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Professor Emeritus
Thatcher, William W.
Positions
- Faculty, Animal Sciences , College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 2004 - 2013
Overview
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- Early genomic prediction of daughter pregnancy rate is associated with improved reproductive performance in Holstein dairy cows.. Journal of Dairy Science. 103. 2020
- A 100-Year Review: Historical Development of Female Reproductive Physiology in Dairy Cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. 100:10272-10291. 2017
- Chronicling the discovery of interferon tau. Reproduction (Cambridge. Online). F11-F20. 2017
- Effects of Supplementation With Docosahexaenoic Acid on Reproduction of Dairy Cows. Reproduction. 153:707-723. 2017
- Meta-Analysis of Progesterone Supplementation During Timed Artificial Insemination Programs in Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 98:2472-2487. 2015-04-01
- Progesterone Supplementation To Lactating Dairy Cows Without a Corpus Luteum At Initiation of the Ovsynch Protocol. Journal of Dairy Science. 98:2515-2528. 2015-04-01
- Effect of Progesterone Supplementation On Fertility Responses of Lactating Dairy Cows With Corpus Luteum At the Initiation of the Ovsynch Protocol. Theriogenology. 83:257-265. 2015-01-01
- Effects of Altering the Ratio of Dietary N-6 To N-3 Fatty Acids On Performance and Inflammatory Responses To a Lipopolysaccharide Challenge in Lactating Holstein Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 98:602-617. 2015-01-01
- Increasing Intake of Essential Fatty Acids From Milk Replacer Benefits Performance, Immune Responses, and Health of Preweaned Holstein Calves. Journal of Dairy Science. 98:458-477. 2015-01-01
- Plasma Anti-Mullerian Hormone in Adult Dairy Cows and Associations With Fertility. Journal of Dairy Science. 97:6888-6900. 2014-11-01
- Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Sometribove Zinc Suspension On the Production and Health of Lactating Dairy Cows. Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 245:550-564. 2014-09-01
- Effect of Supplementing Essential Fatty Acids To Pregnant Non Lactating Holstein Cows and Their Preweaned Calves On Calf Performance, Immune Response, and Health. Journal of Dairy Science. 97:5045-5064. 2014-08-01
- Effects of Supplemental Progesterone After Artificial Insemination On Expression of Interferon-Stimulated Genes and Fertility in Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 97:4907-4921. 2014-08-01
- Inducing Ovulation Early Postpartum Influences Uterine Health and Fertility in Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 97:3558-3569. 2014-06-01
- Effect of Supplementing Fat To Pregnant Nonlactating Cows On Colostral Fatty Acid Profile and Passive Immunity of the Newborn Calf. Journal of Dairy Science. 97:392-405. 2014-01-01
- Hormonal Manipulations in the 5-Day Timed Artificial Insemination Protocol To Optimize Estrous Cycle Synchrony and Fertility in Dairy Heifers. Journal of Dairy Science. 96:7054-7065. 2013-11-01
- Prevalence of Periparturient Diseases and Effects On Fertility of Seasonally Calving Grazing Dairy Cows Supplemented With Concentrates. Journal of Dairy Science. 96:5682-5697. 2013-09-01
- Targeted Progesterone Supplementation Improves Fertility in Lactating Dairy Cows Without a Corpus Luteum At the Initiation of the Timed Artificial Insemination Protocol. Journal of Dairy Science. 96:2214-2225. 2013-04-01
- Effects of Lactation and Pregnancy On Gene Expression of Endometrium of Holstein Cows At Day 17 of the Estrous Cycle Or Pregnancy. Journal of Dairy Science. 95:5657-5675. 2012-10-01
- Effects of Lactation and Pregnancy On Metabolic and Hormonal Responses and Expression of Selected Conceptus and Endometrial Genes of Holstein Dairy Cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. 95:5645-5656. 2012-10-01
- The Effect of Administering Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin (Ecg) and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (Hcg) Post Artificial Insemination On Fertility of Lactating Dairy Cows. Theriogenology. 78:1110-1116. 2012-09-01
