Inbreeding depression of reproductive traits in Japanese Black cattle using genomic information [PDF]
Animal BioscienceObjective The objective of this study was to evaluate genomic inbreeding in Japanese Black cattle and its effects on reproductive traits. Methods The study analyzed reproductive records and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data from Japanese Black ...
Takayuki Ibi, Souma Kouno
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Journal of Economic Structures, 2019 This paper studies the birth of the market for Japanese black tea, its decline, and its rebirth. Currently, the black tea consumed in Japan is mostly imported.
Risa Takano, Daisuke Kanama
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Estimation of total-tract starch digestibility using fecal starch concentration in fattening Japanese Black cattle [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFattening Japanese Black cattle (Wagyu), renowned for producing marbled beef, derive essential energy from starch. While fecal starch concentration (FSC) can estimate total-tract starch digestibility (TTSD), equations developed for other beef production ...
Masaya Matamura, Makoto Kondo
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Metabolites and Free Fatty Acids in Japanese Black Beef During Wet Aging [PDF]
MetabolitesBackground: Japanese Black beef is known for its high intramuscular fat content, an important factor in its distinctive Wagyu aroma. Wet aging, which involves vacuum-packing meat and storing it at low temperatures, enhances flavor, texture, and ...
Shuji Ueda +7 more
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Factors influencing in vivo embryo production in Japanese Black donors: The role of anti-Müllerian hormone and inflammation parameters [PDF]
The Journal of Reproduction and DevelopmentIn Japanese Black (JB) cattle, the number of transferable embryos produced after superovulation is crucial for the economic success of embryo production for both farmers and veterinarians.
Hiroaki OKAWA +6 more
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Metabolites, 2021 Beef from Japanese Black cattle (Japanese Wagyu) is renowned for its flavor characteristics. To clarify the key metabolites contributing to this rich and sweet aroma of beef, an omics analysis combined with GC-olfactometry (GC-O) and metabolomics ...
Shuji Ueda +3 more
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The role of the isolation of the marginal seas during the Pleistocene in the genetic structure of black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854) in the coastal waters of Japan [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854) is a commercially important species in Japanese waters. Assessing its population structure is essential to ensure its sustainability.
Yutaro Yamashita +5 more
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Symbolic of black in the Yakut and Japanese poetry (through the example of poems by Ivan Gogolev and Takamurа Kotaro) [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2022 This paper is devoted to the issue of color symbolism in poetic text. The relevance of this study is in the fact that the specificity of the linguistic worldview of the people speaking this language is revealed through color epithets in a literary text ...
Rufova Elena, Makarova Sardana
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Maternal Effects of Japanese Shorthorn Cows on the Growth of Embryo-transferred Japanese Black Calves in a Cow-calf Grazing System [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2013 The growth performance of embryo-transferred Japanese Black calves that were born from, and suckled by, Japanese Shorthorn cows in a cow-calf grazing system (BS-group, n = 5) was compared to that of Japanese Black calves from Japanese Black cows in a ...
Manabu Yamaguchi +4 more
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Biology, 2022 Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET) systems have been intensively implemented in Japanese Black cattle in Japan and to create Japanese Black herds out of these areas. Environmental conditions influence MOET efficiency. Thus, we describe results
Juan M. Vázquez-Mosquera +12 more
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