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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(last 5 years)

2006. Chameroy KA, Nadeau JA, Bushmich SL, Dinger JE, Hoagland TA, Saxton AM. Prevalence of non-glandular gastric ulcers in horses involved in a university riding program. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 26(5): 207-211.

2006. Voy BH, Scharff JA, Perkins AD, Saxton AM, Borate B, Chesler EJ, Branstetter LK, Langston MA  Extracting gene networks for low-dose radiation using graph theoretical algorithms. PLoS Comput Biol. 2(7):e89.

2006. Panthee, D.R., V.R. Pantalone, C.E. Sams, A.M. Saxton, D.R. West, J.H. Orf and A.S. Killam. Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Sulfur Containing Amino Acids, Methionine and Cysteine, in Soybean Seeds. Theor. Appl. Genet. 112(3): 546-553.

2006. Panthee, D.R., V.R. Pantalone, A.M. Saxton, D.R. West, and C.E. Sams. Genomic Regions Associated with Amino Acid Composition in Soybean. Molecular Breeding 17:79-89.

2006. Lee, J.H., J.C. Waller, S.L. Melton and A.M. Saxton.  Incorporation of alpha-Tocopherol and Linoleic Acid in Fresh Lambs by Feeding Chemically Treated Dietary Supplements Containing DL-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate and Sunflower Oil.  J. Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54: 568-573.

2006. Lee, JH, AM Saxton, LO Pordesimo, JC Waller and SL Melton. Protecting dietary vitamin C and high oleic oil in feed and its effect on the nutritional profile of goat milk. J Agricultural and Veterinary Advances. 5(1): 30-37.

2006. Pordesimo, LO, AM Saxton and S Sokhansanj. Comparative field drying of BT and non-BT corn stover fractions after grain physiological maturity. Int. J. Agricultural Research 1(2): 194-201.

2006. Adcock, RJ, HG Kattesh, MP Roberts, AM Saxton and JA Carroll. Relationships Between Plasma Cortisol, Corticosteroid-binding Globulin (CBG) and The Free Cortisol Index (FCI) In Pigs Over A 24 h Period. J Agricultural and Veterinary Advances 5(1): 85-91.

2005. Buck, L., P. Lambdin, D. Paulsen, J. Grant and AM Saxton. Insect species associated with Eastern Hemlock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and environs. J Tennessee Academy of Science 80(3): 657-661.

2005. Scenna, F.N., M.E. Hockett, T.M. Towns, A.M. Saxton, N.R. Rohrbach, M.E. Wehrman and F.N. Schrick. Influence of a prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor administered at embryo transfer on pregnancy rates of recipient cows. Prostaglandins & other Lipid Mediators 78:38-45.

2005. Panthee DR, Pantalone VR, West DR, Saxton AM, Sams CE.  Quantitative trait loci for seed protein and oil concentration, and seed size in soybean. Crop Science 45 (5): 2015-2022.

2005. White DC, Geyer R, Cantu J, Jo SC, Peacock AD, Saxton AM, Mani S, Jett M, Moss OR. Feasibility of assessment of regulatory lipids in breath condensate as potential presymptomatic harbingers of pulmonary pathobiology.  J Microbiol Methods. 62(3):293-302.

2005.  Mathew AG, Garner KN, Ebner PD, Saxton AM, Clift RE, Liamthong S.  Effects of Antibiotic Use in Sows on Resistance of E. coli and Salmonella enterica Typhimurium in Their Offspring.  Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2(3):212-220.

2005. Stalder, K.J., Saxton, A.M., Conatser, G.E. and Serenius, T.V.  Effect of growth and compositional traits on first parity and lifetime reproductive performance in U.S. Landrace sows.  Livestock Production Science 97: 151-159.

2005. Klaus, N.A ., D.A. Buehler, A.M. Saxton.  Forest management alternatives and songbird breeding habitat on the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.  Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 222-234.

