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  1. Broilers have a robust metabolism and high body temperature, which make them less tolerant to high-temperature (HT) environments and more susceptible to challenges from elevated temperatures. Gut microbes, fun...

    Authors: Sheng Li, Xiaoqing Li, Kai Wang, Yansen Li, Kentaro Nagaoka and Chunmei Li
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:159
  2. Mastitis is an inflammatory disease of the mammary gland that has serious economic impacts on the dairy industry and endangers food safety. Our previous study found that the body has a gut/rumen-mammary gland ...

    Authors: Zhaoqi He, Caijun Zhao, Yuhong He, Zhuoyu Liu, Guyue Fan, Kun Zhu, Yiqi Wang, Naisheng Zhang, Yunhe Fu and Xiaoyu Hu
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:157
  3. 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. However, the ext...

    Authors: 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 and Lusheng Huang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:155
  4. The effect of microbial phytase on amino acid and energy digestibility is not consistent in pigs, which may be related to the phytase dosage or the adaptation length to the diet. Therefore, an experiment was c...

    Authors: Liz Vanessa Lagos, Mike Richard Bedford and Hans Henrik Stein
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:152
  5. The ovaries are one of the first organs that undergo degenerative changes earlier in the aging process, and ovarian aging is shown by a decrease in the number and quality of oocytes. However, little is known a...

    Authors: Dejun Xu, Shuaifei Song, Fuguo Wang, Yawen Li, Ziyuan Li, Hui Yao, Yongju Zhao and Zhongquan Zhao
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:151
  6. Atresia and degeneration, a follicular developmental fate that reduces female fertility and is triggered by granulosa cell (GC) apoptosis, have been induced by dozens of miRNAs. Here, we report a miRNA, miR-42...

    Authors: Yuqi Li, Zhuofan Zhang, Siqi Wang, Xing Du and Qifa Li
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:154
  7. The provision of environmental enrichments to Muscovy ducks could reduce the expression of the aggressive behaviors. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of black soldier fly (BSF) and yell...

    Authors: Marta Gariglio, Sihem Dabbou, Manuela Renna, Ilaria Biasato, Sara Bellezza Oddon, Marco Meneguz, Raul Daniel Miazzo, Stefania Bergagna, Elena Colombino, Elisabetta Macchi and Achille Schiavone
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:153
  8. Yellow mealworm larvae (YML; Tenebrio molitor) are considered as a valuable insect species for animal feed due to their high nutritional values and ability to grow under different substrates and rearing condition...

    Authors: Linggawastu Syahrulawal, Magnhild Oust Torske, Rumakanta Sapkota, Geir Næss and Prabhat Khanal
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:146
  9. With methane emissions from ruminant agriculture contributing 17% of total methane emissions worldwide, there is increasing urgency to develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this sector. One ...

    Authors: Ailbhe McGurrin, Julie Maguire, Brijesh K. Tiwari and Marco Garcia-Vaquero
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:145
  10. Oxidative stress, caused by an imbalance in the production and elimination of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), has been recognized for its detrimental effects on mammalian embryonic development. Lu...

    Authors: Se-Been Jeon, Pil-Soo Jeong, Min Ju Kim, Hyo-Gu Kang, Bong-Seok Song, Sun-Uk Kim, Seong-Keun Cho and Bo-Woong Sim
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:148
  11. Domestic goose breeds are descended from either the Swan goose (Anser cygnoides) or the Greylag goose (Anser anser), exhibiting variations in body size, reproductive performance, egg production, feather color, an...

    Authors: Guangliang Gao, Hongmei Zhang, Jiangping Ni, Xianzhi Zhao, Keshan Zhang, Jian Wang, Xiangdong Kong and Qigui Wang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:150
  12. Salpingitis is one of the common diseases in laying hen production, which greatly decreases the economic outcome of laying hen farming. Lactiplantibacillus plantarum was effective in preventing local or systemic ...

    Authors: Dan Song, Aike Li, Bingxu Chen, Jia Feng, Tao Duan, Junlin Cheng, Lixian Chen, Weiwei Wang and Yuna Min
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:147
  13. In the modern sheep production systems, the reproductive performance of ewes determines the economic profitability of farming. Revealing the genetic mechanisms underlying differences in the litter size is impo...

    Authors: Ting Ge, Yifan Wen, Bo Li, Xiaoyu Huang, Shaohua Jiang and Enping Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:144
  14. The establishment of a robust gut microbiota in piglets during their early developmental stage holds the potential for long-term advantageous effects. However, the optimal timeframe for introducing probiotics ...

