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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effects of Litsea cubeba essential oil (LCO) on the growth performance, blood antioxidation, immune function, apparent digestibility of nutrients, and fecal microflora in fattening pigs.
Fengming Chen +14 more
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Prevotella copri increases fat accumulation in pigs fed with formula diets
Microbiome, 2021 Excessive fat accumulation of pigs is undesirable, as it severely affects economic returns in the modern pig industry. Studies in humans and mice have examined the role of the gut microbiome in host energy metabolism.
Congying Chen +10 more
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Science China Life Sciences, 2020 African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating infectious disease in swine that is severely threatening the global pig industry. An efficacious vaccine is urgently required.
Wei-ye Chen +15 more
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Regulation of conceptus development and attachment in pigs.
Journal of reproduction and fertility. Supplement, 2020 Implantation/placentation in domestic pigs is preceded by synthesis of oestrogen by the conceptus to maintain functional corpora lutea throughout pregnancy and a rapid morphological transformation of conceptuses from spherical to long filamentous thread ...
R. Geisert, J. Yelich
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Microorganisms, 2023 The aim of this study was first to examine the prevalence of bacteria-associated loss of sperm quality in samples from insemination centers during a seven-year semen monitoring program and, second, to investigate the growth dynamic of four different ...
Anne-Marie Luther +4 more
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Replication and virulence in pigs of the first African swine fever virus isolated in China
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2019 African swine fever (ASF) entered China in August 2018 and rapidly spread across the entire country, severely threatening the Chinese domestic pig population, which accounts for more than 50% of the pig population worldwide.
Dong-Ming Zhao +14 more
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Folia Veterinaria, 2019 The aim of this study was to evaluate ovarian activity and the size of oocytes in ovarian follicles in sexually mature Landrace-Yorkshire gilts in relation to the individual seasons of the year.
Kyzeková P. +6 more
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Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023 Free-stall cubicles are designed so that cows do not defecate in the bedding material, while still providing comfortable lying places. However, fixed cubicle elements, such as the partition and neck rail, restrict available movement space and may hinder ...
Stijn P. Brouwers +3 more
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Zeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin, 2019 Most studies of decomposition in forensic entomology and taphonomy have used non-human cadavers. Following the recommendation of using domestic pig cadavers as analogues for humans in forensic entomology in the 1980s, pigs became the most frequently used
S. Matuszewski +5 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Fat deposition is an economically important trait in pigs. Ningxiang pig, one of the four famous indigenous breeds in China, is characterized by high fat content. The underlying gene expression pattern in different developmental periods of backfat tissue
Chen Chen +13 more
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