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Dietary Fibre Supplementation Improves Semen Production by Increasing Leydig Cells and Testosterone Synthesis in a Growing Boar Model

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Testicular development is imperative to spermatogenesis, and pre-puberty is the key period for testis development. This study, therefore, investigated the effects of fibre supplementation on testis development and its possible mechanism in a growing boar
Yan Lin, Yan Lin, De Wu, De Wu, Lianqiang Che, Lianqiang Che, Zhengfeng Fang, Zhengfeng Fang, Shengyu Xu, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Bin Feng, Yong Zhuo, Yong Zhuo, Jian Li, Jian Li, Caimei Wu, Caimei Wu, Junjie Zhang, Lujie Li, Lujie Li   +20 more
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The Improvement of Semen Quality by Dietary Fiber Intake Is Positively Related With Gut Microbiota and SCFA in a Boar Model

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Although fiber-rich diets have been positively associated with sperm quality, there have not been any studies that have examined the effects of dietary fiber and its metabolites on sperm quality in young or pre-pubescent animals.
Yan Lin, Yan Lin, Ke Wang, Ke Wang, Lianqiang Che, Lianqiang Che, Zhengfeng Fang, Zhengfeng Fang, Shengyu Xu, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Bin Feng, Yong Zhuo, Yong Zhuo, Jian Li, Jian Li, Caimei Wu, Caimei Wu, Junjie Zhang, Haoyu Xiong, Haoyu Xiong, Chenglong Yu, Chenglong Yu, De Wu, De Wu   +24 more
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Maternal tributyrin supplementation in late pregnancy and lactation improves offspring immunity, gut microbiota, and diarrhea rate in a sow model

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionSeveral studies have evaluated the effects of tributyrin on sow reproductive performance; however, none of these studies have investigated the effects of tributyrin on sow gut microbiota and its potential interactions with immune systems and ...
Yan Lin, Yan Lin, Dan Li, Dan Li, Zhao Ma, Zhao Ma, Lianqiang Che, Lianqiang Che, Bin Feng, Bin Feng, Zhengfeng Fang, Zhengfeng Fang, Shengyu Xu, Shengyu Xu, Yong Zhuo, Yong Zhuo, Jian Li, Jian Li, Lun Hua, Lun Hua, De Wu, De Wu, Junjie Zhang, Yuanxiao Wang   +23 more
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Molecular dynamics and optimization studies of horse prion protein wild type and its S167D mutant [PDF]

MDPI journal Zoonotic Diseases 4(3):187-200 (2024), 2021
Prion diseases or called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are fatal neurodegenerative diseases characterised by the accumulation of an abnormal prion protein isoform (rich in beta-sheets - about 30% alpha-helix and 43% beta-sheet), which is converted from the normal prion protein (predominant in alpha-helix - about 42% alpha-helix and 3% beta ...
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The Optimal Combination of Dietary Starch, Non-Starch Polysaccharides, and Mannan-Oligosaccharide Increases the Growth Performance and Improves Butyrate-Producing Bacteria of Weaned Pigs

Animals, 2020
The present experiment was conducted to dissect the effects of different carbohydrate combinations on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and microbial communities in weaned pigs.
Hua Zhou, Bing Yu, Jun He, Xiangbing Mao, Ping Zheng, Jie Yu, Junqiu Luo, Yuheng Luo, Hui Yan, Daiwen Chen   +9 more
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Functional annotation of creeping bentgrass protein sequences based on convolutional neural network [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol 22, 227 (2022), 2021
Background: Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis soionifera) is a perennial grass of Gramineae, belonging to cold season turfgrass, but has poor disease resistance. Up to now, little is known about the induced systemic resistance (ISR) mechanism, especially the relevant functional proteins, which is important to disease resistance of turfgrass.
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Effects of different starch structures on energy metabolism in pigs

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2023
Background Starch is a major component of carbohydrates and a major energy source for monogastric animals. Starch is composed of amylose and amylopectin and has different physiological functions due to its different structure.
Xiaoqian Gao, Bing Yu, Jie Yu, Xiangbing Mao, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Junqiu Luo, Ping Zheng, Hui Yan, Jun He, Daiwen Chen   +10 more
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Dietary fiber during gestation improves lactational feed intake of sows by modulating gut microbiota

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2023
Background The feed intake of sows during lactation is often lower than their needs. High-fiber feed is usually used during gestation to increase the voluntary feed intake of sows during lactation.
Shuang Li, Jie Zheng, Jiaqi He, Hao Liu, Yingyan Huang, Liansu Huang, Ke Wang, Xilun Zhao, Bin Feng, Lianqiang Che, Zhengfeng Fang, Jian Li, Shengyu Xu, Yan Lin, Xuemei Jiang, Lun Hua, Yong Zhuo, De Wu   +17 more
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Effects of dietary Clostridium butyricum supplementation on growth performance, intestinal development, and immune response of weaned piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2018
Background Weanling pigs, with immature immune system and physiological function, usually experience post-weaning diarrhea. This study determined the effects of dietary Clostridium butyricum supplementation on growth performance, diarrhea, and immunity ...
Ling Chen, Shuang Li, Jie Zheng, Wentao Li, Xuemei Jiang, Xilun Zhao, Jian Li, Lianqiang Che, Yan Lin, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Zhengfeng Fang, De Wu   +12 more
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Effect of different dietary protein levels and amino acids supplementation patterns on growth performance, carcass characteristics and nitrogen excretion in growing-finishing pigs

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2019
Background This study was conducted to determine the effects of different dietary protein levels and amino acids supplementation patterns in low protein diets on the growth performance, carcass characteristics and nitrogen excretion in growing-finishing ...
Yumei Zhao, Gang Tian, Daiwen Chen, Ping Zheng, Jie Yu, Jun He, Xiangbing Mao, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Junqiu Luo, Bing Yu   +10 more
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