Zhang, Dawei Wu, Wenjing Huang, Xin Xu, Ke Zheng, Cheng Zhang, Jin
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BMC Genomics
Background Chinese domestic pig breeds are reputed for pork quality, but their low ratio of lean-to-fat carcass weight decreases production efficiency. A better understanding of the genetic regulation network of subcutaneous fat tissue is necessary for the rational selection of Chinese domestic pig breeds. In the present study, subcutaneous adipocy...
Lee, Soohyung Yoo, Inkyu Han, Jisoo Ka, Hakhyun
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Theriogenology
The endometrium, which regulates the reproductive cyclicity and the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, is a type of mucosal tissue and is involved in the regulation of immunity. Antimicrobial peptides, called cathelicidins, play critical roles in innate immunity by killing various microbes and modulating host immune properties. The express...
Pirolo, Mattia Espinosa-Gongora, Carmen Bogaert, Debby Guardabassi, Luca
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Animal Microbiome
Understanding the structure of the respiratory microbiome and its complex interactions with opportunistic pathogenic bacteria has become a topic of great scientific and economic interest in livestock production, given the severe consequences of respiratory disease on animal health and welfare. The present review focuses on the microbial structures ...
Peña, Santiago T. Jr. Stone, Felicity Gummow, Bruce Parker, Anthony J. Paris, Damien B. B. P.
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Tropical Animal Health and Production
Induction of heat stress as an experimental procedure in animals is commonly used to examine heat-related impacts on sperm quality. This study aimed to develop potential heat stress models that could be used at any time of the year, to advance the study of seasonal infertility in the pig under controlled conditions. Heat stress was induced by eithe...
Arnold, Mirjam Richard, Olivia Gurtner, Corinne Nathues, Heiko Grahofer, Alexander
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BMC Veterinary Research
BackgroundActinobaculum suis is a bacterium known to cause infections of the urogenital tract of sows. Infection can occur through close contact to boars, who frequently carry the pathogen in their preputial diverticulum but do not become clinically diseased themselves. In the current case, Actinobaculum suis was isolated from pyogranuloma of infla...
Camp Montoro, Jordi Boyle, Laura Ann Solà-Oriol, David Muns, Ramon Gasa, Josep Garcia Manzanilla, Edgar
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Porcine Health Management
BackgroundLow space allowance (SA) and mixing may result in reduced growth performance (GP) and animal welfare issues because of adverse social behaviours directed to pen mates. This could be exacerbated in pens with single space feeders owing to social facilitation of feeding behaviour. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of SA and m...
Le, Quynh Anh Tanihara, Fuminori Wittayarat, Manita Namula, Zhao Sato, Yoko Lin, Qingyi Takebayashi, Koki Hirata, Maki Otoi, Takeshige
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BMC Research Notes
ObjectiveCytoplasmic microinjection and electroporation of the CRISPR/Cas9 system into zygotes are used for generating genetically modified pigs. However, these methods create mosaic mutations in embryos. In this study, we evaluated whether the gene editing method and embryonic stage for gene editing affect the gene editing efficiency of porcine em...
Hall, H. N. Wilkinson, D. J. Le Bon, M.
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Animal Microbiome
BackgroundWith a growing demand for safe and sustainable alternatives to antimicrobials, functional feed ingredients such as plant essential oils have been evaluated for their potential to improve gut health. Amongst these, oregano essential oil (OEO) with the main active compounds carvacrol and thymol has been reported to have antimicrobial and an...
Li, Q Du, X Liu, L Liu, H Pan, Z Li, Q
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Domestic animal endocrinology
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 21- to 24-nucleotide long small noncoding RNAs, which play an important role in follicular atresia and granulosa cell (GC) apoptosis in the mammalian ovary. Here, we report that miR-146b, a conserved and ovary-enriched miRNA, modulates estradiol (E2) secretion, GC apoptosis, and follicular atresia in pigs. Genome-wide analysi...
López-Arjona, M Mateo, S V Escribano, D Tecles, F Cerón, J J Martínez-Subiela, S
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Domestic animal endocrinology
Oxytocin is a hormone that is increasingly being used for welfare evaluation in animals. Although several types of samples have been used for oxytocin measurement, saliva can be a suitable option for pigs producing less stress than blood sampling. In this study, 3 different methods for oxytocin measurements, 2 based on alphaLISA technology (one wit...