- Conceptus Development and Global Gene Expression At Preimplantation Stages in Lactating Dairy Cows of Distinct Genetic Groups and Estrous Cyclic Statuses. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 47:546. 2012-08-01
- Effects of Lactation On Gene Expression of Endometrium of Holstein Cows At Day 17 of the Estrous Cycle Or Pregnancy. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 47:505. 2012-08-01
- Effects of Prostaglandin F2 Alpha On Subclinical Endometritis and Fertility of Lactating Dairy Cows Subjected To Timed Ai. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 47:559. 2012-08-01
- Environmental Regulation of Pregnancy-Specific Protein B Concentrations During Late Pregnancy in Dairy Cattle. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 47:543. 2012-08-01
- Follicular Environment and Embryo Development of Dairy Cows Fed Diet Containing Low Concentration of Fatty Acids Supplemented With Different Sources of Fatty Acids. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 47:594. 2012-08-01
- Progesterone Supplementation Improves Fertility in Lactating Dairy Cows Without Corpus Luteum At the Initiation of the 5-Day Timed Ai Protocol. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 47:421. 2012-08-01
- Fertility in Daily Cows Following Presynchronization and Administering Twice the Luteolytic Dose of Prostaglandin F-2 Alpha as One Or Two Injections in the 5-Day Timed Artificial Insemination Protocol. Theriogenology. 78:273-284. 2012-07-01
- Effect of One Or Three Timed Artificial Inseminations Before Natural Service On Reproductive Performance of Lactating Dairy Cows Not Observed for Detection of Estrus. Theriogenology. 77:1918-1927. 2012-06-01
- Effects of Presynchronization and Length of Proestrus On Fertility of Grazing Dairy Cows Subjected To a 5-Day Timed Artificial Insemination Protocol. Journal of Dairy Science. 95:2513-2522. 2012-05-01
- Roles of conceptus secretory proteins in establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in ruminants. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences. 1-16. 2012
- Growth and Development of the Ovine Conceptus. Journal of Animal Science. 90:159-170. 2012-01-01
- Dietary Manipulations To Improve Embryonic Survival in Cattle. Theriogenology. 76:1619-1631. 2011-12-01
- Effects of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone At Initiation of the 5-D Timed Artificial Insemination (Ai) Program and Timing of Induction of Ovulation Relative To Ai On Ovarian Dynamics and Fertility of Dairy Heifers. Journal of Dairy Science. 94:4997-5004. 2011-10-01
- Reproductive Performance of Grazing Dairy Cows Following Presynchronization and Resynchronization Protocols. Journal of Dairy Science. 94:4984-4996. 2011-10-01
- Concentration of Progesterone During the Development of the Ovulatory Follicle: I. Ovarian and Embryonic Responses. Journal of Dairy Science. 94:3342-3351. 2011-07-01
- Concentration of Progesterone During the Development of the Ovulatory Follicle: Ii. Ovarian and Uterine Responses. Journal of Dairy Science. 94:3352-3365. 2011-07-01
- Evaluation of Two Progestogen-Based Estrous Synchronization Protocols in Yearling Heifers of Bos Indicus X Bos Taurus Breeding. Theriogenology. 75:1699-1707. 2011-06-01
- Effects of Differential Supplementation of Fatty Acids During the Peripartum and Breeding Periods of Holstein Cows: Ii. Neutrophil Fatty Acids and Function, and Acute Phase Proteins. Journal of Dairy Science. 94:2285-2301. 2011-05-01
- Effects of Differential Supplementation of Fatty Acids During the Peripartum and Breeding Periods of Holstein Cows: I. Uterine and Metabolic Responses, Reproduction, and Lactation. Journal of Dairy Science. 94:189-204. 2011-01-01
- Effect of Interval Between Induction of Ovulation and Artificial Insemination (Ai) and Supplemental Progesterone for Resynchronization On Fertility of Dairy Cows Subjected To a 5-D Timed Ai Program. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:5798-5808. 2010-12-01
