Guoyao Wu is Distinguished Professor, University Faculty Fellow, and AgriLife Research Senior Faculty Fellow in the Department of Animal Science. He also holds appointments with the Graduate Faculty of Nutrition, the Departments of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine and Veterinary Integrative Biosciences. He earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science from South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, a master’s degree in animal nutrition from Beijing Agricultural University, and a master’s degree and doctorate in animal biochemistry from the University of Alberta in Canada. He received postdoctoral training in biochemistry and nutrition at McGill University Medical School in Montreal, Canada, and at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Medical School in St. John’s, Canada. Dr. Wu teaches graduate courses in protein metabolism and nutritional biochemistry. He conducts research in protein and amino acid metabolism at molecular, cellular, andwhole body levels . The animal models used in his research include cattle, chicks, pigs, rats, mice, fish, shrimp, and sheep. Professional memberships include the American Society of Animal Science, the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, Society for Study of Reproduction, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and American Heart Association. Dr. Wu currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. He is Editor of “Amino Acids” and “Frontiers in Bioscience.”

• Chapter 1: Nutrition and Metabolism: Foundations for Animal Growth, Development, Reproduction, and Health.- Chapter 2: Insights into the Regulation of Implantation and Placentation in Humans, Rodents, Sheep, and Pigs.- Chapter 3: A Role for Fructose Metabolism in Development of Sheep and Pig Conceptuses.- Chapter 4: Nutritional Regulation of Embryonic Survival, Growth and Development.- Chapter 5: Phosphate, Calcium, and Vitamin D: Key Regulators of Fetal and Placental Development in Mammals.- Chapter 6: Nutritional and Physiological Regulation of Water Transport in the Conceptus.- Chapter 7: Amino Acids in Microbial Metabolism and Function.- Chapter 8: Potential Replacements for Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry: Interactions at the Gut Level and their Impact on Host Immunity.- Chapter 9: Microbiomes in the Intestine of Developing Pigs: Implications for Nutrition and Health.- Chapter 10: L-Arginine Nutrition and Metabolism in Ruminants.- Chapter 11: Hepatic Glucose Metabolism and Its Disorders in Fish.- Chapter 12: Protein-Sourced Feedstuffs for Aquatic Animals.- Chapter 13: Functional Molecules of Intestinal Mucosal Products in Animal Nutrition and Health.- Chapter 14: Use of Genome Editing Techniques to Produce Transgenic Farm Animals.- Chapter 15: Cows as Bioreactors for the Production of Nutritionally and Biomedically Significant Proteins.- Chapter 16: Use of Agriculturally Important Animals as Models in Biomedical Research.- Chapter 17: Pigs (Sus Scrofa) in Biomedical Research.

Guoyao Wu is Distinguished Professor, University Faculty Fellow, and AgriLife Research Senior Faculty Fellow in the Department of Animal Science. He also holds appointments with the Graduate Faculty of Nutrition, the Departments of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine and Veterinary Integrative Biosciences. He earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science from South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, a master’s degree in animal nutrition from Beijing Agricultural University, and a master’s degree and doctorate in animal biochemistry from the University of Alberta in Canada. He received postdoctoral training in biochemistry and nutrition at McGill University Medical School in Montreal, Canada, and at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Medical School in St. John’s, Canada. Dr. Wu teaches graduate courses in protein metabolism and nutritional biochemistry. He conducts research in protein and amino acid metabolism at molecular, cellular, andwhole body levels . The animal models used in his research include cattle, chicks, pigs, rats, mice, fish, shrimp, and sheep. Professional memberships include the American Society of Animal Science, the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, Society for Study of Reproduction, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and American Heart Association. Dr. Wu currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. He is Editor of “Amino Acids” and “Frontiers in Bioscience.”

• Chapter 1: Nutrition and Metabolism: Foundations for Animal Growth, Development, Reproduction, and Health.- Chapter 2: Insights into the Regulation of Implantation and Placentation in Humans, Rodents, Sheep, and Pigs.- Chapter 3: A Role for Fructose Metabolism in Development of Sheep and Pig Conceptuses.- Chapter 4: Nutritional Regulation of Embryonic Survival, Growth and Development.- Chapter 5: Phosphate, Calcium, and Vitamin D: Key Regulators of Fetal and Placental Development in Mammals.- Chapter 6: Nutritional and Physiological Regulation of Water Transport in the Conceptus.- Chapter 7: Amino Acids in Microbial Metabolism and Function.- Chapter 8: Potential Replacements for Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry: Interactions at the Gut Level and their Impact on Host Immunity.- Chapter 9: Microbiomes in the Intestine of Developing Pigs: Implications for Nutrition and Health.- Chapter 10: L-Arginine Nutrition and Metabolism in Ruminants.- Chapter 11: Hepatic Glucose Metabolism and Its Disorders in Fish.- Chapter 12: Protein-Sourced Feedstuffs for Aquatic Animals.- Chapter 13: Functional Molecules of Intestinal Mucosal Products in Animal Nutrition and Health.- Chapter 14: Use of Genome Editing Techniques to Produce Transgenic Farm Animals.- Chapter 15: Cows as Bioreactors for the Production of Nutritionally and Biomedically Significant Proteins.- Chapter 16: Use of Agriculturally Important Animals as Models in Biomedical Research.- Chapter 17: Pigs (Sus Scrofa) in Biomedical Research.