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Chromosomal instability of purebred and crossbred dairy cows

Біологія тварин, 2022
The article presents the results of research on the karyotype characteristics variability in purebred and crossbred dairy cows. The material for the research was peripheral blood samples of purebred firstborn cows of the Ukrainian red-spotted dairy and ...
V. Dzitsiuk, L. Starodub, T. Dyman
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Optimizing purebred selection to improve crossbred performance [PDF]

Frontiers in Genetics
Crossbreeding is a widely adopted practice in the livestock industry, leveraging the advantages of heterosis and breed complementarity. The prediction of Crossbred Performance (CP) often relies on Purebred Performance (PB) due to limited crossbred data ...
Somayeh Barani, Sayed Reza Miraie Ashtiani, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Majid Khansefid, Majid Khansefid, Hadi Esfandyari   +5 more
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Comparison of Growth Performance and Meat Quality Traits of Commercial Cross-Bred Pigs versus the Large Black Pig Breed

Animals, 2021
The meat quality of different pig breeds is associated with their different muscle tissue physiological processes, which involves a large variety of genes related with muscle fat and energy metabolism.
Yongjie Wang, Keshari Thakali, Palika Morse, Sarah Shelby, Jinglong Chen, Jason Apple, Yan Huang   +6 more
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Lifetime prevalence of owner-reported medical conditions in the 25 most common dog breeds in the Dog Aging Project pack

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
IntroductionLarge scale data on the prevalence of diverse medical conditions among dog breeds in the United States are sparse. This cross-sectional study sought to estimate the lifetime prevalence of medical conditions among US dogs and to determine ...
Kiersten K. Forsyth, Brianah M. McCoy, Sarah M. Schmid, Daniel E. L. Promislow, Daniel E. L. Promislow, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Noah Snyder-Mackler, the DAP Consortium, Joshua M. Akey, Brooke Benton, Elhanan Borenstein, Marta G. Castelhano, Amanda E. Coleman, Kate E. Creevy, Kyle Crowder, Matthew D. Dunbar, Virginia R. Fajt, Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Unity Jeffery, Erica C Jonlin, Matt Kaeberlein, Elinor K. Karlsson, Kathleen F. Kerr, Jonathan M. Levine, Jing Ma, Robyn L McClelland, Daniel E. L. Promislow, Audrey Ruple, Stephen M. Schwartz, Sandi Shrager, Noah Snyder-Mackler, M. Katherine Tolbert, Silvan R. Urfer, Benjamin S. Wilfond   +34 more
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Indicators of the internal organs weight of purebred and crossbred young sheep with different methods of fattening [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
The article presents the results of studies of the indicators of live weight and the internal organs weight of purebred Khalkha and crossbreed Khalkha-Suffolk rams, depending on the method of their fattening.
Byamba D., Biltuev S., Achituev V., Zhamyanov B., Biltuev A.   +4 more
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The View of the French Dog Breeders in Relation to Female Reproduction, Maternal Care and Stress during the Peripartum Period

Animals, 2020
In France, as in many other western countries, dogs are an important part of the society as pets or working animals. The exact demand for puppies in France is unknown, as is the proportion of dogs coming from different breeding sources. Nevertheless, the
Natalia R. dos Santos, Alexandra Beck, Alain Fontbonne   +2 more
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Additional PAX3 Variants for Dominant Blue Eyes in Cats. [PDF]

Anim Genet
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.
Abitbol M, Eiselé T, Lipovenko E.
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Bioenergetic and ethological features of the first-calf heifers of different genotypes

Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, 2021
The aim of this work was to study bioenergetic and ethological indicators in crossbred first-calf heifers compared to purebred first-calf heifers.
O. O. Borshch, S. Yu. Ruban, O. V. Borshch, V. M. Polishchuk   +3 more
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Differential proteomic profile of spermatogenic and Sertoli cells from peri-pubertal testes of three different bovine breeds

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2014
Sub-fertility is one of the most common problems observed in crossbred males, but the aetiology remains unknown in most of the cases. Although proteomic differences in the spermatozoa and seminal plasma between breeds have been investigated, the possible
Utkarsh Kumar Tripathi, Muhammad eAslam M K, Shashank ePandey, Samiksha eNayak, Shivani eChhillar, A eSrinivasan, T K eMohanty, Prashant H Kadam, M S eChauhan, Savita eYadav, Arumugam eKumaresan   +10 more
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Optimizing genomic reference populations to improve crossbred performance

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2020
Background In pig and poultry breeding, the objective is to improve the performance of crossbred production animals, while selection takes place in the purebred parent lines. One way to achieve this is to use genomic prediction with a crossbred reference
Yvonne C. J. Wientjes, Piter Bijma, Mario P. L. Calus   +2 more
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