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Nebraska Team Identifies New Genetic Defect Impacting Cattle Morbidity and Meat Quality

This collaborative effort involved UNL students and faculty across disciplines including graduate student researchers Mackenzie Batt, Leila Venzor, Rachel Reith, and Nicolas Herrera, Dr. Jessica Petersen and Dr. Matt Spangler in animal breeding and genetics, Dr. Gary Sullivan in meat science, and Dr. David Steffen with the UNL Veterinary Diagnostic Center.

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Biodiversity in the Margins: Merging Farmlands Affects Natural Pest Control

Dr. Yi Zou, from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and corresponding author of the study, says, “Hedgerows and field margins are frequently removed during the land consolidation procedure to create larger, rectangular fields and install concrete irrigation channels to facilitate the use of larger machinery.

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