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Evaluation of in vitro digestibility of Aspergillus oryzae fungal biomass grown on organic residue derived-VFAs as a promising ruminant feed supplement J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Clarisse Uwineza, Mohammadali Bouzarjomehr, Milad Parchami, Taner Sar, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Amir Mahboubi
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 is to use organic residues from agro-food industry. In this regard, volatile fatty acids (VFAs) such as acetic, propionic and butyric acids, derived from bioconversion of organic residues can
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Implications of vitamin D for flesh quality of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella): antioxidant ability, nutritional value, sensory quality, and myofiber characteristics J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Yao Zhang, Chaonan Li, Xiaoqiu Zhou, Weidan Jiang, Pei Wu, Yang Liu, Hongmei Ren, Lu Zhang, Haifeng Mi, Jiayong Tang, Ruinan Zhang, Lin Feng
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 immune response. In recent years, dietary vitamin D supplementation in livestock has received increased attention due to biological responses including improving shear force in mammalian meat. However
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Expression of miR-138 in cryopreserved bovine sperm is related to their fertility potential J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Albert Salas-Huetos, Jordi Ribas-Maynou, Yentel Mateo-Otero, Carolina Tamargo, Marc Llavanera, Marc Yeste
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 cattle. It is known that miRNAs can act as key gene regulators of early embryogenesis in mice and humans; however, little is known about the content, expression, and function of sperm-borne miRNAs
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Mechanisms underlying the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in the placental injury and fetal growth restriction in an ovine gestation model J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Hao Zhang, Xia Zha, Yi Zheng, Xiaoyun Liu, Mabrouk Elsabagh, Hongrong Wang, Honghua Jiang, Mengzhi Wang
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 model of pregnancy. We hypothesized that the FGR results from the BPA-induced insufficiency and barrier dysfunction of the placenta, oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, autophagy and endoplasmic
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Dietary supplementation of laminarin improves the reproductive performance of sows and the growth of suckling piglets J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Pengguang Zhang, Guoyuan Jiang, Chenghong Ma, Yubo Wang, Enfa Yan, Linjuan He, Jianxin Guo, Xin Zhang, Jingdong Yin
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 homeostasis of intestinal microbiota. However, the effect of dietary supplementation of laminarin on the reproductive performance of sows and the growth of suckling offspring remains unknown. A
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Comparison of methods for deriving phenotypes from incomplete observation data with an application to age at puberty in dairy cattle J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Melissa A. Stephen, Chris R. Burke, Jennie E. Pryce, Nicole M. Steele, Peter R. Amer, Susanne Meier, Claire V. C. Phyn, Dorian J. Garrick
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, or lifespan. Incomplete measures for these traits result in phenotypes that are subject to left-, interval- and right-censoring, where phenotypes are only known to fall below an upper bound
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Ochratoxin A induces abnormal tryptophan metabolism in the intestine and liver to activate AMPK signaling pathway J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Weiqing Ma, Yang Fu, Shanshan Zhu, Daiyang Xia, Shuangshuang Zhai, Deqin Xiao, Yongwen Zhu, Michel Dione, Lukuyu Ben, Lin Yang, Wence Wang
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 liver inflammation by causing intestinal flora disorder, especially Bacteroides plebeius (B. plebeius) overgrowth. However, whether OTA or B. plebeius alteration leads to abnormal tryptophan-related
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Integrins and their potential roles in mammalian pregnancy J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Gregory A. Johnson, Robert C. Burghardt, Fuller W. Bazer, Heewon Seo, Joe W. Cain
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 integrin adhesion complexes (IACs) that initiate many signaling functions both at the membrane and deeper within the cytoplasm to coordinate processes including cell adhesion, migration, proliferation
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Dietary Macleaya cordata extract supplementation improves the growth performance and gut health of broiler chickens with necrotic enteritis J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Bochen Song, Jie He, Xue Pan, Linglian Kong, Chuanpi Xiao, Chake Keerqin, Zhigang Song
The poultry industry needs effective antibiotic alternatives to control outbreaks of necrotic enteritis (NE) caused by Clostridium perfringens. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with Macleaya cordata extract (MCE) on the immune function and gut microbiota of broilers with NE. A total of 288 1-day-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to a 2 × 2 factorial
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Rosemary extract improves egg quality by altering gut barrier function, intestinal microbiota and oviductal gene expressions in late-phase laying hens J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Lianhua Zhang, Junwei Ge, Fei Gao, Min Yang, Hui Li, Fei Xia, Hongtong Bai, Xiangshu Piao, Zhiying Sun, Lei Shi
