Šefcová, Miroslava Anna Larrea-Álvarez, Marco Larrea-Álvarez, César Marcelo Karaffová, Viera Ortega-Paredes, David Vinueza-Burgos, Christian Ševčíková, Zuzana Levkut, Mikuláš Herich, Róbert Revajová, Viera
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Simple Summary High consumption of chicken meat and derived products has been associated with Campylobacter jejuni infections in humans. Probiotics have been exploited successfully with the aim of preventing colonization by unwanted microorganisms in birds. In this research, we investigated the effects of Lactobacillus fermentum Biocenol CCM 7514 s...
Yang, Zhuqing Zhou, Lizhi
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Simple Summary Intestinal microbes play an indispensable role in host physiology and their alteration can produce serious effects on vertebrates. In this study, we analyzed the characteristics of intestinal bacterial community of hooded crane and bean goose whose niches overlap at Shengjin Lake, China, and investigated how host internal factors and...
Ribitsch, Iris Oreff, Gil Lola Jenner, Florien
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Simple Summary Lameness due to musculoskeletal disease is the most common diagnosis in equine veterinary practice. Many of these orthopaedic disorders are chronic problems, for which no clinically satisfactory treatment exists. Thus, high hopes are pinned on regenerative medicine, which aims to replace or regenerate cells, tissues, or organs to res...
Zhang, Xiaosheng Dong, Chunxiao Yang, Jing Li, Yihai Feng, Jing Wang, Biao Zhang, Jinlong Guo, Xiaofei
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Simple Summary Using the technology of juvenile superovulation, more follicles can be acquired in juvenile animals than in adult animals. However, oocytes derived from the follicles of juvenile animals are usually of poor quality, meaning that they have lower levels of subsequent maturation and embryonic development. In the present study, we used a...
Song, Qianqian Zhang, Yi Bai, Hao Zhong, Li Li, Xiaofan Zhao, Wenming Chang, Guobin Chen, Guohong
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Simple Summary Mineral elements play an important role in the human metabolism. However, they cannot be synthesized in the human body and must be obtained from food. Recently, improved food consumption and the pursuit of high-quality products have become common, and high-quality meat ducks have become well-recognized by consumers. In addition to it...
Holland, Katrina E. Owczarczak-Garstecka, Sara C. Anderson, Katharine L. Casey, Rachel A. Christley, Robert M. Harris, Lauren McMillan, Kirsten M. Mead, Rebecca Murray, Jane K. Samet, Lauren
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Simple Summary On 23 March 2020, the UK Government introduced a nationwide lockdown as part of efforts to reduce the impact of COVID-19. Lockdown control measures led many dog owners to make changes to their daily routines. This study aimed to explore how the experience of dog ownership in the United Kingdom (UK) was impacted during this lockdown. ...
Gravrok, Jennifer Bendrups, Dan Howell, Tiffani Bennett, Pauleen
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Tobolski, Dawid Łukasik, Karolina Bacławska, Agnieszka Skarżyński, Dariusz Jan Hostens, Miel Barański, Wojciech
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Simple Summary Our study aimed to develop the unsupervised clustering model based solely on selected markers to investigate the association between calving conception interval length, subclinical endometritis, and endometrial gene expression. An algorithmic analysis of endometrial gene expression showed a higher predictive ability to identify cows ...
Seo, Dongwon Cho, Sunghyun Manjula, Prabuddha Choi, Nuri Kim, Young-Kuk Koh, Yeong Jun Lee, Seung Hwan Kim, Hyung-Yong Lee, Jun Heon
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Simple Summary Classifying a target population at the genetic level can provide important information for the preservation and commercial use of a breed. In this study, the minimum number of markers was used in combination, to distinguish target populations based on high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array data. Subsequently, a genom...
Sanchez-Henao, Andres García-Álvarez, Natalia Padilla, Daniel Ramos-Sosa, María Silva Sergent, Freddy Fernández, Antonio Estévez, Pablo Gago-Martínez, Ana Diogène, Jorge Real, Fernando
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Simple Summary Some marine microalgae usually present in warm waters can produce ciguatoxins (CTXs); these toxins can accumulate in fish through the trophic chain, causing the food poisoning known as ciguatera in humans. It is important to understand how these compounds could be incorporated into fish muscle. For this purpose, this study was conduc...
