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AMERICAN DAIRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 87, E-Suppl. 2
J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 92, E-Suppl. 1


Complete Abstract Book


Sunday, July 12, 2009
Late-Breaking Research Session

(Only available online - not included on abstract CD-ROM)
Late-Breaking Abstracts i (Abstracts LB1-LB8)



Symposia and Oral Sessions

Triennial Reproduction Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Livestock Reproduction in the 21st Century: Session 1: Global perspectives on animal health and livestock reproduction (Abstracts 1-4)
Triennial Reproduction Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Livestock Reproduction in the 21st Century: Session 2: Genetic influences on animal reproduction (Abstracts 5-8)


Monday, July 13, 2009
Poster Presentations

Animal Behavior and Well-Being (Abstracts M1-M16)
Animal Health: Stress, Respiratory Disease, Small Ruminants (Abstracts M17-M36)
Bioethics (Abstract M37)
Breeding and Genetics: Beef Breeding, Poultry Breeding, and Genetics of Disease (Abstracts M38-M56)
Dairy Foods: Dairy Foods/Cheese (Abstracts M57-M88)
Forages and Pastures: Forage Compostition, Analysis and Utilization (Abstracts M89-M113)
Graduate Student Paper Competition-CSAS Poster Competition: CSAS Graduate Student Competition 1 (Abstracts M114-M122)
Graduate Student Paper Competition-National ADSA Production MS Poster: National ADSA Production Poster MS Only (Graduate) (Abstracts M123-M132)
Graduate Student Paper Competition-National ADSA Production PhD Poster: National ADSA Production Poster PhD Only (Graduate) (Abstracts M133-M138)
Lactation Biology (Abstracts M139-M160)
Meat Science and Muscle Biology: Meat Science Poster Session 1 (Abstracts M161-M176)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Feed Ingredients (Abstracts M177-M213)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Endocrinology and Metabolism (Abstracts M214-M245)
Production, Management and the Environment: Beef and Dairy (Abstracts M246-M258)
Ruminant Nutrition: By-product Feeds (Abstracts M259-M284)
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy (Abstracts M285-M334)
Ruminant Nutrition: Forages (Abstracts M335-M346)
Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education (Abstracts M347-M355)


Symposia and Oral Sessions

Alpharma Beef Cattle Nutrition Symposium (Abstracts 9-13)
Animal Health: Mastitis, Lameness, and Stress (Abstracts 14-25)
Bioethics: A Scientist�s Guide to Approaching Bioethics (Abstracts 26-28)
Breeding and Genetics: Dairy Cattle Breeding I (Abstracts 29-37)
Breeding and Genetics: Molecular Genetics I (Abstracts 38-45)
Graduate Student Paper Competition: ADSA-ASAS Northeast Section (Abstracts 46-52)
Graduate Student Paper Competition-CSAS Oral Competition: CSAS Graduate Student Competition 1 (Abstracts 53-63)
Graduate Student Paper Competition: National ADSA Dairy Foods (Abstracts 64-73)
Graduate Student Paper Competition: National ADSA Production Division Oral MS Competition (Abstracts 74-83)
Graduate Student Paper Competition: National ADSA Production Division PhD Oral Competition (Abstracts 84-95)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Feed Ingredients (Abstracts 96-105)
Production, Management and the Environment: Environment (Abstracts 106-115)
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy 1 (Abstracts 116-126)
Ruminant Nutrition: Growing Cattle and Beef Breeding Herd (Abstracts 127-138)
Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Symposium: Enhancing the Writing Experience (Abstracts 139-144)
ASAS Cell Biology Symposium (Abstracts 145-148)
ADSA-SAD (Student Affiliate Division) Undergraduate Competition: Dairy Foods (Abstracts 149-155)
Graduate Student Paper Competition: ADSA Southern Section Competition (Abstracts 156-158)
Dairy Foods: Milk Protein Fractionation Symposium (Abstracts 159-166)
ADSA Southern Section Symposium: Dairy Replacement Health Challenges in the Southeastern U.S. (Abstracts 167-168)
ADSA-SAD (Student Affiliate Division) Undergraduate Competition: Dairy Production (Abstracts 169-176)
ADSA-SAD (Student Affiliate Division) Undergraduate Competition: Original Research (Abstracts 177-188)
Animal Health: Immunity and Swine Health (Abstracts 189-199)
Breeding and Genetics: Whole Genome Selection - The New Frontier? (Abstracts 200-203)
Companion Animals: Dietary Supplements in Companion & Exotic Animal Nutrition - Use, Regulations & Safety (Abstracts 204-208)
Food Safety (Abstracts 209-217)
Graduate Student Paper Competition-CSAS Oral Competition: CSAS Graduate Student Competition 2 (Abstracts 218-228)
Meat Science and Muscle Biology: Symposium: Balancing Live Cattle Performance and Beef Quality (Abstracts 229-233)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Improving the Nutritional Value of Alternative Feed Ingredients (Abstracts 234-237)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Dairy Cattle Reproduction (Abstracts 238-247)
Ruminant Nutrition: Feedlot, Byproduct Feeds (Abstracts 248-257)
Ruminant Nutrition: Forage Digestibility Estimates; Obtaining and Applying Meaningful Values (Abstracts 258-262)
Swine Species (Abstracts 263-271)


Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Poster Presentations

Animal Health: Mastitis and Associated Microbiology (Abstracts T1-T15)
Breeding and Genetics: Dairy Cattle Breeding II and Rabbit Breeding (Abstracts T16-T42)
Dairy Foods: Dairy Foods Processing/Cheese/Dairy Micro (Abstracts T43-T75)
Food Safety (Abstracts )
Forages and Pastures: Pastures and Grazing (Abstracts T82-T97)
Graduate Student Paper Competition-CSAS Poster Competition: CSAS Graduate Student Competition 2 (Abstracts T98-T107)
Growth and Development (Abstracts T108-T143)
Horse Species (Abstracts T144-T150)
Meat Science and Muscle Biology: Meat Science Poster Session 2 (Abstracts T151-T164)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Feed Additives I (Abstracts T165-T184)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Nutrients (Abstracts T185-T208)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Estrous Synchronization (Abstracts T209-T235)
Production, Management and the Environment: Dairy (Abstracts T236-T248)
Ruminant Nutrition: Additives (Abstracts T249-T307)
Ruminant Nutrition: Efficiency (Abstracts T308-T314)
Ruminant Nutrition: Feedlot (Abstracts T315-T327)
Ruminant Nutrition: Grass Cattle (Abstracts T328-T336)
Small Ruminant: Lactation, Physiology, Reproduction, Health (Abstracts T337-T359)


Symposia and Oral Sessions

Animal Health: Emerging Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Diseases (Abstracts 272-274)
Breeding and Genetics: Genomic Evaluation (Abstracts 275-284)
Companion Animals (Abstracts 285-293)
CSAS Symposium: Nutrition - Behavior Interaction in Ruminants (Abstracts 294-298)
Forages and Pastures: Symposium: Forage Management Strategies of Offset High Input Costs (Abstracts 299-302)
Growth and Development: Physiology of Growth In Vivo and In Vitro (Abstracts 303-315)
Lactation Biology: Lactation Biology 1 (Abstracts 316-325)
Meat Science and Muscle Biology: Symposium: Effects of By-product Feeding on Meat Quality Traits (Abstracts 326-330)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Amino Acids and Energy (Abstracts 331-339)
Production, Management and the Environment: Dairy (Abstracts 340-351)
Ruminant Nutrition: Fat Supplementation (Abstracts 352-362)
Ruminant Nutrition: Ruminant Nutrition 1 (Abstracts 363-373)
Small Ruminant: Symposium: Organic and Grass-Fed Small Ruminant Challenges and Opportunities (Abstracts 374-377)
Animal Behavior and Well-Being: Animal Behavior and Well-Being 1 (Abstracts 378-388)
Animal Health: Animal Well Being: Tackling the Issue of Cow Longevity (Abstracts 389-392)
ARPAS Symposium: Feed Management: ARPAS, NRCS, and the National Project (Abstracts 393-396)
Beef Species: Symposium: Population Data Analyses to Evaluate Trends in Animal Production Systems (Abstracts 397-401)
Breeding and Genetics: Dairy Breeding III - Parameter Estimation (Abstracts 402-409)
Breeding and Genetics: Swine Breeding (Abstracts 410-420)
Dairy Foods: Dairy Foods 1 (Abstracts 421-430)
Dairy Foods: Dairy Foods/Cheese (Abstracts 431-440)
Growth and Development: Symposium - Fetal Programming in Animal Agriculture (Abstracts 441-445)
Meat Science and Muscle Biology: Pork and Beef Quality (Abstracts 446-456)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Mineral-Mineral Interactions: Implications for Nutrition (Abstracts 457-459)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Estrous Synchronization of Beef Cattle (Abstracts 460-469)
Ruminant Nutrition: Feed Additives (Abstracts 470-481)
Ruminant Nutrition: Using Molecular Techniques to Advance Research in Ruminant Nutrition (Abstracts 482-486)
Small Ruminant: Production, Management, Lactation (Abstracts 487-495)
Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Teaching Issues (Abstracts 496-503)


Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Poster Presentations

Animal Health (Abstracts W1-W24)
Beef Species: Growth, Concentrate Level, Meat Quality, and Production Traits (Abstracts W25-W36)
Breeding and Genetics: Genomic Evaluation, Molecular Genetics, Statistical Methods, Sheep Breeding, and Swine Breeding (Abstracts W36-W62)
Dairy Foods: Dairy Products/Chemistry/Enzyme (Abstracts W63-W95)
Extension Education (Abstracts W96-W112)
Forages and Pastures: Silages (Abstracts W113-W132)
International Animal Agriculture (Abstracts W133-W143)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Feed Additives II (Abstracts W144-W187)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Livestock and Poultry (Abstracts W188-W207)
Production, Management and the Environment: General (Abstracts W208-W219)
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy Calves (Abstracts W220-W233)
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy Heifers (Abstracts W234-W241)
Ruminant Nutrition: Fat Supplementation (Abstracts W242-W263)
Ruminant Nutrition: Metabolism (Abstracts W264-W289)
Ruminant Nutrition: Vitamins and Minerals (Abstracts W290-W297)
Ruminant Nutrition: Experimental Methods (Abstracts W298-W310)
Small Ruminant: Growth, Carcass Traits, Meat Quality, Nutrition (Abstracts W311-W336)
Swine Species (Abstracts W337-W358)


Symposia and Oral Sessions

Animal Behavior and Well-Being: Behavior-Nutrition Interaction (Abstracts 504-509)
ASAS Graduate Student Symposium: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. (Abstracts 510-514)
Breeding and Genetics: Beef Cattle & Sheep Breeding (Abstracts 515-521)
Dairy Foods: Dairy Foods/Microbiology (Abstracts 522-529)
Extension Education (Abstracts 530-535)
Growth and Development: Fetal Development (Abstracts 536-541)
International Animal Agriculture: ASAS-EAAP Global Issues (Abstracts 542-545)
Lactation Biology: Lactation Biology 2 (Abstracts 546-553)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Minerals and Vitamins (Abstracts 554-560)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Impact of Gonadal Steroids on Brain Development and Function (Abstracts 561-563)
Production, Management and the Environment: General (Abstracts 564-570)
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy Calves (Abstracts 571-576)
Ruminant Nutrition: Rumen Microbiology (Abstracts 577-581)
Ruminant Nutrition: Ruminant Nutrition 2 (Abstracts 582-588)
Small Ruminant: Nutrition (Abstracts 589-596)
ADSA Production Division Symposium: Driving Forces in the Dairy Industry That Will Change Dairy Farm Management (Abstracts 597-600)
Animal Health: Calf Health, Respiratory Disease, etc. (Abstracts 601-612)
Beef Species: Health, Efficiency and Beef Quality (Abstracts 613-622)
Breeding and Genetics: Breeding & Genetics Workshop (Abstracts 623-624)
Breeding and Genetics: Molecular Genetics II (Abstracts 625-636)
Contemporary and Emerging Issues: Joint with Extension Education: Science-Based Approaches to Address Consumer Concerns with the Processing and Marketing of Animal Products (Abstracts 637-642)
CSAS Symposium: Functional Foods, Probiotics and Animal Health (Abstracts 643-647)
Dairy Foods: Challenges and Opportunities of Microencapsulation Technology in Application to Dairy Foods Symposium (Abstracts 648-652)
Dairy Foods: Milk Protein and Enzymes Symposium (Abstracts 653-657)
Extension Education: Symposium: Models for Dairy Production Decision Making (Abstracts 658-662)
Forages and Pastures: Harvested Forages, Ensiling and Forage Utilization (Abstracts 663-672)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Feed Additives (Abstracts 673-684)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Livestock Physiology (Abstracts 685-694)
Physiology and Endocrinology: Metabolic Physiology (Abstracts 695-706)
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy 2 (Abstracts 707-718)
Ruminant Nutrition: Minerals (Abstracts 719-728)


Thursday, July 16, 2009
Symposia and Oral Sessions

Animal Behavior and Well-Being: Animal Behavior and Well-Being 2 (Abstracts 729-737)
Breeding and Genetics: Dairy Breeding IV - Crossbreeding (Abstracts 738-747)
Dairy Foods: Dairy Foods Processing/Enzymes (Abstracts 748-755)
Forages and Pastures: Grazing and Pasture Utilization (Abstracts 756-767)
Horse Species (Abstracts 768-774)
Nonruminant Nutrition: Fats and Oils (Abstracts 775-781)
Production, Management and the Environment: Beef (Abstracts 782-788)
Ruminant Nutrition: Dairy 3 (Abstracts 789-800)
Ruminant Nutrition: Research Methods (Abstracts 801-808)
Swine Species: Symposium: Environmental Concerns Based on Swine Production (Abstracts 809-813)

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