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Follicle Stimulating Hormone in Cattle Breeding: Fundamentals, Innovations, and Scope

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
FSH is crucial in cattle reproduction, with exogenous administration enhancing breeding and embryo production. Recombinant FSH offers advantages over pituitary‐extracted variants, including fewer injections, reduced stress, and safer production. These innovations improve breeding efficiency, optimize reproductive outcomes, and contribute to sustainable
Muhammad Shahzad, Hubdar Ali Kolachi, Jesse Oluwaseun Ayantoye, Xiaomeng Zhang, Muhammad Usman Mehmood, Rajilan Hilali Shanga, Pengcheng Wan, Xueming Zhao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Welfare Assessment and Meat Quality through Assessment of Stress Biomarkers in Fattening Pigs with and without Visible Damage during Slaughter

Animals
The study aimed to investigate the physiological and meat quality differences between Non-Ambulatory, Non-Injured (NANI), and without apparent abnormalities (non-NANI) pigs in a commercial slaughterhouse setting, focusing on the impact of stress and ...
Natália Nami Ogawa, Giovanna Lima Silva, Ana Paula Ayub da Costa Barbon, Karina Keller Marques da Costa Flaiban, Caio Abercio da Silva, Luiene Moura Rocha, Ana Maria Bridi   +6 more
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MicroRNA‐Seq Analysis Reveals a Critical Role for miR‐222 in Bovine Intramuscular Adipogenesis via the DDIT4/mTORC1 Axis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Schematic diagram illustrating how miR‐222 promotes bovine intramuscular adipogenesis by targeting DDIT4 to activate the mTORC1 signaling pathway. ABSTRACT Intramuscular fat (IMF) is a key determinant of beef quality, particularly with respect to tenderness, flavor, and juiciness.
Jianbing Tan, Liang Qiu, Zhenghai Zhou, Zhipeng Zhang, Nanfei Wang, Jiangang Hao, Linsen Zan, Wucai Yang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiac activity cessation during slaughtering combinations in farmed European seabass

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
Ensuring fish welfare during stunning and slaughter is essential, as these procedures represent critical points in the production cycle that can significantly impact animal welfare.
E. Hoyo‐Alvarez, M. J. Cabrera‐Álvarez, R. Ginés, A. Roque, P. Arechavala‐Lopez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Social and economic impacts of the donkey skin trade on donkey-dependent women and communities in Kenya

Human-Animal Interactions
Women in sub-Saharan Africa experience considerable economic vulnerability, with many living on less than US$1.90 per day. These women rely heavily on donkeys to perform essential daily tasks, enabling them to balance family and livelihood ...
David Obiero Oduori, Gilbert Kirui, Robert Ofwete, Ronald K. Sang, Christine Were, Laura M. Kubasiewicz   +5 more
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Thrust Joint Manipulation Utilization by Us Physical Therapists

, 2016
Study Design: Online survey study. Objective: To determine physical therapists’ utilization of thrust joint manipulation (TJM) and their comfort level in using TJM between the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the spine.
Reilly, Sean, Slaughter, Rebecca, Ventura, Erwin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant

Animal Welfare
Commercial cattle slaughter operations have shown an increasing trend towards automation, with the aim being to improve animal welfare, product quality and efficiency.
Eleanor Wigham, Megan French
doaj   +1 more source

Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source