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Rumen fermentation and performance of Hanwoo steers fed total mixed ration with Korean rice wine residue

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of adding Korean rice wine residue (RWR) in total mixed ration (TMR) on in vitro ruminal fermentation and growth performance of growing Hanwoo steers.

Authors: Chang-Dae Jeong, Lovelia L. Mamuad, Jong Youl Ko, Ha Guyn Sung, Keun Kyu Park, Yoo Kyung Lee and Sang-Suk Lee

A synonymous mutation of uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) gene is associated with growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality in rabbits

Uncoupling proteins 2 (UCP2) plays an important role in energy regulation, previous studies suggested that UCP2 is an excellent candidate gene for human obesity and growth-related traits in cattle and chicks. The...

Authors: Wen-Chao Liu and Song-Jia Lai

Effect of misting and wallowing cooling systems on milk yield, blood and physiological variables during heat stress in lactating Murrah buffalo

Heat stress adversely affects the physiological and metabolic status, and the productive performance of buffalo.

Authors: Brijesh Yadav, Vijay Pandey, Sarvajeet Yadav, Yajuvendra Singh, Vinod Kumar and Rajneesh Sirohi

Comparison of three boosting methods in parent-offspring trios for genotype imputation using simulation study

Genotype imputation is an important process of predicting unknown genotypes, which uses reference population with dense genotypes to predict missing genotypes for both human and animal genetic variations at a ...

Authors: Abbas Mikhchi, Mahmood Honarvar, Nasser Emam Jomeh Kashan, Saeed Zerehdaran and Mehdi Aminafshar

Comparison of linkage disequilibrium levels in Iranian indigenous cattle using whole genome SNPs data

Knowledge of linkage disequilibrium (LD) levels among different populations can be used to detect genetic diversity and to investigate the historical changes in population sizes. Availability of large numbers ...

Authors: Karim Karimi, Ali Esmailizadeh Koshkoiyeh and Cedric Gondro

Innate immunity and carbohydrate metabolism alterations precede occurrence of subclinical mastitis in transition dairy cows

This study examined whether activation of innate immunity and alterations of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism precede development of subclinical mastitis (SCM).

Authors: Elda Dervishi, Guanshi Zhang, Dagnachew Hailemariam, Suzana M. Dunn and Burim N. Ametaj

Crumbled or mashed feed had no significant effect on the performance of lactating sows or their offspring

Physical and chemical properties of feedstuffs can be changed by feed processing. Moreover, through various mechanisms, feed processing can affect growth performance and feed efficiency of swine, nutrition val...

Authors: S. C. Kim, H. L. Li, J. H. Park and I. H. Kim

In silico characterisation, homology modelling and structure-based functional annotation of blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) Hsp70 and Hsc70 proteins

Heat shock proteins play an important role in protection from stress stimuli and metabolic insults in almost all organisms.

Authors: Ngoc Tuan Tran, Ivan Jakovlić and Wei-Min Wang

Carcass traits, meat yield and fatty acid composition of adipose tissues and Supraspinatus muscle in goats fed blend of canola oil and palm oil

Dietary fats can alter the deposition and distribution of body fats in ruminants. The deposition and distribution of body fat play a vital role in the quality of ruminant carcasses and are of great commercial ...

Authors: K. D. Adeyemi, M. Ebrahimi, A. A. Samsudin, A. B. Sabow and A. Q. Sazili

Occurrence and identification of Emeria species in broiler rearing under traditional system

The present study was intended to determine the prevalence and identification of species involved causing coccidiosis in broilers rearing under traditional farming system in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. For...

Authors: Asim Shamim, Murtaz ul Hassan, Arfan Yousaf, Muhammad Farooq Iqbal, Muhammad Arif Zafar, Rao Muhammad Siddique and Muhammad Abubakar

Erratum to: Comparative ileal amino acid digestibility and growth performance in growing pigs fed different level of canola meal

Authors: Kwangyeol Kim, Akshat Goel, Suhyup Lee, Yohan Choi and Byung-Jo Chae

Activation of peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor gamma induces anti-inflammatory properties in the chicken free avian respiratory macrophages

Activation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR γ) in the alveolar macrophages (AM) by selective synthetic PPAR γ ligands, improves the ability of the cells to resolve inflammation. In bir...

