Lab Projects

Nutritional Strategies During the Dry Period and Early Post-partum Mastitis: Optimizing animal responses to mammary pathogens after calving.

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Fatty Acids to Minimize Hepatic Lipidosis in Dairy Cows: Dietary lipids to optimize liver function and health during the transition period.

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Energy Balance and Mastitis Resistance: Molecular adaptations in the mammary gland to energy balance status and a pathogen challenge.

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Pre-partum Plane of Nutrition and Molecular Adaptations in Liver and Adipose: Mechanisms of enhanced adipose tissue mobilization and liver metabolism associated with periparturient metabolic and infectious disorders.

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Angus L. Dorsi Genomics During Growth in Response to Nutrition: Identification of nutrient-regulated genes for economically important traits.

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Regulation of Milk Fat and Protein Synthesis: Nutrient sensing and metabolic decisions in the bovine mammary gland.

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MilkOmicsTM: Elucidating signaling mechanisms and milk genes in the bovine mammary gland.

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Genomic Mechanisms Underlying Nutritional Effects on Pre-pubertal Mammary Growth: In development.