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Gut microbiota affects the estrus return of sows by regulating the metabolism of sex steroid hormones

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2023
Background Sex hormones play important roles in the estrus return of post-weaning sows. Previous studies have demonstrated a complex and bi-directional regulation between sex hormones and gut microbiota.
Min Liu, Jia Zhang, Yunyan Zhou, Shuqi Xiong, Mengqing Zhou, Lin Wu, Qin Liu, Zhe Chen, Hui Jiang, Jiawen Yang, Yuxin Liu, Yaxiang Wang, Congying Chen, Lusheng Huang   +13 more
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African Swine Fever Virus: An Emerging DNA Arbovirus

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the sole member of the family Asfarviridae, and the only known DNA arbovirus. Since its identification in Kenya in 1921, ASFV has remained endemic in Africa, maintained in a sylvatic cycle between Ornithodoros soft ...
N. Gaudreault, Daniel W. Madden, W. Wilson, J. Trujillo, J. Richt   +4 more
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Transcriptome profiling in swine macrophages infected with African swine fever virus at single-cell resolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Significance African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes a severe and highly contagious disease in pigs and wild boars, but no commercial vaccines or antivirals are available currently.
Yuxuan Zheng, Su Li, Shihua Li, Shaoxiong Yu, Qihui Wang, Kehui Zhang, Liang Qu, Yuan Sun, Y. Bi, Fuchou Tang, H. Qiu, G. Gao   +11 more
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Prevalent Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with 2009 pandemic viral genes facilitating human infection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Significance Pigs are intermediate hosts for the generation of pandemic influenza virus. Thus, systematic surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs is a key measure for prewarning the emergence of the next pandemic influenza.
Honglei Sun, Yihong Xiao, Jiyu Liu, Dayan Wang, Fangtao Li, Chenxi Wang, Chong Li, Junda Zhu, Jingwei Song, Haoran Sun, Zhimin Jiang, Litao Liu, Xin Zhang, Kai Wei, Dongjun Hou, Juan Pu, Yipeng Sun, Qi Tong, Y. Bi, Kin-Chow Chang, Sidang Liu, G. Gao, Jinhua Liu   +22 more
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Combined effects of functionally-oriented exercise regimens and nutritional supplementation on both the institutionalised and free-living frail elderly (double-blind, randomised clinical trial)

BMC Public Health, 2009
Background Consistently swelling proportion of the frail elderly within a modern society challenges the overstrained public health sector to provide both adequate medical care and comprehensive assistance in their multiple functional deficits of daily ...
Grodzicki Tomasz, Swine Christian, Zak Marek   +2 more
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Airborne Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from a Concentrated Swine Feeding Operation [PDF]

, 2004
The use of nontherapeutic levels of antibiotics in swine production can select for antibiotic resistance in commensal and pathogenic bacteria in swine. As a result, retail pork products, as well as surface and groundwaters contaminated with swine waste ...
Amy Chapin, Ana Rule, Jensen LB, Kellogg Schwab, Kristen Gibson, Mackiewicz B, Timothy Buckley, Zahn JA   +7 more
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A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective as a live attenuated vaccine in pigs

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, Dongmin Zhao, Xijun He, Renqiang Liu, Zilong Wang, Xianfeng Zhang, Fang Li, Dan Shan, Hefeng Chen, Jiwen Zhang, Lu Wang, Zhiyuan Wen, Xi-jun Wang, Y. Guan, Jinxiong Liu, Z. Bu   +15 more
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Phenolic compounds as natural feed additives in poultry and swine diets: a review

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2021
Due to ban on using antibiotics in feed industry, awareness of using natural feed additives have led to a great demand. The interest of plants phenolic compounds as a potential natural antioxidant source has been considered in research community due to ...
S. Mahfuz, Q. Shang, X. Piao
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Heterologous prime-boost vaccination with H3N2 influenza viruses of swine favors cross-clade antibody responses and protection [PDF]

, 2017
The emergence of multiple novel lineages of H1 and H3 influenza A viruses in swine has confounded control by inactivated vaccines. Because of substantial genetic and geographic heterogeneity among circulating swine influenza viruses, one vaccine strain ...
Claes, Gerwin, Cox, Eric, Krammer, Florian, Mancera Gracia, José Carlos, Qiu, Yu, Sys, Lieve, Trus, Ivan, Van Reeth, Kristien, Versnaeyen, Han   +8 more
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Implementation of piglet castration under inhalation anaesthesia on farrowing farms

Porcine Health Management, 2022
Background Since 01.01.2021, suckling piglets may no longer be castrated without anaesthesia in Germany. Previous studies showed castration using isoflurane anaesthesia in combination with a suitable analgesic, meet the requirements of the German Animal ...
Eva-Maria Winner, Marina Beisl, Sophie Gumbert, Helena Härtel, Jennifer Kaiser, Anja Wernecke, Steffanie Senf, Yury Zablotski, Mathias Ritzmann, Susanne Zöls   +9 more
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