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Metagenomic Applications to Herbivore Gut Microbiomes: A Comprehensive Review of Microbial Diversity and Host Interactions

10/10/2025 - Herbivorous animals rely on complex gastrointestinal systems and microbial communities to efficiently digest plant-based diets, extract nutrients, and maintain health. Recent advances in metagenomic...

Novel Silent Mutations in the HIRA Gene Associated with Litter Size in Sonid Sheep

10/10/2025 - Improving ovine reproductive efficiency is an important breeding goal that could substantially enhance economic viability in the sheep industry. The histone cell cycle regulator (HIRA) gene has been...

Feeding with a NaCl-Supplemented Alfalfa-Based TMR Improves Nutrient Utilization, Rumen Fermentation, and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in AOHU Sheep: A Nutritional Simulation of Saline&ndash;Alkaline Conditions

12/10/2025 - Saline&ndash;alkaline soils are becoming prevalent across the globe, decreasing the availability of forage for animals and threatening sustainable animal production. This study evaluated the...

Selection Signatures in the Genome of Dzhalgin Merino Sheep Breed

30/09/2025 - Analysis of selection signatures in the genomes of farm animals enables the detection of genomic regions affected by selection and contributes to the identification of genes underlying adaptive and...

Chronic Folliculitis Associated with Ovine gammaherpesvirus 2-Induced Infections in Dairy Cows from Southern Brazil

01/10/2025 - Ovine gammaherpesvirus 2 (OvGHV2) is a Macavirus and the cause of sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF) in susceptible mammalian hosts worldwide. OvGHV2 may produce typical clinical...

From Questionnaires to Heatmaps: Visual Classification and Interpretation of Quantitative Response Data Using Convolutional Neural Networks

01/10/2025 - Structured quantitative data, such as survey responses in human resource management research, are often analysed using machine learning methods, including logistic regression. Although these methods...

Metatranscriptome Analysis of Sheep Rumen Reveals Methane Production Changes Induced by Moringa oleifera as a Dietary Supplement

01/10/2025 - Global warming has become a significant public health concern, with intensive livestock farming as a major contributor. To mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, strategies such as manipulating the...

Blood&ndash;Brain Barrier Penetration of Novel 4-Trifluoromethyl-Coumarin Hybrids with Antibacterial Properties as Potential Brain Therapeutics in the Context of Spatially Diverse Healthcare Systems

03/10/2025 - Effective treatment of central nervous system (CNS) infections remains a major challenge, as most therapeutic agents do not efficiently cross the blood&ndash;brain barrier (BBB) and the...

140 Chronic Heat stress in finishing lambs induced metabolic changes in muscle that indicated greater glycogen utilization and lactate production, which may explain greater prevalence of dark cutters.

04/10/2025 - Environmental stress, particularly heat events, increases the frequency of dark cutting in meat animals, leading to high pH meat that is dark, firm, and dry. However, the mechanisms by which heat...

235 The impact of genotyping strategies and pedigree errors on single-step genomic prediction in sheep populations: a simulation study.

04/10/2025 - Genomic predictions provide more accurate estimated breeding values (EBV) in younger animals, enabling greater rates of genetic gain, but are still limited in sheep mostly because of high genotyping...

57 Efficacy of a lidocaine impregnated band on pain mitigation for tail docking.

04/10/2025 - Tail docking improves hygiene, reduces flystrike, and enhances efficiency for routine husbandry practices such as shearing, serving as an important management practice that promotes sheep health....

PSV-1 Effect of Haemonchus contortus infection on plasma metabolome of periparturient Florida Cracker ewes.

04/10/2025 - Haemonchus contortus poses a significant threat to sustainable sheep production in the southern United States. The Florida Cracker, a heritage sheep breed, demonstrates remarkable resistance to...

213 Comparative single-cell transcriptomics uncovers key regulatory mechanisms in bovine placental development.

04/10/2025 - Pregnancy loss in cattle imposes a significant financial burden on producers. Successful pregnancy relies on a complex interplay of biological processes, including the development and maintenance of...

138 Placental insufficiency induced fetal and skeletal muscle growth restriction in fetal sheep.

04/10/2025 - Introduction and Methods: Placental insufficiency (PI) and fetal growth restriction (FGR) increases perinatal mortality and reduces postnatal productivity in livestock. Skeletal muscle constitutes a...

347 Fatty acid metabolism in lambs supplemented with different levels of almond skin by-product.

04/10/2025 - The replacement of conventional feedstuffs with agro-industrial by-products represents a potential strategy to improve the sustainability of the livestock sector. In light of this, the effect of...

PSIII-24 Blood serum biochemistry analysis of White Leghorn chickens selected for divergent blood antibody titer response to sheep red blood cells.

04/10/2025 - For fifty generations, White Leghorn chickens have been selected for divergent responses to a low-dose injection of sheep red blood cells (SRBCs) generating the high (HAS) or low (LAS) antibody...

PSV-17 Estimates of variance components and genetic parameters for weight, carcass, and reproductive traits in U.S. Suffolk sheep including genomic information.

04/10/2025 - The Suffolk sheep breed is widely used in the U.S. as a terminal sire, valued for its growth and carcass traits. In the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP), breeders aim to enhance these traits...

PSIV-16 Association between gastrointestinal nematodes and milk fatty acid profile in Katahdin lactating ewes.

04/10/2025 - The effects of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) in lactating ewes have been studied throughout the sheep dairy industry. Not much is known about the impacts of GIN in the milk of meat sheep....

PSXI-3 Comparing the heritability of methane emission traits in cattle and sheep: A Meta-analysis.

04/10/2025 - One source of greenhouse gases is the natural production of enteric methane from microbial fermentation in a ruminant’s digestive system. In recent years, genetic selection has been identified as a...

PSIV-19 Proteomic detection of potential biomarkers for residual feed intake in Texel sheep.

04/10/2025 - Feed efficiency is a key driver of productivity and profitability in livestock production systems. Among the different feed efficiency metrics, residual feed intake (RFI) has proven to be a valuable...

197 Selection signatures on the X chromosome in a prolific meat sheep breed.

04/10/2025 - The X chromosome (ChrX) plays a key role in natural and artificial selection and animal evolution. Both natural and artificial selection leave distinct genomic footprints, known as selection...

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