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Studies on growth rates in pigs and the effect of birth weight [PDF]

, 2006
End of project reportThe purpose of this study was to assess some environmental and management factors that affect growth performance on commercial pig units.
Boyle, Laura, Cahill, A., Lawlor, Peadar G, le Dividich, J., Lynch, P Brendan, O'Doherty, John V.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individual piglets' contribution to the development of tail biting [PDF]

Conflicting hypotheses exist about the contribution of individual pigs to the development of a tail-biting outbreak, but there is limited quantitative information to support or dismiss them.
Bracke, M.B.M., Hartog, L.A., den, Kemp, B., Spoolder, H.A.M., Zonderland, J.J.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Ovarian Matrisome Dynamics and αvβ3‐Mediated Regulation in Early Follicular Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The matrisome undergoes dynamic remodeling during early follicular development. Integrin αvβ3 mediates matrisome signals, regulating primordial follicle activation/atresia and secondary follicle growth via Hippo/mTOR pathways, with conserved roles in human ovaries, offering therapeutic targets for ovarian disorders.
Tong Wu, Yanzhi Feng, Qingqing Zhu, Ting Jiang, Yueyue Gao, Kebing Nie, Xianan Tang, Ying Chen, Dianxing Hu, Xudan Yang, Shixuan Wang, Meng Wu, Jinjin Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

HACCP for Weaning Diarrhoea [PDF]

, 2011
Deliverables of the COREPIG project are management tools based on the HACCP principle (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points). These tools help farmers (in a farm specific way) to solve and prevent problems with endoparasites, reproduction and ...
Dippel, Sabine, Früh, Barbara, Leeb, Christine   +2 more
core  

Engineered Living Systems With Self‐Organizing Neural Networks: From Anatomy to Behavior and Gene Expression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ectodermal tissue excised from Xenopus embryos self‐organizes into a three‐dimensional mucociliary organoid. Here, we generate a neural variant, termed neurobot, by implanting neural precursor cells. Neurobots develop mature neurons, adopt distinct morphologies, exhibit more complex motility, and respond differentially to neuroactive compounds. Imaging
Haleh Fotowat, Laurie O'Neill, Léo Pio‐Lopez, Megan M. Sperry, Patrick Erickson, Tiffany Lin, Michael Levin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporary versus permanent crating: free movement of mother sow enhances piglet play behaviour

Animal
Farrowing crates drastically restrict behavioural opportunities for lactating sows. Temporary crating (TC) systems restrain the sow for the first few days after farrowing and then allow free sow movement in the farrowing pen for the rest of lactation. TC
M. Špinka, V. Sekyrová, Š. Hulmáková, A. Bennettová, G. Illmann   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paternal Circadian Disruption Impairs Offspring Cognition via Sperm microRNAs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Paternal circadian disruption remodels the sperm small RNA payload, elevating miR‐92a‐3p/miR‐25‐3p levels and perturbing early embryonic gene regulatory programs. Microinjection experiments and single‐embryo transcriptomics reveal sex‐specific developmental vulnerabilities, ultimately impairing offspring hippocampal synaptic plasticity and cognition ...
Kexin Zou, Sisi Luo, Binliang Tang, Zhiqiang Liu, Yuchuan Zhou, Yicong Meng, Zhengmu Wu, Zheng Sun, Weihui Shi, Jianzhong Sheng, Chuanjin Yu, Zhenhua Li, Siyi Wei, Mo Zhang, Yujie Luo, Jing Yan, Xueyun Qin, Jiahang Mo, Chengliang Zhou, Jinsong Li, Hefeng Huang, Yifu Ding, Guolian Ding   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

CRP Deficiency Rescues Periodontitis‐Induced Hippocampal Neurogenesis Impairment by Suppressing OPC‐Derived BMP4 Signaling in Rats

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chronic periodontitis elevates circulating CRP, which enters the hippocampus to upregulate BMP4 in oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), thereby impairing neurogenesis and inducing anxiety/depression‐like behaviors in rats. Counteracting this pathway, CRP deficiency helps confer functional resilience to OPCs.
Lingjie Li, Ping Deng, Siyu Hou, Xianbo Xia, Wei Zhao, Xingyu Zhu, Yang Zhang, Chao Wang, Ling Xu, Jinlin Song   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does vertical integration reduce investment reluctance in production chains? An agent-based real options approach [PDF]

This paper uses an agent-based real options approach to analyze whether stronger vertical integration reduces investment reluctance in pork production. A competitive model in which firms identify optimal investment strategies by using genetic algorithms ...
Balmann, Alfons, Larsen, Karin, Musshoff, Oliver   +2 more
core   +1 more source