
W4010: Integrated Approach to Enhance Efficiency of Feed Utilization in Beef Production Systems
(Multistate Research Project)
Status: Active
SAES-422 Reports
09/24/2026
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
- Anas, M., Ward, A. K., McCarthy, K. L., Borowicz, P. P., Reynolds, L. P., Caton, J. S., Dahlen, C. R., & Diniz, W. J. S. (2025). Intergenerational effects of maternal rate of body weight gain on the multi-omics hepatic profiles of bovine fetuses.Gene, 936, 149082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2024.149082.
- ArunKumar, E. K., M. E. Wilson, N. E. Blake, T. J. Yost, and M. Walker. 2026. Deep Learning for Tumor Segmentation and Multiclass Classification in Breast Ultrasound Images Using Pretrained Models.Sensors, 25:7557. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25247557.
- ArunKumar, K. E., N. E. Blake, M. Walker, T. J. Yost, D. Mata-Padrino, I. Holásková, J. W. Yates, J. Hatton, and M. E. Wilson. 2025. Predicting dry matter intake in cattle at scale using gradient boosting regression techniques and Gaussian process boosting regression with SHAP explainable AI, MLflow and its containerization.Journal of Animal Science, 103:skaf041. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf041.
- Blake, N. E., K. E. ArunKumar, M. Walker, T. J. Yost, D. Mata-Padrino, I. Holásková, J. W. Yates, D. Bishoff, S. Johnson, G. Taiwo, M. Idowu, I. Ogunade, D. Matlick, J. Hatton, and M. E. Wilson. 2026. Predicting Individual Water Intake in Beef Cattle Using Longitudinal Data and LSTM Models.Journal of Animal Science, 104:skag138. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag133.
- Blake, N. E., K. E. ArunKumar, M. Walker, T. J. Yost, D. Mata-Padrino, I. Holásková, J. W. Yates, D. Bishoff, S. Johnson, G. Taiwo, M. Idowu, I. Ogunade, D. Matlick, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Hatton, and M. E. Wilson. 2026. Generalizable LSTM Models for Beef Cattle DMI Under Grazing.Journal of Animal Science, 104:skag133. DOI requires verification; submitted citation corrected to: https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag133.
- Blake, N. E., K. E. ArunKumar, M. Walker, T. J. Yost, D. Mata-Padrino, I. Holásková, J. W. Yates, D. Bishoff, S. Johnson, G. Taiwo, M. Idowu, I. Ogunade, J. Hatton, and M. E. Wilson. 2026. Characterization of Individual Beef Cattle Water Intake.Journal of Animal Science, 104:skag054. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag054.
- Blake, N. E., K. E. ArunKumar, M. Walker, T. J. Yost, D. Mata-Padrino, I. Holásková, J. W. Yates, S. Johnson, G. Taiwo, M. Idowu, I. Ogunade, J. Hatton, and M. E. Wilson. 2026. Deployable DMI Prediction Using GPBoost, MLOps, and Flask Without the Need for Exact Birth Dates.Frontiers in Animal Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2026.1770302.
- Briggs, E.A., M.E. King, K.R. Harmoney, PSXIV-18 Impact of stocking method on heifer performance and reproductive outcomes., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 103, Issue Supplement_3, October 2025, Pages 540–541, org/10.1093/jas/skaf300.613
- Caton, J. S., Crouse, M. S., Dahlen, C. R., Ward, A. K., Diniz, W. J. S., Hammer, C. J., Swanson, R. M., Hauxwell, K. M., Syring, J. G., Safain, K. S., & Reynolds, L. P. (2025). International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology: Maternal nutrient supply: Impacts on physiological and whole-animal outcomes in offspring.Journal of Dairy Science, 108(7), 7696-7709. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25788.
- Caton, J. S., Crouse, M. S., Dahlen, C. R., Ward, A. K., Diniz, W. J. S., Hammer, C. J., Swanson, R. M., Hauxwell, K. M., & Reynolds, L. P. (2025). Invited Review: Micronutrient supply, developmental programming, and strategic supplementation in ruminant livestock.Animal, 101563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101563.
