Congress abstracts and posters 

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2008

Takafumi GOTOH, Tomiko FUMITA, Tetsuji ETOH, Yuji SHIOTSUKA, Keisuke HAYASHI, Yoshinori NAKAMURA, and Jochen WEGNER (2008) A Novel Beef Production System Based on Grass Resources by Applying Metabolic Imprinting. INTERN. SYMPOSIUM INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN UPLAND AND LOWLAND AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1st-4th April 2008, Stuttgart, Germany

2007

Takafumi Gotoh, Tomiko Fumita, Tetsuji Etoh, Keisuke Hayashi, Y. Nakamura, F. EbaraJochen Wegner, M-A. Hattori, and Hisao Iwamoto  (2007) EFFECTS OF METABOLIC IMPRINTING DURING EARLY GROWTH PERIOD ON MEAT QUALITY IN WAGYU STEERS. 5th International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, 10 November, 2007. Perth, Australia

Takafumi Gotoh, Tomiko Fumita, Tetsuji Etoh, Keisuke Hayashi, Y. Nakamura, Jochen Wegner, Hisao Iwamoto (2007) Influence of metabolic imprinting during early growth period on muscle development and intramuscular adipogenesis in Japanese Black steers. EAAP publication No. 124, 2007, 197-198,  2 nd Intern. Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition, September 9-13 , 2007, Vichy, France

Randall J. Weselake, Cristina Cruz-Hernandez, Brent M. Sorensen, Laki A. Goonewardene, Aileen Keating, Chris E. Kazala, Erasmus K. Okine, John J. Kennelly, Jochen Wegner and John K.G. Kramer  (2007) Effect of Diet on CLA Production in Bovine Milk Fat and Exogenous FA on Expression of Acyltransferase Genes in Bovine Mammary Gland. 98th AOCS Annual Meeting May 13 -15, 2007, Montreal,  Canada

2006

Tomiko Fumita, Tetsuji Etoh, Keisuke Hayashi, Jochen Wegner, Hisao Iwamoto, Takafumi Gotoh (2006) Metabolic imprinting effect: Influence of feed quality during early growth stage on gene expressions related to meat quantity in Holstein steers. XIIth AAAP Animal Science Congress, September 18-22, 2006, Busan, Korea

Takafumi Gotoh, Tomiko Fumita, Tetsuji Etoh, Yuji Shiotsuka, Keisuke Hayashi, Jochen Wegner, Hisao Iwamoto (2006) The Influence of metabolic imprinting on meat quality: Impact of feed quality during early growth period on intramuscular adipogenesis in Holstein steers. XIIth AAAP Animal Science Congress, September 18-22, 2006, Busan, Korea

Xiaojing Yang, Elke Albrecht, Klaus Ender, Ruqian Zhao, and Jochen Wegner (2006) Computer image analysis of intramuscular adipocytes and marbling in the longissimus muscle of cattle. XIIth AAAP Animal Science Congress, September 18-22, 2006, Busan, Korea

Pfuhl, R.; Bellmann, O.; Wegner, J.; Ender, K., Kühn, C. (2006) Phenotypical characterization of genetically different cattle in segregating family structures, growth and carcass characteristics, J. Anim. Sci. 84, Suppl. 1, M81, 2006

Jochen Wegner (2006) Current beef production and organic agriculture in Germany. International Symposium of Kuju Agricltural Research Center, Febrary 27, 2006, Fukuoka, Japan

2005

Takafumi Gotoh, Tomiko Fumita, Keisuke Hayashi, Tetsuji Etoh and Jochen Wegner (2005) Effects of metabolic imprinting during the early growth period and utilization of abandoned agricultural land. International Joint Symposium between Japan and Korea, November 17, 2005, Fukuoka, Japan

Brent Sorensen, Cristina Cruz Hernandez, Aileen Keating, Erasmus Okine, John Kennelly, Jochen Wegner, and Randall Weselake (2005) Effect of conjugated linoleic acid on the activity and expression of diacylglycerol acyltransferase in bovine mammary gland. CAOCS (Canadian Section of the American Oil Chemist's Society)- Meeting , Oct. 2-4. 2005, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

2004  

Brent Sorensen , Erasmus Okine, John Kennelly, Jochen Wegner, and Randall Weselake (2004) Acyl-CoAs of Conjugated Linoleic Acid as Substrates for Bovine Mammary Gland Microsomal Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase. CAOCS (Canadian Section of the American Oil Chemist's Society)- Meeting , Oct. 2-4. 2004, Halifax, Canada

Jie Chen, Ruqian Zhao, Jochen Wegner, and Jie Chen sen. (2004) Expression and polymorphism of genes related to intramuscular fat content in pigs. Vortragstagung der DGfZ und GfT, 29./30. September, Rostock, Germany

