Martínez, Gabriela Marcela Suárez, Víctor Humberto Hempstead, Melissa Alfaro, Emilio Caro, Luis Colque Alfaro, José
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Veterinary research communications
The aim of this research was to evaluate the physiological and behavioural parameters in Saanen goat kids treated with flunixin meglumine compared with no analgesic treatment after cautery disbudding using a device fueled by propane gas. At 7 days of age, 30 goat kids were randomly allocated to three groups: Sham (Sh) control, (i.e., simulating dis...
Wu, Hao Zhou, Wendi Liu, Haijun Cui, Xudai Ma, Wenkui Wu, Haixin Li, Guangdong Wang, Likai Zhang, Jinlong Zhang, Xiaosheng
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Journal of animal science and biotechnology
SCNT (somatic cell nuclear transfer) is of great significance to biological research and also to the livestock breeding. However, the survival rate of the SCNT cloned animals is relatively low compared to other transgenic methods. This indicates the potential epigenetic variations between them. DNA methylation is a key marker of mammalian epigeneti...
Zhang, Xing Hu, Zhang-Tao Li, Yu Li, Yan-Xue Xian, Ming Guo, Song-Mao Hu, Jian-Hong
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Theriogenology
During cryopreservation, sperm encounters oxidative stress induced by excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS), destroying the sperm plasma membrane structure and reducing its physiological functions. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) on the cryopreservation of dairy goat semen. Semen was collected fr...
Li, Zongjun Lei, Xinjian Chen, Xiaoxu Yin, Qingyan Shen, Jing Yao, Junhu
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
BackgroundIn recent years, nitrooxy compounds have been identified as promising inhibitors of methanogenesis in ruminants. However, when animals receive a nitrooxy compound, a high portion of the spared hydrogen is eructated as gas, which partly offsets the energy savings of CH4 mitigation. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the lon...
Ren, Fa Xi, Huaming Ren, Yijie Li, Yu Wen, Fei Xian, Ming Zhao, Mengjie Zhu, Dawei Wang, Liqiang Lei, Anmin
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
BackgroundGoat milk is very similar to human milk in terms of its abundant nutrients and ease of digestion. To derive greater economic benefit, farmers require more female offspring (does); however, the buck-to-doe offspring sex ratio is approximately 50%. At present, artificial insemination after the separation of X/Y sperm using flow cytometry is...
Yu, Xiu-Wei Li, Tong-Tong Du, Xiao-Min Shen, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Meng-Fei Wei, Yu-Dong Yang, Dong-Hui Xu, Wen-Jing Chen, Wen-Bo Bai, Chun-Ling
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Zoological Research
Hadaya, Oren Landau, Serge Yan Muklada, Hussein Deutch-Traubmann, Tova Glasser, Tzach Bransi-Nicola, Rawan Azaizeh, Hassan Awwad, Safaa Halahlih, Fares Shalev, Yoav
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Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences
We assessed the potential of Pistacia lentiscus (lentisk) phenolic compounds to enhance production of milk composition in lactating goats and caprine primary mammary epithelial cells (MEC). Damascus goats were given a lentisk infusion (LI) or fresh water (FW) to drink, in a crossover design. Milk from LI vs. FW goats was 0.43% richer in fat and 30%...
Mueller, J P Getachew, T Rekik, M Rischkowsky, B Abate, Z Wondim, B Haile, A
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Small ruminant breeding programmes in low-input production systems are best organised at the community level. Participant farmers have to agree on goal traits and their relative importance. When BLUP breeding values of goal traits are not available in time, appropriate selection indexes can be used to aid visual selection. Taking Ethiopian Abergell...
Sacarrão-Birrento, Laura de Almeida, André M.
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Tropical Animal Health and Production
Goats were among the first animals to be domesticated over 10,000 years ago and are part of human societies since the beginning of agriculture. Goats play a major role both in commercial farming systems and in subsistence agriculture systems, particularly in tropical, subtropical and Mediterranean regions where they are crucial for the supply of me...
Lemoine, Marjolaine Piriou, Marine Charpentier, Alexia Delagarde, Remy
Few portable devices that record grazing time have been tested on goats. The Lifecorder Plus is a commercial device, based on a single-axis accelerometer, that calculates and stores in memory the average activity level (range: 0–9) every 2 min. Previous studies determined that activity levels greater than or equal to 0.5 were specific to grazing, w...
