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Effect of unconventional feeds on production cost, growth performance and expression of quantitative genes in growing pigs

Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 2022
This study examined the effects of unconventional feed on performance characteristics and candi-date gene expression in growing pigs of 3-5months of age.
U. Sorhue, I. Israel, A. M. Moemeka, I. Omeje, I. Udeh, C. V. Idama, F. Awolowo   +6 more
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Chicken jejunal microbiota improves growth performance by mitigating intestinal inflammation

Microbiome, 2022
Background Intestinal inflammation is prevalent in chicken, which results in decreased growth performance and considerable economic losses. Accumulated findings established the close relationship between gut microbiota and chicken growth performance ...
Xiaolong Zhang, M. Akhtar, Yan Chen, Ziyu Ma, Yuyun Liang, Deshi Shi, Ranran Cheng, Lei Cui, Ya-fang Hu, Abdallah A Nafady, Abdur Rahman Ansari, El-Sayed M. Abdel-Kafy, Huazhen Liu   +12 more
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Effect of environmental factors on growth performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

International journal of biometeorology, 2022
Aquaculture is the practice of developing aquatic animals and plants under artificial environmental conditions, either in a controlled or semi-controlled environment.
M. A. Abd El-Hack, M. El‐Saadony, Maha M. Nader, H. Salem, Amira M. El-Tahan, S.M.A. Soliman, A. Khafaga   +6 more
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Longitudinal evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for ameliorating calf diarrhea and improving growth performance

Nature Communications, 2021
Calf diarrhea is associated with enteric infections, and also provokes the overuse of antibiotics. Therefore, proper treatment of diarrhea represents a therapeutic challenge in livestock production and public health concerns.
H. Kim, T. Whon, Hojun Sung, Yun-Seok Jeong, E. Jung, N. Shin, Dong-Wook Hyun, P. Kim, June-Young Lee, C. Lee, J. Bae   +10 more
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Digestibility and metabolism of copper in diets for pigs and influence of dietary copper on growth performance, intestinal health, and overall immune status: a review

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2021
The current contribution reviews absorption and metabolism of copper (Cu), Cu deficiency, Cu toxicity, Cu bioavailability, and effects of pharmacological levels of Cu on growth performance and intestinal health of pigs. Copper is a micro mineral involved
C. Espinosa, H. Stein
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Effects of Ammonia on Gut Microbiota and Growth Performance of Broiler Chickens

Animals, 2021
Simple Summary The composition and function of gut microbiota is crucial for the health of the host and closely related to animal growth performance. Factors that impact microbiota composition can also impact its productivity.
H. Han, Ying Zhou, Q. Liu, Guan-Lian Wang, Jing-hai Feng, Minhong Zhang   +5 more
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Effect of Dietary Microalgae on Growth Performance, Profiles of Amino and Fatty Acids, Antioxidant Status, and Meat Quality of Broiler Chickens

Animals, 2020
Simple Summary The use of feed additives with no side effectsfor enhancing growth performance and improving meat quality in broilers chickens is an essential research topic.
S. El-Bahr, S. Shousha, A. Shehab, Wassem Khattab, O. Ahmed-Farid, I. Sabike, O. El-Garhy, I. Albokhadaim, Khaled Albosadah   +8 more
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The oak (Quercus brantii) acorn as a growth promotor for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): growth performance, body composition, liver enzymes activity and blood biochemical parameters

Natural Product Research, 2020
Medicinal plants play an important role in aquaculture as feed additives. This study aimed to investigate effects of alcoholic extract of acorn on growth performance, body composition, digestive enzymes activity and blood biochemical parameters of ...
Ghasem Rashidian, Sara Bahrami Gorji, Mehdi Naderi Farsani, Marko D. Prokić, C. Faggio   +4 more
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Sanguinarine modulate gut microbiome and intestinal morphology to enhance growth performance in broilers

PLoS ONE, 2020
Sanguinarine is a bioactive compound as a quaternary benzophenanthridine alkaloid from plant of the Macleaya cordata, Papaveraceae family. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary sanguinarine supplementation on growth ...
Zhuying Liu, Xiaolong Wang, S. Ou, D. Hou, Jianhua He   +4 more
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Alternative designs and tropical tree seedling growth performance landscapes.

Ecology, 2020
The functional trait values that constitute a whole-plant phenotype interact with the environment to determine demographic rates. Current approaches often fail to explicitly consider trait-trait and trait-environment interactions, which may lead to ...
S. J. Worthy, D. Laughlin, Jenny Zambrano, M. Umaña, Caicai Zhang, Luxiang Lin, M. Cao, N. Swenson   +7 more
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