Authors: Mbuvi P. Mutua, Lucilla Steinaa, Muya M. Shadrack and Gicheru M. Muita

The effect of castration time on growth and carcass production of elk bulls

The effects of castration time on growth and carcass traits of elk bulls were investigated. Twelve bulls at 5 years old were raised and fed on concentrate with ad libitum hay. All animals were allocated randomly ...

Authors: Sang-Woo Kim, Kwan-Woo Kim, Seong-Bok Park, Myung-Jick Kim and Dong-Gyun Yim

Himalayan dock (Rumex nepalensis): the flip side of obnoxious weed

Himalayan dock (Rumex nepalensis) was evaluated for forage value and antinutrients under three, five and seven weeks cutting intervals in the temperate environment. Dry matter (DM) content was measured for each c...

Authors: Kesang Wangchuk

Peste des petits ruminants in Pakistan; past, present and future perspectives

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is considered to be one of the main constraints to enhancing the productivity of goats and sheep in regions where it is present and becoming endemic. PPR was recognized in Paki...

Authors: Muhammad Abubakar, Muhammad Irfan and Shumaila Manzoor

Erratum to: A review of canola meal as an alternative feed ingredient for ducks

Authors: Samiru Sudharaka Wickramasuriya, Young-Joo Yi, Jae Cheol Kim, Jaehong Yoo, Nam Kyu Kang and Jung Min Heo

Medicinal herb extracts ameliorate impaired growth performance and intestinal lesion of newborn piglets challenged with the virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus

The objective of this study was to evaluate effects of a combined use of extracts of medicinal herbs Taraxaumi mongolicum, Viola yedoensis Makino, Rhizoma coptidis, and Radix isatidis (MYCI) on porcine epidemic d...

Authors: Hyeun Bum Kim, Chul Young Lee, Sung Jae Kim, Jeong Hee Han and Keum Hwa Choi

Assessment of growth performance and meat quality of finishing pigs raised on the low plane of nutrition

This study was performed to investigate the effects of the low plane of nutrition on growth and meat quality of finishing pigs. A total of 136 crossbred barrows and gilts weighing approximately 55 kg were allo...

Authors: Jung Seok Choi, Sang-Keun Jin and C. Young Lee

Performance and carcass characteristics of Australian purebred and crossbred lambs supplemented with Rice Bran

This study examined the effects of dietary supplementation with rice bran, sire breed and gender on live animal performance and carcass characteristics in Australian crossbred and purebred Merino lambs.

Authors: Aaron Ross Flakemore, John Roger Otto, Bénédicte Suybeng, Razaq Oladimeji Balogun, Bunmi Sherifat Malau-Aduli, Peter David Nichols and Aduli Enoch Othniel Malau-Aduli

Thymic Hassall’s corpuscles in Nandanam chicken - light and electronmicroscopic perspective (Gallus domesticus)

The present study was aimed to study the light and electron microscopic studies of thymic Hassall’s corpuscles was done in various age groups of Nandanam Chicken ranging from day-old to forty weeks. Hassall’s ...

Authors: Thandavan Arthanari Kannan, Geetha Ramesh, S. Ushakumary, Gopalan Dhinakarraj and Subbiah Vairamuthu

Effect of concentrate supplementation on nutrient digestibility and growth of Brahman crossbred cattle fed a basal diet of grass and rice straw

An experiment was conducted in Vietnam to test the hypothesis that total dry matter (DM) intake and liveweight (LW) gain would increase in a curvilinear manner with increasing amounts of concentrate offered.