- Caton, J. S., Lalman, D. L., & Tedeschi, L. O. (2025). Galyean Appreciation Club review: knowledge gaps in the nutrition of grazing beef cattle.Journal of Animal Science, 103, skaf172. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf172.
- Craner, A. J., Dahlen, C. R., Hurlbert, J. L., Menezes, A. C. B., Banerjee, P., Baumgaertner, F., Bochantin-Winders, K. A., Amat, S., Sedivec, K. K., Swanson, K. C., & Diniz, W. J. S. 2025. Maternal Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation Affected Neonatal Gene Expression and Rewired Key Regulatory Genes Underlying Hepatic Metabolism.Animals. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15182664.
- Craner, A. J., Dahlen, C. R., Hurlbert, J. L., Menezes, A. C. B., Banerjee, P., Baumgaertner, F., Bochantin-Winders, K. A., Amat, S., Sedivec, K. K., Swanson, K. C., & Diniz, W. J. S. 2025. Early life programming of the neonatal bovine jejunum in response to maternal vitamin and mineral supplementation.Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174425000157.
- Crouse, M. S., Cushman, R. A., Redifer, C. A., Neville, B. W., Dahlen, C. R., Caton, J. S., Diniz, W. J. S., & Ward, A. K. (2025). International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology: One-carbon metabolism in beef cattle throughout the production cycle.Journal of Dairy Science, 108(7), 7615-7630. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25784.
- Cushman, R. A., Hauxwell, K. M., Caton, J. S., & Freetly, H. C. (2026). Variation in rate of body weight gain during pregnancy in beef heifers: association with early life health events and influence on progeny performance.Translational Animal Science, 10, txaf176. https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txaf176.
- Dahlen, C. R., Ramírez-Zamudio, G. D., Bochantin-Winders, K. A., Hurlbert, J. L., Crouse, M. S., McLean, K. J., Diniz, W. J. S., Amat, S., Snider, A. P., Caton, J. S., & Reynolds, L. P. (2025). International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology: Paternal nutrient supply: Impacts on physiological and whole-animal outcomes in offspring.Journal of Dairy Science, 108(7), 7710-7722. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25800.
- Daneshi, M., Borowicz, P. P., Montgomery, V., Entzie, Y. L., Syring, J. G., King, L. E., Safain, K. S., Anas, M., Reynolds, L. P., Ward, A. K., Dahlen, C. R., Crouse, M. S., & Caton, J. S. (2025). Effects of Maternal Nutrition and One-Carbon Metabolite Supplementation on Fetal Jejunal Morphology and Hexose Transporter Expression in Beef Cattle.Veterinary Sciences, 12(9), 884. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12090884.
- Dawlaty, R., Entsie, P., Amoafo, E. B., Liverani, E., & Dorsam, G. P. (2026). A Historical Review of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide in Sepsis.Biology, 15(9), 663. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15090663.
- De Almeida Matos, E. M., David, G., Sousa, L., Trópia, N., Andrade, D., Silva, J. T., Pucetti, P., Ebani, Y. C., Lopes, S., Rennó, L., Menezes, A. C. B., Caton, J., & Valadares Filho, S. C. 2026. Effects of dried distillers grains inclusion in creep-feeding supplements on performance and digestion characteristics of suckling beef calves in tropical pastures.Animal Production Science, AN25225. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN25225.
- Dawlaty, R., Entsie, P., Amoafo, E. B., Liverani, E., & Dorsam, G. P. (2026). A Historical Review of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide in Sepsis.Biology, 15(9), 663. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15090663.
- De Almeida Matos, E. M., David, G., Sousa, L., Trópia, N., Andrade, D., Silva, J. T., Pucetti, P., Ebani, Y. C., Lopes, S., Rennó, L., Menezes, A. C. B., Caton, J., & Valadares Filho, S. C. (2026). Effects of dried distillers grains inclusion in creep-feeding supplements on performance and digestion characteristics of suckling beef calves in tropical pastures.Animal Production Science, AN25225. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN25225.
