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mRNA Expression of CYP2E1, CYP2A19, CYP1A2, HSD3B, SULT1A1 and SULT2A1 genes in surgically castrated, immunologically castrated, entire male and female pigs and correlation with androstenone, skatole, indole and Improvac-specific antibody levels

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2019
This study aimed to obtain a comprehensive look at the influence of castration on mRNA expression of the genes CYP2E1, CYP1A2, CYP2A19, HSD3B, SULT2A1 and SULT1A1 and their correlation with boar taint compounds (androstenone, skatole and indole) and ...
Anna Kubešová, Kamil Šťastný, Martin Faldyna, Zbyšek Sládek, Iva Steinhauserová, Gabriela Bořilová, Aleš Knoll   +6 more
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Protection and Delivery of Phytochemicals from Passive Encapsulation to Guaranteed Self‐Assembly Induced by Amyloid Template for Chronic Disease Prevention via Modulating Microbial‐Host Crosstalk

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rising incidence of chronic diseases globally has drawn widespread attention to phytochemicals, which exert targeted preventive and alleviating effect by modulating gut microbiota; thus, a potential strategy for precision nutritional interventions is offered.
Shiqi Bai, Siying Cheng, Fengguang Ma, Xiaorong Zhang, Jianan Huang, Zhonghua Liu, Bing Hu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performances, meat quality and boar taint of castrates and entire male pigs fed a standard and a raw potato starch-enriched diet [PDF]

, 2017
In Europe there is increasing concern about the common practice of surgical castration of piglets without anaesthesia. One possible alternative to completely avoid castration is entire male pig production.
Ampuero Kragten, S., Bee, G., O'Doherty, J. V., Pauly, C., Spring, P.   +4 more
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The effect of an 18-hour delay in solid feed provisioning on the feed intake and performance of piglets in the first weeks after weaning

, 2019
It is generally accepted that early post-weaning feed intake affects post-weaning health and performance. Especially piglets that have not consumed creep feed before weaning have to learn to recognize solid feed.
De Smet, Sarah, Janssens, Geert, Millet, Sam, van Hees, Hubertus   +3 more
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Does intrauterine crowding affect the force generating capacity and muscle composition of the piglet front limb? [PDF]

, 2019
In the pig, intrauterine competition (IUC) greatly affects postnatal traits, such as birth weight, but also locomotor capacities. In a previous study, our group discovered a lower motor performance in piglets with a low birth weight and low vitality (L ...
Aerts, Peter, Ayuso, Miriam, Prims, Sara, Van Cruchten, Steven, Van Ginneken, Chris, Vanden Hole, Charlotte   +5 more
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Respiratory‐Limbic Coupling via a Thalamic Circuit Alleviates Anxiety

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study delineates a conserved preBötCGlu→PVT→CeA circuit that gates anxiety and respiration. Activation of this circuit is anxiolytic and respiratory‐stabilizing, while its inhibition has the opposite effect. Mechanistically, PVT exerts its anxiolytic action via a disinhibitory microcircuit: its inputs preferentially target CeL GABAergic neurons ...
Shangyu Bi, Xiaoyi Wang, Huichun Luo, Ziteng Yue, Tianjiao Deng, Yuhang Liu, Xinxin Chen, Jianxu Zhao, Luo Shi, Ning Ma, Lingyan Mao, Jing Ding, Jiwen Xu, Ti‐Fei Yuan, Sheng Wang, Fang Yuan   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Birth weight and postnatal dietary protein level affect performance, muscle metabolism and meat quality in pigs

Animal, 2011
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), resulting in low birth body weight (LBW) occurs naturally in pigs. However, IUGR may also cause persistent changes in physiology and metabolism resulting in poorer performance, organogenesis and meat quality.
P.M. Nissen, N. Oksbjerg
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Ebermast – eine Herausforderung für den Ökolandbau [PDF]

, 2013
Das Thema Kastration von männlichen Ferkeln wird immer wieder kontrovers zwischen Landwirten, Tierschützern und Politikern diskutiert. Die Kastration mit Betäubung und/oder Schmerzmitteln ist nur teilweise eine Verbesserung.
Früh, Barbara, Holinger, Mirjam
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Discovery of an Adaptive Neuroimmune Response Driving Itch and Fast Tick Removal with Implications for Preventing Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Itch‐induced tick removal (IITR): An acquired neuroimmune mechanism, itch‐induced tick removal, develops after repeated tick exposure, mobilizing T cells and macrophages at the tick bite site to trigger a rapid scratching response that facilitates timely tick removal within a critical window that preces the transmission of many tick‐borne pathogens ...
Johannes S. P. Doehl, Tiago D. Serafim, Serena Doh, Charles S. Grugan, Eva Iniguez, Luana Rogerio, Ronja Frigard, Ranadhir Dey, Pedro Cecilio, Xinglong Gu, Pang‐Yen Tseng, Aline da Silva Moreira, Mahnaz Minai, James Oristian, Hans Ackerman, Steven Brooks, Caroline Percopo, Siu‐Ping Ng, Derron A. Alves, Lucas Tirloni, Jennifer M. Anderson, Adriana Marques, Fabiano Oliveira, Shaden Kamhawi, Daniel E. Sonenshine, José M. C. Ribeiro, Mark Hoon, Jesus G. Valenzuela   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skatole metabolites in urine as a biological marker of pigs with enhanced hepatic metabolism

Animal, 2016
Boar taint is a quality defect in meat, related to accumulation of skatole and androstenone in male pigs. The levels of skatole and its main metabolites in plasma and urine samples were measured with a validated liquid chromatography-MS method and ...
C. Brunius, J.K. Vidanarachchi, J. Tomankova, K. Lundström, K. Andersson, G. Zamaratskaia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source