Effects of Dietary Chlorogenic Acid Supplementation on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, and Muscle Flavor Substances in Finishing Pigs [PDF]
, 2023 Kunhong Xie +12 more
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Diet shapes the gut microbiome of pigs during nursing and weaning
Microbiome, 2015 BackgroundThe newborn mammal is rapidly colonized by a complex microbial community, whose importance for host health is becoming increasingly clear.
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LRR Focus: Pigs are Flying Over Ole St. Joe\u27s [PDF]
, 1993 [Excerpt] You\u27ll see a union in this hospital when pigs fly! So went the opening statement of the new director of Human Resources at St. Joseph\u27s Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois. Flying pigs instantly became our campaign mascot.
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AnimalsStaphylococcus species are widespread in poultry environments and can cause various infections, often when the host’s defences are compromised. This manuscript reports on a co-infection of chickens with Staphylococcus lentus and Staphylococcus aureus ...
Miguel Matos +4 more
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Goats work for food in a contrafreeloading task
Scientific Reports, 2020 Contrafreeloading (CFL) is the phenomenon when animals work for a resource although an identical resource is available for free. Possible explanations for CFL are that animals seek context for species-specific behaviours or to control their environments.
K. Rosenberger +4 more
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Skatole pattern during the growth period 50 to 100 kg liveweight in entire male pigs of the crossbreed combinations YDxLYD and HxLYD kept in groups of entire male pigs or in groups with dominant female pigs [PDF]
, 2005 1. Dominant females do not decrease the skatole and androstenone concentration in entire male pigs being dominated during the growth period from 50-100 kg liveweight (see fig. 1 and 3). 2.
Hansen, L.L. +3 more
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A Review of Pain Assessment in Pigs
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2016 There is a moral obligation to minimize pain in pigs used for human benefit. In livestock production, pigs experience pain caused by management procedures, e.g., castration and tail docking, injuries from fighting or poor housing conditions, “management ...
J. Marchant-Forde +5 more
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The role of microRNAs in dexamethasone-induced skeletal muscle atrophy
Experimental GerontologyMuscle atrophy is characterized by a decrease in muscle mass, strength, and activity. Recently, it was determined that microRNAs (miRNAs) can regulate muscle atrophy and that dexamethasone (Dex), an allergy and autoimmune disorder treatment that can ...
Subi Ren +5 more
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Guinea pigs sublethally infected with aerosolized Legionella pneumophila develop humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and are protected against lethal aerosol challenge. A model for studying host defense against lung infections caused by intracellular pathogens. [PDF]
, 1987 We have employed the guinea pig model of L. pneumophila infection, which mimics Legionnaires' disease in humans both clinically and pathologically, to study humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to L.
Breiman, RF, Horwitz, MA
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Oesophagostomum dentatum and Trichuris suis infections in pigs born and raised on contaminated paddocks [PDF]
, 2006 SUMMARY Transmission of Oesophagostomum dentatum and Trichuris suis was studied in outdoor reared pigs. Six farrowing paddocks were naturally contaminated in May to mid June 2001 by experimentally infected seeder pigs. Early July, 1 sow farrowed on each
Mejer, Helena, Roepstorff, Allan
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