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11. Jennings, J.S., A.E. Wertz-Lutz, R.H. Pritchard, A.D. Weaver, D.H. Keisler and K. Bruns.  2011.  Circulating ghrelin and leptin concentrations and growth hormone secretagogue receptor abundance in liver, muscle and adipose tissue of beef cattle exhibiting differences in composition of gain.  Journal of Animal Science – 89:3954-3972.
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15. Everts, A.J., D.M. Wulf, A.K.R. Everts, T.M. Nath, T.D. Jennings, and A.D. Weaver.  2010.  Quality characteristics of chunked and formed hams manufactured from pale, average and dark colored muscles were improved using a novel enhancement solution.  Meat Science 86: 352-356.
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17. Ranasinghesagara, J., T.M. Nath, S.J. Wells, A.D. Weaver, D.E. Gerrard, and G. Yao.  2010.  Imaging optical diffuse reflectance in beef muscles for tenderness prediction.  Meat Science 84: 413-421.
18. Du, M., J. F. Tong, J. X. Zhao, K. R. Underwood, M. J. Zhu, S. P. Ford, and P. W. Nathanielsz. 2010. Fetal programming of skeletal muscle development in ruminant animals. Journal of Animal Science. 88:E51-E60.
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20. Gunn, P.J., A.D. Weaver, R.P. Lemenager, D.E. Gerrard, M.C. Claeys, and S.L. Lake.  2009.  Effects of dietary fat and crude protein on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, circulating plasma metabolites, and meat quality in steers fed differing levels of distiller’s dried grains with solubles.  Journal of Animal Science 87: 2882–2890.
21. Weaver, A.D., B.C. Bowker, and D.E. Gerrard.  2008. Sarcomere length influences postmortem proteolysis of excised bovine semitendinosus muscle.  Journal of Animal Science 86: 1925-1932.
22. Xia, J., A. Weaver, D. Gerrard, and G. Yao.  2008. Distribution of optical scattering properties in four beef muscles.  Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality and Safety 2: 75-81.
23. Xia, J., A. Weaver, D. Gerrard, and G. Yao.  2008.  Heating induced optical property changes in beef muscles.  Journal of Food Engineering, 84: 75-81.
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26. Sweeter, K. K., D. M. Wulf, and R. J. Maddock.  2005. Determining the optimum beef longissimus muscle size for retail consumers.  J. Anim. Sci. 83:2598-2604.
27. Kukowski, A. C., R. J. Maddock, and D. M. Wulf.  2004. Evaluating consumer acceptability of various muscles from the beef chuck and rib.  J. Anim. Sci.  82:521-525.
28. Kukowski, A. C., D. M. Wulf, B. C. Shanks, J. K. Page, and R. J. Maddock.  2004. Factors associated with surface iridescence in fresh beef.  Meat Science 66:889-893.
29. Wheeler, T. L., D. Vote, J. M. Leheska, S. D. Shackelford, K. E. Belk, D. M. Wulf, B. L. Gwartney, and M. Koohmaraie.  2002. The efficacy of three objective systems for identifying beef cuts that can be guaranteed tender.  J. Anim. Sci. 80:3315-3327.
30. Leheska, J. M., D. M. Wulf, and R. J. Maddock.  2002. Effects of fasting and transportation on pork quality development and extent of postmortem metabolism.  J. Anim. Sci. 80:3194-3202.
31. Reuter, B. J., D. M. Wulf, and R. J. Maddock.  2002. Mapping intramuscular tenderness variation in four major muscles of the beef round.  J. Anim. Sci. 80:2594-2599.
32. Shanks, B. C., D. M. Wulf, and R. J. Maddock.  2002. Technical note: The effect of freezing on Warner-Bratzler shear force values of beef longissimus steaks across several postmortem aging periods.  J. Anim. Sci. 80:2122-2125.
33. Wulf, D. M., R. S. Emnett, J. M. Leheska, and S. J. Moeller.  2002. Relationships among glycolytic potential, dark cutting (dark, firm, and dry) beef, and cooked beef palatability.  J. Anim. Sci. 80:1895-1903.
34. Leheska, J. M., D. M. Wulf, J. A. Clapper, R. C. Thaler, and R. J. Maddock.  2002. Effects of high-protein/low-carbohydrate swine diets during the final finishing phase on pork muscle quality.  J. Anim. Sci.  80:137-142.
35. Shanks, B. C., D. M. Wulf, B. J. Reuter, and R. J. Maddock.  2002. Increasing tenderness of beef round and sirloin muscles through prerigor skeletal separations.  J. Anim. Sci. 80:123-128.
36. Reuter, B. J., D. M. Wulf, B. C. Shanks, and R. J. Maddock.  2002. Evaluating the point of separation, during carcass fabrication, between the beef wholesale rib and the beef wholesale chuck.  J. Animal Science 80:101-107.