Pat Burns
            Professor
            School of Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences
          
       
      
         
            Contact Information
            
               
               
               
               
                  Office
                  Ross Hall, Room 1516 
                
               
                  Office Hours
                  MWF: 2:00-3:00
                
               
                  Mailing Address
                  501 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80639
                
            
            Education
            
               - Ph.D.: Clemson University
 
               - M.S.: Clemson University
 
               - B.S.: West Virginia University
 
            
            Professional/Academic Experience
            This is the content region for Professional/Academic Experience.
            Research/Areas of Interest
            My current research focuses on prostaglandin metabolism in reproductive tissues of
                  mammals. Specifically, I am investigating the use of long-chain omega 3-fatty acids
                  as a way to reduce prostaglandin secretion in uterine and luteal tissues and improve
                  reproductive efficiency.
            Publications/Creative Works
            Peer-reviewed research publications
            
               - ML Merrill, RP Ansotegui, PD Burns, MD MacNeil, and TW Geary (in press) Effects of flunixin meglumine and transportation on pregnancy establishment in beef
                  cows. Journal of Animal Science.
 
               - KJ Whitman, TE Engle, PD Burns, KL Dorton, JK Ahola, RM Enns, and TL Stanton (2007) Effects of copper and zinc source on performance, carcass characteristics, and lipid
                  metabolism in finishing steers. The Professional Animal Scientist 23:36.
 
               - Ahola, JK, DS Baker, PD Burns, JC Whittier, and TE Engle. Effects of copper, zinc, and manganese source on mineral
                  status, reproduction, immunity, and calf performance in young beef females over a
                  two-year period. The Professional Animal Scientist (2005) 21:305-317.
 
               - Ahola, JK, TE Engle, and PD Burns. Effect of copper status, supplementation, and source on pituitary responsiveness
                  to exogenous gonadotropin-releasing hormone in ovariectomized beef cows. Journal of
                  Animal Science (2005) 83:1812-1823.
 
               - Ahola, JK, LR Sharpe, KL Dorton, PD Burns, TL Stanton, and TE Engle. Effects of lifetime copper, zinc, and manganese supplementation
                  and source on performance, mineral status, immunity, and carcass characteristics of
                  feedlot cattle. The Professional Animal Scientist (2005) 21:297-304.
 
               - Wamsley, NE, PD Burns, TE Engle, and RM Enns. Fish meal supplementation alters uterine prostaglandin F2
                  synthesis in beef heifers with low luteal-phase progesterone. Journal of Animal Science
                  (2005) 83:1832-1838.
 
               - Walker, RS, PD Burns, JC Whittier, GE Sides, and DD Zalesky. Evaluation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone
                  and insemination time using the CO-synch protocol in beef cows. The Professional Animal
                  Scientist (2005) 21:190-194.
 
               - Walker, RS, PD Burns, TE Engle, GS Sides, and DD Zalesky. Effects of human chorionic gonadotropin administration
                  on artificial insemination pregnancy rates in beef heifers. The Professional Animal
                  Scientist (2005): In Press.
 
               - Ahola, JK, DS Baker, PD Burns, RG Mortimer, RM Enns, JC Whittier, and TE Engle. Effect of trace mineral supplementation
                  and source on reproductive performance, immune response, and calf performance in grazing
                  beef cattle over a two-year period. Journal of Animal Science (2004) 82:2375-2383.
 
               - Meola MG, T Grandin, and PD Burns. Hair whorl patterns on the bovine forehead may be related to breeding soundness
                  measures. Theriogenology (2004) 62:450-457.
 
               - Burns PD, TE Engle, MA Harris, RM Enns, and JC Whittier. Effect of fish meal supplementation
                  on plasma and endometrial fatty acid composition in non-lactating beef cows. Journal
                  of Animal Science (2003) 81:2840-2846.
 
               - Mendes, JOB Jr., PD Burns, JF De La Torre-Sanchez, and GE Seidel, Jr. Effect of heparin on cleavage rates and
                  embryo production with four bovine sperm preparation protocols. Theriogenology (2003) 60:331-340.
 
               - Burns PD, TR Bonnette, TE Engle, and JC Whittier. Case Study: effects of fishmeal supplementation
                  on fertility and plasma -fatty acid profiles in primiparous, lactating beef cows.
                  The Professional Animal Scientist (2002) 18:373-379.
 
               - Burns PD, JOB Mendes Jr., RS Yemm, CM Clay, SE Nelson, SH Hayes, and WJ Silvia. Cellular mechanisms
                  by which oxytocin mediates ovine endometrial prostaglandin F2 synthesis: role of
                  Gi proteins and mitogen-activated protein kinases. Biology of Reproduction (2001) 65:1150-1155.
 
               - Burns PD, GA Graf, SH Hayes, and WJ Silvia. Effect of oxytocin on expression of cytosolic
                  phospholipase A2 mRNA and protein in ovine endometrial tissue in vivo. Domestic Animal
                  Endocrinology (2000) 19:237-246.