Sample Publications
Dyck B.L., Colazo M.G., Ambrose D.J., Dyck M.K., and Doepel L. (2011) Effects of supplemental dietary starch and reproductive characteristics in the postpartum dairy cows. J. Dairy Science 94:4636-46.
Oliver G., Novak S., Patterson J.L. Pasternak J.A. Paradis F., Norrby N., Oxtoby K., Dyck M.K. Dixon W.T. and Foxcroft G.R. (2011) Restricted feed intake in lactating primiparous sows. II: effects on subsequent litter sex ratio and embryonic gene expression. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 23: 1–13
Dyck M.K., Foxcroft G.R., Novak S., Ruiz-Sanchez A., Patterson J.L. and W.T. Dixon (2011) Biological markers of boar fertility. Reproduction of Domestic Animals 46 (Suppl 2): 1-4.
Dyck M.K. and Ruvinsky A. (2010) Chapter 12. Developmental Genetics, in The Genetics of the Pig. [Ed. Rothchild M.F, Ruvinsky A.] pp 263-294.CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
Novak S., Ruiz-Sánchez A.L., O’Donoghue R., Dixon W.T., Foxcroft G.R., and Dyck M.K. (2010) Analysis of seminal plasma proteins as potential markers of relative fertility in boars. Journal of Andrology. 31(2):188-200.
Paradis F, Moore H., Pasternak J.A., Novak S., Dyck M.K., Foxcroft G.R., Dixon W.T. (2010) Pig preovulatory oocytes modulate cumulus cell protein and gene expression in vitro. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 320:87-96
Novak S., Smith T.A., Paradis F., Burwash L., Dyck M.K., Foxcroft G.R., Dixon W.T. (2010) Biomarkers of in vivo fertility in sperm and seminal plasma in fertile stallions. Theriogenology. 74:956-67
Shi D., Dyck M.K., Uweira R., Russell J., Proctor S., and Vine D. (2009) A unique rodent model of the metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Endocrinology (In Press). [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19470707
Paradis F., Novak S., Murdoch G., Dyck M.K., Dixon W.T., and Foxcroft G.R. (2009) Temporal regulation of BMP2, BMP6, BMP15, GDF-9, BMPR1A, BMPR1B, BMPR2 and TGF mRNA expression in the oocyte, granulosa and theca cells of developing preovulatory follicles in the pig. Reproduction 138(1):115-29
Ree T., Colazo M.G., Lamont A.G.A., Kastelic J., Dyck M.K., Mapletoft R.J., Ametaj B.N., and Ambrose D.J. (2009) The effect of porcine luteinizing hormone on synchronization of ovulation and corpus luteum development in beef and dairy cattle. Theriogenology 72:120-127.
Degenstein K.L., O’Donoghue R., Beltranena E., Ambrose D.J., Foxcroft G.R., and Dyck M.K. (2008) Synchronization of ovulation in cyclic gilts with porcine luteinizing hormone and its effects on reproductive function. Theriogenology 70(7):1075-85.
Tse W-Y., Town S.C., Murdoch G.K., Novak S., Dyck M. K., Putman C. T., Foxcroft G. R., and Dixon W. T. (2008) Lack of uterine crowding alters sex ratio, placental development and embryonic myogenin expression in the sow. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 20(4):497-504.)
Foxcroft G.R., Dyck M.K., Ruiz-Sanchez A., Novak S., and Dixon W. (2008) Identifying useable semen. Theriogenology 70 (8) 1324–1336.)
Foxcroft G.R., Vinsky M.V., Paradis F., Tse W.-Y., Town S.C., Putman C.T., Dyck M.K., and Dixon W.T. (2007) Macro-environment effects on oocytes and embryos in swine. Theriogenology 68 Suppl 1:S30-39.
Thangavelu G., Colazo M.G., Ambrose D.J., Oba M., Okine E.K., and Dyck M.K. (2007): Diets enriched in unsaturated fatty acids enhance early embryonic development in lactating Holstein cows. Theriogenology 68:949-947.
Vinsky M.D., Paradis F., Dixon W.T., Dyck M.K., and Foxcroft G.R. (2007) Ontogeny of metabolic effects on embryonic development in lactating and weaned primiparous sows. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 19:603-611.
Vinsky M.D., Murdoch G., Dixon W.T., Dyck M.K., and Foxcroft G.R. (2007) Altered epigenetic variance in surviving litters from nutritionally restricted lactating primiparious sows. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 19:430-435.
Vinsky M.D., Novak S., Dixon W.T., Dyck M.K., and Foxcroft G.R. (2006) Nutritional restriction in lactating primiparous sows selectively affects female embryo survival and overall litter development. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 18:347-355.