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Dairy fats and cardiovascular disease: do we really need to be concerned?

Lordan, Ronan; Tsoupras, Alexandros; Mitra, Bhaskar; Zabetakis, Ioannis (MDPI, 2018)

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain a major cause of death and morbidity globally and diet plays a crucial role in the disease prevention and pathology. The negative perception of dairy fats stems from the effort to ...
Detection and confirmation of mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis using ELISA and PCR methodologies

Treacy, Aisling (University of Limerick, 2015)

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the aetiological agent of Johne’s disease, which is a chronic enteritis of ruminants, resulting in reduced milk production, abundant diarrhoea, emaciation and eventually ...
Detection of caseinophosphopeptides in the distal ileostomy fluid of human subjects

Meisel, Hans; Bernard, H.; Fairweather-Tait, S.; Fitzgerald, Richard J.; Hartmann, R.; Lane, C.N.; McDonagh, David; Teucher, B.; Wal, J.M. (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

Caseinophosphopeptides (CPP) were detected for the first time in ileostomy fluid, collected at 2 h intervals for 10 h post milk and CPP ingestion, from human volunteers with an ileostomy. The level of CPP present in ileostomy ...
Development of innovative PCR and fluorescence activated cell sorting methodologies for the detection of a range of foodborne pathogens.

Martinon, Alice Marie Amelie (University of Limerick, 2011)

The early and rapid detection of the Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes is desirable to prevent foodborne outbreaks. In this thesis, novel molecular and flow cytometric based methods ...
Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of young post-pubertal dairy bulls alters the fatty acid composition of seminal plasma and spermatozoa but has no effect on semen volume or sperm quality

Byrne, C.J.; Fair, Seán; English, A.M.; Holden, Shauna A.; Dick, J.R.; Lonergan, Patrick; Kenny, D.A. (Elsevier, 2017)

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of dietary supplementation with rumen protected n-6 or n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on the quantity and quality of semen from young post-pubertal dairy bulls. ...
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitory properties of camel milk protein hydrolysates generated with trypsin

Nongonierma, Alice B.; Paolella, Sara; Mudgil, Priti; Maqsood, Sajid; Fitzgerald, Richard J. (Elsevier, 2017)

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitory peptides were identified in silico within camel milk proteins. Camel milk was hydrolysed with trypsin using a design of experiments (DOE, temperature (40–60 C), enzyme to ...
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitory and antioxidative properties of milk protein-derived dipeptides and hydrolysates

Nongonierma, Alice B.; Fitzgerald, Richard J. (Elsevier, 2013)

Selected synthetic dipeptides and milk protein hydrolysates were evaluated for their dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitory properties, and their superoxide (SO) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical ...
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitory properties of a whey protein hydrolysate: Influence of fractionation, stability to simulated gastrointestinal digestion and food-drug interaction

Nongonierma, Alice B.; Fitzgerald, Richard J. (Elsevier, 2013)

The in vitro dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitory activity of a whey protein hydrolysate (WPH) generated with a food-grade pancreatic enzyme preparation was studied. The 50 % inhibitory concentration (IC50) value ...
The dissemination of C10 cysteine protease genes in Bacteroides fragilis by mobile genetic elements

Thornton, Roibeard F.; Kagawa, Todd F.; O'Toole, Paul W.; Cooney, Jakki C. (BioMed Central, 2010)

Background: The C10 family of cysteine proteases includes enzymes that contribute to the virulence of bacterial pathogens, such as SpeB in Streptococcus pyogenes. The presence of homologues of cysteine protease genes in ...
The diversity of fungi in four Irish forest types

O'Hanlon, Richard (University of Limerick, 2011)

Sampling of the macrofungal sporocarps, ectomycorrhizal morphotypes and vascular plants was carried out in 28 plots from four forest types (ash, oak, Scot’s pine, Sitka spruce) between the years 2007 and 2009. A total ...
A dual targeted β-defensin and exome sequencing approach to identify, validate and functionally characterise genes associated with bull fertility

Whiston, Ronan; Finlay, Emma K.; McCabe, Matthew S.; Cormican, Paul; Flynn, Paul; Cromie, Andrew R.; Hansen, Peter J.; Lyons, Alan; Fair, Seán; Lonergan, Patrick; O'Farrelly, Cliona; Meade, Kieran G. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)

