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James A. Jackson, Jr., Ph. D.

Associate Professor/Dairy Nutrition
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Kentucky
413 W.P. Garrigus Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0215
Phone:  (859) 257-7544
FAX:  (859) 257-7537
E-mail:  jjackson@uky.edu


Education

1982 Ph. D., University of Kentucky

1977 M. S., University of Kentucky

1975 B.S. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN


Professional Experience

1988-present, Associate Professor, Animal Sciences, University of Kentucky

1982-1988, Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences, University of Kentucky


Research Interests

Inoculation of silages, preservative treatment of moist hays and artificial drying of moist hays as related to forage quality and feeding value Dietary mineral and electrolyte manipulation on physiology and growth in dairy cattle. Effect of vitamin E supplementation on fescue toxicosis in lactation dairy cattle. Effect of feeding endophyte-infected tall fescue to lactating dairy cattle during cool environmental temperatures.


Courses Taught

Principles of Nutrition (ASC 382) Graduate Seminar for Graduate Students (ASC 771) Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resources (GEN 200)


Selected Publications

Franklin, S.T., D.M. Amaral-Phillips, J.A. Jackson and A.A. Campbell. Health and performance of calves that were suckled or were hand-fed colostrum and were fed one of three physical forms of starter. Journal of Dairy Science 86:2145-2153. 2003.

Franklin, S.T., and J.A. Jackson. 2002. Replacement management, cattle:Health management. IN: Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences. Academic Press.

Akay, V., J.A. Jackson Jr., and D.L. Harmon. 2002. NutriDense and waxy corn hybrids: Effects on site and extent of disappearance of nutrients in sheep. Journal of Animal Science 80:1335-1343.

Ely, D.G., D.K. Aaron, S.E. Barr, V. Akay, and J. Jackson. 2002. Continuing livestock production from endophyte-infected tall fescue and perennial ryegrass: Recent studies with a toxin absorbent. pp. 161-172. IN: T.P. Lyons and K.A. Jacques, eds., Nutritional Biotechnology in the Feed and Food Industries. Proceedings, Alltech’s 18th Annual Symposium, Nottingham University Press, U.K.

Akay, V., and J.A. Jackson Jr.  2001. Effects of Nutridense and Waxy corn hybrids on rumen fermentation, digestibility, and lactational per-formance of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 84:1698-1706.

Besong, S., J.A. Jackson, D.S. Trammell, and V. Akay.  2001.  Influence of supplemental chromium on concentrations of liver triglyceride, blood metabolites, and rumen VFA profiles in steers fed a moderately high fat diet. Journal of Dairy Science, 84:1679-1685.

Jackson, J.A., V. Akay, S.T. Franklin, and D.K. Aaron.  2001. The effect of cation-anion balance on calcium requirement, feed intake, body weight gain and humoral response of dairy calves. Journal of Dairy Science, 84:147-153.

Jackson, J.A., R.J. Harmon and Z. Tabeidi. 1997. Effect of dietary supplementation with vitamin E for lactating dairy cows fed endophyte-infected tall fescue hay. J. Dairy Sci. 80:569- 572.

Jackson, J. A., D. R. Varney, R. J. Petroski, R. G. Powell, L. P. Bush, M. R. Siegel, R. W. Hemken, and P. M. Zavos. 1996. Physiological responses of rats fed loline and ergot alkaloids from endophyte-infected tall fescue. Drug and Chemical Toxicology 19:85-96.

Du, Z., R.W. Hemken, J.A. Jackson, and D.S. Trammell. 1996. Utilization of copper in copper proteinate, copper lysine, and cupric sulfate using the rat as an experimental model. J. Anim. Sci. 74:1657-1663.

Besong, S., J.A. Jackson, C.L. Hicks, and R.W. Hemken. 1996. Effects of supplemental liquid yeast product on feed intake, ruminal profiles, yield, composition, and organoleptic characteristics of milk from lactating Holstein cows. J. Dairy Sci. 79:1654-1658.

Ghorbani. G. R., J. A. Jackson, and R. W. Hemken. 1995. Influence of increasing dietary cation-anion balance on performance of lactating dairy cattle. Iran Agricultural Research 14:vol 2.

Jackson, J.A. and R.W. Hemken. 1994. Calcium and cation-anion balance effects on feed intake body weight gain and humoral response of dairy calves. J. Dairy Sci. 77:187.

Jackson, J. A., D. M. Hopkins, Z. Xin, and R. W. Hemken. 1992. Influence of cation-anion balance on feed intake, body weight gain, and humoral response in dairy calves. J. Dairy Sci. 75:1281.

Abstracts

Ware, J.V., Franklin, S.T., McAllister, A.J., Jackson, J.A. and Cassell, B.G. Performance of Holstein and Jersey calves compare with performance of Jersey x Holstein and Holstein x Jersey calves. Jounral of Dairy Science 88(Suppl. 1): (Abstr.). 100th Annual Meeting of ADSA. Cincinnati, OH. July 24-28, 2005.

Ware, J.V., Franklin, S.T., McAllister, A.J., Jackson, J.A., Meek, K.I. and Cassell, B.G. Evaluation of immunological differences among Jersey, Holstein, and crossbred calves. Journal of Dairy Science 88(Suppl. 1): (Abstr.). 100th Annual Meeting of ADSA. Cincinnati, OH. July 24-28, 2005.

 
 

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