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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Animal Feed Formulations Containing Conventional and Insect-Based Protein Sources

26/08/2025 - The environmental burden of widely used protein sources in animal feeds, such as soybean and fishmeal, has raised concerns about the sustainability of current livestock production systems. In...

Non-Invasive Human-Free Diagnosis Methods for Assessing Pig Welfare at Abattoirs: A Systematic Review

25/08/2025 - The assessment of pig welfare and health at abattoirs is crucial for ensuring both animal well-being and food safety. Traditional assessment methods often rely on human observation, which is...

Mitochondrial-Targeted Protective Potential of Elamipretide for the In Vitro Production of Porcine Embryos

25/08/2025 - Mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant supplementation is promising for in vitro culture of mammalian embryos. Elamipretide (SS-31) is a synthetic tetrapeptide that binds to the inner mitochondrial...

Rapid Spread of African Swine Fever Across Borneo

28/08/2025 - African Swine Fever (ASF) reached the island of Borneo at the end of 2020. The first mortalities were recorded in wild bearded pigs (Sus barbatus) in Sabah, north-east Borneo. The virus then began to...

Elimination of ASFV via Precise Culling in a Large-Scale Breeding Herd in China: A Field Experience

27/08/2025 - This field study presents an elimination strategy for African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV), particularly low-virulence genotype II strains, in a large-scale breeding herd in China. Since its introduction...

Beliefs, Behaviors, and Practices of Farm Biosecurity in the Midwestern U.S. Swine Operations

27/08/2025 - Effective biosecurity is crucial for preventing swine diseases, but there can be a gap between what producers intend and what actually happens on the farm. We conducted a cross-sectional,...

Dose-Dependent Porcine Deltacoronavirus Infection Reveals Linkage Between Infectious Dose and Immune Response

28/08/2025 - Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), an emerging enteropathogenic coronavirus, has inflicted substantial economic losses on the global swine industry. While the severity of infectious disease depends on...

Dietary Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Addition Alleviated Weaning Stress via Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Profiles in Weaned Piglets

29/08/2025 - Weaning stress in piglets severely restricts swine production efficiency due to growth retardation, immune suppression, and intestinal dysfunction. This study investigated the effects of dietary...

Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis Reveals Regulatory Effects of Fermented Chinese Chive on Early Testicular Development in Piglets

28/08/2025 - Early testicular development is vital for adult male fertility but remains highly vulnerable to stress during the suckling stage. Fermented Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) is known for its...

Specific Assay Protocols for Porcine Single-Eye Retinal Pigment Epithelium Concerning Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

29/08/2025 - The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is strongly involved in the pathogenesis of several retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). RPE models addressing specific pathological...

Welfare of sheep, cattle, and pigs at control posts during long distance transportation across Europe

Bacillus velezensis MZ09 alleviates DSS-induced colitis in piglets by remodeling the intestinal microbiota activating the SCFAs–GPR43–STAT3 pathway and suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis

29/08/2025 - Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is closely associated with intestinal microbiota dysbiosis and metabolic dysfunction. The aim of this study was to explore the protective effects and mechanisms of...

Ear Back Surface Temperature of Pigs as an Indicator of Comfort: Spatial Variability and Its Thermal Implications

19/08/2025 - This study applied geostatistics to analyze thermal images of the back surface of pigs' ears (TSO) to understand how spatial temperature variability influences thermoregulation. The objective was to...

A Low Dose of Berberine Is Metabolized in Weaned Piglets Without Major Changes to Gut Morphology or Gut Microbiota

21/08/2025 - Weaning is one of the most challenging stages in a piglet's life, with multiple stressors contributing to poor gut health. For several years, zinc oxide (ZnO) was the preferred means of promoting a...

Assessment of Diagnostic Value of Post Mortem Tongue Tip Fluids for Disease Detection in Growing Pigs

19/08/2025 - Assessing whether post mortem samples can provide value for monitoring during the post-weaning stages is necessary as this methodology can be adopted by the industry when resources are scarce. The...

Baicalin Alleviates ADAM17/EGFR Axis-Induced Peritonitis in Weaned Piglets Infected by Glaesserella parasuis

21/08/2025 - Glaesserella parasuis (GPS) is a Gram-negative, pathogenic bacterium that colonizes the upper respiratory tract of piglets and causes Gl&auml;sser's disease with peritonitis under stress...

Intrauterine Growth-Restricted Pig-Associated Testicular Transcriptome Analysis Reveals microRNA-mRNA Regulatory Networks

24/08/2025 - Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) severely hinders the development of the livestock industry and impacts economic efficiency. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) participate in the epigenetic regulation of...

A Self-Supervised Pre-Trained Transformer Model for Accurate Genomic Prediction of Swine Phenotypes

24/08/2025 - Accurate genomic prediction of complex phenotypes is crucial for accelerating genetic progress in swine breeding. However, conventional methods like Genomic Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (GBLUP)...

Haptoglobin as a supplement in in vitro embryo culture: a tool for improving bovine embryo development and quality

20/08/2025 - Recent studies have indicated the potential involvement of haptoglobin in a variety of events during mammalian reproduction, with previous research highlighting its efficacy in promoting porcine...

Chemical Hazards in Products of Animal Origin in Cambodia from 2000 to 2023: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

19/08/2025 - Chemical hazards in food present a significant health risk. The objective of our review is to understand health risks associated with chemical contaminants in products of animal origin (POAO) in...

SIRT3 Acetylation Regulates Mitophagy to Alleviate Deoxynivalenol-Induced Apoptosis in Porcine Alveolar Macrophages Cells

25/08/2025 - Deoxynivalenol (DON), a global mycotoxin contaminant, induces immunotoxicity in swine and humans by disrupting mitochondrial membrane integrity and activating mitophagy. SIRT3 plays an important role...

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