Jim Croom

Area(s) of Expertise

• Neuro/endocrine regulation of the gastrointestinal tract
• Alterations of direct-fed-microbials on host animal tissues and energy expenditures
• Mechanisms of communication between commensal bacteria in the gut and host animal tissues

Publications

• An increase in dietary non-structural carbohydrates alters the structure and metabolism of the rumen epithelium in lambs , CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2012)
• Direct fed microbial supplementation repartitions host energy to the immune system , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (2012)
• Ruminal acidosis and the rapid onset of ruminal parakeratosis in a mature dairy cow: a case report , ACTA VETERINARIA SCANDINAVICA (2009)
• Direct-fed microbial PrimaLac and salinomycin modulate whole-body and intestinal oxygen consumption and intestinal mucosal cytokine production in the broiler chick , POULTRY SCIENCE (2007)
• Microarchitecture and spatial relationship between bacteria and ileal, cecal, and colonic epithelium in chicks fed a direct-fed microbial, PrimaLac, and salinomycin , POULTRY SCIENCE (2007)
• Effect of in ovo peptide YY on the ontogeny of glucose transport in turkey poults , International Journal of Poultry Science (2006)
• Effects of diacetoxyscirpenol and fusaric acid on poults: Individual and combined effects of dietary diacetoxyscirpenol and fusaric acid on turkey poult performance , International Journal of Poultry Science (2005)
• High levels of dietary carbohydrate increase glucose transport in poult intestine , COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY (2005)
• Urinary excretion of collagen degradation markers by sows during postpartum uterine involution , ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE (2005)
• Method of reducing aluminum levels in the central nervous system , (2004)