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Genomic Structural Variations Provide Insights Into Litter Size and Teat Number Traits in Hu Sheep

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Here, we conducted whole genome sequencing on 300 Hu sheep with an average depth of 16.51X. Two candidate genes associated with litter size and teat number traits were identified, namely MAST2 and AFDN. ABSTRACT Litter size and the teat number are important economic indicators in sheep production.
Xin Xiang, Wei Dai, Jiqiang Liu, Zhengguang Wang   +3 more
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Integration of Nutrition and Organic Agriculture Framework in Managing Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Ruminants

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Gastrointestinal nematode infections damage the gastrointestinal epithelial tissues of ruminants, affecting nutrient utilization and overall production performance. This review outlines host‐gastrointestinal nematode interactions and discusses integrated control strategies, including nutritional supplementation, grazing management, vaccines, and ...
Wenxun Chen, Xiangfang Tang, Yimin Zhuang, Shengjun Zhao, Ying Ren, Xiaokang Lv   +5 more
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Bile acid metabolism and signaling in human and animal health: A One Health perspective

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
Bile acids maintain host homeostasis through enterohepatic circulation, microbial transformation, and bile acid receptor signaling, thereby regulating glucose and lipid metabolism, intestinal barrier integrity, and immunity. These effects support human disease intervention and health‐oriented animal production, reducing drug dependence and residue ...
Lei Li, Shuai Liu, Zhijun Cao, Yangchun Cao, Shengru Wu, Lu Deng, Junhu Yao, Jun Zhang   +7 more
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The potential interaction between ewe body condition score and nutrition during very late pregnancy and lactation on the performance of twin-bearing ewes and their lambs [PDF]

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2017
Objective The present study aimed to determine the impact of ewe body condition score (BCS) (over a range of 2.0 to 3.0) and nutritional treatments (consisting of differing herbage masses) during very late pregnancy and lactation and their potential ...
L. M. Cranston, P. R. Kenyon, R. A. Corner-Thomas, S. T. Morris   +3 more
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Association between the prion protein genotype and animal performance traits in a large multibreed sheep population

Animal, 2022
Genetic susceptibility to scrapie, a fatal disease of sheep and goats, is modulated by polymorphisms in the prion protein (PrP). Neither the frequency of the PrP genotypes nor their association with animal performance has been investigated in a large ...
N. McHugh, A.C. O'Brien, T. Pabiou, K. McDermott, D.P. Berry   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age ratio in groups of a social ungulate affects epizoochorous dispersal and diaspore exchanges

Oikos, EarlyView.
Animal‐mediated seed dispersal is a key process in plant population dynamics, species distribution and ecosystem functioning. As long‐distance dispersal agents, ungulates help to maintain native plant populations facing abiotic changes in their habitat and habitat fragmentation or habitat loss.
Antoine Roux, Cloé Balson, Morgane Audiguier, Marie Battista, Didier Marcon, Olivier Pays, Christophe Baltzinger   +6 more
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The effects of birth rank (single or twin) and dam age on the lifetime productive performance of female dual purpose sheep (Ovis aries) offspring in New Zealand.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Greater rates of genetic gain can be achieved by selecting animals born to younger parents. However, little is known about the lifetime performance of dual purpose ewes (Ovis aries) that are born to primiparous ewe lambs (8 to 9 months old at breeding ...
E J Pettigrew, R E Hickson, S T Morris, N Lopez-Villalobos, S J Pain, P R Kenyon, H T Blair   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of different types of stressors during mid- and late pregnancy on lamb weight and body size at birth

Animal, 2010
Mid-pregnancy shearing has consistently been shown to increase lamb birth weight, which can lead to an increase in lamb survival rates. However, shearing ewes during the winter months and under outdoor pastoral farming conditions can expose the recently ...
R.A. Corner, P.R. Kenyon, K.J. Stafford, D.M. West, M.H. Oliver   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Litter size, litter weight, and lamb survivability of Doyogena sheep managed under community-based breeding program in Ethiopia

Heliyon, 2022
Increasing litter size and weight during the marketing time by decreasing mortality among lambs per ewe is the objective of the community-based breeding program (CBBP).
Kebede Habtegiorgis, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew, Adisu Jimma, Deribe Gemiyo   +4 more
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Using participatory scenario planning to explore the synergies and trade‐offs from upland treescape expansion

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The future of land use in the UK uplands is highly debated, with growing interest in increasing tree cover and other land use changes, alongside a desire to maintain traditional land use patterns and practices. Treescape expansion is likely to result in synergies and trade‐offs between different outcomes, so integrating stakeholder preferences
Melissa Minter, Susan Baker, Euan Bowditch, Sheena Carlisle, Natasha Constant, Alix Syder, Tom Finch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source