- Economic Comparison of Natural Service and Timed Artificial Insemination Breeding Programs in Dairy Cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:4404-4413. 2010-09-01
- Effects of Resynchronization Programs On Pregnancy Per Artificial Insemination, Progesterone, and Pregnancy-Associated Glycoproteins in Plasma of Lactating Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:4006-4018. 2010-09-01
- Special Issue: 14Th Annual Conference of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (Esdar) Abstracts. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 45:2-14. 2010-09-01
- Effect of Reducing the Period of Follicle Dominance in a Timed Artificial Insemination Protocol On Reproduction of Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:2976-2988. 2010-07-01
- Effect of Reducing the Period of Follicle Dominance in a Timed Artificial Insemination Protocol On Reproduction of Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:2976-2988. 2010-07-01
- Use of a Five-Day Progesterone-Based Timed Ai Protocol To Determine If Flunixin Meglumine Improves Pregnancy Per Timed Ai in Dairy Heifers. Theriogenology. 73:1311-1318. 2010-06-01
- Application of One Injection of Prostaglandin F(2 Alpha) in the Five-Day Co-Synch Plus Cidr Protocol for Estrous Synchronization and Resynchronization of Dairy Heifers. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:1050-1058. 2010-03-01
- Supplementation With Calcium Salts of Linoleic and Trans-Octadecenoic Acids Improves Fertility of Lactating Dairy Cows. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 45:55-62. 2010-02-01
- Application of a Five-Day Progesterone-Based Synchronization Protocol for Timed Ai With Sexed Semen in Dairy Heifers. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 22:38. 2010-01-01
- Effect of Moment of Induced Ovulation and Progesterone (P4) for Resynchronization On Fertility of Holstein Cows in a 5-D Timed Ai Program. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:675. 2010-01-01
- Effect of Supplementing Fatty Acids To Prepartum Holstein Cows On Transfer of Passive Immunity To Calves. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:253. 2010-01-01
- Effect of Supplementing Fatty Acids To Prepartum Holstein Cows and Milk Replacer Enriched With Linoleic Acid On Calf Performance.. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:636. 2010-01-01
- Effects of Lactation and Pregnancy Status On Concentrations of Insulin and Igf-1, and Correlations With Metabolic Indicators in Holstein Dairy Cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:673. 2010-01-01
- Fatty Acid Supplementation To Periparturient Dairy Cows Fed Diets Containing Low Basal Concentrations of Fatty Acids. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:448. 2010-01-01
- Pregnancy Per Ai (P/Ai) of Dairy Cows Following Presynchronization and Splitting the Prostaglandin (Pgf) Injection in the 5D-Cosynch Protocol.. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:393. 2010-01-01
- Use of Increasing Doses of a Degradable Deslorelin Implant To Enhance Uterine Involution in Postpartum Lactating Dairy Cows 2009-12-01
- Comparison of Reproductive Performance in Lactating Dairy Cows Bred By Natural Service Or Timed Artificial Insemination. Journal of Dairy Science. 92:5456-5466. 2009-11-01
- Synchronization and Resynchronization of Inseminations in Lactating Dairy Cows With the Cidr Insert and the Ovsynch Protocol. Theriogenology. 72:869-878. 2009-10-01
- Effect of Progesterone And/Or Estradiol Treatments Prior To Induction of Ovulation On Subsequent Luteal Lifespan in Anestrous Nelore Cows 2009-05-01
- Effect of Fat Source Differing in Fatty Acid Profile On Metabolic Parameters, Fertilization, and Embryo Quality in High-Producing Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 92:1520-1531. 2009-04-01
- Reproductive Responses Following Postpartum Suppression of Ovarian Follicular Development With a Deslorelin Implant During Summer Heat Stress in Lactating Dairy Cows 2009-04-01
- Postpartum Suppression of Ovarian Activity With a Deslorelin Implant Enhanced Uterine Involution in Lactating Dairy Cows 2009-01-01
