Publication List

Tasco Research

Fike, John Herschel. 1995. Influence of seaweed extract and other plant growth regulators on growth, persistence, and quality of tall fescue and their potential to alleviate tall fescue toxicity to livestock. M.S. Thesis. Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Ayad, J. Y., V. G. Allen, and J. R. Mahan. 1996. Effects of seaweed extract on the morphological and biochemical responses of tall fescue to water stress. Proc. American Society of Plant Physiologists Annual Meeting (Plant Physiology Supplement 111(2):75.

Allen, V. G., J. P. Fontenot, C. P. Bagley, R. L. Ivy, and R. R. Evans. 1997. Effects of seaweed treatment of tall fescue on grazing steers. Proc. American Forage and Grassland Council 6:168-172.

Ayad, J. Y., J. E. Mahan, V. G. Allen, and C. P. Brown. 1997. Effect of seaweed extract and the endophyte in tall fescue on superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, and ascorbate peroxidase under varying levels of moisture stress. Proc. American Forage and Grassland Council 6:173-177.

Coelho, R. W., J. H. Fike, R. E. Schmidt, X. Zhang, V. G. Allen, and J. P. Fontenot. 1997. Influence of seaweed extract on growth, chemical composition, and superoxide dismutase activity in tall fescue. Proc. American Forage and Grassland Council 6:163-167.

Fike, J. H., V. G. Allen, J. P. Fontenot, and R. E. Schmidt. 1997. Influence of seaweed extract on wether lambs grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue. Proc. American Forage and Grassland Council 6:153-157.

Ayad, Jamal. 1998. Influence of seaweed extract and Neotiphodium coenophialum on antioxidant activity in tall fescue. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Plant and Soil Science. Texas Tech University. Aug.

Gravett, Richard Brent. 2000. The effects of Ascophyllum nodosum on immune function, performance, and carcass characteristics of sheep and cattle. M.S. Thesis. Texas Tech University, Lubbock.

Fike, J. H., V. G. Allen, R. E. Schmidt, X. Zhang, J. P. Fontenot, C. P. Bagley, R. L. Ivy, R. R. Evans, R. W. Coelho, and D. B. Wester. 2001. Tasco-Forage^TM: I. Influence of a seaweed extract on antioxidant activity in tall fescue and in ruminants. J. Animal Science 79:1011-1021.

Saker, K. E., V. G. Allen, J. P. Fontenot, C. P. Bagley, R. L. Ivy, R. R. Evans, and D. B. Wester. 2001. Tasco-Forage^TM: II. Monocyte immune cell response and performance of beef steers grazing tall fescue treated with a seaweed extract. J. Animal Science 79:1022-1031.

Allen, V. G., K. R. Pond, K. E. Saker, J. P. Fontenot, C. P. Bagley, R. L. Ivy, R. R. Evans, C. P. Brown, M. F. Miller, J. L. Montgomery, T. M. Dettle, and D. B. Wester. 2001. Tasco-Forage^TM: III. Influence of a seaweed extract on performance, monocyte immune cell response, and carcass characteristics in feedlot-finished steers. J. Animal Science 79:1032-1040.

Montgomery, J. L., V. G. Allen, K. R. Pond, M. F. Miller, D. B. Wester, C. P. Brown, R. Evans, C. P. Bagley, R. L. Ivy, and J. P. Fontenot. 2001. Tasco-Forage^TM: IV. Influence of a seaweed extract applied to tall fescue pastures on sensory characteristics, shelf-life, and vitamin E status in feedlot-finished steers. J. Animal Science 79:884-894.

Allen, V. G., K. R. Pond, K. E. Saker, J. P. Fontenot, C. P. Bagley, R. L. Ivy , R. R. Evans, R. E. Schmidt, J. H. Fike, X. Zhang. J. Y. Ayad, C. P. Brown, M. F. Miller, J. Montgomery, J. Mahan, D. B. Wester, and C. Melton. 2001. Tasco: Influence of brown seaweed on antioxidants in forages and livestock - A review. J. Anim. Sci. 79(E. Suppl.):E21-E31.

Allen, V. G., K. R. Pond, M. F. Miller, J. L. Montgomery, J. P. Fontenot, K. E. Saker, J. H. Fike, C. P. Bagley, R. R. Evans, and R. L. Ivy. 2001. Influence of Tasco-Forage on immune response and carcass characteristics of steers grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue - A review, p. 245-253. In: V. H. Paul and P. D. Dapprich (eds) The Grassland Conference 2000; Proceedings of the 4^th International Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions Symposium. 27-29 September, 2000, Soest, Germany.

Cradduck, Will C. (2001) Effect of supplementing steers with seaweed extract or Vitamin E on antioxidant levels in the animal and shelf life of the meat. M.S. Candidate. Department of Animal Science. Texas Tech University. (Dec)

Allen, V. G., J. Ayad, W. Cradduck, J. Fike, K. Saker, and P. Brown. 2002. Antioxidant and immune system relationships in plants and animals grazing Tasco-treated tall fescue. Proc. 29th Plant Growth Regulation Society of America. Annual Meeting, July 28-August 1, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Pp 8-13.