Authors: Do Van Quang, Nguyen Xuan Ba, Peter T. Doyle, Dau Van Hai, Peter A. Lane, Aduli EO Malau-Aduli, Nguyen Huu Van and David Parsons

Association of Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 genotypes with growth, carcass and meat quality traits in pigs

This study was conducted to investigate the potential association of variation in the insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 (IGFBP2) gene with growth, carcass and meat quality traits in pigs. IGFBP2 is a m...

Authors: Sombat Prasongsook, Igseo Choi, Ronald O. Bates, Nancy E. Raney, Catherine W. Ernst and Sornthep Tumwasorn

A review of canola meal as an alternative feed ingredient for ducks

This review provides an overview of the published data on the canola meal and its suitability for duck as an alternative plant-origin protein source to soybean meal. Canola meal is a legume origin protein sour...

Authors: Samiru Sudharaka Wickramasuriya, Young-Joo Yi, Jaehong Yoo, Nam Kyu Kang and Jung Min Heo

Expression patterns of TRα and CRABPII genes in Chinese cashmere goat skin during prenatal development

The physiologic characteristics of the cashmere trait and many of the differentially expressed genes relevant to hair cycling have been extensively studied, whereas genes involved in the prenatal development o...

Authors: Tao Zhong, Wei Zhao, Zhongqiang Zhou, Li Li, Linjie Wang, Hua Li and Hongping Zhang

In vitro maturation of ovine oocyte in a modified granulosa cells co-culture system and alpha-tocopherol supplementation: effects on nuclear maturation and cleavage

This study was designed to investigate the effects of α-tocopherol and granulosa cells monolayer on nuclear maturation and cleavage rates of ovine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs). The COCs (n = 2814) were matured...

Authors: Hamideh Adeldust, Saeed Zeinoaldini, Hamid Kohram, Mahmoud Amiri Roudbar and Morteza Daliri Joupari

Effects of extrusion of rice bran on performance and phosphorous bioavailability in broiler chickens

Rice bran is a by-product of the rice-milling process, which remains largely underutilized; however, efficient processing treatments may improve its feeding value for chickens. This is of great economic and en...

Authors: Ali Akbar Zare-Sheibani, Masoud Arab, Mohammad Javad Zamiri, Mohammad Reza Rezvani, Mohammad Dadpasand and Farhad Ahmadi

Physicochemical traits of Holstein loin and top round veal from two slaughter age groups

The objective of this study was to investigate the physicochemical and microbial quality of loin (m. longissimus dorsi) and top round (m. Semimembranosus) in Holstein veal produced from two slaughter age groups (...

Authors: Dong-Gyun Yim, Sang-Woon Park and Ku-Young Chung

Multifarious activities of cellulose degrading bacteria from Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faeces

Cellulose degrading bacteria from koala faeces were isolated using caboxymethylcellulose-Congo red agar, screened in vitro for different hydrolytic enzyme activities and phylogenetically characterized using molec...

Authors: Surender Singh, Palanisami Thavamani, Mallavarapu Megharaj and Ravi Naidu

A comparison of supplemental calcium soap of palm fatty acids versus tallow in a corn-based finishing diet for feedlot steers

Rumen bypass fat is commonly added to increase energy intake in dairy cattle. The objective of this study is to examine the addition of rumen bypass fat during finishing period on performance and carcass chara...

Authors: Crystal M. Warner, Sahng-Wook Hahm, Shawn L. Archibeque, John J. Wagner, Terry E. Engle, Ivette N. Roman-Muniz, Dale Woerner, Mark Sponsler and Hyungchul Han

Characteristics of pork belly consumption in South Korea and their health implication

Fresh pork belly is a highly popular meat in South Korea, accounting for 59 % of the approximately 100 g of meat per capita that is consumed daily. Fresh pork belly offers not only high-quality protein from th...

Authors: Jee-Hwan Choe, Han-Sul Yang, Sang-Hoon Lee and Gwang-Woong Go

Comparative ileal amino acid digestibility and growth performance in growing pigs fed different level of canola meal

The digestibility of different vegetable protein sources were investigated and the effects of supplementing canola meal (CM) as partial inclusions were studied in growing pigs, to determine the performance par...

