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Determining sow and piglet characteristics associated with stillbirth and pre-weaning piglet survival in F1 Large White × Landrace pigs in South Africa

Letters in Animal Biology
Pre-weaning mortality remains a persistent constraint in commercial pig production systems worldwide, affecting herd efficiency and economic returns. The aim of the study was to determine sow and piglet characteristics associated with stillbirth and pre-
Rivoningo N. Mabunda, Mamokoma C. Modiba, Khathutshelo A. Nephawe , Hezekiel Mpedi, Takalani J. Mpofu   +4 more
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The Adipose‐Sympathetic Nerve Crosstalk: FSTL1 as an Adipocyte‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor for WAT Browning

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
As a novel adipose‐derived neurotrophic factor, Follistatin‐like 1 is endocytosed by sympathetic neurons primarily via tropomyosin‐related kinase B. This process promotes sympathetic innervation in adipose tissue and norepinephrine release, leading to white adipose tissue browning, enhanced thermogenesis, and anti‐obesity effects in mice.
Xiao‐Wei Jia, Jia‐Xin Liu, Rui‐Ping Wang, Xue‐Qin Wu, Yao Che, Mu‐Chen Wu, Hong‐Wei Shang, Xin Lu, Tao Lu, Lu‐Lu Wang, Chun‐Yan Jiang, Dong‐Liang Fang, Chun Yang, Yan Gao   +13 more
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Predicting Single‐Cell Perturbation Responses Across Biological Contexts With a Deep Generative Model Integrating Optimal Transport

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Single‐cell perturbation responses are predicted across held‐out biological contexts using scPILOT, a query‐conditioned two‐stage latent response‐transfer framework. A shared latent representation supports cell‐level response estimation by latent optimal transport, followed by Leiden‐localized query‐specific transfer and adaptive weighting.
Jialiang Wang, Ziqi Liu, Zhengqian Zhang, Yikun Cao, Junjun Ren, Peng Cheng, Jingjing Tian, Lingyun Xie, Xin Lu, Zhanwei Du, Yongzhuang Liu   +10 more
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Surgical management if ruptured umbilical hernia in a piglet

, 2017
No AbstractKeywords: umbilical, piglet, abscess, ruptured, hernia, elliptical skin incision ...
Babalola, S.A., George, S.I.
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TECTB Variants Reveal Tectorial Membrane Vulnerability in Dominant Non‐Syndromic Hearing Loss

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
TECTB is a non‐collagenous protein of the tectorial membrane – an extracellular matrix of the cochlea. This study identifies dominant missense variants in TECTB linked to human hereditary deafness in two unrelated families. Genetically engineered mice homozygous for one of the variants are profoundly deaf, whereas heterozygous mice have normal hearing ...
Evan B. Hale, Barbara Vona, Richard J. Goodyear, Richard T. Osgood, Jun Shen, Sami S. Amr, Karen Mojica, Michaela A. H. Hofrichter, Jörg Schröder, Sophie Flandin, Paul Gratias, Ricardo Vera‐Monroy, Katherine Callahan, Kerry L. Gudlewski, Rolen Quadros, Masato Ohtsuka, JoAnn McGee, Edward J. Walsh, Cynthia C. Morton, Thomas Haaf, Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, James E. Saunders, Guy P. Richardson, Artur A. Indzhykulian   +23 more
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Microfluidic Gratings for X‐Ray Phase Contrast Imaging

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work establishes a new protocol for the fabrication of X‐ray gratings that exploits the advantages of microfluidics and enables a more inexpensive, faster, and scalable production process. These X‐ray devices are fundamental for implementing X‐ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) in laboratory and clinical settings, yet their costly and complex ...
Alessandro Rossi, Antonio Ferraro, Francesco Coccimiglio, Tiziana Ritacco, Alberto Astolfo, Michele Giocondo, Vincenzo Formoso, Raffaele Giuseppe Agostino, Francesco Iacoviello, Ioannis Papakonstantinou, Alessandro Olivo   +10 more
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TH/TRs–COL11A2 Axis Mediates Loss of a Differentiated Astrocyte State in Hypogyrified Brains

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Using a gyrencephalic congenital hypothyroidism pig model, this study reveals cerebral atrophy and cortical hypogyrification. Single‐cell sequencing identifies astrocytes as major TH‐responsive cells, with the COL11A2‐enriched Astro‐2 state nearly absent.
Ying Zhang, Xiao Wang, Hongyan Ma, Pengcheng Lyu, Shuangjie Tian, Ruojun Zong, Jiani Chen, Gang Ren, Yongjiang Yang, Zichen Yang, Guosong Qin, Naishi Li, Yanfang Wang, Jianwei Jiao, Jianguo Zhao   +14 more
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Effect of within-litter birth weight variation on piglet survival and pre-weaning weight gain in a commercial herd

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2015
There are several factors that affect piglet survival and this has a bearing on sow productivity. Ten variables that influence pre-weaning vitality were analysed using records from the Pig Industry Board, Zimbabwe.
Norest Marandu, Tinyiko Edward Halimani, Michael Chimonyo, Andrew Shoniwa, Tonderai Mutibvu   +4 more
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An Injectable, Self‐Expanding Hemostatic Foam for Field‐Compatible Postpartum Hemorrhage Management

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, yet many treatments are hard to use outside well‐equipped hospitals. This work introduces an easy‐to‐use device that rapidly delivers a degradable foam into the uterus. The foam stops bleeding through pressure and clotting support, offering a practical option for low‐resource ...
Charlotte Meyer, Noël Strasser, Ilakkiya Ravindrarajah, Elsa Wrenger, Kristian Ivkovic, Jan Ševčík, Sima Šarčević, Lenka Červenková, Jáchym Rosendorf, Václav Liška, Alexandre H. Anthis, Thomas Rduch, Inge K. Herrmann   +12 more
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Optimizing the thermal environment for piglets in farrowing houses: A comprehensive narrative review

Open Veterinary Journal
Optimizing the thermal environment in farrowing houses is essential for enhancing neonatal piglet survival, welfare, and production efficiency. Newborn piglets possess limited thermoregulatory capacity and low energy reserves, which makes them highly ...
Nombuso N. Nkosi, Peter A. Idowu, Khathutshelo A. Nephawe, Takalani J. Mpofu   +3 more
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