Activities and Effects of Ergot Alkaloids on Livestock Physiology and Production

Bulls grazing Kentucky 31 tall fescue exhibit impaired growth, semen quality, and decreased semen freezing potential

(2015) S.L. Pratt et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Identification of bovine prolactin in seminal fluid, and expression and localization of the prolactin receptor and prolactin-inducible protein in the testis and epididymis of bulls exposed to ergot alkaloids

(2015) S.L. Pratt et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Effect of fescue toxicosis on whole body energy and nitrogen balance, in situ degradation and ruminal passage rates in Holstein steers

(2015) A. F. Koontz et al.   Animal Production Science

Acute exposure to ergot alkaloids from endophyte-infected tall fescue does not alter absorptive or barrier function of the isolated bovine ruminal epithelium

(2014) A. P. Foote et al.   Animal

Bovine lateral saphenous veins exposed to ergopeptine alkaloids do not relax12

(2014) A. Pesqueira et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Dietary exposure to ergot alkaloids decreases contractility of bovine mesenteric vasculature1,2

(2014) A. M. Egert et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

The Bull Sperm MicroRNAome and the Effect of Fescue Toxicosis on Sperm MicroRNA Expression

(2014) Heather M. Stowe et al.   PLoS One

Ergovaline stability in tall fescue based on sample handling and storage methods

(2014) Krista Lea et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Development of a methodology to measure the effect of ergot alkaloids on forestomach motility using real-time wireless telemetry

(2014) Amanda M. Egert et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Physiological responses to known intake of ergot alkaloids by steers at environmental temperatures within or greater than their thermoneutral zone

(2014) Joan H. Eisemann et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Exposure to ergot alkaloids during gestation reduces fetal growth in sheep

(2014) Susan K. Duckett et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Warming reduces tall fescue abundance but stimulates toxic alkaloid concentrations in transition zone pastures of the U.S.

(2014) Rebecca L. McCulley et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Variation in the expression of ergot alkaloids between individual tillers of perennial ryegrass

(2014) Wade J. Mace et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Vasoconstrictive responses by the carotid and auricular arteries in goats to ergot alkaloid exposure1

(2014) Glen E. Aiken et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Antagonism of lateral saphenous vein serotonin receptors from steers grazing endophyte-free, wild-type, or novel endophyte-infected tall fescue1,2

(2013) J. L. Klotz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Combined effects of fungal alkaloids on intestinal motility in an in vitro rat model1,2

(2013) J. E. Dalziel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

FORAGES AND PASTURES SYMPOSIUM: Managing the tall fescue–fungal endophyte symbiosis for optimum forage-animal production12

(2013) G. E. Aiken et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Vasoconstriction in horses caused by endophyte-infected tall fescue seed is detected with Doppler ultrasonography1

(2013) K. J. McDowell et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Ergot alkaloids from endophyte-infected tall fescue decrease reticuloruminal epithelial blood flow and volatile fatty acid absorption from the washed reticulorumen1,2

(2013) A. P. Foote et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Alteration of fasting heat production during fescue toxicosis in Holstein steers

(2013) A. F. Koontz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

FORAGES AND PASTURES SYMPOSIUM: Fungal endophytes of tall fescue and perennial ryegrass: Pasture friend or foe?12

(2013) C. A. Young et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Characterisation of novel perennial ryegrass host–Neotyphodium endophyte associations

(2013) P. Tian et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Modulation of Intestinal Functions Following Mycotoxin Ingestion: Meta-Analysis of Published Experiments in Animals

(2013) Bertrand Grenier et al.   Toxins

Physiological effects of endophyte-infected perennial ryegrass straw on female camels in the Middle East

(2013) K Alabdouli et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Photoperiodic Modulation of the Suppressive Actions of Prolactin and Dopamine on the Pituitary Gonadotropin Responses to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Sheep1

(2012) David J. Hodson et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Meat Science And Muscle Biology Symposium: Developmental programming in cattle: Consequences for growth, efficiency, carcass, muscle, and beef quality characteristics1,2

(2012) D. L. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

A review of theNeotyphodium lolii / Lolium perennesymbiosis and its associated effects on animal and plant health, with particular emphasis on ryegrass staggers

(2012) ME di Menna et al.   NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL

Ergopeptines Bromocriptine and Ergovaline and the Dopamine Type-2 Receptor Inhibitor Domperidone Inhibit Bovine Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1-like Activity

(2011) Edwena D. Miles et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

BOARD-INVITED REVIEW: St. Anthony's Fire in livestock: Causes, mechanisms, and potential solutions1,2

(2011) J. R. Strickland et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Bovine neuronal vesicular glutamate transporter activity is inhibited by ergovaline and other ergopeptines1

(2011) Y. Xue et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Permeability of ergot alkaloids across the blood-brain barrier in vitro and influence on the barrier integrity

(2011) Dennis Mulac et al.   MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH

Changes in concentrations of lysergol in urine and prolactin in plasma, rectal temperature and respiration rate in sheep selected for resistance or susceptibility to ryegrass staggers and fed ergovaline

(2011) SR Gooneratne et al.   NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL

Cytotoxicity and accumulation of ergot alkaloids in human primary cells

(2011) Dennis Mulac et al.   TOXICOLOGY

Fluctuations in the concentration of ergovaline and lolitrem B produced by the wild-type endophyte (Neotyphodium lolii) in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) pasture

(2011) K. F. M. Reed et al.   Animal Production Science

Effect of sorghum ergot (Claviceps africana) on the performance of steers (Bos taurus) in a feedlot

(2011) Barry J. Blaney et al.   Animal Production Science

Effects and mechanisms of action of the ergopeptides ergotamine and ergovaline and the effects of peramine on reticulum motility of sheep

(2009) Daniel P. Poole et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH

Involvement of signaling pathways in bovine sperm motility, and effect of ergot alkaloids

(2009) Hehai Wang et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL

Contractile response of fescue-naïve bovine lateral saphenous veins to increasing concentrations of tall fescue alkaloids1,2

(2009) J. L. Klotz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Effects of selected combinations of tall fescue alkaloids on the vasoconstrictive capacity of fescue-naïve bovine lateral saphenous veins1,2

(2008) J. L. Klotz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Influence of toxic endophyte-infected fescue on sperm characteristics and endocrine factors of yearling Brahman-influenced bulls1,2

(2008) M. L. Looper et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Signaling at G-protein-coupled serotonin receptors: recent advances and future research directions

(2008) M MILLAN et al.   TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of the level of feed intake and ergot contaminated concentrate on ruminal fermentation and on physiological parameters in cows

(2008) B. Schumann et al.   Mycotoxin Research