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David Christensen
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Latest papers
Utilization of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes in fiber fermentation, degradation, and digestions and characteristics of whole legume faba bean and its plant silage.
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2023
Distribution of micronutrients in Arborg oat (Avena sativa L.) using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence imaging.
Food chemistry · 2023
Synchrotron-radiation sourced SR-IMS molecular spectroscopy to explore impact of silencing TT8 and HB12 genes in alfalfa leaves on the molecular structure and chemical mapping.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy · 2020
Latest funding
- $143,926
Amino acid utilization and peripheral tissue metabolism in ruminants fed full-fat canola-based diets
NSERC · 2005 · Co-investigator
- $88,000
Optimizing rumen fermentation in cattle
NSERC · 2001 · Principal investigator
- $15,000
Metabolism of dairy cattle
NSERC · 1993 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
Utilization of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes in fiber fermentation, degradation, and digestions and characteristics of whole legume faba bean and its plant silage.
Yang JC, Guevara-Oquendo VH, Christensen D, Lardner HB, Refat B, Rodríguez Espinosa ME, Yu P
Distribution of micronutrients in Arborg oat (Avena sativa L.) using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence imaging.
Deng G, Vu M, Korbas M, Bondici VF, Karunakaran C, Christensen D, Bart Lardner HA, Yu P
Synchrotron-radiation sourced SR-IMS molecular spectroscopy to explore impact of silencing TT8 and HB12 genes in alfalfa leaves on the molecular structure and chemical mapping.
Lei Y, Hannoufa A, Christensen D, Yu P
Silencing TT8 and HB12 Decreased Protein Degradation and Digestion, Microbial Synthesis, and Metabolic Protein in Relation to Molecular Structures of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa).
Lei Y, Hannoufa A, Prates LL, Christensen D, Wang Y, Yu P
Effects of silencing TT8 and HB12 on in vitro nutrients degradation and VFA production in relation to molecular structures of alfalfa (Medicago sativa).
Lei Y, Hannoufa A, Wang Y, Christensen D, Yu P
Molecular Structural Changes in Alfalfa Detected by ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy in Response to Silencing of TT8 and HB12 Genes.
Lei Y, Hannoufa A, Christensen D, Shi H, Prates LL, Yu P
Effects of TT8 and HB12 Silencing on the Relations between the Molecular Structures of Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa) Plants and Their Nutritional Profiles and In Vitro Gas Production.
Lei Y, Hannoufa A, Prates LL, Shi H, Wang Y, Biligetu B, Christensen D, Yu P
Amino acid utilization and peripheral tissue metabolism in ruminants fed full-fat canola-based diets
Principal investigators: Mutsvangwa, Timothy
Optimizing rumen fermentation in cattle
Principal investigators: Christensen, David
Metabolism of dairy cattle
Principal investigators: Christensen, David
Metabolism of dairy cattle
Principal investigators: Christensen, David
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Herbert Lardner and Bill Biligetu: 23 shared papers
- Herbert Lardner and Peiqiang Yu: 15 shared papers
- Abdelali Hannoufa and Peiqiang Yu: 12 shared papers
- Peiqiang Yu and David Christensen: 7 shared papers
- Chithra Karunakaran and Peiqiang Yu: 5 shared papers
- Abdelali Hannoufa and David Christensen: 5 shared papers
- Chithra Karunakaran and Bill Biligetu: 3 shared papers
- Chithra Karunakaran and David Christensen: 1 shared paper
- Herbert Lardner and David Christensen: 1 shared paper
- Abdelali Hannoufa and Bill Biligetu: 1 shared paper
- Bill Biligetu and David Christensen: 1 shared paper
- Department
- Department of Biology
- Plant Sciences, Crop Development Centre
- Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at University of Saskatchewan, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Peiqiang Yu
Faculty
7 shared papers, latest 2023
Abdelali Hannoufa
Department of Biology
5 shared papers, latest 2020
Chithra Karunakaran
Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Herbert Lardner
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Bill Biligetu
Plant Sciences, Crop Development Centre
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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