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The Use of Food Industry By-Products in Pig Diets as a Challenge Option to Reduce the Environmental Footprint

19/11/2025 - The swine industry represents a significant contributor to the global meat supply but also exerts considerable pressure on natural resources through feed production, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,...

VM-RTDETR: Advancing DETR with Vision State-Space Duality and Multi-Scale Fusion for Robust Pig Detection

18/11/2025 - Pig detection is a fundamental yet challenging task in intelligent livestock farming, primarily due to difficulties in capturing both global contextual information and multi-scale features within...

Effect of a Reduced-Protein Diet Supplemented with Essential Amino Acids on the Muscle Proteome of Female and Entire Male Finishing Pigs

18/11/2025 - Crude protein (CP) decrease coupled to amino acid (AAs) supplementation is interesting for swine nutrition. A proteomics approach unraveled physiological events underlying differences between sexes...

Quality of Meat and Fat from Immunocastrated Boars and Uncastrated Boars Slaughtered at Different Body Weights

21/11/2025 - This study involved 30 male pigs (DanBred &times; Duroc), which were divided into three groups of 10 animals each. Control group (C)—immunologically castrated boars with a slaughter weight...

Pork Quality and Expression of Genes Involved in Muscularity and Fat Deposition in Different Commercial Lines and Sexes of Pigs

21/11/2025 - Pork is a major source of animal protein worldwide, and its quality is influenced by pre- and post-slaughter procedures. Advances in molecular biology, particularly gene expression studies, support...

Effects of Replacing Fishmeal with Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Pork Bone Meal (EHPBM) on Growth, Antioxidant Capacity, and Nutritional Metabolism in Micropterus salmoides

21/11/2025 - In this 8-week feeding trial, we systematically investigated the effects of replacing fishmeal with enzymatically hydrolyzed pork bone meal (EHPBM) at graded inclusion levels (EHPBM0, EHPBM20,...

Lycopene and SKQ1 Improve Boar Sperm Quality During 17 &deg;C Storage via the AMPK/Nrf2 Pathway

21/11/2025 - During the storage of boar sperm at 17 &deg;C, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously generated. Excessive ROS can disrupt the mitochondrial redox balance and cause sperm damage. In...

Enriched Long-Read Sequencing of Co-circulating Viruses in Complex Samples

15/10/2025 - At present, no single workflow is available for quick and accurate identification and analysis of genomes of various viruses present together in a field or clinical sample, particularly when followed...

Risk assessment for Brucella suis biovar 2 in Danish pigs

17/11/2025 - In Denmark, the number of uncastrated finishing pigs is on the increase, due to a wish to improve animal welfare and productivity. According to the EU legislation, all parts of a slaughter animal...

Multi-Omics Annotation and Residual Split Strategy-Based Deep Learning Model for Efficient and Robust Genomic Prediction in Pigs

13/11/2025 - Genomic selection has become a widely adopted and effective breeding technology for modern genetic improvements in pigs. However, the core model currently used in genetic evaluation is primarily...

Uncovering the Genetic Basis of Porcine Resilience Through GWAS of Feed Intake Data

12/11/2025 - Resilience usually refers to the ability of an animal to be minimally affected by disturbance or to quickly return to its pre-disturbance state. Pigs with strong resilience usually have better...

Supplementing 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D3 to Sows Enhances Milk and Blood Parameters, with Extended Benefits to Their Offspring

11/11/2025 - The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3 (25OHD3) supplementation on reproductive performance, nutrient digestibility, lameness score, milk composition, and...

Development of Visual Detection of African Swine Fever Virus Using CRISPR/AapCas12b Lateral Flow Strip Based on Viral Major Capsid Protein Gene B646L

12/11/2025 - African swine fever (ASF), induced by the African swine fever virus (ASFV), is an acute hemorrhagic disease characterized by high fever, systemic hemorrhages, and elevated mortality. Current...

Dietary Supplementation with Yak Stomach Lysozyme Improves Intestinal Health and Nutrient Metabolism in Weaned Piglets Challenged with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

13/11/2025 - Post-weaning diarrhea caused by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major disease in piglets and leads to substantial economic losses in the swine industry. Compared to conventional...

Multi-Omics Insights into the Role of Dulcitol in Weaned Piglets' Growth Performance and Intestinal Health

10/11/2025 - Weaning is known to induce oxidative stress and dysregulated inflammatory responses, thus damaging performance growth. This research was conducted to investigate the effects of dulcitol (Dul) on the...

MitoQ as a Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidant in Sperm Cryopreservation: An Updated Review on Its Mechanisms, Efficacy, and Future Perspectives

11/11/2025 - Sperm cryopreservation is a key technique in assisted reproductive technologies (ART), livestock breeding, fertility preservation, and wildlife conservation. However, the freeze&ndash;thaw...

Nationwide emergence and spread of highly virulent PRRSV-2 mutants in Korea

11/11/2025 - Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus type 2 (PRRSV-2) continues to pose a major threat to global swine health. In South Korea, the co-circulation of endemic strains and repeated...

Melatonin Rescues Triclosan-Disrupted Porcine Oocyte Meiosis via Suppression of p53-Mediated Apoptosis

03/11/2025 - Triclosan (TCS), a widely used environmental antimicrobial agent, poses potential risks to female reproductive health, yet its toxic effects on oocyte maturation remain inadequately characterized. In...

Sequential Galacto- and Xylo-Oligosaccharide Feeding Transiently Modulates Gut Microbiota and Upregulates Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase in Weaning Piglets

04/11/2025 - Improving growth and health at weaning remains a priority in pig production. This study investigates whether supplementation with galacto-oligosaccharides (GOSs) followed by xylo-oligosaccharides...

Dietary Full-Fat Rice Bran or Glucose Regulates Bile Acid Circulation, Colonic Microbiota, and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Pigs During Chronic Cold Stress

07/11/2025 - Chronic cold stress is a severe test that animals in cold regions have to face during winter. However, the lack of precise dietary adjustments for animals in cold regions represents a significant gap...

Sustainability of Animal Production Chains: Alternative Protein Sources as an Ecological Driver in Animal Feeding: A Review

08/11/2025 - Sustainability of animal production requires reducing reliance on soybean meal by identifying viable alternative protein sources. Within the framework of the Italian Agritech National Research...

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