- Ding, Y., He, B., Bogush, D., Schramm, J., Singh, C., Dovat, K., Randazzo, J., Tukaramrao, D., Hengst, J., Annageldiyev, C., Kudva, A., Desai, D., Sharma, A., Spiegelman, V. S., Huang, S., Viet, C. T., Dorsam, G., Saulnier Scholler, G., Broach, J., Yue, F., & Dovat, S. (2025). Critical roles of IKAROS and HDAC1 in regulation of heterochromatin and tumor suppression in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Leukemia, 39(8), 2010-2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-025-02651-1.
- Entsie, P., Amoafo, E. B., Kang, Y., Gustad, T., Dorsam, G. P., Frey, M. R., & Liverani, E. (2025). Sex-specific activation of platelet purinergic signaling is key in local cytokine release and phagocytosis in the peritoneal cavity in intra-abdominal sepsis.American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, 328(3), C791-C805. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00116.2024.
- Galyean, M. L., Beauchemin, K. A., Caton, J. S., Cole, N. A., Eisemann, J. H., Engle, T. E., Erickson, G. E., Krehbiel, C. R., Lemenager, R. P., & Tedeschi, L. O. (2025). Knowledge Gaps in the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle.Ruminants, 5(3), 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/ruminants5030029.
- Geyer, A. G., Yost, T. J., Blake, N. E., ArunKumar, K. E., Holásková, I., Yates, J. W., & Wilson, M. E. (2026). Validating a novel precision livestock farming method to determine individual daily grazing feed intake.West Virginia Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, 21, 22.
- Green, K. L., Kovarna, M. R., Schlegel, E. R., Wright, C. L., Menezes, A. C. B., Smith, Z. K., & Drum, J. N. (2025). Omega-3 supplement alters water consumption and plasma fatty acid profile of beef heifers.Journal of Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf312.
- Hauxwell, K. M. M., Cushman, R. A., Caton, J. S., Ward, A. K., Lindholm-Perry, A. K., Snider, A. P., Freetly, H. C., Dahlen, C. R., Amat, S., Swanson, R. M., Stromer, B. S., Neville, B. W., Thorson, J. F., Oliver, W. T., Miles, J. R., & Crouse, M. S. (2026). Methionine and guanidinoacetic acid supplementation throughout the periconceptual period of gestation altered metabolite concentrations and fetal development in beef heifers.Journal of Animal Science, skag067. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag067.
- Jardon, G. H., Detmann, E., Smith, Z. K. F., Rusche, W. C., & Menezes, A. C. B. (2025). Substituting dried distillers’ grains with solubles with soybean meal in finishing diets: effects on small intestinal amino acid flow, digestibility, and nitrogen balance.Journal of Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf232.
- Johnson, C., A. Singh, Z. Hasan, K. Islan, Z. Yang, M.E. King, A.P. Foote, D. Lalman, N. Ahsan, P. Beck. Comparative liver proteome analysis of feedlot steer calves reveals growth trait-specific pathways influenced by calving season. J Animal Sci Biotechnol 17, 56 (2026). org/10.1186/s40104-026-01370-6
- Kilama, J., Dahlen, C. R., Abbasi, M., Shi, X., Nagaraja, T. G., Crouse, M. S., Cushman, R. A., Snider, A. P., McCarthy, K. L., Caton, J. S., & Amat, S. (2025). Characterizing the prevalence ofFusobacterium necrophorum necrophorum, Fusobacterium necrophorumsubsp. funduliforme, and Fusobacterium varium in bovine and ovine semen, bovine gut, and vagino-uterine and fetal microbiota using targeted culturing and qPCR. Microbiology Spectrum, 13(5), e03145-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03145-24.
- Meyer, A. M. (2025). Developmental programming of the neonatal period in ruminants: A review.Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 16, e40.
- Idowu, M., Taiwo, G., Sidney, T., Morenikeji, O. B., & Ogunade, I. M. (2026). Hepatic transcriptomic signatures associated with divergent residual average daily gain phenotypes in beef steers.Frontiers in Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2026.1813033.
- Podversich, F., Bonilla Urbina, J., Coble, C., Smith, Z. K. F., Rusche, W. C., O’Sullivan, R., Leggett, M. J., Parker-Norman, S. L., & Menezes, A. C. B. (2026). A Blend of Essential Oils (Blend of Eugenol, Linalool, Anethole, and Cinnamaldehyde) Increases Ruminal Propionate and Improves Total Tract Starch Digestibility in Steers Fed a Dry-Rolled Corn-Based Finishing Diet.Fermentation, 12, 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation12050248.
