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D L Renaud - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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invited review completeness of reporting of experiments reflecting on a year of animal trials in the journal of Dairy Science
Journal of Dairy Science, 2019Co-Authors: Charlotte B Winder, Katheryn Churchill, Jan M Sargeant, S J Leblanc, Annette M Oconnor, D L RenaudAbstract:ABSTRACT Reproducibility is an essential element of the scientific process, and it requires clear and complete reporting of study design, conduct, and analysis. In the human and animal health literature, incomplete reporting is associated with biased effect estimates. Moreover, incomplete reporting precludes knowledge synthesis and undervalues the resources allocated to the primary research. The Reporting Guidelines for Randomized Controlled Trials for Livestock and Food Safety (REFLECT) statement, published in 2010, is a checklist developed by expert consensus to provide guidance on what study elements should be reported in any intervention trial (designed experiment) involving livestock. The Journal of Dairy Science (JDS) has recently endorsed the use of reporting guidelines. To assess the status of reporting of controlled experiments in JDS and to provide a baseline for future comparison, we evaluated the reporting of 18 items from the REFLECT statement checklist in a sample of 137 controlled trials published in JDS in 2017. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts for relevance and then evaluated a sample of 120 papers reporting controlled trials (experimental studies involving at least one intervention and one comparison or control group), using yes or no questions. Although some items, such as treatment details and statistical analysis, were well reported, other areas, including sample size justification, allocation concealment, blinding, study flow, baseline data, and ancillary analyses, were often not reported or were incompletely described. This work highlights the need for authors and reviewers to take advantage of guidelines and checklists for reporting. Adherence to reporting guidelines can help improve the completeness of reporting of research, expedite and better inform the peer-review process, increase clarity for the reader, and allow for knowledge synthesis, such as meta-analysis, all of which serve to increase the value of the work conducted.
Kiri Debose - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Research Guides: Dairy Science: Recommended
2014Co-Authors: Kiri DeboseAbstract:This Virginia Tech guide has been created to highlight resources most commonly used by those studying the following aspects of Dairy Science: nutrition, physiology, lactation, genetics, reproduction, and the business of Dairy enterprise management. Recommended Databases
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Research Guides: Dairy Science: Building searches
2014Co-Authors: Kiri DeboseAbstract:This Virginia Tech guide has been created to highlight resources most commonly used by those studying the following aspects of Dairy Science: nutrition, physiology, lactation, genetics, reproduction, and the business of Dairy enterprise management.
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Research Guides: Dairy Science: DASC 4984
2014Co-Authors: Kiri DeboseAbstract:This Virginia Tech guide has been created to highlight resources most commonly used by those studying the following aspects of Dairy Science: nutrition, physiology, lactation, genetics, reproduction, and the business of Dairy enterprise management.
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Research Guides: Dairy Science: Additional resources
2014Co-Authors: Kiri DeboseAbstract:This Virginia Tech guide has been created to highlight resources most commonly used by those studying the following aspects of Dairy Science: nutrition, physiology, lactation, genetics, reproduction, and the business of Dairy enterprise management. Early Literature
D M Weary - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a 100 year review animal welfare in the journal of Dairy Science the first 100 years
Journal of Dairy Science, 2017Co-Authors: Marina A G Von Keyserlingk, D M WearyAbstract:ABSTRACT This paper outlines the history and development of research in the area of animal welfare as reflected in the 100 yr that the Journal of Dairy Science has been published. The first paper using the term "animal welfare" was published in 1983; since then (to May 2017), 244 papers that reflect growing interest regarding how farm animals are cared for have been published. Much of the scientific work to date has focused on issues related to cow health, such as lameness, and methodologically many papers use behavioral measures. In addition to this Science-based research, the journal has taken on the role of publishing work of social scientists that addresses the role of the human factors relating to animal welfare, including research on citizen, consumer, and farmer attitudes toward welfare issues. We call for further research focused on societal perspectives and for new biological research focused on developing issues, such as cow–calf separation and pasture access.
J F Hasler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a 100 year review reproductive technologies in Dairy Science
Journal of Dairy Science, 2017Co-Authors: S G Moore, J F HaslerAbstract:ABSTRACT Reproductive technology revolutionized Dairy production during the past century. Artificial insemination was first successfully applied to cattle in the early 1900s. The next major developments involved semen extenders, invention of the electroejaculator, progeny testing, addition of antibiotics to semen during the 1930s and 1940s, and the major discovery of sperm cryopreservation with glycerol in 1949. The 1950s and 1960s were particularly productive with the development of protocols for the superovulation of cattle with both pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin/equine chorionic gonadotrophin and FSH, the first successful bovine embryo transfer, the discovery of sperm capacitation, the birth of rabbits after in vitro fertilization, and the development of insulated liquid nitrogen tanks. Improved semen extenders and the replacement of glass ampules with plastic semen straws followed. Some of the most noteworthy developments in the 1970s included the initial successes with in vitro culture of embryos, calves born after chromosomal sexing as embryos, embryo splitting resulting in the birth of twins, and development of computer-assisted semen analysis. The 1980s brought flow cytometric separation of X- and Y-bearing sperm, in vitro fertilization leading to the birth of live calves, clones produced by nuclear transfer from embryonic cells, and ovum pick-up via ultrasound-guided follicular aspiration. The 20th century ended with the birth of calves produced from AI with sexed semen, sheep and cattle clones produced by nuclear transfer from adult somatic cell nuclei, and the birth of transgenic cloned calves. The 21st century has seen the introduction of perhaps the most powerful biotechnology since the development of artificial insemination and cryopreservation. Quick, inexpensive genomic analysis via the use of single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping chips is revolutionizing the cattle breeding industry. Now, with the introduction of genome editing technology, the changes are becoming almost too rapid to fully digest.
Charlotte B Winder - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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invited review completeness of reporting of experiments reflecting on a year of animal trials in the journal of Dairy Science
Journal of Dairy Science, 2019Co-Authors: Charlotte B Winder, Katheryn Churchill, Jan M Sargeant, S J Leblanc, Annette M Oconnor, D L RenaudAbstract:ABSTRACT Reproducibility is an essential element of the scientific process, and it requires clear and complete reporting of study design, conduct, and analysis. In the human and animal health literature, incomplete reporting is associated with biased effect estimates. Moreover, incomplete reporting precludes knowledge synthesis and undervalues the resources allocated to the primary research. The Reporting Guidelines for Randomized Controlled Trials for Livestock and Food Safety (REFLECT) statement, published in 2010, is a checklist developed by expert consensus to provide guidance on what study elements should be reported in any intervention trial (designed experiment) involving livestock. The Journal of Dairy Science (JDS) has recently endorsed the use of reporting guidelines. To assess the status of reporting of controlled experiments in JDS and to provide a baseline for future comparison, we evaluated the reporting of 18 items from the REFLECT statement checklist in a sample of 137 controlled trials published in JDS in 2017. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts for relevance and then evaluated a sample of 120 papers reporting controlled trials (experimental studies involving at least one intervention and one comparison or control group), using yes or no questions. Although some items, such as treatment details and statistical analysis, were well reported, other areas, including sample size justification, allocation concealment, blinding, study flow, baseline data, and ancillary analyses, were often not reported or were incompletely described. This work highlights the need for authors and reviewers to take advantage of guidelines and checklists for reporting. Adherence to reporting guidelines can help improve the completeness of reporting of research, expedite and better inform the peer-review process, increase clarity for the reader, and allow for knowledge synthesis, such as meta-analysis, all of which serve to increase the value of the work conducted.
