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Assistant Professor

Ph.D. - University of Missouri-Columbia, 1990

Phone: 301-405-8457
Email: bbequett@umd.edu

Representative Publications:

Guan, X., Bequette, B.J., Ku, P.K.,Tempelman , R.J., and Trottier, N.L. (2004) Amino acid needs for milk synthesis is defined by the maximal uptake of plasma amino acid by the porcine mammary glands. J. Nutrition. (In press).

Oba, M., Baldwin, R.L., IV, Owens, S.L, and Bequette, B.J. (2004) Urea synthesis by ruminal epithelial and duodenal mucosal cells isolated from growing sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 87: 1803-1805. ( Ref21.pdf )

Oba, M., Baldwin, R.L., IV, and Bequette, B.J. (2004) Oxidation of glucose, glutamate, and glutamine by isolated ovine enterocytes in vitro is decreased by presence of other metabolic fuels. J. Anim. Sci. 82: 479-486. ( Ref22.pdf )

Bequette, B.J., Kyle, C.E., Crompton, L.A. Calder, A.G., and Hanigan, M.D., 2002. Protein metabolism in lactating goats subjected to the insulin clamp. J. Dairy Sci. ( Ref5.pdf ).

Bequette, B.J., 2002. Amino acid metabolism in Animals: An Overview. In Amino Acids in Animal Nutrition [J.P.F. D'Mello, editor] Wallingford: CABI Publishing.

Mabjeesh, S.J., Kyle, C.E., MacRae, J.C., and Bequette, B.J., 2002. Amino acid and peptide uptake by the mammary gland of goats in early and late lactation. J. Dairy Sci. ( Ref6.pdf )

Metges, C.C., El-Khoury, A., Selvaraj, A.B., Tsay, R.H., Atkinson, A., Bequette, B.J., and Young, V.R., 2000. Kinetics of L-[1-¹³C]leucine when ingested with free amino acids, unlabeled or intrinsically labeled casein. Am. J. Physiol. 278: E1000-1009. ( Ref10.pdf )

Bequette, B.J., Hanigan, M.D., Calder, A.G., Reynolds, C.K., Lobley, G.E., and MacRae, J.C., 2000. Amino acid exchange by the mammary gland of lactating goats when histidine limits milk production. J. Dairy Sci. 83: 765-775. ( Ref9.pdf )