• "The addition of ground wheat straw as a fiber source in the gestation diet of sows and the effect on sow and litter performance for three successive parities"

Veum TL, Crenshaw JD, Crenshaw TD, et al., Journal of Animal Science 87 (3): 1003-1012 Mar 2009. A regional experiment was conducted at 8 experiment stations, with a total of 320 sows initially, to evaluate the efficacy of adding 13.35% ground wheat straw to a corn-soybean meal gestation diet for 3 successive gestation-lactation cycles compared with sows fed a control diet without straw. Keywords: Group-Housed Sows; Reproductive-Performance; Energy-Metabolism; Nonstarch Polysaccharides.

• "Reticulocyte enrichment of zinc protoporphyrin/heme discriminates impaired iron supply during early development"

Blohowiak SE, Chen ME, Repyak KS, et al., Pediatric Research 64 (1): 63-67 Jul 2008. Because immature erythrocytes are less dense than mature erythrocytes, we hypothesized that the sensitivity of ZnPP/H is improved if measured in the least dense cells. In rats and newborn humans, Delta ZnPP/H is more sensitive than whole blood ZnPP/H in identifying conditions associated with impaired erythrocyte iron delivery and may become a useful tool in measuring erythrocyte iron incorporation in early development.

• "DXA scans of pig feet accurately predict bone ash content"

Hoffman LE, Burgers T, Schneider DK, et al., Poultry Science 86 511 Suppl. 1 2007.

• "Comparison of dietary selenium fed to grower-finisher pigs from various regions of the United States on resulting tissue Se and loin mineral concentration"