Takafumi Gotoh, Friedrich Teuscher, Klaus Ender, Kenji Kawabata, Kunihito Sakashita, Hisao Iwamoto, and Jochen Wegner (2004) Differences in muscle and fat accreation in Japanese Black and Europaen cattle. 11th AAAP Animal Science Congress, 5th- 9th September, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Keiko Tanaka, Tomiko Fumita, Tetsuji Etoh, Y. Shiotsuka,  K. Hayashi, Jochen Wegner, Hisao Iwamoto,  and Takafumi Gotoh (2004): Effects of aging on mRNA expressions of the factors affecting meat quality or quantity in Japanese Black cows: PPARγ2, leptin, IGF-I, IGF-I receptor, Myostatin, PGC-1α.  5th International Conference on Farm Animal Endocrinology, 4-6 July, 2004, Budapest, Hungary

2003  

Bellmann, Olaf, Wegner, Jochen, Schneider, Falk, Teuscher, Friedrich, Ender, Klaus (2003): Phänotypische Charakterisierung zweier Rindertypen hinsichtlich Wachstum, Hormonkonzentration und Fleischqualität als Ausgangspopulation für segregierende Familienstrukturen. Vortragstagung der DGfZ und der GfT am 17./18. September 2003, Göttingen, Germany

Fumita, Tomiko; Etoh, Tetsuji; Tanaka, Keiko; Wegner, Jochen; Gotoh, Takafumi (2003): Influence of feed quality on the expression of PPARg2 in skeletal muscles on calves. International Dummerstorf Workshop "Early Nutrition, Growth and Metabolism", 12-13 September 2003, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

Gotoh, Takafumi; Baba, Akiko; Fumita, Tomiko; Tanaka, Keiko; Etoh, Tetsuji; Wegner, Jochen; (2003): Influence of feed quality on growth regulating factors in skeletal muscles on calves. International Dummerstorf Workshop "Early Nutrition, Growth and Metabolism", 12-13 September 2003, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

Sorensen, Brent; Wegner, Jochen; Weselake, Randy (2003): Diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity in the muscle tissue of two metabolically different breeds of cattle. International Dummerstorf Workshop "Early Nutrition, Growth and Metabolism", 12-13 September 2003, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

Panicke, Lothar; Schmidt, Marian, Czegledi, Levante; Lendeckel, Uwe; Wegner, Jochen; Schlettwein, Karsten; Staufenbiel, Rudolf; (2003): Relationship of the enzyme activities in blood and liver of growing cattle. 54th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, 31 August- 3 September 2003, Rome, Italy  

Kühn, Christa; Goldammer, Tom; Brunner, Ronald; Dorroch, Ute; Wegner, Jochen, Schwerin, Manfred (2003): Gene expression analysis as a tool for the investigation of the physiological and genetic background of metabolic and growth traits in cattle. 54th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, 31 August- 3 September 2003, Rome, Italy  

Bellmann, Olaf; Wegner, Jochen; Schneider, Falk; Teuscher, Friedrich, Ender, Klaus (2003): Phenotypical characterisation regarding growth, hormones, and meat quality in bulls of two types of cattle as a source for segregating family structures. ADSA-ASAS-Joint Annual  Meeting,  June 22-26, 2003, Phönix, Arizona, USA

Wegner, Jochen (2003): Muscle fiber and adipocytes in relation to meat quality in cattle and pigs. 1st International Symposium, Chungnam National University, May 23, 2003, Daejeon, Korea

Gotoh, Takafumi, Kenji Kawabata, Kunihito Sakashita, Hisao Iwamoto, Friedrich Teuscher, Klaus Ender, Jochen Wegner (2003): Growth-related change in  of muscle development and accumulation of  fat in European and Wagyu (Japanese Black) cattle. 101st  JSAS (Japanese Society of Animal Science) Congress, March 28-29, 2003, Tsukuba, Japan  

2002

Huff, Phillip;  Wegner, Jochen; Lozeman, Fred;  Weselake, Randall (2002): Immunohistochemical investigation of preadipocyte factor-1 expression in genetically different cattle. 17th CAOCS (Canadian Section of the American Oil Chemist's Society)- Meeting, September 28-30, 2002,Toronto, Canada

Bellmann, Olaf; Wegner, Jochen; Papstein, Hans-Jürgen; Schneider, Falk; Ender, Klaus (2002): Growth-related changes in dairy and meat cattle. 53rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production , EAAP; 1- 4 September 2002;  Cairo, Egypt

Kühn, Christa;  Becker, Frank; Papstein, Hans-Jürgen; Wegner, Jochen ; Bellmann, Olaf; Voigt, Jürgen; Guiard, Volker; Schwerin, Manfred. (2002): Detection of QTL for birth weight in Charolais within the SEGFAM resource population. 28th Conference of the International Society of Animal Genetics, ISAG, August 11-15, 2002, Göttingen, Germany

