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Comparative Meta‐Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptides in Aquatic and Terrestrial Livestock Species

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
A global meta‐analysis of 58 studies (926 effect sizes and 29 species across five taxa) revealed that dietary antimicrobial peptides generally improve growth performance, blood metabolites, and immune responses. The greatest benefits were observed in omnivorous livestock, such as pigs and chickens. Dose‐duration effects were evident. An optimal outcome
Lily Liu, Xu Luo, Qin Zhang, Jinhai Wang, Alan E. Wilson   +4 more
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Heat Stress in Quail: Impacts on Health and Productivity, and Mitigation Strategies

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Heat stress disrupts physiological homeostasis in quail, inducing oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and metabolic imbalance, which impair growth, reproduction, product quality, and welfare. Integrating nutritional, environmental, and genetic–epigenetic strategies enhances thermotolerance, sustains productivity, and supports climate‐smart quail ...
T. A. Eletu, I. A. Anjola, L. O. Fasasi, D. P. Fadipe, A. T. Afuye, F. O. Fasanya, O. E. Oke   +6 more
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Gut Health in Ostriches (Struthio camelus): Insights Into Intestinal Structure, Functions, Microbiome, and Improvement Strategies

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Our paper systematically reviews the intestinal structure, function, and microbiota of ostriches, along with strategies for improving their gut health. We analyze how these factors collectively influence intestinal homeostasis and ostrich welfare, emphasizing probiotics as a promising intervention to enhance gut health, boost population well‐being, and
Zi‐Qun Zhang, Fang‐Fang Guo, Wen‐Juan Du, Meng Li, Aftab Shaukat, Zhu‐Qing Jia, Shu‐Cheng Huang   +6 more
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Effects of the Texel muscling quantitative trait locus on carcass traits in crossbred lambs [PDF]

Animal, 2009
Texel muscling quantitative trait locus (TM-QTL) is a QTL on chromosome 18, originally identified in purebred UK Texel sheep, which was reported to increase ultrasonically measured muscle depth at the third lumbar vertebra by around 4% to 7%. The objective of the present study was to comprehensively evaluate the TM-QTL and to determine whether it could
Macfarlane, J. M., Lambe, N. R., Bishop, S. C., Matika, O.; id_orcid 0000-0002-4213-3907, Rius-Vilarrasa, E., McLean, K. A., Haresign, W., Wolf, B. T., McLaren, R. J., Buenger, L.   +9 more
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Production and economic traits of purebreed and crossbred animals in diary herds of mountain areas [PDF]

, 2013
Beef production from dairy herds represents an alternative source to improve the farm profitability. The use of beef semen to mate cattle not destined to breed replacement represent an interesting source of income for dairy farmers particularly due to ...
Bazzoli, Ilario
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MicroRNA‐Seq Analysis Reveals a Critical Role for miR‐222 in Bovine Intramuscular Adipogenesis via the DDIT4/mTORC1 Axis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Schematic diagram illustrating how miR‐222 promotes bovine intramuscular adipogenesis by targeting DDIT4 to activate the mTORC1 signaling pathway. ABSTRACT Intramuscular fat (IMF) is a key determinant of beef quality, particularly with respect to tenderness, flavor, and juiciness.
Jianbing Tan, Liang Qiu, Zhenghai Zhou, Zhipeng Zhang, Nanfei Wang, Jiangang Hao, Linsen Zan, Wucai Yang   +7 more
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CT scanning technology to asses the genetic and phenotypic correlations, and selection potential of carcass traits in mutton sheep [PDF]

Animal Bioscience
Objective This study aims to evaluate the variations in carcass fat percentage (CFP), carcass muscle percentage (CMP), carcass bone percentage (CBP), meat-to-bone ratio, carcass weight, loin eye area (REA), backfat thickness (BF), the total tissue depth ...
Yuan Zhao, Guoxing Jia, Xiaoxue Zhang, Huibin Tian, Deyin Zhang, Yukun Zhang, Xiaolong Li, Jiangbo Cheng, Liming Zhao, Quanzhong Xu, Xiaobin Yang, Zongwu Ma, Dan Xu, Fadi Li, Weimin Wang   +14 more
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Estimation of Relative Economic Weights of Hanwoo Carcass Traits Based on Carcass Market Price [PDF]

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2012
The objective of this study was to estimate economic weights of Hanwoo carcass traits that can be used to build economic selection indexes for selection of seedstocks. Data from carcass measures for determining beef yield and quality grades were collected and provided by the Korean Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation (KAPE).
Choy, Yun Ho, Park, Byoung Ho, Choi, Tae Jung, Choi, Jae Gwan, Cho, Kwang Hyun, Lee, Seung Soo, Choi, You Lim, Koh, Kyung Chul, Kim, Hyo Sun   +8 more
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Enhancing Meat Quality Through Dietary Fiber: Insights Into the Gut Microbiota‐Derived Short‐Chain Fatty Acids‐Muscle Axis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Dietary fiber (DF) modulates meat quality through the gut‐muscle axis by reshaping gut microbiota, improving intestinal integrity, reducing inflammation, and regulating muscle metabolism. These mechanisms influence muscle fiber characteristics and post‐mortem biochemistry, thereby enhancing tenderness, juiciness, color, flavor, and nutritional value of
Zeshan Zulfiqar, Muhammad Arslan Asif, Layla Al‐Mitib, Nabeela Ashiq, Haojie Wang, Yalei Cui, Boshuai Liu, Shucheng Huang, Yinghua Shi   +8 more
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Impact of rumen microbiome on cattle carcass traits

Scientific Reports
AbstractRumen microbes are crucial in the anaerobic fermentation of plant polysaccharides to produce volatile fatty acids. However, limited information exists about the specific microbial species and strains in the rumen that affect carcass traits, and it is unclear whether there is a relationship between rumen metabolic functions and these traits ...
Yoshiaki Sato, Ruki Sato, Emiko Fukui, Fumiaki Yoshizawa   +3 more
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