Berardinelli

Professor, Animal Science
307 Animal Bioscience Building
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone: (406) 994-5574
Fax: (406) 994-5589
Email: jgb@montana.edu

Education

B.A.  University of Connecticut, Biology, 1973
M.S.  West Virginia University, Reproductive Physiology, 1976
Ph.D.  West Virginia University, Reproductive Physiology, 1979

Classes

ANSC 321 Physiology of Animal Reproduction
ANSC 421 Assisted Reproductive Techniques in Domestic Animals
ANSC 523 Advanced Physiology of Reproduction

 

Read more about Professor Berardinelli’s 37-year career at MSU.

Research Interests

  • Biostimulatory Effects, Pheromonal Identification of Males on Reproductive Cyclicity and Fertility of Anovulatory Females in beef Cattle and Sheep
  • Metabolic Hormones and NMR Metabolic Profiles Regulating Reproductive Processes in Domestic Sheep and Wild, Ruminant Ungulates

Recent Publications

Peer-Reviewed

  • Ramstead, A. G., I. A. Schepetkin, K. Todd, J. Loeffelholz, J. G. Berardinelli, M. T. Quinn, M. A. Jutila. 2015. Aging influences the response of t cells to stimulation by the ellagitannin, oenothein b. International Immunopharmacology. 26:367-377. http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1567576915001630/1-s2.0-S1567576915001630-main.pdf?_tid=3c7daa52-fb49-11e4-92d7-00000aab0f6c&acdnat=1431725449_a6db9384725788feed9c14ea9b2adf5e
  • McCosh, R. B., E. M. Berry, M. E. Wehrman, R. R. Redden, D. M. Hallford, and J. G. Berardinelli. 2015. Temporal concentrations of cortisol and LH in virgin ewes acutely exposed to rams during the transition into the breeding season. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 154: 25-28. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2015.01.008 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378432015000202
  • J. D. Swartz, M. Lachman, K. Westveer, T. O’Neill, T. Geary, R. W. Kott, J. G. Berardinelli, P. G. Hatfield, J. M. Thomson, and C. J. Yeoman. 2014.  Characterization of the vaginal microbiota of ewes and cows reveals a unique microbiota with low levels of lactobacilli and near-neutral PH. Frontiers Vet. Sci. 1:1-10. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2014.00019. http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2014.00019/full.
  • Oki, A.C., J.G. Berardinelli, J.A. Clapper, D.H. Pooled, and P.L. Senger. 2014.  Enhancing the learning experience of students in reproductive science with multimedia platforms.  Clinical Theriogenology 6: 147-153.
  • Keithly, J. I., R. W. Kott, J. G. Berardinelli, S. Moreaux, and P. G. Hatfield.  2011.  Thermogenesis, blood metabolites and hormones, and growth of lambs born to ewes supplemented with algae-derived docosahexaenoic acid.  J. Anim. Sci.  89:4305-4313.
  • Peterson, J. L., S. J. Moreaux, J.G.P. Bowman, P. G. Hatfield, J. G. Berardinelli, and J. Olsen.  2011.  Psyllium lowers blood glucose and insulin in Quarter Horses.  J. Equine Vet. Sci.  33(5):336-41.
  • Tauck, S. A., J. R. Olsen, J.R.C. Wilkinson, K. Davis, R. Wedlake, and J. G. Berardinelli.  2010.  Characteristics of temporal patterns of cortisol and luteinizing hormone in primiparous, postpartum, suckled, beef cows exposed acutely to bulls.  Reprod. Biol. Endocrinol.  8:89.
  • Tauck, S. A., J. R. Olsen, J.R.C. Wilkinson, and J. G. Berardinelli.  2009.  Duration of daily bull exposure on resumption of ovulatory activity in postpartum, primiparous, suckled, beef cows.  Anim. Repro. Sci.  118:13-18.
  • Bailey, J. D., J. G. Berardinelli, T. E. Rocke, and R. A. Bessen.  2008.  Prominent pancreatic endcrinopathy and altered control of food intake disrupt energy homeostasis in prion diseases.  J. Endocrinology 197:251-263.
  • Dafoe, J. M., R. W. Kott, B. F. Sowell, J. G. Berardinelli, K. C. Davis, and P. G. Hatfield.  2008.  Effects of supplemental safflower and vitamin E during late gestation on lamb growth, serum metabolites, and thermogenesis.  J. Anim. Sci.  86:3194-3202.
  • Berardinelli, J. G., and S. A. Tauck.  2007.  Intensity of the biostimulatory effect of bulls on resumption of ovulatory activity in primiparous, suckled, beef cows.  Anim. Reprod. Sci.  99:24-33.
  • Berardinelli, J. G., and S. A. Tauck.  2007.  Conception rates to artificial insemination in primarous, suckled cows exposed to the biostimulatory effect of bulls before and during a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-based estrus synchronization protocol.  J. Anim. Sci.  85:848-852.
  • Tauck, S. A., and J. G. Berardinelli.  2007.  Putative urinary pheromone of bulls involved with breeding performance or primiparous beef cows in a progestin-based estrous synchronization protocol.  J. Anim. Sci.  85:1669-1674.
  • Tuck, S. A., J. R. Olsen, and J. G. Berardinelli.  2007.  Adrenal involvement in the biostimulatory effect of bulls.  Reprod. Biol. Endocrinol.  5:33-39.
  • Tauck, S. A., J.R.C. Wilkinson, J. R. Olsen, J. N. Janitell, and J. G. Berardinelli.  2007.  Comparison of controlled internal drug release device and melengesterol acetate as progestin sources in an estrous synchronization protocol for beef heifers.  Theriogenology  68:162-167.

Book Chapters

  • White, P. J., R. Garrott, J. Borkowski, J. G. Berardinelli, L. Mertens, and A. C. Pils.  2008.  Diet and nutrition of central Yellowstone elk during winter.  In: The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone: Sixteen Years of Integrated Field Studies.  Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
  • White, P. J., R. Garrott, J. Borkowski, K. Hamlin, and J. G. Berardinelli.  2008.  Elk nutrition after wolf recolonization of central Yellowstone.  In: The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone: Sixteen Years of Integrated Field Studies.  Academic Press, San Diego, CA.