Authors: Kwangyeol Kim, Akshat Goel, Suhyup Lee, Yohan Choi and Byung-Jo Chae

Investigation of Hanwoo manure management and estimation of nutrient loading coefficients on land application

In order to prepare for the regulation about the limit of manure production, the status of manure management and the amount of nutrients in the compost discharged from Hanwoo breeding farm shall be known. This...

Authors: Seunggun Won, Byung-Gu You and Changsix Ra

Estimation of genetic relationships between growth curve parameters in Guilan sheep

The objective of this study was to estimate variance components and genetic parameters for growth curve parameters in Guilan sheep. Studied traits were parameters of Brody growth model which included A (asympt...

Authors: Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh

GAPDH, β-actin and β2-microglobulin, as three common reference genes, are not reliable for gene expression studies in equine adipose- and marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Quantitative real time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) is one of the most important techniques for gene-expression analysis in molecular based studies. Selecting a proper internal control gene for normaliz...

Authors: Fatemeh Nazari, Abbas Parham and Adham Fani Maleki

Cashew reject meal in diets of laying chickens: nutritional and economic suitability

The present study investigated the nutritional and economic suitability of cashew reject meal (full fat and defatted) as replacement for groundnut cake (GNC) in the diets of laying chickens. A total of eighty ...

Authors: Taiwo O Akande, Akinyinka O Akinwumi and Taye O Abegunde

Molecular cloning and characterization of Izumo1 gene from bovine testis

A well-characterized sperm specific protein of the Member of immunoglobulin superfamily, IZUMO1, has crucial role in fertilization by mediating sperm binding to the egg plasma membrane in the mouse. However li...

Authors: Ekyune Kim

Development and validation of a simple, sensitive enzyme immunoassay for quantification of androstenedione in bull plasma

As an alternative to radioimmunoassay a simple and highly sensitive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was developed and validated for androstenedione quantification in plasma of Karan Fries bulls using second antibody ...

Authors: Smrutirekha Mallick, BS Bharath Kumar, BS Prakash, Anjali Aggrawal and Sujata Pandita

Foot-and-mouth disease: overview of motives of disease spread and efficacy of available vaccines

Control and prevention of foot and mouth disease (FMD) by vaccination remains unsatisfactory in endemic countries. Indeed, consistent and new FMD epidemics in previously disease-free countries have precipitate...

Authors: Ali Saeed, Sehrish Kanwal, Memoona Arshad, Muhammad Ali, Rehan Sadiq Shaikh and Muhammad Abubakar

Characteristics of Gouda cheese supplemented with fruit liquors

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the quality characteristics of Gouda cheeses supplemented with fruit liquor (Prunusmume or Cornus officinalis). Fruit liquor was supplemented to Gouda cheeses during ...

Authors: Hee Young Choi, Chul Ju Yang, Kap Seong Choi and Inhyu Bae

Effects of forage level and chromium-methionine chelate supplementation on performance, carcass characteristics and blood metabolites in Korean native (Hanwoo) steers

A feeding trial was carried out to determine the effects of chromium methionine (Cr-Met) chelate and forage level over two years, 1^st fattening and 2^nd fattening period on growth parameters, carcass characteristi...

Authors: Kyung-Il Sung, Jalil Ghassemi Nejad, Seok-Man Hong, Sang-Jip Ohh, Bae-Hun Lee, Jing-Lun Peng, Do-Hyeon Ji and Byong-Wan Kim

Effect of different soybean meal type on ileal digestibility of amino acid in weaning pigs

An experiment was conducted to evaluate apparent (AID) and standardized (SID) ileal digestibilities of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA) with 6 soybean products in weaning pigs. A total of 14 weaning bar...