2005. Schuenemann, G.M., J. L. Edwards, F.M. Hopkins, N.R. Rohrbach, H.S. Adair, F.N. Scenna, J.C. Waller, J.W. Oliver, A.M. Saxton and F.N. Schrick.   Fertility aspects in yearling beef bulls grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue pastures.  Reproduction, Fertility and Development  17: 479-486.

2005. Schuenemann, G.M., J. L. Edwards, M.D. Davis,H.E. Blackmon, F.N. Scenna, N.R. Rohrbach, A.M. Saxton, H.S. Adair, F.M. Hopkins, J.C. Waller, F.N. Schrick.   Effects of administration of ergotamine tartrate on fertility of yearling beef bulls. Theriogenology 63: 1407–1418.

2005. Coy, P., R.Romar, R.R. Payton, L. McCann, A.M. Saxton and J.L. Edwards.  Maintenance of meiotic arrest in bovine oocytes using the S-enantiomer of roscovitine: effects on maturation, fertilization and subsequent embryo development  in vitro. Reproduction 129: 19-26.

2005. Grizzle, J.M., D.B. Kersten, A.E. Houston, and A.M. Saxton.  Effect of chronic vs. intermittent exposure to T-2 toxin on reproductive performance in bobwhite quail. Intern. J. Poult. Sci. 4(2): 71-75.

2005. Heo,J., H. G. Kattesh, M. P. Roberts, J. L. Morrow, J. W. Dailey and A. M. Saxton.  Hepatic corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) messenger RNA expression and plasma CBG concentrations in young pigs in response to heat and social stress.  Journal of Animal Science 83: 208-215.

2005. Seals, R. C., G. M. Schuenemann, J. W. Lemaster, A. M. Saxton, J. C. Waller and F. N. Schrick. Follicular dynamics in beef heifers consuming ergotamine tartrate as a model of endophyte-infected tall fescue consumption. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 4 (1): 97-102.

2005. Charron, C.S., A.M. Saxton and C.E. Sams.  Relationship of climate and genotype to seasonal variation in the glucosinolate-myrosinase system. I. Blucosinolate content in ten cultivars of Brassica oleracea grown in fall and spring seasons.  J. Science of Food and Agriculture 85(4): 671-681.

2005. Charron, C.S., A.M. Saxton and C.E. Sams.  Relationship of climate and genotype to seasonal variation in the glucosinolate-myrosinase system. II. Myrosinase activity in ten cultivars of Brassica oleracea grown in fall and spring seasons.  J. Science of Food and Agriculture 85(4): 682-690.

2004. Panthee, D.R., P. Kwanyuen, C.E. Sams, D.R. West, A.M. Saxton, and V.R. Pantalone. Quantitative trait loci for b-conglycinin (7S) and glycinin (11S) fractions of soybean storage protein.  J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 81:1005-1012.

2004. Hyten, D.L., V.R. Pantalone, A.M. Saxton, M.E. Schmidt and C.E. Sams. Molecular mapping and identification of soybean fatty acid modifier quantitative trait loci.  Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 81: 1115-1118.

2004.  Russell, L.B., P.R. Hunsicker, M. Kerley, A. Pyle and A.M. Saxton.  Etoposide exposure during male mouse pachytene has complex effects on crossing-over and causes nondisjunction.  Mutation Research 565: 61-77.

2004. Lee, J.H., S.L. Melton, J.C. Waller, A.M. Saxton and L.O. Pordesimo.  Feeding encapsulated ground full-fat soybeans to increase polyunsaturated fat concentrations and effects on flavor volatiles in fresh lamb.  J. Animal Science 82: 2734-2741.

2004. Youngerman, S.M., A.M. Saxton and G.M. Pighetti. Novel single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes within the bovine CXCR2 gene. Immunogenetics 56(5): 355-359.

2004. Youngerman, S.M., A.M. Saxton, S.P. Oliver and G.M. Pighetti.  Association of CXCR2 polymorphisms with subclinical and clinical mastitis in dairy cattle.  J Dairy Science 87:2442-2448.

2004. Lawrence, J.L., R.R. Payton, J.D. Godkin, A.M. Saxton, F.N. Schrick and J.L. Edwards.  Retinol improves development of bovine oocytes compromised by heat stress during maturation.  J Dairy Science 87: 2449-2454.