    Authors: Jianping Quan, Cineng Xu, Donglin Ruan, Yong Ye, Yibin Qiu, Jie Wu, Shenping Zhou, Menghao Luan, Xiang Zhao, Yue Chen, Danyang Lin, Ying Sun, Jifei Yang, Enqin Zheng, Gengyuan Cai, Zhenfang Wu…
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:143
  15. Ruminants play a critical role in our food system by converting plant biomass that humans cannot or choose not to consume into edible high-quality food. However, ruminant excreta is a significant source of nit...

    Authors: Yuchao Zhao, Ming Liu, Linshu Jiang and Leluo Guan
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:140
  16. In beef cattle, more than 50% of the energy input to produce a unit of beef is consumed by the female that produced the calf. Development of genomic tools to identify females with high genetic merit for reprod...

    Authors: Quinn A. Hoorn, Gabriel A. Zayas, Eduardo E. Rodriguez, Laura M. Jensen, Raluca G. Mateescu and Peter J. Hansen
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:137
  17. The importance of sheep breeding in the Mediterranean part of the eastern Adriatic has a long tradition since its arrival during the Neolithic migrations. Sheep production system is extensive and generally car...

    Authors: Boris Lukic, Ino Curik, Ivana Drzaic, Vlatko Galić, Mario Shihabi, Luboš Vostry and Vlatka Cubric-Curik
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:142
  18. Protamination and condensation of sperm chromatin as well as DNA integrity play an essential role during fertilization and embryo development. In some mammals, like pigs, ejaculates are emitted in three separa...

    Authors: Estel Viñolas-Vergés, Jordi Ribas-Maynou, Isabel Barranco, Camila Peres Rubio, Sergi Bonet, Jordi Roca and Marc Yeste
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:139
  19. As an important epigenetic modification, DNA methylation is involved in many biological processes such as animal cell differentiation, embryonic development, genomic imprinting and sex chromosome inactivation....

    Authors: Xing Ju, Zhijun Wang, Danfeng Cai, Semiu Folaniyi Bello and Qinghua Nie
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:138
  20. Chinese indigenous pigs are popular with consumers for their juiciness, flavour and meat quality, but they have lower meat production. Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is a maternally imprinted growth facto...

    Authors: Tianqi Duo, Xiaohong Liu, Delin Mo, Yu Bian, Shufang Cai, Min Wang, Ruiqiang Li, Qi Zhu, Xian Tong, Ziyun Liang, Weilun Jiang, Shiyi Chen, Yaosheng Chen and Zuyong He
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:141
  21. Rumen bacterial groups can affect growth performance, such as average daily gain (ADG), feed intake, and efficiency. The study aimed to investigate the inter-relationship of rumen bacterial composition, rumen ...

    Authors: Shengyang Xu, Chong Jiao, Qiyu Diao and Yan Tu
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:128
  22. The red macroalgae Asparagopsis is an effective methanogenesis inhibitor due to the presence of halogenated methane (CH4) analogues, primarily bromoform (CHBr3). This study aimed to investigate the degradation pr...

    Authors: Pedro Romero, Alejandro Belanche, Elisabeth Jiménez, Rafael Hueso, Eva Ramos-Morales, Joan King Salwen, Ermias Kebreab and David R. Yáñez-Ruiz
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:133
  23. Four-chambered stomach including the forestomachs (rumen, reticulum, and omasum) and abomasum allows ruminants convert plant fiber into high-quality animal products. The early development of this four-chambere...

    Authors: Kailang Huang, Bin Yang, Zebang Xu, Hongwei Chen and Jiakun Wang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:130
  24. The primary differentially methylated regions (DMRs) which are maternally hypermethylated serve as imprinting control regions (ICRs) that drive monoallelic gene expression, and these ICRs have been investigate...

    Authors: Jinsoo Ahn, In-Sul Hwang, Mi-Ryung Park, Seongsoo Hwang and Kichoon Lee
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:131
  25. Global warming leading to heat stress (HS) is becoming a major challenge for broiler production. This study aimed to explore the protective effects of seaweed (Enteromorpha prolifera) polysaccharides (EPS) on the...

    Authors: Wenchao Liu, Huimei Liu, Yaoyao Wang, Zhongxiang Zhao, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian and Rajesh Jha
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:132
  26. Studying the composition and developmental mechanisms in mammary gland is crucial for healthy growth of newborns. The mammary gland is inherently heterogeneous, and its physiological function dependents on the...

