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Genetic parameter estimates of liver abscesses in feedlot beef cattle
06/02/2025 -
The primary reason livers are condemned is due to abscesses, which are visible lesions detected on the liver during routine harvest of the animal. Condemned livers are deemed not fit for human...
Development of a prototype genetic evaluation for teat and udder score in American Angus cattle
19/02/2025 -
Improving traits related to teat size (TS) and udder suspension score (US) can have long-term benefits for the health and productivity of beef herds. Well-structured...
Evaluating the Breed and Production Diversity in Dual Purpose Cattle Systems in Colombia: Opportunities for Its Sustainability
04/03/2025 -
Approximately 60% of milk production in Colombia comes from dual-purpose (DP) systems, which face limitations in defining racial composition and maintaining production records for genetic resource...
Comparison of Effects of Cold and Warm Water Intake in Winter on Growth Performance, Thermoregulation, Rumen Fermentation Parameters, and Microflora of Wandong Bulls (Bos taurus)
08/03/2025 -
Efficient farm practices are crucial for livestock health and performance, and cold stress is a major challenge for cattle in winter. This study aimed to preliminarily investigate the effects of cold...
Blood Source and Anesthetics Effects on the Maintenance of Anopheles darlingi in the Lab-Rearing Condition
08/03/2025 -
Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes are the main malaria vectors in the Amazon region and play a significant role in the high transmission cycle of Plasmodium vivax, particularly in areas undergoing...
Expression Analysis of Circulating miR-21, miR-34a and miR-122 and Redox Status Markers in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Patients with and Without Type 2 Diabetes
07/03/2025 -
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a hepatic form of metabolic syndrome, often co-occurs with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and now affects approximately 30% of the global...
Association Between InDel and CNV Variation in the FBLN1 Gene and Slaughter Traits in Cattle
27/02/2025 -
The FBLN1 gene encodes the fibulin-1 protein, the first member of the ECM glycoprotein family, and is crucial for embryonic development and organ tissue formation in mammals. Our previous...
The impacts of thermal stress on dairy cattle physiology, metabolism, health, and performance: a comprehensive review
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Climate change is becoming a global issue, with important implications for dairy cow performance and well-being. It is distinguished by a gradual rise in universal temperature and the risk of...
Fermented Corn Straw Increases Cellulase Activity, Improves Rumen Fermentation, and Increases Nutrient Digestibility in Yichang White Goats
25/02/2025 -
Corn, as a raw material supplying energy, plays an important role in animal husbandry. But in recent years, problems related to insufficient energy supply from corn have attracted increasing...
Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion Performance Through Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Mediated Quorum Sensing and Supplemental Voltage Regulation
02/03/2025 -
Traditional anaerobic digestion (AD) technology continues to have severe limitations in terms of complicated substrate degradation efficiency and methane production. This study optimizes the AD...
Sustainable Livestock Solutions: Addressing Carbon Footprint Challenges from Indian and Global Perspectives
28/02/2025 -
The rising environmental temperatures and growing global demand for animal protein pose major challenges to sustainable livestock production, highlighting the urgent need for climate change...
An Unusual Outbreak of Ochratoxicosis Associated with Trigonella foenum-graecum Ingestion in Ruminants from Different Farms of Sicily
02/03/2025 -
Trigonella foenum-graecum is a widely cultivated legume in Mediterranean regions, and it is used for human and animal consumption, as well as for medical purposes. High temperatures and abundant...
Comparative Techno-Economic and Carbon Footprint Analysis of Semi-Extensive and Intensive Beef Farming
22/02/2025 -
The environmental impact of beef cattle production varies significantly across farming systems, influenced by factors like feed, management practices, and land use. By applying the LCA perspective...
Weighted Kernel Ridge Regression to Improve Genomic Prediction
20/02/2025 -
Nonparametric models have recently been receiving increased attention due to their effectiveness in genomic prediction for complex traits. However, regular nonparametric models cannot effectively...
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Supplementation Improves Growth Performance and Heat Stress Tolerance in Angus Steers
19/02/2025 -
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) can be incorporated into ruminant diets as a postbiotic product. This study aimed to explore the effects of supplementing different levels of SC in the diets of...
Crossbreeding Simmental with Mongolian, and Holstein cattle can improve feed efficiency and energy metabolism by upregulating COX3 and downregulating PRSS2 gene expression
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The selective breeding of beef cattle plays an important role in meeting the growing demand for beef and improving production performance. This study used fattened cattle of the Simmental (S) breed,...
Impact of Lead Pollution from Vehicular Traffic on Highway-Side Grazing Areas: Challenges and Mitigation Policies
19/02/2025 -
One major environmental concern is the lead (Pb) pollution from automobile traffic, especially in highway-side grazing areas. Sheep grazing in Pb-contaminated areas are particularly vulnerable...
Development of Rapid Alkaline Lysis–Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique for Authentication of Mithun (Bos frontalis) and Yak (Bos grunniens) Species
18/02/2025 -
Bos frontalis (Mithun) and Bos grunniens (yak) are crucial to the culture, food security, and economy of Southeast Asia, especially in India and China, respectively. Their genetic closeness to Bos...
paraCell: a novel software tool for the interactive analysis and visualization of standard and dual host–parasite single-cell RNA-seq data
20/02/2025 -
Advances in sequencing technology have led to a dramatic increase in the number of single-cell transcriptomic datasets. In the field of parasitology, these datasets typically describe the gene...