Huff, Phillip; Wegner, Jochen; Ren, Mingqiang; Lozeman, Fred; Weselake, Randall; Ender, Klaus. (2002): Expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) mRNA in adipose and muscle tissue of German Holstein and Charolais cattle. ADSA-ASAS-CSAS Joint Annual Meeting,  July 21-25, 2002, Quebec City, Canada

 2000

Wegner, Jochen; Albrecht, Elke; Huff, Phillip; Ender, Klaus (2000): Localization of preadipocytes in bovine muscle tissue. 46th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, 27.08.-01.09.00, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bellmann, Olaf; Wegner, Jochen; Papstein, Hans-Jürgen; Schneider, Falk; Ender, Klaus (2000): Growth differences between meat and dairy cattle. International Conference on Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Towards the 21st Century, 12.08.-15.08.00, Beijing, China

1999

Wegner, Jochen; Xie, Changping; Huff, Phillip; Schneider, Falk; Mir, Priya S.; Mir, Zahiruddin; Kazala, Christopher; Lozeman, Fred J.; Weselake, Randall J.; Ender, Klaus (1999): Plasma leptin levels and intramuscular fat content in beef from crossbreed japanese cattle. 45th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, 01.08.-06.08.99, Yokohama, Japan

Ren, Mingqiang; Xie, Changping; Schneider, Falk; Mir, Priya S.; Weselake, Randall J.; Wegner, Jochen; Ender, Klaus (1999): Leptin plasma levels and leptin expression in different adipose tissues in cattle. International Symposium on Candidate Genes for Animal Health, 25.-27. August 1999, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

1998

Wegner, Jochen; Weingärtner, Jens; Albrecht, Elke; Papstein, Hans-Jürgen; Ender, Klaus (1998): Morphological characterization of muscle growth in beef and dairy cattle breeds Symposium on Growth in Ruminants: Basic Aspects, Theory and Practice for the Future, 20.08.-22.08.98, Bern, Schweiz

Nürnberg, Karin; Wegner, Jochen; Papstein, Hans-Jürgen; Nürnberg, Gerd; Ender, Klaus (1998): Influence of Feeding on Fat Characteristics of Cattle Evaluated by Biopsy. CAOCS (Canadian Section of the American Oil Chemist's Society)- Meeting , 04.10.-05.10.98, Lethbridge, Canada

1997

Wegner, J., Albrecht, E., Papstein, H.-J. und Ender, K. (1997) Muscle fibre characteristics in growing beef cattle of different breeds in relation to meat quality, 43rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, 27 July to 1 August 1997, Auckland, New Zealand, 

Albrecht, E., Wegner, J. und Ender, K.(1997) Studies on visible fat during growth in cattle based on video image analysis, 89 th Annual ASAS- Meeting , July 29- August 1, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Albrecht, Elke, Wegner, Jochen, Ender, Klaus (1997) Einfluß der Rasse und des Alters auf morphometrische Merkmale der intramuskulären Fetteinlagerung und ihre Beziehungen zur Fleischqualität beim Rind, 48. Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Tierzucht, 25.-28.8.1997, Wien, Österreich

Ender, K., Papstein, H.J., Nürnberg, K. and Wegner, J. 1997. Proc. EU-workshop on “Effect of extensification on animal performance and product quality. 14-16 May, 1997, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium.

1996

Wegner, Jochen; Jentsch, Werner; Matthes, Heide-Dörte; Papstein, Hans-Jürgen (1996): Charakterisierung des Muskel- und Fettwachstums am lebenden Mastrind. 50. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ernährungsphysiologie, Proc. Soc. Nutr. Physiol. 5: 102, 27.02.-29.02.96, Göttingen, Germany. 

Wegner, Jochen, Albrecht, Elke (1996): Untersuchung des intramuskulären Fettes beim Rind mit der Computerbildanalyse, Clausberger IMF-Kolloquium, 22./23. Oktober 1996, Clausberg, Germany

1995

Wegner, Jochen; Matthes, Heide-Dörte; Jentsch, Werner (1995): Influence of harsh enviroment on muscle and fat cell growth in cattle. IVth International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores, 11.09.-15.09.95, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Wegner, Jochen; Papstein, Hans-Jürgen; Ender, Klaus (1995): Changes of muscle fibers and fat cells in different cattle breeds during growth, 17-19th May 1995, 2nd Dummerstorf Muscle- Workshop, Rostock , Germany

Albrecht, Elke; Wegner, Jochen; Ender, Klaus; Augustini, Christian (1995): Intramuskuläre Fettverteilung und Fleischqualität bei Rindern verschiedener Rassen. 20/21. 09. 95, Vortragstagung der DGfZ/GfT, Hannover, Germany

1971-89

Wegner, J., Ender, K., Fiedler, I., Zschorlich, B.(1989): A method for studying muscle growth and meat quality in live animals. ASAS-Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Wegner, J.(1979): Number and size of muscle fibres in pigs in relation to quantity and quality of meat. NJF Symposium: Muscle function and porcine meat quality, Hindsgavel Castle, Denmark