- Ramírez-Zamudio, G. D., Diniz, W. J., Baumgaertner, F., Menezes, A. C. B., Hurlbert, J. L., Bochantin, K. A., Underdahl, S. R., McCarthy, K. L., Reynolds, L. P., Ward, A., Borowicz, P., Sedivec, K. K., & Dahlen, C. R. (2026). Effects of maternal early gestational weight gain on skeletal muscle gene expression profile in F1 and F2 beef cattle offspring.Frontiers in Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2025.1725223.
- Redifer, C. A., Rathert-Williams, A. R., & Meyer, A. M. (2025). Late gestational nutrient restriction decreased placental size and calf birth weight without altering uterine blood flow in primiparous beef females.Journal of Animal Science, skaf163.
- Safain, K. S., Crouse, M. S., Hirchert, M. R., Entzie, Y. L., Syring, J. G., Daneshi, M., Anas, M., King, L. E., Reynolds, L. P., Borowicz, P. P., Dahlen, C. R., Ward, A. K., Caton, J. S., & Swanson, K. C. (2025). Tissue-Specific Mitochondrial Functionality and Mitochondrial-Related Gene Profiles in Response to Maternal Nutrition and One-Carbon Metabolite Supplementation During Early Pregnancy in Heifers.Animals, 15(18), 2689. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15182689.
- Safain, K. S., Crouse, M. S., Syring, J. G., Entzie, Y. L., King, L. E., Ward, A. K., Reynolds, L. P., Borowicz, P. P., Dahlen, C. R., Swanson, K. C., & Caton, J. S. (2025). Early Gestational Hepatic Lipidomic Profiles Are Modulated by One-Carbon Metabolite Supplementation and Nutrient Restriction in Beef Heifers and Fetuses.Metabolites, 15(5), 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo15050302.
- Safain, K. S., Swanson, K. C., & Caton, J. S. (2026). The Interplay of One-Carbon Metabolism, Mitochondrial Function, and Developmental Programming in Ruminant Livestock.Journal of Developmental Biology, 14(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/jdb14010003.
- Schumacher, M., Boles, J. A., & Thomson, J. M. (2026). Gene Expression Differences in Muscle and Adipose Tissue Help Explain Variation in Meat Tenderness Across USDA Carcass Grades in Beef and Fat Classes in Sheep.Animals, 16(16), 2493. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani1616249.
- Scroggins, H., Kent-Dennis, C., May, J., Harmon, D. L., & Klotz, J. L. (2026). The Effects of β-caryophyllene on Butyrate Utilization and Metabolism in Caco-2 Cells.Scientific Reports, 16, 15357.
- Swanson, R. M., Davila Ruiz, B. J., Hurlbert, J. L., Diniz, W. J. S., Banerjee, P., Dahlen, C., Crouse, M. S., Hauxwell, K. M., Caton, J. S., & Reynolds, L. (2026). Livestock models of maternal nutrition and developmental programming.Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 17, e14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174426100452.
- Thomson, J. M., Davletbakov, A., & Frisina, M. R. (2026). Fine-Scale Population Structure and Relatedness of Argali (Ovis ammon) in Kyrgyzstan Revealed by High-Density SNP Data.Diversity, 18(3), 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/d18030194.
- VanGilder, H., Blake, N. E., Yost, T. J., ArunKumar, K. E., Walker, M., Holásková, I., Yates, J. W., & Wilson, M. E. (2025). Validation of a novel method to measure individual water intake in beef cattle.Animals, 15, 2904. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15192904.
- Wehrbein, M. A., Podversich, F., Menendez, H. M., III, Smith, Z. K. F., Rusche, W. C., & Menezes, A. C. B. (2026). Optimizing Nutrient and Water Utilization During Late Gestation and Early Lactation in Beef Cows: The Power of Limit-Feeding a Precision Energy Diet.AgriEngineering, 8, 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering8050196.
