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Laser Environmental Enrichment and Spirulina Algae Improve Broiler Growth Performance and Alter Myogenic Gene Expression and pectoralis major Dimensions

Frontiers in Animal Science, 2021
Sustainability in poultry production is evident in efforts to reduce inputs and a focus on bird welfare and livability. Dietary protein alternatives to traditional sources such as soybean meal aim to meet or exceed efficiency benchmarks and be cost ...
Meaghan M. Meyer, Anna K. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Bobeck   +2 more
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Research Note: Effects of supplementing cranberry and blueberry pomaces on meat quality and antioxidative capacity in broilers

Poultry Science, 2021
Cranberry and blueberry pomaces are rich in antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds. They have been identified as potential antibiotic alternatives in animal feed, but their antioxidative capacity for maintaining or improving the meat quality in broilers
Qi Xu, Wei Si, Ogan Iheanacho Mba, Olimpia Sienkiewicz, Michael Ngadi, Kelly Ross, Munene Kithama, Elijah G. Kiarie, Yan-Martel Kennes, Moussa S. Diarra, Xin Zhao   +10 more
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Reduction in ribonucleotide reductase subunit RRM2 associated with alterations in mitochondrial proteins, leading to impaired gut health of woody breast chicken

Frontiers in Animal Science
The woody breast (WB) condition impairs the quality of chicken breast meat, causing a financial loss for the poultry industry. Recent studies suggest that the mitochondria may play a role in muscle and gut health by regulating inflammatory mediators ...
Majid Shakeri, Elizabeth Ziabtchenko, Caitlin Harris, Janghan Choi, Hamid Reza Rafieian Naeini, Woo Kyun Kim, Byungwhi Kong, Brian Bowker   +7 more
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Development of Imaging System for Online Detection of Chicken Meat with Wooden Breast Condition

Sensors, 2022
In recent years, the wooden breast condition has emerged as a major meat quality defect in the poultry industry worldwide. Broiler pectoralis major muscle with the wooden breast condition is characterized by hardness upon human palpation, which can lead ...
Seung-Chul Yoon, Brian C. Bowker, Hong Zhuang, Kurt C. Lawrence   +3 more
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Effects of Wooden Breast Syndrome in Broiler Chicken on Sarcoplasmic, Myofibrillar, and Connective Tissue Proteins and Their Association with Muscle Fiber Area

Foods, 2023
This study was conducted on chicken pectoralis major muscle with different wooden breast severity in combination with different sampling locations to investigate the effects of wooden breast syndrome on protein traits and total myofiber area, and their ...
Binbin Li, Jere Lindén, Eero Puolanne, Per Ertbjerg   +3 more
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White striping, woody breast and spaghetti meat: Cooccurrence and relationship with breast fillet weight in big broiler chicken flocks [PDF]

, 2023
The present study aimed to determine the incidence and coincidence of white striping (WS), woody breast (WB) and spaghetti meat (SM) in raw chicken breast meat (n = 300) collected 3-3.5 h post mortem from commercial broiler flocks (Ross 708 males, 56 ...
Aftab Siddique, Jaroslav Valenta, Morey, Amit, Eva Tůmová, Amit Morey, Valenta, Jaroslav, Ondřej Slavíček, Siddique, Aftab, Tumova, Eva, Slavíček, Ondřej   +9 more
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Tumour suppressor EP300, a modulator of paclitaxel resistance and stemness, is down-regulated in metaplastic breast cancer [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose We have previously described a novel pathway controlling drug resistance, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and stemness in breast cancer cells.
Singh, P, Yague, E, Raguz, S, Ali, S, Lin, ML, Coombes, RC, Asaduzzaman, M, Hu, Y, Gallon, J, Shousha, S, Haoxiang, M, Lam, EWF, Constantinou, S   +12 more
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Quantum Blue Reduces the Severity of Woody Breast Myopathy via Modulation of Oxygen Homeostasis-Related Genes in Broiler Chickens

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
The incidence of woody breast (WB) is increasing on a global scale representing a significant welfare problem and economic burden to the poultry industry and for which there is no effective treatment due to its unknown etiology.
Elizabeth Greene, Joshua Flees, Sina Dadgar, Barbara Mallmann, Sara Orlowski, Ahmed Dhamad, Samuel Rochell, Michael Kidd, Caroline Laurendon, Hayley Whitfield, Charles Brearley, Narasimhan Rajaram, Carrie Walk, Sami Dridi   +13 more
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Influence of stromal–epithelial interactions on breast cancer in vitro and in vivo

, 2019
Stromal cell-secreted chemokines including CCL2 have been implicated in the primary tumor microenvironment, as mediators of tumor cell migration, proliferation, and angiogenesis.
Dwyer, Róisín M., Hartmann, Marion C., Khan, Sonja, Potter, Shirley M., Boyle, Marie P., Curran, Catherine E., Kerin, Michael J.   +6 more
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Preventative therapies for healthy women at high risk of breast cancer [PDF]

, 2014
Ivana Sestak Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, UKAbstract: Tamoxifen has been shown to reduce the risk of developing estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ...
Sestak I, Sestak, I
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