Jalil Ghassemi Nejad

IntroductionPrevious studies in our laboratory have reported improvements in carcass characteristics in Korean native (Hanwoo) steers (Sung et al., 2015), meat fatty acid profile, and performance of Holstein steers (Song, et al., 2013; Ghassemi Nejad et al., 2016) receiving chromium methionine (Cr-Met) supplementation. In those studies, 400 ppb/d of Cr-Met supplementation was reported as the optim ...

IntroductionHeat stress causes major losses ($ 2.4 billion) in animal production, including dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine and poultry in the USA (St-Pierre et al., 2003). Heat stress affects feed intake, body temperature, maintenance requirements and metabolic processes, feed efficiency, milk yield, reproductive efficiency, behavior and disease incidence (Cook et al., 2007; Tucker et al., 2007; ...

BackgroundChromium is known to be partially liable in blood cholesterol regulation. Chromium-Met chelate absorbs directly through the intestinal cell membrane in an intact form [1]. Therefore, availability of Cr-Met chelate remains high [2]. Chromium is an essential trace mineral that has a principal role in glucose, protein and fat metabolisms in animal tissues [3]. Chromium supplementation of di ...

IntroductionSwitchgrass as a perennial, deep-rooted, warm-season grass tolerates a wide range of soil and climatic conditions and is widely acclaimed as a conservation plant for erosion control, pasture and hay land forage, wildlife habitat, and native prairie restoration (Lee et al., 2010; Alderson and Sharp, 1995). Switchgrass is a native species of North America’s tallgrass prairie and is ...