- Leal, Y., Johnson, S., Idowu, M., Taiwo, G., Sidney, T., Oni, A., Estrada-Reyes, Z. M., & Ogunade, I. M. (2026). The effects of in vitro LPS stimulation on the PBMC transcriptome of beef steers with negative or positive residual average daily gain.Frontiers in Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2026.1870685.
- Yost, T. J., ArunKumar, K. E., Gillespie, J., Thekkoot, D., Osterstock, J., & Wilson, M. E. (2026). Conducting grazing performance testing using technology to determine individual dry matter and water intake.World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production(accepted April 6, 2026).
- Yost, T. J., Blake, N. E., Holásková, I., Mata-Padrino, D., Yost, J., Yates, J. W., & Wilson, M. E. (2025). Associations between feeding behaviors, Residual Feed Intake, and Residual Average Daily Gain in performance-tested yearling bulls and heifers fed a high-forage diet.Animals, 15, 3574. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15243574.
Abstracts, Proceedings, and Extension Publications:
- Baker, B.E., G.E. Carstens, K. O’Reilly, and R. Havens. 2026. Impact of incidence of bovine respiratory disease detected using automated-disease-detection technology on performance, feed intake, efficiency and feeding behavior patterns in growing seedstock bulls. ASAS Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.
- Baker, B.E., G.E. Carstens, K. O’Reilly, and R. Havens. 2026. Impact of residual feed intake classification on performance, carcass ultrasound traits, feed intake, efficiency and feeding behavior patterns in growing seedstock bulls. ASAS Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.
- Briggs, E.A., M.E. King, A. King, T. Arthur, J. Vipham, 39. Effects of an antibody-based direct-fed microbial on feed intake, growth performance, and feed efficiency in feedlot cattle., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 104, Issue Supplement_4, July 2026, skag190.029, doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag190.029
- Craner, A.J.; Dahlen, C.R.; Hurlbert, J.L.; Menezes, A.C.B.; Banerjee, P.; Baumgaertner, F.; Bochantin-Winders, K.A.; Amat, S.; Sedivec, K.K.; Swanson, K.C.; Diniz, W.J. 143 Late-Breaking: Maternal vitamin and mineral supplementation modulate placental gene expression related to angiogenesis, nutrient transport, and immune regulation in neonatal beef heifers., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 103, Issue Supplement_3, October 2025, Pages 157–158, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf300.189
- G. E. Carstens, M. Beck, and K. O’Reilly. 2026. Beyond RFI: Optimizing energetic efficiency in grazing cattle. ASAS Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.
- Feldmann, K. P., J. E. Beever, and P. R. Myer. 2026. Genomic Insights into Antagonism of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by Ligilactobacillus animalis NP51. ASM Kentucky-Tennessee Branch Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN.
- Feldmann, K. P., J. E. Beever, E. A. Shepherd, and P. R. Myer. 2026. Engineering Probiotic Strain Ligilactobacillus animalis NP51 to Deliver Bovine Interleukin-22 in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Beef Cattle. ASM Microbe Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
- Flinchum, R. N., K. Mason, T. N. Rowan, and P. R. Myer. 2026. Microbial Drivers of Feed Efficiency and Enteric Methane Emissions in Forage-Based Beef Cattle Operations. ASM Microbe Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
- Flinchum, R. N., K. Mason, T. N. Rowan, and P. R. Myer. 2026. Microbial Drivers of Methane Emissions and Proxy-Based Feed Efficiency in Forage-Based Beef Cattle Operations. ASM Kentucky-Tennessee Branch Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN.