- Effects of Method of Presynchronization and Source of Selenium On Uterine Health and Reproduction in Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 91:3323-3336. 2008-09-01
- Comparison of Reproductive Performance in Dairy Cows Bred By Natural Service Or Timed Artificial Insemination. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 43:49. 2008-07-01
- Integration of Cidr in Timed Artificial Insemination Protocol in Lactating Dairy Cows. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 43:57. 2008-07-01
- Long Chain Fatty Acids of Diet as Factors Influencing Reproduction in Cattle. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 43:23-30. 2008-07-01
- Development of a Timed Insemination Program in Dairy Heifers as a Platform To Determine If Flunixin Meglumine Improves Pregnancy Rate and Embryo Survival. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 20:90-91. 2008-01-01
- Effect of Calcium Salts of Fish and Palm Oils On Lactational Performance of Holstein Cows. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 140:18-38. 2008-01-01
- Effects of Differential Supplementation of Calcium Salts of Fatty Acids (Csfas) in Lactating Dairy Cows On Plasma Acute Phase Proteins and Leukocyte Responses: Phagocytic and Oxidative Burst, Cd62L/Cd18 Expression and Cytokine Production 2008-01-01
- Response To Gnrh On Day 6 of the Estrous Cycle Is Diminished as the Percentage of Bos Indicus Breeding Increases in Angus, Brangus, and Brahman X Angus Heifers 2008-01-01
- Evaluation of the efficacy of prophylactic hoof health examination and trimming during midlactation in reducing the incidence of lameness during late lactation in dairy cows. Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 89-93. 2007
- Control of ovarian follicular and corpus luteum development for the synchronization of ovulation in cattle.. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 64. 2007
- Strategies for improving fertility in the modern dairy cow.. Theriogenology. 65. 2006
- Comparison of milk yield in dairy cows with different degrees of lameness. Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 1292-6. 2005
- Comparison of the calving-to-conception interval in dairy cows with different degrees of lameness during the prebreeding postpartum period. Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 1284-91. 2005
- Manipulation of ovarian function for the reproductive management of dairy cows.. Veterinary Research Communications. 28 Suppl 1. 2004
- Regulation of embryo survival in cattle.. Reproduction. Supplement. 61. 2003
- Bovine somatotropin attenuates phorbol ester-induced prostaglandin F2alpha production in bovine endometrial cells.. Journal of Dairy Science. 85. 2002
- Effects of gossypol from cottonseed on hematological responses and plasma alpha-tocopherol concentration of dairy cows.. Journal of Dairy Science. 85. 2002
- Strategies to optimize reproductive efficiency by regulation of ovarian function.. Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 23. 2002
- Intracellular regulation of endometrial PGF(2a) and PGE(2) production in dairy cows during early pregnancy and following treatment with recombinant interferon-tau.. Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 18. 2000
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review
- Role of Lipids on Elongation of the Preimplantation Conceptus in Ruminants. Reproduction. R115-R126. 2016
- Invited Review: Recommendations for Reporting Intervention Studies on Reproductive Performance in Dairy Cattle: Improving Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Research on Reproduction. Journal of Dairy Science. 1-17. 2016
Research
principal investigator on
- Impact of Lactational Status on the Uterine and Conceptus Transcriptome in Dairy Cattle and a Strategy to Improve Herd awarded by Pfizer Inc 2006 - 2010
- Implementation of Reproductive Programs to Enhance Fertilityand Maximize Productive Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cows awarded by US Department of Agriculture 2003 - 2007
Teaching
teaching activities
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Contact
full name
- William W Thatcher
Publications in VIVO