Mark Green

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  |  2021  |  Animal

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

Occurrence and fate of legacy and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in freshwater after an industrial fire of unknown chemical stockpiles

Jaye Marchiandi, Drew Szabo, Sonia Dagnino, Mark P Green, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

An industrial warehouse illegally storing a large quantity of unknown chemical and industrial waste ignited in an urban area in Me..

Maternal Heat Stress Alters Expression of Genes Associated with Nutrient Transport Activity and Metabolism in Female Placentae from Mid-Gestating Pigs

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

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Placental insufficiency is a known consequence of maternal heat stress during gestation in farm animals. The molecular regulation ..

46. Maternal heat stress during gestation results in differentially expressed genes associated with transporter activity and metabolism in pig placentae

W Zhao, F Liu, C Marth, M Green, H Le, J Cottrell, B Leury, A Bell, F Dunshea

Journal article  |  2021  |  Animal - science proceedings

Prolonged atrazine exposure beginning in utero and adult uterine morphology in mice.

Meaghan J Griffiths, Amy L Winship, Jessica M Stringer, Elyse O Swindells, Alesia P Harper, Bethany J Finger, Karla J Hutt, Mark P Green

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Dev Orig Health Dis

Through drinking water, humans are commonly exposed to atrazine, a herbicide that acts as an endocrine and metabolic disruptor. It..

Endocrine disrupting chemicals: Impacts on human fertility and fecundity during the peri-conception period

Mark P Green, Alexandra J Harvey, Bethany J Finger, Gerard A Tarulli

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid exposure to man-made endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and environmental toxica..

Correlations between Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Body Morphometrics in Fledgling Shearwaters Impacted by Plastic Consumption from a Remote Pacific Island

Drew Szabo, Jennifer L Lavers, Jeff Shimeta, Mark P Green, Raoul A Mulder, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2020  |  ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

We investigated the concentrations of 45 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in fledgling flesh-footed shearwater (Ardenna..

Controlled elevated temperatures during early-mid gestation cause placental insufficiency and implications for fetal growth in pregnant pigs

Weicheng Zhao, Fan Liu, Alan W Bell, Hieu H Le, Jeremy J Cottrell, Brian J Leury, Mark P Green, Frank R Dunshea

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

It is known that pig offspring born from pregnant pigs exposed to elevated ambient temperatures during gestation have altered phen..

Chronic Atrazine Exposure Beginning Prenatally Impacts Liver Function and Sperm Concentration With Multi-Generational Consequences in Mice

Alesia P Harper, Bethany J Finger, Mark P Green

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers in Endocrinology

Atrazine is a commonly used herbicide frequently detected in waterways and drinking water around the world. Worryingly, atrazine i..

A variant of human growth differentiation factor-9 that improves oocyte developmental competence

William A Stocker, Kelly L Walton, Dulama Richani, Karen L Chan, Kiri H Beilby, Bethany J Finger, Mark P Green, Robert B Gilchrist, Craig A Harrison

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF9) and bone morphogenetic protein-15 (BMP15) are co-expressed exclusively in oocytes throughou..