Stubbs, Samuel C. B. Quaye, Osbourne Acquah, Maame Ekua Adadey, Samuel Mawuli Kean, Iain R. L. Gupta, Srishti Blacklaws, Barbara A.
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BMC Veterinary Research
BackgroundThe introduction of rotavirus A vaccination across the developing world has not proved to be as efficacious as first hoped. One cause of vaccine failure may be infection by zoonotic rotaviruses that are very variable antigenically from the vaccine strain. However, there is a lack of genomic information about the circulating rotavirus A st...
López-Arjona, M Mateo, S V Manteca, X Escribano, D Cerón, J J Martínez-Subiela, S
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Domestic animal endocrinology
Oxytocin is a hormone of interest in reproduction, but also in the field of psychology and behavior, being considered as a biomarker of positive emotions. Saliva can be a noninvasive way to measure oxytocin, which is very useful in species such as the pig where blood collection can produce a high degree of stress. In this study, a new assay for oxy...
Li, Xinjian Ye, Jianwei Han, Xuelei Qiao, Ruimin Li, Xiuling Lv, Gang Wang, Kejun
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Genomics
Reproductive performance is a complex quantitative trait, that is determined by multiple genes, regulatory pathways and environmental factors. A list of major genes with large effect have been detected, although multiple QTLs are identified. To identify candidate genes for pig prolificacy, whole genome variants from five high- and five low-prolific...
Jo, Hye-Eun You, Su-Hwa Choi, Joo-Hyung Ko, Mi-Kyeong Shin, Sung Ho Song, Jisoo Jo, Hyundong Lee, Min Ja Kim, Su-Mi Kim, Byounghan
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Virology Journal
BackgroundThe foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus is classified into seven serotypes, of which the South African types have South African Territories (SAT)1, SAT2, and SAT3 that are prevalent in Africa. Especially SAT2 have spread to Arabian Peninsula and the Palestinian Autonomous Territories. Of these viruses, the incidence of SAT2 is the highest....
Holmer, I. Salomonsen, C. M. Jorsal, S. E. Astrup, L. B. Jensen, V. F. Høg, B. Borck Pedersen, K.
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BMC Veterinary Research
BackgroundOptimal treatment and prudent use of antimicrobials for pigs is imperative to secure animal health and prevent development of critical resistance. An important step in this one-health context is to monitor resistance patterns of important animal pathogens. The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial resistance patterns of f...
Paes, Victor M. Liao, Shengfa F. Figueiredo, Jose R. Willard, Scott T. Ryan, Peter L. Feugang, Jean M.
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
BackgroundOvarian follicular fluid influences follicle and oocyte growth, but the fluctuation of its protein content during folliculogenesis has not been comprehensively analyzed. Here we used a shotgun approach and bioinformatics analyses to investigate and compare the proteomes of porcine follicular fluid (pFF) obtained from small ( 6–12 mm) foll...
Bhattarai, Sheeva Framstad, Tore Nielsen, Jens Peter
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Previous studies have indicated that high piglet blood hemoglobin concentration (HbC) at birth lead to better performance later in life. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the association between sow and piglet blood HbC at farrowing. A secondary objective was to investigate the relationship between sow HbC and probability of st...
Bhattarai, Sheeva Framstad, Tore Nielsen, Jens Peter
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
BackgroundAnemia characterized by low hemoglobin concentration (HbC) is common in indoor housed pregnant sows. Iron is essential for hemoglobin synthesis and a number of metabolic processes including DNA synthesis and regulation of enzyme systems. In sows, anemia has been linked to lower HbC in piglets and increased occurrence of stillbirths. There...
Ko, Mi-Kyeong Jo, Hye-Eun Choi, Joo-Hyung You, Su-Hwa Shin, Sung Ho Jo, Hyundong Lee, Min Ja Kim, Su-Mi Kim, Byounghan Park, Jong-Hyeon
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Vaccine
Efforts are required to develop foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines in Asia that can respond to the type O outbreaks that have continued with the devastating damage since 2010. It is necessary to develop vaccine strains that can provide protection against the ME-SA topotype, which has tended to spread into neighboring areas, and the frequent SEA ...
Zhao, Xueyan Wang, Cheng Wang, Yanping Lin, Haichao Wang, Huaizhong Hu, Hongmei Wang, Jiying
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BMC Genetics
BackgroundDrip loss is a key aspect of meat quality. Transcriptome profiles of muscle with divergent drip loss would offer important insight into the genetic factors responsible for the trait. In this study, drip loss and other meat quality traits of 28 purebred Duroc pigs were measured, muscles of these individuals were RNA sequenced, and eight in...
