2007 Scientific Articles (abstract of articles)

1. Effects of pasture inclusion of mimosa on growth by sheep and goats co-grazing grass/forb pastures
Animut, G., A. L. Goetsch, G. E. Aiken, R. Puchala, G. Detweiler, C. R. Krehbiel, R. C. Merkel, T. Sahlu, and L. J. Dawson


2. Factors influencing urea space estimates in goats
Asmare, A., L. J. Dawson, R. Puchala, T. A. Gipson, M. Villaquiran, I. Tovar-Luna, G. Animut, T. Ngwa, T. Sahlu, R. C. Merkel, and A. L. Goetsch


3. Effects of feeding method, diet nutritive value, and physical form and phenotype on feed intake, feeding behavior, and growth performance by meat goats
Gipson, T. A., A. L. Goetsch, G. Detweiler, and T. Sahlu


4. Effects of fertilization, leguminous trees, and supplementation on performance of meat goat does and their kids grazing grass/forb pastures
Goetsch, A. L., G. Detweiler, R. C. Merkel, T. A. Gipson, T. Sahlu, and G. E. Aiken


5. Performance of Spanish and Boer x Spanish doelings consuming diets with different levels of broiler litter
Negesse, T., A. K. Patra, L. J. Dawson, A. Tolera, R. C. Merkel, T. Sahlu, and A. L. Goetsch


6. Effect of initial body condition of Boer x Spanish yearling wethers and level of nutrient intake on body composition
Ngwa, A. T., L. J. Dawson, R. Puchala, G. Detweiler, R. C. Merkel, I. Tovar-Luna, T. Sahlu, C. L. Ferrell, and A. L.Goetsch


7. Urea space and body condition score to predict body composition of meat goats
Ngwa, A. T., L. J. Dawson, R. Puchala, G. Detweiler, R. C. Merkel, I. Tovar-Luna, T. Sahlu, C. L. Ferrell, and A. L. Goetsch


8. The relationship between heart rate and energy expenditure in Alpine, Angora, Boer and Spanish goat wethers goats consuming different quality diets at level of intake near maintenance or fasting
Puchala, R., I. Tovar-Luna, A. L. Goetsch, T. Sahlu, G. E. Carstens, and H. C. Freetly


9. Effects of moderate feed restriction on energy expenditure by 2-year-old crossbred Boer goats
Tovar-Luna, I., A. L. Goetsch, R. Puchala, T. Sahlu, T., G. E. Carstens, H. C. Freetly, and Z. B. Johnson


10. Effects of diet quality on energy expenditure by 20-month old Alpine, Angora, Boer and Spanish wethers
Tovar-Luna, I., A. L. Goetsch, R. Puchala, T. Sahlu, G. E. Carstens, H. C. Freetly, and Z. B. Johnson


11. Energy expenditure by growing crossbred Boer and Spanish wethers consuming different quality diets ad libitum and near maintenance and while fasting
Tovar-Luna, I., A. L. Goetsch, R. Puchala, T. Sahlu, G. E. Carstens, H. C. Freetly, and Z. B. Johnson


12. Energy expenditure by crossbred Boer x Spanish does with litter size of one, two, or three
Tovar-Luna, I., A. L. Goetsch, R. Puchala, T. Sahlu, G. E. Carstens, H. C. Freetly, and Z. B. Johnson


13. Effects of stocking rate and creep grazing on performance by Spanish and Boer x Spanish does with crossbred Boer kids
Yiakoulaki, M. D., A. L. Goetsch, G. Detweiler, R. C. Merkel, and T. Sahlu


14. Effect of extended storage on microbiological quality, somatic cell count and composition of raw goat milk on farm
S.S. Zeng, S.S. Chen, B. Bah, and K. Tesfai


15. Proteolytic and rheological properties of aging cheddar-like caprine milk cheeses manufactured at different times during lactation
D. L. Van Hekken, M. H. Tunick, K. A. Soryal, and S. Zeng


16. Yield predictive models for goat milk cheeses using compositional variables
Zeng, S. S., K. Soryal, B. Fekadu, T. Popham, and B. Bah


17. Effects of aging on functional properties of caprine milk made into Cheddar- and Colby-like cheeses
Olson, D., D. L. Van Hekken, M. H. Tunick, K. A. Soryal, and S. S. Zeng