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 been systematically studied. This study was investigated to detect the potential effects of RE on performance, egg quality, serum parameters, intestinal heath, cecal microbiota and metabolism
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The type of lipid supplement has crucial implications for forage particle size in calf starter diets J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Pedram Panahiha, Hamidreza Mirzaei-Alamouti, Mehdi Kazemi-Bonchenari, Mehdi Poorhamdollah, Mina Vazirigohar, Jörg R. Aschenbach
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. However, ruminal microbial activity and forage digestibility may be decreased by lipid supplementation. We hypothesized that the composite effect of forage and lipid supplements may be dependent
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Genetic dissection and genomic prediction for pork cuts and carcass morphology traits in pig J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Lei Xie, Jiangtao Qin, Lin Rao, Dengshuai Cui, Xi Tang, Liqing Chen, Shijun Xiao, Zhiyan Zhang, Lusheng Huang
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 cuts would facilitate the selection of pigs with a higher overall value. However, previous studies solely focused on evaluating the phenotypic and genetic parameters of pork cuts, neglecting
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Heat stress affects dairy cow health status through blood oxygen availability J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Jia Zeng, Jie Cai, Diming Wang, Hongyun Liu, Huizeng Sun, Jianxin Liu
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. In animals, oxygen is involved in many physiological and metabolic processes, but the effects of HS on oxygen metabolism remain unclear. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate how oxygen
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Dietary oregano aqueous extract improves growth performance and intestinal health of broilers through modulating gut microbial compositions J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Fan Zhang, Jiantao Yang, Qinyi Zhan, Hao Shi, Yanhe Li, Dinggang Li, Yingge Li, Xiaojun Yang
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 intestinal health in broilers and the underlying mechanism remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the potential effects of OAE on growth performance, the gut microbiota and intestinal health
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Paneth cells in farm animals: current status and future direction J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Chenbin Cui, Lindeng Li, Lin Wu, Xinru Wang, Yao Zheng, Fangke Wang, Hongkui Wei, Jian Peng
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 cells (ISCs). Although there has been a lot of studies and reviews on human and murine Paneth cells under intestinal homeostasis or disorders, little is known about Paneth cells in farm animals. Most
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Hepatic steatosis is associated with dysregulated cholesterol metabolism and altered protein acetylation dynamics in chickens J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-12 Xiaoli Guo, Qianqian Zhou, Jiaming Jin, Fangren Lan, Chaoliang Wen, Junying Li, Ning Yang, Congjiao Sun
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 systematically investigate the genetic regulatory mechanisms of hepatic steatosis in laying hens. Ninety individuals with the most prominent characteristics were selected from 686 laying hens
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Evaluation of Holstein cows with different tongue-rolling frequencies: stress immunity, rumen environment and general behavioural activity J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Fuyu Sun, Xiaoyang Chen, Yongfeng Li, Guangyong Zhao, Xianhong Gu
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 frequency of tongue-rolling behaviour and its physiological function. The secondary aim was to explore the relationship between general activities and the frequency of tongue-rolling behaviour of cows
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Minimizing sperm oxidative stress using nanotechnology for breeding programs in rams J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Alejandro Jurado-Campos, Pedro Javier Soria-Meneses, María Arenas-Moreira, Carlos Alonso-Moreno, Virginia Rodríguez-Robledo, Ana Josefa Soler, José Julián Garde, María del Rocío Fernández-Santos
Artificial insemination (AI) is a routine breeding technology in animal reproduction. Nevertheless, the temperature-sensitive nature and short fertile lifespan of ram sperm samples hamper its use in AI. In this sense, nanotechnology is an interesting tool to improve sperm protection due to the development of nanomaterials for AI, which could be used as delivery vehicles. In this work, we explored the
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Effects of different starch structures on energy metabolism in pigs J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Xiaoqian Gao, Bing Yu, Jie Yu, Xiangbing Mao, Zhiqing Huang, Yuheng Luo, Junqiu Luo, Ping Zheng, Hui Yan, Jun He, Daiwen Chen
Starch is a major component of carbohydrates and a major energy source for monogastric animals. Starch is composed of amylose and amylopectin and has different physiological functions due to its different structure. It has been shown that the energy supply efficiency of amylose is lower than that of amylopectin. However, there are few studies on the effect of starch structure on the available energy
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Generation of double knockout cattle via CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) electroporation J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-06 Gyeong-Min Gim, Kyeong-Hyeon Eom, Dong-Hyeok Kwon, Dae-Jin Jung, Dae-Hyun Kim, Jun-Koo Yi, Jae-Jung Ha, Ji-Hyun Lee, Seong-Beom Lee, Woo-Jae Son, Soo-Young Yum, Won-Wu Lee, Goo Jang