2004. Hyten, D.L., V.R. Pantalone, C.E. Sams, A.M. Saxton, D. Landau-Ellis, T.R. Stefaniak and M.E. Schmidt.  Seed quality QTL in a prominent soybean population.  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 109(3): 552-561.

 2004. Smiley, R.D., A.M. Saxton, M.J. Jackson, S.N. Hicks, L.G. Stinnett and E.E. Howell. Non-Linear Fitting of Bi-Substrate Enzyme Kinetic Data using SAS:  Application to R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase.  Analytical Biochemistry 334(1): 204-206.

2004. Lee, J.H., S.L. Melton, J.C. Waller and A.M. Saxton. Modification of physicochemical characteristics of goat milk fat by feeding protected high oleic sunflower oil supplements.  Journal of Food Science 69(4): FCT280-6.

2004. Payton, R.R., R. Romar, P. Coy, A.M. Saxton, J.L. Lawrence and J.L. Edwards. Susceptibility of Bovine Germinal Vesicle-Stage Oocytes from Antral Follicles to Direct Effects of Heat Stress In Vitro. Biology of Reproduction 71: 1303-1308.

2004. Grizzle, J. M., D.B. Kersten, M.D. McCracken,  A.E. Houston and A.M. Saxton. Determination of the Acute 50% Lethal Dose T-2 Toxin in Adult Bobwhite Quail: Additional Studies on the Effect of T-2 Mycotoxin on Blood Chemistry and the Morphology of Internal Organs. Avian Diseases 48(2): 392–399.

2004. Auge, R.M., D.M. Sylvia, S. Park, B.R. Buttery, A.M. Saxton, J.L. Moore and K. Cho. Paritioning mycorrhizal influence on water relations of Phaseolus vulgaris into soil and plant components. Canadian J. of Botany 82(4): 503-514.

 2004. Wang, Y.  B. Jones Voy, S. Urs, S. Kim, M. Soltani-Bejnood, N. Quigley, Y.-R. Heo, M. Standridge, B. Andersen, M. Dhar, R. Joshi, P. Wortman, J.W. Taylor, J. Chun, M. Leuze, K. Claycombe, A.M. Saxton and N. Moustaid-Moussa.  The Human Fatty Acid Synthase Gene and De Novo Lipogenesis Are Coordinately Regulated in Human Adipose Tissue. J. Nutrition 134: 1032-1038.

2004. Urs, S., C. Smith, B. Campbell, A.M. Saxton, J. Taylor, B. Zhang, J.R. Snoddy, B. Jones Voy and N. Moustaid-Moussa.  Gene Expression Profiling in human preadipocytes and adipocytes by microarray analysis.  J. Nutrition 134: 762-770.

2004.  Scenna F.N., J.L. Edwards, N.R. Rohrbach, M.E. Hockett, A.M. Saxton, and F.N. Schrick. Detrimental effects of Prostaglandin F2" on preimplantation bovine embryos. Prostaglandins & other Lipid Mediators 73: 215-226.

2004. Panthee, D.R., V.R. Pantalone, C.E. Sams, A.M. Saxton, D.R. West and W.E. Rayford.  Genomic regions governing soybean seed nitrogen accumulation.  Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 81(1): 77-81.

2003. Doherty TJ, Andrews FM, Blackford JT, Rohrbach BW, Sandin A, Saxton AM. Effects of lipopolysaccharide and phenylbutazone on gastric contents in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal 35 (5): 472-475.

2003. Post LS, Schlarbaum SE, van Manen F, Cecich RA, Saxton AM, Schneider JF. Development of hardwood seed zones for Tennessee using a geographic information system.  Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 27 (3): 172-175.

 2003. Lambdin, PL, JF Grant, GJ Wiggins and AM Saxton. Diversity of the true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) on Arnold Air Force Base, Tullahoma, Tennessee.  Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 78(3): 76-84.

