Projects

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF SHEEP Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 407106

NEW MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING RANGELAND MANAGEMENT Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 412482

EVALUATION OF CARCASS COMPOSITION AND MEAT QUALITY IN TERMINAL SIRED LAMBS Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement (N)   Accession Number: 411721

Publications

Ovine progressive pneumonia provirus levels associate with breed and Ovar- DRB1 - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (25-Jul-08)

Technical Note: Comparison of traditional needle vaccination to pneumatic, needle-free vaccination in sheep - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Mousel, M.R., Leeds, T.D., White, S.N., Hoesing, L.M. 2008. Technical Note: Comparison of traditional needle vaccination to pneumatic, needle-free vaccination in sheep. Journal of Animal Science. 86:1468-1471.

Development and Validation of an Ovine Progressive Pneumonia Virus Quantitative PCR - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Hoesing, L.M., White, S.N., Lewis, G.S., Mousel, M.R., Knowles Jr, D.P. 2007. Development and Validation of an Ovine Progressive Pneumonia Virus Quantitative PCR. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 14(10):1274-1278

Presence of specific MHC Class II expressed alleles associates with clinical disease in ovine progressive pneumonia virus (OPPV) infected sheep - (Abstract) - (18-Jun-07)

Ultrasound Estimates of Loin Muscle Measures and Backfat Thickness Augment Live Animal Prediction of Weights of Subprimal Cuts in Sheep. - (Proceedings/Symposium) - (01-Mar-07)

Prediction of lamb carcass leg and loin weights using leg score and width measures. - (Proceedings/Symposium) - (15-Feb-07)

REARRANGED GENE ORDER BETWEEN PIG AND HUMAN IN A QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI REGION ON SSC3 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Mousel, M.R., Nonneman, D.J., Rohrer, G.A. 2006. Rearranged gene order between pig and human in a quantitative trait loci region on SSC3. Animal Genetics. 37:403-406

FINE MAPPING OF A QTL IN A SWINE POPULATION SELECTED FOR OVULATION RATE - (Abstract)

Mousel, M.R., Rohrer, G.A., Leymaster, K.A., Christenson, R. 2005. Fine mapping of a QTL in a swine population selected for ovulation rate. Journal of Animal Science 83(Suppl. 1):231-232.

A REFINED COMPARATIVE MAP BETWEEN PORCINE CHROMOSOME 3 AND HUMAN CHROMOSOMES 2, 7 AND 16 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Mousel, M.R., Nonneman, D.J., Rohrer, G.A. A refined comparative map between porcine chromosome 3 and human chromosomes 2, 7 and 16. Proc., Midwestern Section of the American Society of Animal Science. p. 11. 2005

VALIDATION OF QTLS IN A SWINE POPULATION SELECTED FOR OVULATION RATE - (Abstract)

Mousel, M.R., Rohrer, G.A., Leymaster, K.A., Christenson, R.K. 2004. Validation of QTLs in a swine population selected for ovulation rate. Journal of Animal Science 82(Supplement 1):452.

Evaluation of Columbia, USMARC-Composite, Suffolk, and Texel rams as terminal sires: Effects of ram breed on ewe productivity and F1 lamb survival and growth. - (Proceedings/Symposium) - (21-Apr-00)