Complete Abstract Book
2003 Joint Meeting Author Index
SATURDAY, JUNE 21
Triennial Reproduction Symposium Poster Session...1
SUNDAY, JUNE 22
Triennial Reproduction Symposium...4
MONDAY, JUNE 23
Breeding & Genetics Symposium: Molecular genetics: Lessons from past/new directions...5
Food Safety Symposium: Food safety for animal agriculture: What producers need to know...6
Growth & Development Symposium: Alternative aspects of adipocyte function...7
ADSA Dairy Foods Graduate Student Paper Competition and Dairy Foods...8
ADSA/ASAS Northeast Graduate Student Paper Competition...10
WSASAS Graduate Student Paper Competition...12
Animal Health: Immunity and health...14
International Animal Agriculture...15
Nonruminant Nutrition: Sow nutrition...16
Production, Management, & the Environment...18
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy calves and replacement heifers...21
Ruminant Nutrition: Growing cattle...23
Teaching/Undergraduate & Graduate Education...25
Animal Health Symposium: Laminitis in dairy cattle...27
Food Safety Symposium: Emergence of antimicrobial resistance and implications to animal agriculture...28
International Animal Agriculture Symposium: Sustainable animal agriculture, national and international prospective...30
ADSA Dairy Production Graduate Student Paper Competition & Southern Division Paper Competition...31
WSASAS Graduate Student Paper Competition...34
Breeding & Genetics: Dairy cattle breeding for production traits...37
Dairy Foods: Processed cheese, milk powder, and microbiology...39
Dairy Foods: Natural cheese and butter...42
Forages & Pastures: Silages, forage composition...44
Nonruminant Nutrition: Diet and health...47
Physiology: Estrous synchronization...50
Production, Management, & the Environment...53
Ruminant Nutrition: Grazing - rumen metabolism - protein...57
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy feedstuffs...60
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
Growth & Development Symposium: Somatotropic axis function in health and disease...65
Physiology Symposium: The role of the AI sire in maintaining reproductive rates of holstein cows...66
Breeding & Genetics: Swine, sheep, goat and dog breeding...67
Companion Animals...69
Dairy Foods: Goat cheeses and international milk sources...71
Horse: Equine production & management...72
Meat Science & Muscle Biology: Muscle proteinases and meat quality...73
Nonruminant Nutrition: Feed ingredients...75
Production, Management, and the Environment...76
Ruminant Nutrition: Minerals and vitamins...79
Dairy Foods Symposium: Hispanic-Style Cheeses...80
Dairy Foods Symposium: Listeria monocytogenes: a model pathogen for farm-to-table intervention...82
Horse Symposium: Nutrient management...83
Southern Branch ADSA Symposium: How can we best work together to serve tomorrow�s dairy industry?...84
Animal Health: Diseases and mammary health...84
Breeding & Genetics: Beef cattle breeding...86
Companion Animals...89
Forages & Pastures: Grasslands, forage supplementation...91
Growth & Development: Somatotropic axis and adipose development...94
Nonruminant Nutrition: Minerals and vitamins...97
Physiology: Nutrition-reproduction, stress, and growth...100
Ruminant Nutrition: Nutritional management & transition...104
Ruminant Nutrition: Feedlot...107
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
Dairy Foods Symposium: Dairy foods research success stories...111
Beef Species: Beef cattle performance...111
Breeding & Genetics: Statistical methods in animal breeding and genetics...113
Extension Education: Management and profitability...114
Food Safety: A look at antimicrobial resistance in dairy and swine...116
Lactation Biology...117
Physiology: Gamete physiology...118
Production, Management, & the Environment...120
Ruminant Nutrition: Beef cows and heifers...121
Ruminant Nutrition: Feed intake...123
Sheep: Sheep production and management...123
Animal Behavior & Well Being Symposium: Alternative housing for livestock...124
Forages & Pastures Symposium: Forage strategies for arid climates...125
Goat Species Symposium: Assisted reproduction in goats...126
Production, Management, & the Environment Symposium: Impact of animal feeding operations on the environment...127
Breeding & Genetics: Dairy cattle breeding for nonproduction traits...129
Food Safety: On farm food safety: Assessment of costs, tools and management...132
Growth & Development: Intestinal development - colostrum symposium...134
Meat Science & Muscle Biology: Genetics and management of meat quality...137
Nonruminant Nutrition: Energy and amino acids...139
Physiology: Uterus, gamete, embryo, and growth...142
Ruminant Nutrition: Fats and fatty acids...145
Ruminant Nutrition: Additives, enzymes and feedstuff analysis...148
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
Contemporary Issues Symposium: Designing animal experiments for power...152
Lactation Biology Symposium: Altering the lactation cycle in dairy cows...153
Nonruminant Nutrition Symposium: Energy density of pig diets...155
Animal Behavior & Well Being: Production challenges...155
Animal Behavior & Well Being: Housing environments...157
Breeding & Genetics: Molecular genetics and analyses of microarray data...159
Extension Education: Extension education and evaluation programs...162
Growth & Development...165
Production, Management, & the Environment...166
Ruminant Nutrition: Metabolism - modeling...170
ADSA Student Affiliate Division
Original Research Independent Study Undergraduate Paper Presentations...173
Dairy Production Undergraduate Paper Presentations...174
Dairy Foods Undergraduate Paper Presentations...176
POSTERS, MONDAY, JUNE 23
Physiology: Control of the estrous cycle and pregnancy...178
Triennial Reproduction Symposium...186
Lactation Biology...189
Animal Health...191
Breeding & Genetics...195
Swine: Impact of Weight and Sex on Meat Quality, Effect of Age Management on Biochemical Parameters, Disinfectant, Gilt Selection and Sow Longevity...198
Nonruminant Nutrition...202
Ruminant Nutrition...209
Production, Management, and the Environment...227
Forages & Pastures: Silages, forage supplementation...230
International Animal Agriculture...234
POSTERS, TUESDAY, JUNE 24
Physiology: Nutrition-reproduction, gametes and uterus...236
Lactation Biology...244
Animal Health...246
Breeding & Genetics...252
Nonruminant Nutrition...255
Companion Animals...259
Horse...262
Rabbit...264
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy and Beef...265
Production, Management, and the Environment...280
Forages & Pastures...283
Dairy Foods: Cultured dairy products and dairy proteins...288
POSTERS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
Physiology: Metabolism, growth, and stress...295
Lactation Biology...300
Growth & Development...303
Meat Science & Muscle Biology: Manipulation of Meat Quality...312
Breeding & Genetics...315
Nonruminant Nutrition...319
Animal Behavior & Well-Being: Social and Physical Environments...321
Goat Species: Forage/Browse Utilization...324
Physiology...326
Management...328
Sheep: Sheep Production & Management...330
Beef Species: Beef cattle performance and genetic relationships in the feedlot...332
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy and Beef...332
Production, Management, and the Environment...348
Forages & Pastures: Grazing, cultivars, forage management...352
Extension Education...356
Dairy Foods: Microbiology and Cheese...360
Food Safety: Food safety; Methods, prevalence and control...368
Author Index...371
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