Evaluation of ginger straw as a forage source for goats: Effects on performance, ruminal fermentation, meat quality and immunity
June 2025
This study aimed to investigate the effects of ginger straw as a replacement of peanut straw on the growth, meat quality, rumen fermentation, and immunity of goats. In this study, 40 Huanghuai male...
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Different types of bile acids exhibit opposite regulatory effects on lipid metabolism in finishing pigs through bile acid receptors
June 2025
The purpose of this research was to investigate how different bile acids impact lipid metabolism and carcass characteristics in finishing pigs, along with the potential mechanisms involved. Twenty-one...
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Revealing the physical restrictions of caecal influx in broilers through the use of solid and soluble markers
June 2025
A promising strategy to support broiler health and performance in a sustainable way is the enhancement of microbial fibre fermentation in broilers. This fermentation mainly occurs in the caeca, but...
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Transcriptomics and non-targeted metabolomics provide mechanistic insights into the improvement of the growth performance and meat quality of lambs supplemented with fermented Lycium barbarum residues
June 2025
This study investigated the effects of Lycium barbarum residues (LBR) and fermented L. barbarum residues (FLBR) on the growth performance and meat quality of lambs. Eighteen lambs were randomly assigned...
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The role of glycosylated mucins in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and gut health
June 2025
The intestinal mucus barrier is a crucial component of the host's innate defense system, playing a vital role in regulating intestinal microecology and maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Glycosylated...
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Weaning performance prediction in lactating sows using machine learning, for precision nutrition and intelligent feeding
June 2025
Traditional feeding strategy during lactation can result in nutrient deficiencies and negatively impact long-term productivity, compromising both the sustainability and profitability of the swine industry....
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Increasing concentrate feeding level in early lactation dairy cows fed cut herbage linearly decreased methane yield and intensity
June 2025
The use of supplementary feeds, including concentrates, on New Zealand dairy farms has increased in recent decades and this could have mitigated methane (CH4) emissions by decreasing the forage-to-concentrate...
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Transcriptomic analysis of muscle and adipose tissues identifies myokines and adipokines contributing to lipid deposition in Taoyuan Black pigs
June 2025
Meat quality and lean meat percentage are important to pig industry. Muscle and adipose tissues are regarded as secretory organs that release myokines and adipokines to mediate muscle-adipose tissue...
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Impacts of feeding different lipid sources on serum biochemical indices, dietary fatty acid metabolism, raw foie gras quality characteristics and gene expression related to fat deposition in the Landes goose
June 2025
This study investigated the impacts of feeding different lipid sources on raw goose foie gras quality characteristics. A total of 1080 Landes geese at 60 d old with body weight 3.87 ± 0.13 kg (mean...
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Multiple ways to promote adult grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) muscle hypertrophy: Application of dietary myo-inositol
June 2025
Skeletal muscle constitutes the largest tissue in fish and represents the primary edible portion. Given the substantial differences in muscle growth dynamics between fish and mammals, fish serve as...
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Arecoline regulates glycolipid and endoplasmic reticulum metabolisms in adult grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
June 2025
Arecoline is an alkaloid extracted from the plant betel nut with important pharmacological effects and is an agonist at muscarinic receptors (M receptors). In this study, we investigated the effects...
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Dietary energy and protein gradients drive metabolic adaptation in growing-finishing yaks on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau
June 2025
The study investigated the metabolic responses of yaks to dietary net energy for gain (NEg) and metabolizable protein (MP), and explored potential biomarkers for average daily gain (ADG) in serum metabolites....
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Dietary arachidonic acid improves the growth performance, anti-oxidant capacity and ovary development of female rice field eel broodstocks (Monopterus albus)
June 2025
Arachidonic acid (ARA) is crucial for the growth, antioxidant capacity, and reproductive performance of fish. This study was conducted to assess the impact of dietary ARA on female rice field eel (Monopterus...
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Impacts of dietary arginine supplementation on performance, nutrient digestion and expression of proteins related to milk fatty acid and casein synthesis in early lactating dairy cows
June 2025
Arginine (Arg) can potentially increase milk yields in early lactating dairy cows by stimulating the development of mammary gland and the biosynthesis of milk proteins and fatty acids (FA); however,...
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Effect of three polychaetes on growth and reproductive performance, biochemical indices and histology of different tissues in the female Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei broodstock
June 2025
A 30-day feeding trial was conducted to assess the effect of three fresh-live polychaetes as diets on growth and reproductive performance, biochemical indices and histology of different tissues in female...
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Supplementation of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG to pre-weaning calves decreases diarrhea incidence by modulating gut bacteria and associated metabolites
June 2025
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) could be utilized as an effective strategy to promote growth performance of calves and to further study its impact...
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Optimizing dietary crude protein, branched-chain amino acids, and energy levels for broiler performance using a Box-Behnken design
June 2025
This study aimed to investigate the limitations and interactive effects of dietary crude protein (CP; 15%, 17% and 19%), excess branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) inclusions (0%, 20% and 40%), and net...
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Determination of optimal dietary calcium levels under different zinc sources in Jing Tint 6 layer chicks from hatch to day 14
June 2025
An experiment was conducted to investigate the optimal dietary calcium (Ca) levels in Jing Tint 6 layer chicks fed different sources of zinc (Zn). A total of 1440 day-old birds with similar body weight...
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Yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) meal in diets of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus): Effects on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immunity, intestinal morphology, and intestinal microbiota
June 2025
The impacts of substituting dietary soybean meal (SBM) with yellow mealworm meal (YMM) were investigated during a 56-day feeding trial on growth, antioxidant capacity, immunity, intestinal morphology,...
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Effects of dietary cinnamaldehyde supplementation in the perinatal period on reproductive performance, milk composition, redox status and gut microbiota of sows
June 2025
Improving sow health during the perinatal period is crucial for reproductive performance. Cinnamaldehyde (CA), a naturally occurring compound, is known for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and gut...
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Mitigating enteric methane emissions: An overview of methanogenesis, inhibitors and future prospects
June 2025
Enteric methane emissions account for approximately 17% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and represent 2% to 12% of energy losses from energy intake in ruminants. To reduce these emissions...
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Supplementation of lentinan improves lactation performance by altering ruminal microorganisms and metabolites in dairy cows
June 2025
Lentinan (LNT) is a bioactive polysaccharide that has been proven to improve the production performance of animals. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of LNT on lactation performance...
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Effects of increasing levels of dietary cation–anion difference on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, and rumen microbiota in fattening Hu sheep
June 2025
The dietary cation–anion difference (DCAD) has the potential to influence the physiological functions of animals. Nonetheless, there is a notable scarcity of research in the field of ruminant science...
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Myotonic dystrophy-related CDC42-binding kinase alpha (MRCKα) mediates methionine- and leucine-stimulated β-casein synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells via targeting mTOR
June 2025
Amino acids (AA), including methionine (Met) and leucine (Leu), stimulate milk synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC) via activation of protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR)....
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