Department of Animal Science faculty, students attend Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science

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Feb. 14, 2011

CORPUS CHRISTI — Several members of the Texas A&M University Department of Animal Science participated in the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science (SS-ASAS) held Feb. 5-8, 2011 in Corpus Christi, Texas, in conjunction with the 108th Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS). Awards and involvement include:

  • Professor Emeritus Dr. Paul Harms received the Distinguished Service Award.
  • The TAMU Academic Quadrathlon Team wins first place.
  • Professor and Interim Department Head Dr. Russell Cross delivered the official “Welcome to Texas” comments at the SS-ASAS Business Meeting.
  • Professor and PREP Section Leader Dr. Tom Welsh completed his term as President-elect and was installed as President of SS-ASAS for 2011-2012.  In addition, he began serving a 2-year term on the Executive Board of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS).
  • Associate Professor Dr. David Riley (Animal Breeding & Genetics Section) chaired the Graduate Student Research Paper Competition.
  • Associate Professor Dr. Clare Gill (Animal Breeding & Genetics Section) served as a judge of papers presented in the Graduate Student Research Paper Competition.
  • Assistant Professor Dr. Jason Banta (Beef Extension Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension Center, Overton, TX) chaired the Extension Section program.
  • Andrea Loyd (doctoral student in PREP Section) was elected to a two-year term as Graduate Student Representative to the Executive Board of the Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science.
  • Former ANSC faculty member Dr. Wayne Greene (former NUTR Section Leader and Professor at Amarillo Center; currently Head of Auburn University’s Department of Animal Science) completed his term as Secretary-Treasurer elect and was installed as Secretary-Treasurer of SS-ASAS for 2011-2012.
  • Former graduate student Dr. Bob Godfrey (PREP master’s and doctorate with Dr. Randel; currently Professor and Associate Director of the University of the Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station) completed his term as Secretary-Treasurer and was installed as President-elect of SS-ASAS for 2011-2012.

Students, staff and faculty from the Department of Animal Science authored or co-authored numerous presentations detailed as follows:

Interdisciplinary Beef Cattle Symposium: 

Regents Professor and Texas AgriLife Research Fellow Dr. Gary Williams (Beeville Texas AgriLife Research Station and the PREP Section) presented an invited paper entitled “Advances in estrous synchronization programs for heifers (including new information specific to Indicus heifers)”.

Undergraduate Research Paper Competition:

Variability in nutritive value of distillers’ grains. M. L. Drewery*1, J. E. Sawyer1, N. M. Kenney1, M. S. Cabaniss1, W. E. Pinchak2, and T. A. Wickersham1, 1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2Texas AgriLife Research, Vernon, TX. (Abstract #12).

Identification of QTL for two measures of feed efficiency in Nellore-Angus F2 steers. J. D. Luck*, T. S. Amen, D. G. Riley, A. D. Herring, P. K. Riggs, J. E. Sawyer, J. O. Sanders, and C. A. Gill, Texas A&M University, Department of Animal Science, College Station. (Abstract #14).

Graduate Student Competition Section:

The accuracy of ultrasound measurements taken prior to slaughter to measure carcass traits in beef cattle. C. H. Hughes*1, F. R. B. Ribeiro1, J. A. Carter1, L. O. Tedeschi2, G. E. Carstens2, R. K. Miller2, S. B. Smith2, R. D. Rhoades3, and B. M. Bourg2, 1Texas A&M University, Commerce, 2Texas A&M University, College Station, 3Texas A&M University, Kingsville (Abstract #2).

A comparison of ruminal and large intestinal microbial population of residual feed intake-indexed Brahman bulls under grazing conditions. L. M. Wiley*1, L. O. Tedeschi1, T.D.A. Forbes2, F.M. Rouquette, Jr.3, R.D. Randel3, F.R.B. Ribeiro4, and S.E. Dowd5, 1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2Texas Agrilife Research, Uvalde, 3Texas Agrilife Research, Overton, 4Texas A&M University, Commerce, 5Medical Biofilm Research Institute and Research and Testing Laboratory, Lubbock, TX. (Abstract #5).

Effects of residual feed intake classification on feed efficiency, ultrasound and feeding behavior traits in Angus based composite steers. J.C. Bailey*, G.E. Carstens, J.T. Walter, A.N. Hafla, E.D. Mendes, and L.O. Tedeschi, Texas A&M University, College Station. (Abstract #6).

Heart rate and physical activity in growing Bonsmara heifers with divergent residual feed intake fed in confinement or on pasture. A. N. Hafla*1, G. E. Carstens1, T. D. A. Forbes2, J. C. Bailey1, and E. A. Dany1, 1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2Texas AgriLIfe Research, Uvalde, TX. (Abstract #34).

Glycerol inhibition of ruminal lipolysis in vitro. H. Edwards*1, R. Anderson2, R. Miller1, T.M. Taylor1, M. Hardin1, S. Smith1, N. Krueger2, and D. Nisbet2, 1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Food & Feed Safety Research Unit, College Station, TX. (Abstract #36).

Breeding and Genetics Section: 

Genetic parameter estimates for weaning chute behavior score as an indicator trait for temperament in purebred Angus calves. A. H. Brown, Jr.*1, Z. B. Johnson1, S. W. Coleman2, M. A. Elzo3, F. A. Thrift4, S. M. DeRouen5, D. E. Franke5, W. E. Wyatt5, R. C. Vann6, G. R. Hansen7, and D. G. Riley8, 1University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Fayetteville, 2USDA/ARS, Brooksville, FL, 3University of Florida, Marianna, 4University of Kentucky, Lexington, 5Lousiana State University Agcenter, Homer, Baton Rouge, Iberia, Baton Rouge, 6Mississippi State University, Raymond, 7North Carolina State University, Plymouth, 8Texas A&M Agrilife, College Station. (Abstract #55).

