Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Life Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Plant Sciences

1987

Immunization

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences

Growth And Carcass Traits Of Heifers As Affected By Hormonal Treatment, J. D. Crouse, B. D. Schanbacher, H. R. Cross, S. C. Seideman, S. B. Smith Jan 1987

Growth And Carcass Traits Of Heifers As Affected By Hormonal Treatment, J. D. Crouse, B. D. Schanbacher, H. R. Cross, S. C. Seideman, S. B. Smith

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Seventy-seven tleifers weighing about 200 kg were assigned randomly to 1) intact control (C), 2) ovariectomized (OVX), 3) immunized against estradiol (BSA-E), 4) BSA-E + trenbolone acetate (BSA-E+TBA), 5) TBA or 6) ovx + TBA groups. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of ovariectomy, immunoneutralization of estradiol and trenbolone acetate treatment on growth rate and carcass merit. Heifers were fed a corn-corn silage diet and were slaughtered when treatment groups attained live-animal weights of 433 kg. Observations of rate of growth, efficiency of feed conversion, characteristics of carcasses and characteristics of organoleptic properties of the cooked …


Lipogenesis In Adipose Tissue From Ovariectomized And Intact Heifers Immunized Against Estradiol And(Or) Implanted With Trenbolone Acetate, L. C. St. John, P. A. Ekeren, J. D. Crouse, B. D. Schanbacher, S. B. Smith Jan 1987

Lipogenesis In Adipose Tissue From Ovariectomized And Intact Heifers Immunized Against Estradiol And(Or) Implanted With Trenbolone Acetate, L. C. St. John, P. A. Ekeren, J. D. Crouse, B. D. Schanbacher, S. B. Smith

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Forty-two heifers were allotted randomly to six treatment groups: 1) intact controls, 2) intact heifers implanted with trenbolone acetate, 3) ovariectomized heifers, 4) ovariectomized heifers implanted with trenbolone acetate, 5) intact heifers immunized against estradiol and 6) intact heifers immunized against estradiol and implanted with trenbolone acetate. Blood titers of estradiol-17β were increased over lO0-fold in heifers immunized against estradiol in Freund's complete adjuvant or saline:squalene/arlacel containing Mycobacterium. Lipogenic enzyme activities and acetate incorporation into fatty acids were increased in subcutaneous adipose tissue obtained at slaughter from heifers receiving immunization or the combination of immunization and trenbolone acetate. The increased …