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A framework to refocus the conversation around the welfare of UK purebred cats [PDF]
Animal WelfarePreviously, consideration of purebred cat welfare has focused heavily on links between specific breeds and their predispositions to disease, extreme morphology, and behavioural traits.
Claire Roberts +3 more
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Additional PAX3 Variants for Dominant Blue Eyes in Cats [PDF]
Animal Genetics, Volume 57, Issue 5, October 2026.ABSTRACT Since the recent publication of the first feline variant of the PAX3 (Paired Box 3) gene associated with blue eyes and minimal white spotting (DBE, Dominant Blue Eyes), three further variants of PAX3 have been reported in felines. However, these four variants do not account for all the different feline lines that exhibit DBE.
Marie Abitbol +2 more
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The impact of pig breed on stress levels and meat quality: a study on mangalita purebred and Duroc x Landrace crossbred pigs in Romania [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2023 This study aimed to investigate the impact of pig breed on stress levels and meat quality in two commercial pig farms in the north-eastern part of Romania.
V.N. Arsenoaia +4 more
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Journal of Dairy Science, 2023 This study aimed to compare rotational 3-breed crossbred cows of Viking Red, Montbéliarde, and Holstein breeds with purebred Holstein cows for a range of body measurements, as well as different metrics of the cows' productivity and production efficiency.
M. Piazza +5 more
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Changes of Hepcidin, Ferritin and Iron Levels in Cycling Purebred Spanish Mares
Animals, 2023 Simple Summary The present study provides new insights into the physiological changes in iron metabolism associated with the estrus cycle in Purebred Spanish mares.
Katy Satué +3 more
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Peculiarities of growth and further productivity of purebred and crossbred cows
Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2023 Use of genetic specifics of pure breeding in animal husbandry allows cross breeders to produce herds that are completely of high breeding value, and also improve genetic potential of the best breeds.
М. І. Bashchenko +6 more
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GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS- ON DOE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE UNDER DESERT CONDITION [PDF]
Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 2002 Reproductive performance of 215 does of pure New Zealand Wbite·1abbits (NN), pure Californian (CC), two reciprocal crosses (NC& CN), two backerosses (BCN and BCe) and F2 crossbred were studied.
Z. Sabra, H. Zaky,
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Ranking of beef cattle sires by their breeding value on progeny performance [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2020 The objective of this study was to rank Limousin sires by their different breeding values based on the weaning weight of their progeny. 205-day weaning weight record of altogether 18746 purebred and crossbred calves sired by breeding bulls of the ...
Szabolcs Bene +3 more
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Purebred dogs show higher levels of genomic damage compared to mixed breed dogs
Mammalian Genome, 2023 Inbreeding is a common phenomenon in small, fragmented or isolated populations, typical conditions of many threatened species. In the present paper, we used a new non-invasive approach based on the buccal micronucleus assay to evaluate the possible ...
A. Santovito +4 more
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Genetics Selection Evolution, 2022 There is growing interest in using genetic selection to obtain more resilient farm animals (i.e. that are minimally affected by disturbances or rapidly recover from them).
N. Bédère +6 more
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