Genome editing has been considered as powerful tool in agricultural fields. However, genome editing progress in cattle has not been fast as in other mammal species, for some disadvantages including long gestational periods, single pregnancy, and high raising cost. Furthermore, technically demanding methods such as microinjection and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) are needed for gene editing in
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Regulation of serotonin production by specific microbes from piglet gut J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Ziyu Liu, Yidan Ling, Yu Peng, Shuibing Han, Yuting Ren, Yujia Jing, Wenlu Fan, Yong Su, Chunlong Mu, Weiyun Zhu
Serotonin is an important signaling molecule that regulates secretory and sensory functions in the gut. Gut microbiota has been demonstrated to affect serotonin synthesis in rodent models. However, how gut microbes regulate intestinal serotonin production in piglets remains vague. To investigate the relationship between microbiota and serotonin specifically in the colon, microbial composition and serotonin
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Ginkgo biloba extract alleviates fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome in laying hens via reshaping gut microbiota J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Xinyue Yang, Depeng Li, Meihong Zhang, Yuqing Feng, Xiaolu Jin, Dan Liu, Yuming Guo, Yongfei Hu
Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) is evidenced to be effective in the prevention and alleviation of metabolic disorders, including obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease. However, the role of GBE in alleviating fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome (FLHS) in laying hens and the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Here, we investigated the effects of GBE on relieving FLHS with an emphasis on the
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Correction: Harnessing male germline epigenomics for the genetic improvement in cattle J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Xiao Wang, Wenlong Li, Xia Feng, Jianbin Li, George E. Liu, Lingzhao Fang, Ying Yu
Correction: J Anim Sci Biotechnol 14, 76 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-023-00874-9 Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported a typo in the author’s name and a typo in Fig. 1. The author’s name “Jianbin Li” was mistakenly typed as “Jianbing Li” and has been corrected. The word “demen” in Fig. 1C should be changed to “semen”. The correct Fig. 1 should read: The original
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A promising resilience parameter for breeding: the use of weight and feed trajectories in growing pigs J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Wim Gorssen, Carmen Winters, Roel Meyermans, Léa Chapard, Katrijn Hooyberghs, Steven Janssens, Abe Huisman, Katrijn Peeters, Han Mulder, Nadine Buys
Increasing resilience is a priority in modern pig breeding. Recent research shows that general resilience can be quantified via variability in longitudinal data. The collection of such longitudinal data on weight, feed intake and feeding behaviour in pigs has been facilitated by the development of technologies such as automated feeding stations. The goal of this study was to investigate resilience
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The age at first consumption of forage in calves and its effect on growth and rumination in the short- and long-term J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Jianxin Xiao, Tianyu Chen, Rong Peng, Gibson Maswayi Alugongo, Hui Yang, Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Shuai Liu, Yulin Ma, Jingjun Wang, Wei Wang, Yajing Wang, Shengli Li, Zhijun Cao
Previous investigations into the effect of dietary forage on calf performance have been inconsistent, and there is a paucity of information exploring the effect of age on the growth performance and rumination of calves. Eighty-four female Holstein calves (41.5 ± 4.2 kg) were enrolled at birth, a subset of the calves were fed calf starter only (CON, n = 21) while the rest (n = 63) were classified into
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Trends in in ovo sexing technologies: insights and interpretation from papers and patents J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Matthias Corion, Simão Santos, Bart De Ketelaere, Dragana Spasic, Maarten Hertog, Jeroen Lammertyn
Numerous researchers and institutions have been developing in ovo sexing technologies to improve animal welfare by identifying male embryos in an early embryonic stage and disposing of them before pain perception. This review gives a complete overview of the technological approaches reported in papers and patents by performing a thorough search using Web of Science and Patstat/Espacenet databases for
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Dietary bile acid supplementation in weaned piglets with intrauterine growth retardation improves colonic microbiota, metabolic activity, and epithelial function J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Yang Liu, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Sujuan Ding, Qian Zhu, Francois Blachier, Zugong Yu, Haijun Gao, Xiangfeng Kong
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is one of the major constraints in animal production. Our previous study showed that piglets with IUGR are associated with abnormal bile acid (BA) metabolism. This study explored whether dietary BA supplementation could improve growth performance and colonic development, function, microbiota, and metabolites in the normal birth weight (NBW) and IUGR piglets. A