Authors: Dong Hyuk Kim, Pil Seung Heo, Jae Cheol Jang, Song Shan Jin, Jin Su Hong and Yoo Yong Kim

Length polymorphism in OGT between Korean native pig, Chinese Meishan, and the Western pig breeds

The Korean native pig (KNP) is generally thought to have come from northern China to the Korean peninsula approximately 2000 years ago. KNP pigs were at the brink of extinction in the 1980s, since then efforts...

Authors: Yoon Seok Nam, Doo-Wan Kim, Myoung-Jik Kim, Kyu-Ho Cho and Jong Gug Kim

Validation of a simple binary scoring system for assessment of welfare measures of 10-day-old commercial broilers and their correlation with environmental parameters

A simple binary scoring system (SBSS) was developed and used to assess the welfare measures of commercial broiler chickens in South Korea. We also correlated welfare measures with environmental parameters of b...

Authors: Priyanka Kumari, Hong-Lim Choi, Shamira Hazi Metali, Siti Anisah Hazi Yussof and Jiwoon Han

Effect of dietary supplementation with Spirulina on the expressions of AANAT, ADRB3, BTG2 and FASN genes in the subcutaneous adipose and Longissimus dorsi muscle tissues of purebred and crossbred Australian sheep

The demand for healthy, lean and consistent meat products containing low saturated fatty acid content and high quality polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), especially long-chain (≥C₂₀) omega-3 PUFA, has increased ...

Authors: Arash Kashani, Benjamin William Behrens Holman, Peter David Nichols and Aduli Enoch Othniel Malau-Aduli

Establishment of a special pathogen free Chinese Wuzhishan Minipigs Colony

To meet the increasing demands of specific pathogen free (SPF) minipigs in biomedical researches, 8 pregnant Chinese Wuzhishan minipigs (WZSP) sows with clear background were chosen to obtain SPF WZSP by hyste...

Authors: Jinchun Pan, Fangui Min, Xilong Wang, Ruiai Chen, Fengguo Wang, Yuechang Deng, Shuming Luo and Jiancong Ye

Effects of dietary copper on organ indexes, tissular Cu, Zn and Fe deposition and fur quality of growing-furring male mink (Mustela vison)

The objectives of this study were to study the effects of different levels of dietary copper on organ indexes, tissular Cu, Zn and Fe deposition and fur quality of mink in the growing-furring periods. One hund...

Authors: Xuezhuang Wu, Xiuhua Gao and Fuhe Yang

Discrimination of the commercial Korean native chicken population using microsatellite markers

Korean native chicken (KNC) is a well-known breed due to its superior meat taste. This breed, however, owing to a low growth rate, has a high market price. In order to overcome this disadvantage, the National ...

Authors: Nu Ri Choi, Dong Won Seo, Slim Ben Jemaa, Hasina Sultana, Kang Nyeong Heo, Cheorun Jo and Jun Heon Lee

Effects of by-product feed-based silage on feeding, rumination, and excretion in growing Hanwoo heifers

This study investigated the effects of feeding by-product feed (BF)-based silage on the behavior of growing Hanwoo heifers. Twelve Hanwoo heifers (13.2 months-old, 315 kg body weight; four heifers per pen) wer...

Authors: Young-Il Kim, Sang Moo Lee, Youn Hee Lee, Myeon Lee, Do Young Choi and Wan Sup Kwak

Effects of a lipid-encapsulated zinc oxide dietary supplement, on growth parameters and intestinal morphology in weanling pigs artificially infected with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

The study was performed to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of a lipid-encapsulated Zinc oxide on growth parameters and intestinal mucosal morphology piglets born to Duroc-sired Landrace × Yor...

Authors: Sung jae Kim, Chang Hoon Kwon, Byung Chul Park, Chul Young Lee and Jeong Hee Han

Evaluating the role of vaccine to combat peste des petits ruminants outbreaks in endemic disease situation

Among the main intimidation to the sheep and goat population, PPR outbreaks are causing huge losses especially in endemic areas. During recent times, six outbreaks of PPR were confirmed at semi-organized goat ...

Authors: Muhammad Abubakar, Shumaila Manzoor and Qurban Ali