QTL mapping for overall temperament at weaning in Nellore-Angus cattle using Bayesian Inference. L.L. Hulsman*1, S.O. Peters2, J.O. Sanders1, A.D. Herring1, C.A. Gill1, and D.G. Riley1, 1Texas A&M University, Department of Animal Science, College Station, 2New Mexico State University, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Las Cruces, NM. (Abstract #56).

Heterosis for calving and weaning rates in Brahman-Hereford cows. L. Boenig*, D.G. Riley, J.0. Sanders, and J.A. Sawyer, Texas A&M University, College Station. (Abstract #58).

Evaluation of F1 cows by Brahman, Boran, and Tuli bulls for reproductive, maternal and longevity traits. C.T. Muntean*, J.O. Sanders, A.D. Herring, and D.G. Riley, Texas A&M University, College Station. (Abstract #59).

Meats Section:

Effects of residual feed intake classification on carcass characteristics, tenderness and value in Angus-based composite steers. J.W. Behrens*, R.K. Miller, J.C. Bailey, J.T. Walter, L.O. Tedeschi, and G.E. Carstens, Texas A&M University, College Station. (Abstract #116).

Ruminant Animal Production Section: Variability in mineral composition of distillers’ grains. M.L. Drewery*1, J.E. Sawyer1, N.M. Kenney1, M.S. Cabaniss1, W.E. Pinchak2, and T.A. Wickersham1, 1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2Texas AgriLife Research, Vernon, TX. (Abstract #29).

Intake control agents for self-fed distillers’ grains. J. D. Sugg*1, T. A. Wickersham1, W. E. Pinchak3, S. A. Clement2, and J. E. Sawyer1,2,1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2Texas Agrilife Research, McGregor, TX, 3Texas Agrilife Research, Vernon, TX. (Abstract #31).

Pastures and Forages Section:

Relationships between performance and feed efficiency in Bonsmara heifers when confinement fed or on pasture. L.M. Wiley*1,2, T.D.A. Forbes2, A.N. Hafla1, C.M. Hensarling2, B.G. Warrington2, and G.E. Carstens1, 1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2Texas AgriLife Research, Uvalde, TX. (Abstract #80).

Physiology Section:

Differential response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) on immune parameters. N.C. Burdick*1,2, L.E. Hulbert1,3, J.A. Carroll1, L.C. Caldwell2, M.A. Ballou3, R.C. Vann4, A.N. Loyd2, T.H. Welsh, Jr.2, and R.D. Randel5, 1Livestock Issues Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, 2Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System, College Station, 3Texas Tech University, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Lubbock, 4MAFES, Mississippi State University, Raymond, 5Texas AgriLife Research, Overton, TX. (Abstract #86).

Effect of temperament on response to cannulation and glucose challenge in crossbred beef heifers. B.L. Bradbury*1, R.C. Vann2, L.C. Mapel3, A.W. Lewis1, T.H. Welsh Jr.3, and R.D. Randel1, 1Texas AgriLife Research, Overton, TX, 2MAFES-Brown Loam Experiment Station, Raymond, MS, 3Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX. (Abstract #87).

A novel role for arginine in enhancing neonatal thermogenesis. S.M. Greff*, G. Wu, and M.C. Satterfield, Texas A&M University, College Station. (Abstract #90).

Effects of GnRH and prostaglandin combined with a short progestin regimen on the synchrony of estrus and pregnancy rate in ewes. J.W. Dickison, W.S. Ramsey, D.W. Forrest*, G.A. Holub, and C.A. Cavinder, Texas A&M University, College Station. (Abstract #91).

Insulin resistance in Brahman bulls and heifers selected for residual feed intake. G. L. Shafer*1,2, A. W. Lewis1, D. A. Neuendorff1, L. C. Mapel2, T. D. A. Forbes3, T. H. Welsh, Jr2, and R. D. Randel1, 1Texas AgriLife Research, Overton, 2Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, 3Texas AgriLife Research, Uvalde. (Abstract #122).

Acute modulation of cytokine gene expression in bovine PBMCs by endogenous cortisol. N.C. Burdick*1,3, B.J. Agado2, R.D. Randel2, D.A. Neuendorff2, J.A. Carroll3, R.C. Vann4, C.G. Chitko-McKown5, S.D. Lawhon6, and T.H. Welsh, Jr.1,6, 1Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System, College Station, 2Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System, Overton, 3Livestock Issues Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, 4MAFES, Mississippi State University, Raymond, 5US Meat Animal Research Center, USDA-ARS, Clay Center, NE, 6Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine, College Station. (Abstract #124).

Comparison of peripheral concentrations of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), cortisol (CS) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in term septic and non-septic neonatal foals. J. R. Gold1, L. C. Caldwell*2, B. L. Ideus2, N. D. Cohen1, and T. H. Welsh, Jr.2, 1Texas A&M University, College Station, 2Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX. (Abstract #125).

Differences in hepatic IGF signaling in IUGR and IUGA fetuses from nutrient restricted dams. M.C. Satterfield*, R.M. Simmons, S.M. Greff, and K.A. Dunlap, Texas A&M University, College Station. (Abstract #126).

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