2003. Gibbs, MM, PL Lambdin, JF Grant and AM Saxton. Ground-inhabiting ants collected in a mixed hardwood southern Appalachian forest in eastern Tennessee.  Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 78(2): 45-49.

 2003. Augé, RM, Moore JL, Cho K, Stutz JC, Sylvia DM, Al-Agely A, Saxton AM.  Relating dehydration resistance of mycorrhizal Phaseolus vulgaris to soil and root colonization by hyphae. Journal of Plant Physiology 160: 1147-1156.

 2003. Stella, A., K.J. Stalder, A.M. Saxton and P.J. Boettcher.  Estimation of variances for gametic effects on litter size in Yorkshire and Landrace swine.  Journal of Animal Science 81(9): 2171-2178.

2003. Nadeau, J.A., F.M. Andrews, C.S. Patton, R.A. Argenzio, A.G. Mathew and A.M. Saxton.  Effects of hydrochloric, acetic, butyric, and propionic acids on pathogenesis of ulcers in the nonglandular portion of the stomach of horses.  American Journal of Veterinary Research 64(4): 404-412.

2003. Nadeau JA, Andrews FM, Patton CS, Argenzio RA, Mathew AG, Saxton AM. Effects of hvdrochloric, valeric, and other volatile fatty acids on pathogenesis of ulcers in the nonglandular portion of the stomach of horses. American Journal of Veterinary Research 64 (4): 413-417.

 2003.  Roberts, M.P., H.G.Kattesh, G.A. Baumbach, B.E. Gillespie, J.D. Godkin, J.F. Schneider and A.M. Saxton.  Age-Related Changes in Porcine Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin (pCBG) as Determined by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay.  Domestic Animal Endocrinology 24:323-339.

 2003.  Stalder, K. J., A. M. Saxton, R. K. Miller, and R. N. Goodwin. A comparison of hydrogen ion concentration and pH genetic predictions and fixed effect estimations when assessing pork quality. J. Anim. Sci. 81(3): 611-616.

2002.  Smiley, R.D., L.G. Stinnett, A.M. Saxton, and E.E. Howell.  Breaking Symmetry: Mutations Engineered into R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase, A D2 Symmetric Homotetramer Possessing a Single Active Site Pore.  Biochemistry 41(52): 15664-15675.

2002.  Auge, R.M., M.T. Windham, J.L. Moore, W.T. Witte, E. Kubikova, W.E. Klingeman, R.M. Evans, J.H. Reiss, P.C. Flanagan and A.M. Saxton.  Leaf curl and water relations of Kousa dogwoods showing resistance to summer stress.  Journal of Environmental Horticulture 20(3): 143-147.

2002.  Andrews, F.M., C.R. Reinemeyer, M.D. McCracken, J.T. Blackford, J.A. Nadeau, L. Saabye, M. Sotell and A.M. Saxton.  Comparison of endoscopic, necropsy and histology scoring of equine gastric ulcers.  Equine Veterinary Journal 34(5): 475-478.

2002.  Smiley, RD, Hicks, SN, Stinnett, LG, Howell, EE and Saxton, AM.  Bi-substrate kinetics using SAS computer software. Analytical Biochemistry 301(1): 153-156.

2002.  Pangloli, P., SL Melton, JL Collins, MP Penfield and AM Saxton.  Flavor and storage stability of potato chips fried in cottonseed and sunflower oils and palm olein/sunflower oil blends.  Journal of Food Science 67: 97-103.

2002.  Scroggs, L. V., H. G. Kattesh, J. L. Morrow, K. J. Stalder, J. W. Dailey, M. P. Roberts, J. F. Schneider, and A. M. Saxton. The effects of split marketing on the physiology, behavior and performance of finishing swine. J. Animal Science.

2002.  Volatile fatty acid metabolism by epithelial cells isolated from different areas of the ewe rumen. 

2002.  Mathew, AG, F Jackson and AM Saxton.  Effects of antibiotic regimens on resistance of Escherichia coli and Salmonella serovar Typhimurium in swine.  J Swine Health and Production 10(1): 7-13.