Brian Leury

Preweaning Nutrition and Its Effects on the Growth, Immune Competence and Metabolic Characteristics of the Dairy Calf.

Emma M Ockenden, Victoria M Russo, Brian J Leury, Khageswor Giri, William J Wales

Journal article  |  2023  |  Animals (Basel)

Feeding increased volumes of milk in the preweaning phase has been shown to improve growth, morbidity and mortality rates in calve..

Nano-chromium picolinate and heat stress enhance insulin sensitivity in cross-bred sheep

Alex T Hung, Brian J Leury, Matthew A Sabin, Fahri Fahri, Kristy DiGiacomo, Tu-Fa Lien, Frank R Dunshea

Journal article  |  2023  |  Animal Nutrition

Heat stress of gilts around farrowing causes oxygen insufficiency in the umbilical cord and reduces piglet survival

W Zhao, O Artaiz, Y Iqbal, HH Le, K DiGiacomo, BJ Leury, LJ Fothergill, JB Furness, F Liu, MP Green, BJ Finger, M Navarro, E Roura, DN D'Souza, FR Dunshea, KJ Plush, JJ Cottrell

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANIMAL

Late gestating sows are susceptible to high ambient temperatures, possibly causing farrowing complications and reducing piglet sur..

Rumen fluid preservation for in vitro gas production systems

BZ Tunkala, K DiGiacomo, PS Alvarez Hess, FR Dunshea, BJ Leury

Journal article  |  2022  |  Animal Feed Science and Technology

Preservation of rumen fluid is a potential approach to standardize in vitro studies while minimizing the cost of maintaining donor..

Gestational heat stress alters skeletal muscle gene expression profiles and vascularity in fetal pigs in a sexually dimorphic manner

Weicheng Zhao, Mark P Green, Christina D Marth, Fan Liu, Hieu H Le, Gordon S Lynch, Alan W Bell, Brian J Leury, Frank R Dunshea, Jeremy J Cottrell

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

BACKGROUND: There is evidence that sow heat stress (HS) during gestation affects fetal development with implications for impaired ..

Relationship Between Nitrogen Isotopic Discrimination and the Proportion of Dietary Nitrogen Excreted in Urine by Sheep Offered Different Levels of Dietary Non-Protein Nitrogen

Hassan Khanaki, Richard J Dewhurst, Brian J Leury, Gonzalo Cantalapiedra-Hijar, Long Cheng

Journal article  |  2022  |  Frontiers in Animal Science

Urinary nitrogen (N) excretion (UN) as a proportion of N intake (NI; UN/NI) is a major determinant of N excretion from ruminants a..

Effects of Raw and Pasteurized Camel Milk on Metabolic Responses in Pigs Fed a High-Fat Diet

Kristy DiGiacomo, Fernanda Zamuner, Yushu Sun, Frank R Dunshea, Jared K Raynes, Brian J Leury

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANIMALS

Evidence suggests that camel milk (CM) can have insulin-like actions, although the mode of action is not understood. Using the pig..

Review: What have we learned about the effects of heat stress on the pig industry?

F Liu, W Zhao, HH Le, JJ Cottrell, MP Green, BJ Leury, FR Dunshea, AW Bell

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANIMAL

Pig production faces seasonal fluctuations. The low farrowing rate of sows mated in summer, increased carcass fatness of progeny b..

Reducing the Fermentability of Wheat with a Starch Binding Agent Reduces Some of the Negative Effects of Heat Stress in Sheep

Pragna Prathap, Surinder S Chauhan, Brian J Leury, Jeremy J Cottrell, Aleena Joy, Minghao Zhang, Frank R Dunshea

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANIMALS

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of reducing the fermentability of grains on thermoregulatory responses ..

128. Estimation of In Vitro Ammonia Emissions from Stored Sheep Manure using Nitrogen Isotopic Fractionation

H Khanaki, R Dewhurst, B Leury, SY Song, L Cheng

Journal article  |  2022  |  Animal - science proceedings