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Open AccessAssociation of litter size with the ruminal microbiome structure and metabolomic profile in goats
The Yunshang black goat is a renowned mutton specialist breed mainly originating from China that has excellent breeding ability with varying litter sizes. Litter size is an important factor in the economics of...
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Effect of Five Different Antioxidants on the Effectiveness of Goat Semen Cryopreservation
The effective combination of semen cryopreservation and artificial insemination has a positive effect on the conservation of germplasm resources, production and breeding, etc. However, during the process of se...
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CircSSBP2 acts as a MiR-2400 sponge to promote intramuscular preadipocyte proliferation by regulating NDRG1
Intramuscular fat (IMF) is a critical factor in beef quality. IMF is mainly distributed between muscle fibres and its accumulation can affect the marbling and meat quality of beef. IMF formation and deposition...
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Exploring Epigenetic and Genetic Modulation in Animal Responses to Thermal Stress
There is increasing evidence indicating that global temperatures are rising significantly, a phenomenon commonly referred to as ‘global warming’, which in turn is believed to be causing drastic changes to the ...
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Correction: Effect of Five Different Antioxidants on the Effectiveness of Goat Semen Cryopreservation
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Effect of feeding corn silage on semen quality and spermatogenesis of bulls
Bovine reproduction, including male fertility traits like semen quality, are influenced by a variety of different factors like breed, nutrition, environment, and feeding management. Diet in a crucial determina...
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Open AccessThe impact of different levels of wheat diets on hepatic oxidative stress, immune response, and lipid metabolism in Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries)
Compared with corn, wheat contains higher crude protein, amino acids concentration. However, wheat contains a mass of anti-nutritional factors, resulting in increased of the digesta viscosity and impaired the ...
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Advances of Predicting Allosteric Mechanisms Through Protein Contact in New Technologies and Their Application
Allostery is an intriguing phenomenon wherein the binding activity of a biological macromolecule is modulated via non-canonical binding site, resulting in synchronized functional changes. The mechanics underly...
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Interaction of C/EBPβ with SMAD2 and SMAD4 genes induces the formation of lipid droplets in bovine myoblasts
As a key component of Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) pathway, Smad2 has many crucial roles in a variety of cellular processes, but it cannot bind DNA without complex formation with Smad4. In the present ...
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Genome centric engineering using ZFNs, TALENs and CRISPR-Cas9 systems for trait improvement and disease control in Animals
Livestock is an essential life commodity in modern agriculture involving breeding and maintenance. The farming practices have evolved mainly over the last century for commercial outputs, animal welfare, enviro...
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Following the Trace of HVS II Mitochondrial Region Within the Nine Iranian Ethnic Groups Based on Genetic Population Analysis
The Iranian gene pool is seen as an important human genetic resource for investigating the region connecting Mesopotamia and the Iranian plateau. The main objective of this study was to explore gene flow in ni...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: NRF1 and ZSCAN10 bind to the promoter region of the SIX1 gene and their effects body measurements in Qinchuan cattle
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Open AccessTranscriptome-based biomarker gene screening and evaluation of the extracellular fatty acid-binding protein (Ex-FABP) on immune and angiogenesis-related genes in chicken erythrocytes of tibial dyschondroplasia
Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is a bone disorder in which dead chondrocytes accumulate as a result of apoptosis and non-vascularization in the tibial bone of broiler chickens. The pathogenicity of TD is under e...
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Construction of Adipogenic ceRNA Network Based on lncRNA Expression Profile of Adipogenic Differentiation of Human MSC Cells
The Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) expression profile data of ten samples including human Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) adipogenic differentiation 0, 3, and 6 days from the GEO database, and then perform gene ID c...
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Characterization and genome analysis of two new Aeromonas hydrophila phages, PZL-Ah1and PZL-Ah8
Aeromonas hydrophila (A. hydrophila) is an opportunistic pathogen of fish, humans, and livestock, and has a severe negative impact on aquaculture development. Phage therapy is considered an alternative strategy f...
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Association analysis between FASN genotype and milk traits in Mediterranean buffalo and its expression among different buffalo tissues
Fatty acid synthase (FASN) is a multifunctional protein that catalyzes the synthesis of long-chain saturated fatty acid. In this study, we identified the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and their associat...
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Molecular characterization and analysis of the association of growth hormone 1 gene with growth traits in Chinese indigenous yak (Bos grunniens)
This study aimed to investigate the effects of polymorphisms in growth hormone 1 (GH1) gene on the growth traits in Chinese indigenous yak. Using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorp...
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Open AccessEffects of Clostridium butyricum on growth performance, metabonomics and intestinal microbial differences of weaned piglets
Weaning stress of piglets causes a huge economic loss to the pig industry. Balance and stability of the intestinal microenvironment is an effective way to reduce the occurance of stress during the weaning proc...
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The effect of haplotypes in the promoter region of SIRT4 gene on the ultrasound traits in Qinchuan cattle
Sirtuin 4 (SIRT4) belongs to the mitochondrial sirtuin class of NAD+-dependent protein deacylases. This gene plays an important role in the regulation of lipid metabolism, cellular growth, and metabolism in mamma...
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Halal slaughtering, welfare, and empathy in farm animals: a review
Pre-slaughter and slaughter stressors are considered major concerns in animal welfare. Halal slaughtering method is considered one of the slaughtering stressors in livestock. This method seems to cause fear fo...