    Authors: Yongliang Fan, Long Jin, Zhiping He, Tiantian Wei, Tingting Luo, Jiaman Zhang, Can Liu, Changjiu Dai, Chao A, Yan Liang, Xuan Tao, Xuebin Lv, Yiren Gu and Mingzhou Li
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:126
  27. During approximately 10,000 years of domestication and selection, a large number of structural variations (SVs) have emerged in the genome of pig breeds, profoundly influencing their phenotypes and the ability...

    Authors: Wencheng Zong, Jinbu Wang, Runze Zhao, Naiqi Niu, Yanfang Su, Ziping Hu, Xin Liu, Xinhua Hou, Ligang Wang, Lixian Wang and Longchao Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:136
  28. Valine is an essential amino acid and a type of branched-chain amino acid. Due to the involvement of branched-chain amino acids in various metabolic pathways, there has been a surge of interests in valine nutr...

    Authors: Chuni Wang, Yao Peng, Yiru Zhang, Juan Xu, Sheng Jiang, Leli Wang and Yulong Yin
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:135
  29. Two studies were designed to determine standard ileal crude protein (CP) and amino acid (AA) digestibility of soybean meal (SBM) from different origins fed to non-pregnant and pregnant sows. Seven solvent-extr...

    Authors: Ke Wang, Ya Wang, Lei Guo, Yong Zhuo, Lun Hua, Lianqiang Che, Shengyu Xu, Ruinan Zhang, Jian Li, Bin Feng, Zhengfeng Fang, Xuemei Jiang, Yan Lin and De Wu
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:123
  30. To improve our understanding of host and intestinal microbiome interaction, this research investigated the effects of a high-level zinc oxide in the diet as model intervention on the intestinal microbiome and ...

    Authors: Dirkjan Schokker, Soumya K. Kar, Els Willems, Alex Bossers, Ruud A. Dekker and Alfons J. M. Jansman
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:122
  31. In the current context of global warming, thermal manipulation of avian embryos has received increasing attention as a strategy to promote heat tolerance in avian species by simply increasing the egg incubatio...

    Authors: Anaïs Vitorino Carvalho, Christelle Hennequet-Antier, Romuald Rouger, Joël Delaveau, Thierry Bordeau, Sabine Crochet, Nathalie Couroussé, Frederique Pitel, Anne Collin and Vincent Coustham
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:124
  32. Pan-genomics is a recently emerging strategy that can be utilized to provide a more comprehensive characterization of genetic variation. Joint calling is routinely used to combine identified variants across mu...

    Authors: Shangqian Xie, Karissa Isaacs, Gabrielle Becker and Brenda M. Murdoch
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:127
  33. As demand for high quality animal feed continues to raise, it becomes increasingly important to minimize the environmental impact of feed production. An appealing sustainable approach to provide feed fractions...

    Authors: Clarisse Uwineza, Mohammadali Bouzarjomehr, Milad Parchami, Taner Sar, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh and Amir Mahboubi
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:120
  34. Muscle represents a unique and complex system with many components and comprises the major edible part of animals. Vitamin D is a critical nutrient for animals and is known to enhance calcium absorption and im...

    Authors: Yao Zhang, Chaonan Li, Xiaoqiu Zhou, Weidan Jiang, Pei Wu, Yang Liu, Hongmei Ren, Lu Zhang, Haifeng Mi, Jiayong Tang, Ruinan Zhang and Lin Feng
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:134
  35. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, single-stranded, non-coding RNA molecules of 22–24 nucleotides that regulate gene expression. In the last decade, miRNAs have been described in sperm of several mammals, including...

    Authors: Albert Salas-Huetos, Jordi Ribas-Maynou, Yentel Mateo-Otero, Carolina Tamargo, Marc Llavanera and Marc Yeste
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:129
  36. Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), an environmental pollutant known for its endocrine-disrupting properties, during gestation has been reported to increase the risk of fetal growth restriction (FGR) in an ovine mo...

    Authors: Hao Zhang, Xia Zha, Yi Zheng, Xiaoyun Liu, Mabrouk Elsabagh, Hongrong Wang, Honghua Jiang and Mengzhi Wang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:117
  37. Maternal nutrition is essential in keeping a highly efficient production system in the pig industry. Laminarin has been shown to improve antioxidant capacity, reduce the inflammatory response, and favor the ho...

