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Adiponectin modulates steroid hormone secretion, granulosa cell proliferation and apoptosis via binding its receptors during hens’ high laying period

Poultry Science, 2021
: Adiponectin is an important adipocytokine and plays the roles in multiple metabolic processes via binding its receptors - AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, which has also been found to participate in the regulation of the reproductive system of animals, in ...
Jing Li, Xue-Jie Ma, Xing Wu, Su-Jin Si, Chong Li, Peng-Kun Yang, Guo-Xi Li, Xiao-Jun Liu, Ya-Dong Tian, Xiang-Tao Kang   +9 more
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Research Note: Combined analysis of BSA-seq based mapping and RNA-seq reveals candidate genes associated with sub-Columbian plumage in H line chickens

Poultry Science, 2023
: Columbian coloration patterns in plumage are widespread phenomena in several standard breeds of poultry, such as the Columbian Plymouth Rock chicken. H line chicken plumage is generally a pure white except in the hackle, wing, and tail plumage, which ...
Ruiting Li, Xinlei Wang, Yanxing Wang, Danli liu, Yushi Zhang, Yang Liu, Xinran Niu, Ruili Han, Hong Li, Ruirui Jiang, Guirong Sun, Guoxi Li, Yadong Tian, Xiaojun Liu, Xiangtao Kang, Zhuanjian Li   +15 more
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Transcriptome analysis of the testes of male chickens with high and low sperm motility

Poultry Science, 2022
: The reproductive performance of chicken breeders has significant economic importance in the poultry industry, and sperm motility is an indicator of reproductive performance. This study performed RNA-seq of the testes of Gushi chicken roosters with high
Zhenwei Du, WenTing Li, Cong Liu, ChunXiu Wang, DongXue Wang, ShuaiPeng Zhu, XiangTao Kang, RuiRui Jiang, LeKun Deng, DongHua Li, GuiRong Sun   +10 more
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Bone morphogenetic protein 4 regulates immortalized chicken preadipocyte proliferation by promoting G1/S cell cycle progression

FEBS Open Bio, 2019
Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) has been reported to regulate adipose development, but its role in preadipocyte proliferation has not been explored in vitro.
Hongyan Chen, Chang Liu, Chong Chen, Zhiyong Su, Jingting Shu, Ming Zhang, Hui Li, Bohan Cheng   +7 more
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Identifying and profiling the microRNAs associated with skin colour in the Muchuan black-bone chicken

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2020
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of small non-protein-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression in plants and animals. Skin colour is an important economic consideration in chicken production, and chickens with black skin have high market value ...
Shigang Yu, Gang Wang, Juan Liao, Mei Tang, Jia Chen   +4 more
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An Analysis of Seafood Recalls in the United States, 2002 Through 2022

Journal of Food Protection, 2023
This review analyzes the seafood recalls registered by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) from October 2002 through March 2022. There were more than 2,400 recalls for seafood products over this 20-year period. Biological contamination
Erika Rene Blickem, Jon W. Bell, Alexandra C.M. Oliveira, D. Mona Baumgartel, John DeBeer   +4 more
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A 7-bp Insertion/Deletion Functional Variation in Fatty Acid Synthase Gene Is Associated with Abdominal Fat Accumulation

Agriculture
Reducing abdominal fat (AF) in broilers is a key objective in broiler breeding, as excessive AF deposition has an unfavorable effect on reproductive and growth traits.
Meng Yuan, Yaqian Han, Xinyi Yin, Xin Liu, Bohan Cheng, Ning Wang, Hui Li, Zhiping Cao, Wenpeng Zhang, Shouzhi Wang   +9 more
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Evaluation of stimbiotic on growth performance and intestinal development of broilers fed corn- or wheat-based diets

Poultry Science, 2023
: In the antibiotics-free era, stimbiotic (STB) has been suggested as a new alternative of antibiotic growth promoters to modulate intestinal health via stimulating dietary fiber utilization in poultry production.
Yangguang Ren, Yixiang Tian, Meng Hou, Yudian Zhao, Jing Li, Usama Aftab, Xaviere Rousseau, Ruirui Jiang, Xiangtao Kang, Yadong Tian, Yujie Gong   +10 more
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Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Egg Production and Clutch Traits in Lindian Chickens

Animals
To accelerate breeding progress for egg production traits in Lindian chickens, the genetic parameters for egg production and clutch-related traits in Lindian chickens were evaluated in the present study.
Jiacheng Liu, Fei Liang, Changsheng Sun, Xu Wang, Zhiyong Su, Yumao Li, Peng Luan, Zhiping Cao, Xue Bai, Li Leng   +9 more
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Dietary replacement of soybean meal by fermented feedstuffs for aged laying hens: effects on laying performance, egg quality, nutrient digestibility, intestinal health, follicle development, and biological parameters in a long-term feeding period

Poultry Science, 2023
: This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with fermented soybean meal (FSM) or fermented miscellaneous meal (FMM, cottonseed meal: coconut meal = at a 1:1 ratio) on the intestinal health, laying performance, egg quality ...
Zhujin Lu, Nan Zeng, Shiguang Jiang, Xiuqi Wang, Huichao Yan, Chunqi Gao   +5 more
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