Majed, SA Springman… - Biology of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A population of cows with excess androstenedione (A4; High A4) in follicular fluid, with
follicular arrest, granulosa cell dysfunction, and a 17% reduction in calving rate was …

Hepatic transcript profiling in beef cattle: Effects of feeding endophyte-infected tall fescue seeds

GF Alfaro, V Palombo, MS D'Andrea, W Cao, Y Zhang… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The objective of our study was to evaluate the effect of endophyte-infected tall fescue (E+)
seeds intake on liver tissue transcriptome in growing Angus× Simmental steers and heifers …

Ruminal ergovaline and volatile fatty acid dynamics: Association with poor performance and a key growth regulator in steers grazing toxic tall fescue

IM Llada, RS Mote, NS Hill, JM Lourenco… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fescue toxicosis (FT) is produced by an ergot alkaloid (ie, ergovaline [EV])-producing
fungus residing in toxic fescue plants. Associations between EV, decreased weight gain and …

Evaluation of resistance to fescue toxicosis in purebred angus cattle utilizing animal performance and cytokine response

DH Poole, KJ Mayberry, MK Newsome, RK Poole… - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fescue toxicosis is a multifaceted syndrome common in cattle grazing endophyte-infected
tall fescue; however, varying symptomatic responses potentially imply genetic tolerance to …

[PDF][PDF] Bovine ovarian cortex tissue culture

CM Sutton, SA Springman, MA Abedal-Majed… - J Vis Exp, 2021 - eacademic.ju.edu.jo
Follicle development from the primordial to antral stage is a dynamic process within the
ovarian cortex, which includes endocrine and paracrine factors from somatic cells and …

Ergot alkaloids reduce circulating serotonin in the bovine

EEL Valente, JL Klotz, G Ahn, KR McLeod… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ergot alkaloids can interact with several serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) receptors
provoking many physiological responses. However, it is unknown whether ergot alkaloid …