    Authors: Pengguang Zhang, Guoyuan Jiang, Chenghong Ma, Yubo Wang, Enfa Yan, Linjuan He, Jianxin Guo, Xin Zhang and Jingdong Yin
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:114
  38. Many phenotypes in animal breeding are derived from incomplete measures, especially if they are challenging or expensive to measure precisely. Examples include time-dependent traits such as reproductive status...

    Authors: Melissa A. Stephen, Chris R. Burke, Jennie E. Pryce, Nicole M. Steele, Peter R. Amer, Susanne Meier, Claire V. C. Phyn and Dorian J. Garrick
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:119
  39. Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin widely present in raw food and feed materials and is mainly produced by Aspergillus ochraceus and Penicillium verrucosum. Our previous study showed that OTA principally induces l...

    Authors: Weiqing Ma, Yang Fu, Shanshan Zhu, Daiyang Xia, Shuangshuang Zhai, Deqin Xiao, Yongwen Zhu, Michel Dione, Lukuyu Ben, Lin Yang and Wence Wang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:125
  40. Integrins are a highly complex family of receptors that, when expressed on the surface of cells, can mediate reciprocal cell-to-cell and cell-to-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions leading to assembly of i...

    Authors: Gregory A. Johnson, Robert C. Burghardt, Fuller W. Bazer, Heewon Seo and Joe W. Cain
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:115
  41. The poultry industry needs effective antibiotic alternatives to control outbreaks of necrotic enteritis (NE) caused by Clostridium perfringens.

    Authors: Bochen Song, Jie He, Xue Pan, Linglian Kong, Chuanpi Xiao, Chake Keerqin and Zhigang Song
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:113
  42. Rosemary extract (RE) has been reported to exert antioxidant property. However, the application of RE in late-phase laying hens on egg quality, intestinal barrier and microbiota, and oviductal function has not...

    Authors: Lianhua Zhang, Junwei Ge, Fei Gao, Min Yang, Hui Li, Fei Xia, Hongtong Bai, Xiangshu Piao, Zhiying Sun and Lei Shi
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:121
  43. Forage inclusion in starters of young dairy calves has become an acceptable strategy in the last decade. To compensate for the lower energy provided by forage, concurrent lipid supplementation can be proposed....

    Authors: Pedram Panahiha, Hamidreza Mirzaei-Alamouti, Mehdi Kazemi-Bonchenari, Mehdi Poorhamdollah, Mina Vazirigohar and Jörg R. Aschenbach
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:109
  44. As pre-cut and pre-packaged chilled meat becomes increasingly popular, integrating the carcass-cutting process into the pig industry chain has become a trend. Identifying quantitative trait loci (QTLs) of pork...

    Authors: Lei Xie, Jiangtao Qin, Lin Rao, Dengshuai Cui, Xi Tang, Liqing Chen, Shijun Xiao, Zhiyan Zhang and Lusheng Huang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:116
  45. Rises in global warming and extreme weather occurrence make the risk of heat stress (HS) induced by high ambient temperatures more likely in high-yielding dairy cows, resulting in low milk quality and yield. I...

    Authors: Jia Zeng, Jie Cai, Diming Wang, Hongyun Liu, Huizeng Sun and Jianxin Liu
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:112
  46. Intestinal health plays a pivotal role in broiler chicken growth. Oregano aqueous extract (OAE) effectively exerts anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. However, the protective effects of OAE on intesti...

    Authors: Fan Zhang, Jiantao Yang, Qinyi Zhan, Hao Shi, Yanhe Li, Dinggang Li, Yingge Li and Xiaojun Yang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:77
  47. A healthy intestine plays an important role in the growth and development of farm animals. In small intestine, Paneth cells are well known for their regulation of intestinal microbiota and intestinal stem cell...

    Authors: Chenbin Cui, Lindeng Li, Lin Wu, Xinru Wang, Yao Zheng, Fangke Wang, Hongkui Wei and Jian Peng
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:118
  48. Hepatic steatosis is a prevalent manifestation of fatty liver, that has detrimental effect on the health and productivity of laying hens, resulting in economic losses to the poultry industry. Here, we aimed to...

    Authors: Xiaoli Guo, Qianqian Zhou, Jiaming Jin, Fangren Lan, Chaoliang Wen, Junying Li, Ning Yang and Congjiao Sun
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:108
  49. The tongue-rolling behaviour of cows is regarded as an outward sign of stressed animals in a low welfare status. The primary aim of this observational study was to evaluate the association between the frequenc...

    Authors: Fuyu Sun, Xiaoyang Chen, Yongfeng Li, Guangyong Zhao and Xianhong Gu
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 14:104

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