Research

Research and publications

Most of these come out of the NDSU heifer trials on diet and one-carbon metabolites. A few don't. There's the buffalo SNP paper from my NIBGE days, and two on the eye microbiome of cattle, written with Dr. Amat's group.

Full, up-to-date lists:

Peer-reviewed articles 18

Journal article2026

Genome-wide association study of the reproductive, body size, and carcass-related latent and directly measured traits in admixed beef heifers

Frontiers in Genetics Anas et al., 2026 doi:10.3389/fgene.2026.1653878
Journal article2026

The bovine ocular microbiome: a multi-approach study of composition and antimicrobial activity

Animal Microbiome Amat et al., 2026 doi:10.1186/s42523-026-00587-0
Journal article2025

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 doi:10.3390/ani15182689
Journal article2025

Effects of Maternal Nutrition and One-Carbon Metabolite Supplementation on Fetal Jejunal Morphology and Hexose Transporter Expression in Beef Cattle

Veterinary Sciences doi:10.3390/vetsci12090884
Journal article2025

Developmental Programming and Postnatal Modulations of Muscle Development in Ruminants

Biology doi:10.3390/biology14080929
Journal article2025

Intergenerational effects of maternal rate of body weight gain on the multi-omics hepatic profiles of bovine fetuses

Gene doi:10.1016/j.gene.2024.149082
Journal article2025

Multi-trait phenotypic modeling through factor analysis and bayesian network learning to develop latent reproductive, body conformational, and carcass-associated traits in admixed beef heifers

Frontiers in Genetics doi:10.3389/fgene.2025.1551967
Journal article2024

DNA methylation profile in bovine fetal liver is affected by maternal vitamin and mineral supplementation during early gestation

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/JAS/SKAE102.063
Journal article2024

Implications of factor analyses and Bayesian network learning to develop composite traits of size attributes in developing beef heifers

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/JAS/SKAE102.057
Journal article2024

Influence of Maternal Nutrition and One-Carbon Metabolites Supplementation during Early Pregnancy on Bovine Fetal Small Intestine Vascularity and Cell Proliferation

Veterinary Sciences doi:10.3390/vetsci11040146
Journal article2024

Influence of maternal nutrition and one-carbon metabolites supplementation on bovine antimicrobial peptides in fetal and maternal tissues

Frontiers in Veterinary Science doi:10.3389/fvets.2024.1505427
Journal article2024

Maternal rate of gain and one-carbon metabolites supplementation alters the gene expression profile of fetal brain during early gestation in beef heifers

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/JAS/SKAE234.239
Journal article2024

Metagenomic- and culture-based characterization of the ocular microbiome in cattle with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/JAS/SKAE234.069
Journal article2024

Multigenerational effects of maternal rate of body weight gain on fetal liver miRNA expression

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/JAS/SKAE234.610
Journal article2024

lncRNA-gene network analysis reveals the effects of early maternal nutrition on mineral homeostasis and energy metabolism in the fetal liver transcriptome of beef heifers

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2024.109691
Journal article2024

Tissue-Specific Impact of One-Carbon Metabolite Supplementation and Nutrient Restriction in Gestating Heifers on Fetal Mitochondrial-Related Gene Profiles

Current Developments in Nutrition doi:10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102827
Journal article2023

A Novel Insight into the Identification of Potential SNP Markers for the Genomic Characterization of Buffalo Breeds in Pakistan

Animals doi:10.3390/ani13152543
Journal article2023

Maternal Mineral Nutrition Regulates Fetal Genomic Programming in Cattle: A Review

Metabolites doi:10.3390/metabo13050593

Conference abstracts & posters 7

Conference abstractSeptember 2026

Effects of maternal rate of body weight gain and one-carbon metabolite supplementation on piRNA expression and predicted mRNA targets in bovine fetal muscle

Journal of Animal Science Silva et al., 2026 doi:10.1093/jas/skag272.500
Conference abstractSeptember 2026

Influence of Early Gestational Maternal Mineral Supplementation on miRNA-Mediated Gene Expression in Fetal Liver of Beef Cattle

Journal of Animal Science Chaves et al., 2026 doi:10.1093/jas/skag272.334
Conference abstract2025

Impact of maternal nutrition and one-carbon metabolite supplementation during early pregnancy on glucose transporters in the bovine fetal intestine

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/JAS/SKAF102.376
Conference abstract2023

Translating Maternal Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation Effect on Early Developing Fetus Through Hepatic Long Non-Coding Rnas Profile in Beef Heifers

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/jas/skad281.198
Conference poster2023

Impact of Maternal Plane of Nutrition in Combination with Strategic One-Carbon Metabolites Supplementation During Early Pregnancy on Vascularity and Cell Proliferation in the Fetal Small Intestine

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/jas/skad281.636
Conference poster2023

Supplementation of One-Carbon Metabolites Influences Fetal Maintenance Energy and Programming of Energy Utilization in Fetal Liver During Early Pregnancy in Heifers

Current Developments in Nutrition doi:10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100809
Conference abstract2022

Genome-wide Association Study of Ovary Characteristics in Admixed Beef Heifers Through Comparative Bayesian Approaches

Journal of Animal Science doi:10.1093/jas/skac064.019

Theses 3

Ph.D. Dissertation2025

Inter-generational effects of maternal rate of gain on early fetal development in beef cattle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses North Dakota State University
MS Thesis2023

Genome-wide association studies of reproductive, growth, and carcass attributes in admixed heifers using latent variables

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses North Dakota State University
MPhil Thesis2018

Genotyping of buffalo breeds of Pakistan

NIBGE, PIEAS doi:10.3390/ani13152543

Extension articles 2

Extension article2017

Chickungunya Infection in Pakistan

Veterinary News and Views
Extension article2016

Present and Future Status of Small Ruminants in Pakistan

Veterinary News and Views

Research and publications

Recent articles & news 3

Peer-reviewed articles 18

Conference abstracts & posters 7

Theses 3

Extension articles 2

Chickungunya Infection in Pakistan

Present and Future Status of Small Ruminants in Pakistan