- Hanson, S.; Menezes, A.C.B. Substitution of DDGS with canola meal in finishing diets affects amino acid intake but does not affect post-ruminal amino acid flow and digestibility. 2026 SDSU Animal Science Research and Extension Report. In: https://extension.sdstate.edu/sites/default/files/2026-05/S-0056-2026.pdf
- Hanson, S.; Podversich, F.; Bonilla Urbina, J.; Coble, C.; Smith, Z.K.; Rusche, W.C.; O’Sullivan, R.; Leggett, M.; Menezes, A.C.B. 181 Essential oils impact rumen kinetics but not post-ruminal digestibility in steers fed high-grain finishing diets., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 103, Issue Supplement_3, October 2025, Pages 278–279, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf300.324
- Hanson, S.; Wetzel, E.; St-Piere, B.; Gonzalez, J.; Menezes, A.C.B. Effects of DDGS and/or canola meal on rumen microbiome of growing steers. 2026 SDSU Animal Science Research and Extension Report. In: https://extension.sdstate.edu/sites/default/files/2026-05/S-0056-2026.pdf
- Hanson, S.R.; Rusche, W.C.; Smith, Z.K.; Menezes, A.C.B. Substitution of DDGS with canola meal in cattle finishing diets affects amino acid intake but does not affect post-ruminal amino acid flow and digestibility. In: Book of Abstracts of the 8th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition (ISEP 2025), 15–18 September 2025, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany (p. 128). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17035972
- Hurlbert, J.L.; Swanson, K.C.; Menezes, A.C.B.; Sedivec, K.K.; Dahlen, C.R. Vitamin and mineral supplementation to gestating F0 beef heifers and the impacts on diet digestibility, nitrogen balance, and energy partitioning in the F1 female during pregnancy. In: Book of Abstracts of the 8th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition (ISEP 2025), 15–18 September 2025, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany (p. 192). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17035972
- King, M.E., E.A. Briggs, A. King, Z. Ahsan, K. Islam, A. Singh, Z. Yang, N. Ahsan, 49. Alterations in the proteome across subcutaneous adipose depots in finishing beef steers., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 104, Issue Supplement_4, July 2026, skag190.048, doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag190.048
- Menezes, A.C.B. Soybean Byproducts on Beef Cow Nutrition: Potential Impacts on Metabolic and Physiological Parameters. Journal of Animal Science, Volume 104, Issue Supplement_3, April 2026, skag107.268, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag107.268
- Menezes, A.C.B.; Wehrbein, M.A. Optimizing winter feeding: The power of the limit-fed precision energy diet. Online article for BEEF Magazine. In: https://informamarkets.turtl.co/story/beef-novemberdecember-2025/page/5
- Podversich, F.; Bonilla-Urbina.; Menezes, A.C.B. Essential oils impact rumen kinetics but not post-ruminal digestibility in steers fed high-grain finishing diets. 2026 SDSU Animal Science Research and Extension Report. In: https://extension.sdstate.edu/sites/default/files/2026-05/S-0056-2026.pdf
- Ribeiro da Silva, T.; Craner, A.J.; Dahlen, C.R.; Hurlbert, J.L.; Menezes, A.C.B.; Banerjee, P.; Baumgaertner, F.; Bochantin, K.A.; Amat, S.; Sedivec, K.K.; Swanson, K.C.; Diniz, W.J.S. 69 Late-Breaking: Maternal vitamin and mineral supplementation during gestation affects multi-tissue regulatory network in neonatal beef calves., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 103, Issue Supplement_3, October 2025, Pages 156–157, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf300.188
- Simeone, P., A. Kobza, D. Gomez de Sousa, S. Collet, P. Kononoff, G.E. Erickson, and K. O’Reilly. 2026. Effect of residual methane production on growth, feed intake, feed efficiency, body composition and gas exchange in growing beef heifers. J. Anim. Sci. 104 (Suppl_3):skag107-039. doi:10.1093/jas/skag107.039. (Oral; Awarded 3rdplace in MS competition)
- Simeone, P., A.M. Kobza, P. Kononoff, G.E. Erickson, and K. O’Reilly. Association of methane production with dry matter intake growth, and feed efficiency in growing beef heifers. UNL Beef Report (2026)
- Wehrbein, M.A.; Menendez, H.M.; Diniz, W.J.S.; Priyanka, B.; Menezes, A.C.B. PSXIV-29 Differential placental gene expression in response to winter feeding high-forage and high-concentrate diets in beef cows., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 103, Issue Supplement_3, October 2025, Pages 536–537, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf300.609
- Wetzel, E.; Hanson, S.; St-Pierre, B.; Gonzalez-Hernandez, J.L.; Menezes, A.C.B. PSIV-14 Effects of DDGS and/or canola meal on rumen microbiome of growing steers., Journal of Animal Science, Volume 103, Issue Supplement_3, October 2025, Pages 433–434, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf300.494