Evaluating fecal inflammation biomarkers for non-invasive detection of weaning-related intestinal inflammation in piglets [0.03%]
Júlia Suppi,Eudald Llauradó-Calero,Jaume Coma et al.
Júlia Suppi et al.
Post-weaning diarrhea remains a major challenge without noninvasive diagnostic tools. Fecal biomarkers represent a promising alternative, as they reflect gut inflammation without invasive sampling. This study evaluated four biomarkers-calpr...
Perinatal short-chain fructo-oligosaccharide supplementation to sow affects colostrum quality, and consequently microbiota composition and performances of progeny [0.03%]
Cindy Le Bourgot,Jeroen Degroote,Agathe Roméo et al.
Cindy Le Bourgot et al.
Perinatal nutrition of the sow plays a decisive role in controlling gut bacterial primo-colonization in the offspring and, thereby, is an important driver of the development of piglets. Since short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scFOS) are ...
Genetic associations between pregnancy loss and economically important traits in Nellore cattle [0.03%]
Flávia C Bis,João B Silva Neto,Ludmilla C Brunes et al.
Flávia C Bis et al.
Pregnancy losses (PL) affect calf production and economic efficiency in beef cattle operations. Here, PL was defined as failure from pregnancy diagnosis to calving, capturing a window approximately 60 days after the breeding season. In Zebu...
Reducing dietary protein in corn-soybean meal diets by reducing soybean meal and adding synthetic amino acids does not affect net energy or ileal starch digestibility, but increases ileal amino acid digestibility and reduces nitrogen retention [0.03%]
Minoy Cristobal,Su A Lee,Carl M Parsons et al.
Minoy Cristobal et al.
Two experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that diet protein concentration does not affect apparent ileal digestibility (AID) of starch, standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids (AA), daily nitrogen retention, or net...
Multivariate structure of semen quality and growth performance in Limousin beef bulls: a CoSTATIS approach [0.03%]
Alberto Benito-Díaz,Purificación Vicente Galindo,María Anciones-Polo et al.
Alberto Benito-Díaz et al.
In beef bull evaluation, semen quality and growth performance are routinely assessed, yet their multivariate relationship has not been systematically characterized. The present work aimed to characterize the multivariate organization of sem...
Does quantity equal quality? Source of protein influences American dog owner purchasing decisions more than the quantity of protein in the absence of marketing claims [0.03%]
Pawanpreet Singh,Sydney Banton,Michael von Massow et al.
Pawanpreet Singh et al.
Protein is the most expensive macronutrient worldwide, yet protein-related claims like "high protein" or "protein #1 ingredient" strongly influence dog food purchases. Little is known about how dog owners define protein quality (PQ) and how...
Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic trends for body weight, body composition, and reproductive traits in U.S. Suffolk sheep [0.03%]
Artur O Rocha,Ali Haider Saleem,Hilal Yazar Gunes et al.
Artur O Rocha et al.
The Suffolk is a meat-type sheep that is the predominant terminal-sire breed in the U.S. Known for its rapid growth, high carcass yield, and efficient feed conversion, Suffolk rams are crucial in commercial crossbreeding systems. Despite it...
Paulina Berglund,Sreten Andonov,Erling Strandberg et al.
Paulina Berglund et al.
In several European countries, racing without shoes, ie barefoot, is a common strategy in trotting races to improve the speed of the horse. Why some trotters can race barefoot without damage to the hoof from excessive wear and others cannot...
Diurnal and day-to-day movement patterns of finishing pigs on deep straw bedding during the last 20 d before slaughter [0.03%]
Marko Ocepek
Marko Ocepek
Monitoring movement patterns of pigs provides valuable insight into welfare, health, and adaptation to housing environments, yet individual- and time-resolved evidence from deep-straw systems is limited. We monitored 16 finishing pigs house...
Effects of dietary 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) supplementation on production performance, egg quality, tibia quality and mineral metabolism of ducks during peak laying period in the cage rearing system [0.03%]
Liang Huang,Zhongwei Miao,Chengfu Pan et al.
Liang Huang et al.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) has been reported to improve production performance and egg quality in ducks during late laying period, but its effects during the peak laying period remain rarely studied. The aim of this study was to invest...