Influence of nutrition, body condition, and metabolic status on reproduction in female beef cattle: A review

JD Michael, PS Baruselli, G Campanile - Theriogenology, 2019 - Elsevier
Nutrition is of fundamental importance in reproductive function of female beef cattle. Nutrition
determines live weight (LW) and body condition score (BCs) and both were found more than …

Genomic clues of the evolutionary history of Bos indicus cattle

YT Utsunomiya, M Milanesi, MRS Fortes… - Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Together with their sister subspecies Bos taurus, zebu cattle (Bos indicus) have contributed
to important socioeconomic changes that have shaped modern civilizations. Zebu cattle …

Maternal nutrition and programming of offspring energy requirements

JS Caton, MS Crouse, LP Reynolds… - Translational Animal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Managing nutrient supply to match demand is critical for sustainable and efficient livestock
production. The California Net Energy System (CNES) was developed during the late 1950s …

The epigenetics of gametes and early embryos and potential long-range consequences in livestock species—filling in the picture with epigenomic analyses

L Zhu, SL Marjani, Z Jiang - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The epigenome is dynamic and forged by epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA
methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding RNA species …

Vitamin and mineral supplementation and rate of weight gain during the first trimester of gestation in beef heifers alters the fetal liver amino acid, carbohydrate, and …

MS Crouse, KL McCarthy, ACB Menezes, CJ Kassetas… - Metabolites, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding heifers a vitamin and
mineral supplement and targeting divergent rates of weight gain during early gestation on …

Nutritional control of puberty in the bovine female: prenatal and early postnatal regulation of the neuroendocrine system

RC Cardoso, SM West, TS Maia, BRC Alves… - Domestic animal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Puberty is a complex biological event that requires maturation of the reproductive
neuroendocrine axis and subsequent initiation of high-frequency, episodic release of GnRH …

Vitamin and mineral supplementation and rate of gain during the first trimester of gestation affect concentrations of amino acids in maternal serum and allantoic fluid of …

ACB Menezes, KL McCarthy, CJ Kassetas… - Journal of animal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding vitamin and mineral (VTM)
supplement and (or) rate of gain (GAIN) during early gestation on amino acid (AA) …

Beef heifer fertility: importance of management practices and technological advancements

SE Moorey, FH Biase - Journal of animal science and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
The development of replacement heifers is at the core of cow-calf beef production systems.
In 2020, the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service reported 5.771 million beef …

Cattle adapted to tropical and subtropical environments: genetic and reproductive considerations

RF Cooke, RC Cardoso, RLA Cerri… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Efforts to understand biological functions and develop management schemes specific to Bos
indicus-influenced cattle raised in tropical and subtropical environments are critical to meet …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroendocrine signaling pathways and the nutritional control of puberty in heifers

RC Cardoso, BRC Alves, GL Williams - Animal reproduction, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Puberty is a complex physiological process in females that requires maturation of the
reproductive neuroendocrine system and subsequent initiation of high-frequency, episodic …