Bovine fertility remains a critical issue underpinning the sustainability of the agricultural sector. Phenotypic records collected on >7,000 bulls used in artificial insemination (AI) were used to identify 160 reliable and ...
Effect of breed, plane of nutrition and age on growth, scrotal development, metabolite concentrations and on systemic gonadotropin and testosterone concentrations following a GnRH challenge in young dairy bulls

Byrne, C.J.; Fair, Seán; English, A.M.; Urh, C.; Sauerwein, H.; Crowe, M.A.; Lonergan, Patrick; Kenny, D.A. (Elsevier, 2017)

The onset of puberty in the bull is regulated by the timing of early GnRH pulsatility release from the hypothalamus, which has been demonstrated to be affected by plane of nutrition during calf-hood. The aim of this study ...
The effect of buttermilk or buttermilk powder addition on functionality, textural, sensory and volatile characteristics of Cheddar-style cheese

Hickey, Cian D.; O'Sullivan, Maurice G.; Davis, Jessica; Scholz, Dimitri; Kilcawley, Kieran N.; Wilkinson, Martin G.; Sheehan, Jeremiah J. (Elsevier, 2018)

The influence of buttermilk or buttermilk powder addition to cheese milk or cheese curds respectively on cheese functional properties, free fatty acid profiles and subsequent volatile and sensory characteristics was ...
Effect of calcium reduction on the properties of half-fat Cheddar-stylecheeses with full salt or half-salt

McCarthy, Catherine M; Wilkinson, Martin G.; Guniee, Timothy P (Elsevier, 2017)

Standard-calcium (SCa) and reduced-calcium (RCa) half-fat (16%) Cheddar-style cheeses with full-salt (1.9%) or half-salt (0.9%) were made in triplicate, ripened for 270 d, and analysed for composition and changes in lactose ...
The effect of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation of rams on semen quality and subsequent quality of liquid stored semen

Fair, Seán; Doyle, D.N.; Diskin, M.G.; Hennessy, A.A.; Kenny, D.A. (Elsevier, 2014)

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplementation of rams on semen quality and subsequent sperm function of liquid stored semen. Mature rams of proven ...
The effect of dietary supplementation of algae rich in docosahexaenoic acid on boar fertility

Murphy, Edel M.; Stanton, C.; O'Brien, C.; Murphy, C.; Holden, Shauna A.; Murphy, R.P.; Varley, P.; Boland, M.P.; Fair, Seán (Elsevier, 2017)

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of dietary supplementation of a commercial algal product rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on boar fertility as assessed in vitro and in vivo. Boars were fed one of ...
Effect of early calf-hood nutrition on the transcriptional regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis in holstein-friesian bull calves

English, Anne-Marie; Byrne, C.J.; Cormican, Paul; Waters, Sinéad M.; Fair, Seán; Kenny, D.A. (Nature Research, 2018)

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early calf-hood nutrition on the transcriptomic profile of the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and testes in Holstein-Friesianbulls. Holstein-Friesian ...
Effect of early calf-hood nutrition on the transcriptomic profile of subcutaneous adipose tissue in Holstein-Friesian bulls

English, Anne-Marie; Waters, Sinéad M.; Cormican, Paul; Byrne, Colin J.; Fair, Seán; Kenny, D.A. (BioMed Central, 2018)

Background: Adipose tissue is a major endocrine organ and is thought to play a central role in the metabolic control of reproductive function in cattle. Plane of nutrition during early life has been shown to influence ...
The effect of environmental conditions on expression of Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron C10 protease genes

Thornton, Roibeard F.; Murphy, Elizabeth C.; Kagawa, Todd F.; O'Toole, Paul W.; Cooney, Jakki C. (BioMed Central, 2012)

Background: Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron are members of the normal human intestinal microbiota. However, both organisms are capable of causing opportunistic infections, during which the environmental ...
Effect of exposing rams to a female stimulus before semen collection on ram libido and semen quality

Fahey, A.G.; Duffy, P.; Fair, Seán (American Society of Animal Science, 2012)

Rams with strong libido and desirable semen characteristics can provide more insemination doses per ejaculate and produce more progeny, improving population genetic linkage to improve the accuracy of EBV. The objective ...

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