Early-Life Exposure of Pigs to Topsoil Alters miRNA and mRNA Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Exposure to less-hygienic conditions during early childhood has been associated with stimulation and development of the immune system. A recent study indicated that exposure of piglets to soil-borne microbes during lactation was related with modulation ...
M. M. De Souza +7 more
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Characterization of the eukaryotic microbial communities in the chicken ileum in cage-free and conventional commercial housing systems [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2023 : The current shift from conventional cage (CC) hen housing facilities towards cage-free (CF) hen housing in the egg industry has left many questions regarding how level of fecal exposure and exposure to other hens may influence the hen intestinal ...
C.J. Anderson +3 more
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Effects of a direct fed microbial (DFM) on broiler chickens exposed to acute and chronic cyclic heat stress in two consecutive experiments [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2022 Two consecutive 35 d experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of a multistrain DFM fed continuously to broiler chickens exposed to HS from 28 to 35 d on broiler performance, body composition, ileal digestibility, and intestinal permeability ...
A.H. Sarsour +3 more
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Identification of Breed Differences in Known and New Fescue Toxicosis Associated Phenotypes in Charolais-and Hereford-Sired Crossbred Beef Cows [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Beef cattle phenotypes are affected by the consumption of toxic fescue. Toxic fescue’s impact is dependent on heat stress and breed composition, with genetic variability for robustness to toxin exposure believed to exist within and across breeds.
Kayla M. Lucas +7 more
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Indicators of increased ER stress and UPR in aged D2-mdx and human dystrophic skeletal muscles [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive muscle disease that results in muscle wasting, wheelchair dependence, and eventual death due to cardiac and respiratory complications.
Swathy Krishna +5 more
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Impacts of an energy sparing feed additive on turkeys fed titrating reduced energy diets [PDF]
Poultry ScienceProviding amino acids, energy, and minerals are costly dietary components in formulating diets for turkeys, with corn, soybean meal, and oils being of utmost interest due to their percent inclusion levels. In addition, the highest feed consumption occurs
Brooke A. Wilson +3 more
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Symposium: Better teaching through science: incorporating the scholarship of teaching & learning [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2023 : The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, also referred to as SOTL, provides a framework for instructors to evaluate student learning and use evidence to determine pedagogical changes in the classroom.
Elizabeth L. Karcher +5 more
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Research note: Impacts on turkey health when fed titrating reduced energy diets with an energy sparing feed additive [PDF]
Poultry ScienceThe source of energy in turkey diets is one of the highest feed costs per unit to turkey producers. Reducing the cost by reducing energy concentration in a turkey diet while maintaining performance and health would economically benefit turkey producers ...
Brooke A. Wilson +3 more
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Energy digestibility in broilers and poult performance when fed palm or soybean oil with or without glyceryl monolaurate [PDF]
Poultry ScienceTwo trials were conducted to determine interactive effects between lipid source (palm oil, PO versus soybean oil, SO) and emulsifier addition (none versus glycerol monolaurate-GML) on apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of gross energy (GE) in ...
Brian J. Kerr +4 more
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Amino acid and energy digestibility of conventional corn dried distillers grains with solubles, high protein distillers dried grains, and corn fermented protein, and impacts on turkey poult growth performance and intestinal characteristics [PDF]
Poultry Science: Amino acids (AA) are an expensive nutritional components of poultry diets. Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) is the primary co-product produced by the dry grind bioethanol industry, although new technologies are being implemented to produce ...
Zoie K. VerBeek +5 more
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