Welcome to the Bionaz's lab!
We investigate nutrigenomics in dairy animals, effect of milk on human health, wellbeing of dairy animals, systems biology, and use of hemp byproducts in livestock
Paper on JDS about feeding spent hemp biomass to dairy cows got published
This paper reports the effects on performance, activity, metabolism, oxidative stress, liver health, and immunity of late lactating Jersey dairy cows that received up to 8% spent hemp biomass in the diet for 1 month, followed by 1-month withdrawal.
Review on fatty acids nutrition in dairy cows was published
Our latest review titled "Advances in fatty acids nutrition in dairy cows: from gut to cells and effects on performance" was just published for the special issue titled "Advances on the interactions among nutrition, genomics, and physiology in dairy cattle" of the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology edited by Dr. Juan J Loor.
Review on systems to evaluate welfare of dairy cows was published
The review article titled "Systems for evaluation of welfare on dairy farms" was published on the special issue of the Journal of Dairy Research "DairyCare: Husbandry for wellbeing"
Paper on bovine PPAR activation by NEFA was published
The paper titled "The interplay between non-esterified fatty acids and bovine peroxisome proliferator activated receptors: results of an in vitro hybrid approach" with Sebastiano Busato as first author was published in the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology.
Brandon was awarded by the ADSA
Brandon Batty was awarded the ADSA Foundation Grad. Student Lit. Review Award in Dairy Foods
Paper published in the Journal of Dairy Research
The paper titled "Selenium Biofortified Alfalfa Hay Fed in Low Quantities Improves Selenium Status and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Transition Dairy Cows and Their Calves" with Shana Jaaf as first author is published in the Journal of Dairy Research
Shana graduated!
Shana successfully graduate as PhD student with a thesis titled "Effect of agronomically Se biofortified hay on oxidative status, metabolic and inflammation markers, and immune response of transition primiparous dairy cows and their calves". Congratulations!
Bradon's review got a press-release!
Press release of the review by Brandon about milk and bone published in the Journal of Dairy Science
Ongoing Project 2014-Present: Effect of feeding poison oak to goat on the milk short non-coding RNA
The main purpose of the project was to evaluate the effect of feeding poison oak on milk micro RNA
About Bionaz Lab
Mission statement: Our lab strives to develop methods and approaches to study the bioactive compounds in the diet with the potential to improve health and performance in livestock species and human
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Our paper on the transcriptome role of NRF2 in bovine cells was published in the special issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences "The Nrf2 Pathway: Regulation, Functions, and Potential Applications 3.0". The paper is available here https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/8/4264
A Press Release was published on February 7, 2024, about our article on using spent hemp biomass as feed for dairy cows.
This paper reports the effects on performance, activity, metabolism, oxidative stress, liver health, and immunity of late lactating Jersey dairy cows that received up to 8% spent hemp biomass in the diet for 1 month, followed by 1-month withdrawal.
The first paper ever published on the use of spent hemp biomass with ruminant was published in the Journal of Animal Science
Dr. Hunter Ford started as post-doctoral researcher with Dr. Clarissa Strieder-Barboza at Texas Tech University