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Evaluating the potential of (epi)genotype-by-low pass nanopore sequencing in dairy cattle: a study on direct genomic value and methylation analysis J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Oscar González-Recio, Adrián López-Catalina, Ramón Peiró-Pastor, Alicia Nieto-Valle, Monica Castro, Almudena Fernández
Genotype-by-sequencing has been proposed as an alternative to SNP genotyping arrays in genomic selection to obtain a high density of markers along the genome. It requires a low sequencing depth to be cost effective, which may increase the error at the genotype assigment. Third generation nanopore sequencing technology offers low cost sequencing and the possibility to detect genome methylation, which
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Whole-genome transcriptome and DNA methylation dynamics of pre-implantation embryos reveal progression of embryonic genome activation in buffaloes J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Penghui Fu, Du Zhang, Chunyan Yang, Xiang Yuan, Xier Luo, Haiying Zheng, Yanfei Deng, Qingyou Liu, Kuiqing Cui, Fei Gao, Deshun Shi
During mammalian pre-implantation embryonic development (PED), the process of maternal-to-zygote transition (MZT) is well orchestrated by epigenetic modification and gene sequential expression, and it is related to the embryonic genome activation (EGA). During MZT, the embryos are sensitive to the environment and easy to arrest at this stage in vitro. However, the timing and regulation mechanism of
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Winery by-products as a feed source with functional properties: dose–response effect of grape pomace, grape seed meal, and grape seed extract on rumen microbial community and their fermentation activity in RUSITEC J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Ratchaneewan Khiaosa-ard, Mubarik Mahmood, Elsayed Mickdam, Cátia Pacífico, Julia Meixner, Laura-Sophie Traintinger
Grape and winery by-products have nutritional values for cattle and also contain functional compounds like phenols, which not only bind to protein but can also directly affect microbiota and their function in the rumen. We characterized the nutritional and functional effects of grape seed meal and grape pomace as well as an effective dosage of grape phenols on ruminal microbiota and fermentation characteristics
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Debaryomyces hansenii supplementation in low fish meal diets promotes growth, modulates microbiota and enhances intestinal condition in juvenile marine fish J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-09 Ignasi Sanahuja, Alberto Ruiz, Joana P. Firmino, Felipe E. Reyes-López, Juan B. Ortiz-Delgado, Eva Vallejos-Vidal, Lluis Tort, Dariel Tovar-Ramírez, Isabel M. Cerezo, Miguel A. Moriñigo, Carmen Sarasquete, Enric Gisbert
The development of a sustainable business model with social acceptance, makes necessary to develop new strategies to guarantee the growth, health, and well-being of farmed animals. Debaryomyces hansenii is a yeast species that can be used as a probiotic in aquaculture due to its capacity to i) promote cell proliferation and differentiation, ii) have immunostimulatory effects, iii) modulate gut microbiota
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Genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptome analyses reveal the key gene for wool type variation in sheep J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-08 Jiankui Wang, Guoying Hua, Ganxian Cai, Yuhao Ma, Xue Yang, Letian Zhang, Rui Li, Jianbin Liu, Qing Ma, Keliang Wu, Yaofeng Zhao, Xuemei Deng
Wool fibers are valuable materials for textile industry. Typical wool fibers are divided into medullated and non-medullated types, with the former generated from primary wool follicles and the latter by either primary or secondary wool follicles. The medullated wool is a common wool type in the ancestors of fine wool sheep before breeding. The fine wool sheep have a non-medullated coat. However, the
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Punch-excised explants of bovine mammary gland to model early immune response to infection J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Pablo Gomes Noleto, Florence B. Gilbert, Christelle Rossignol, Patricia Cunha, Pierre Germon, Pascal Rainard, Rodrigo Prado Martins
Mammary gland (MG) infections (mastitis) are frequent diseases of dairy cows that affect milk quality, animal welfare and farming profitability. These infections are commonly associated with the bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Different in vitro models have been used to investigate the early response of the MG to bacteria, but the role of the teat in mastitis pathogenesis has received
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Xylanase improves the intestinal barrier function of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed with soybean (Glycine max) meal J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Tong Wang, Nannan Zhou, Junyi He, Zhenzhen Hao, Chentao Zhou, Yidi Du, Zhenyu Du, Xiaoyun Su, Meiling Zhang
Soybean (Glycine max) meal is one of the important protein sources for fish, but the non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) in soybean meal impair the intestinal barrier function. Here we aimed to investigate whether xylanase can alleviate the adverse effects on the gut barrier induced by soybean meal in Nile tilapia and to explore the possible mechanism. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (4.09 ± 0.02 g)
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CircDOCK7 facilitates the proliferation and adipogenic differentiation of chicken abdominal preadipocytes through the gga-miR-301b-3p/ACSL1 axis J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Weihua Tian, Ye Liu, Wenhui Zhang, Ruixue Nie, Yao Ling, Bo Zhang, Hao Zhang, Changxin Wu
Abdominal fat deposition depends on both the proliferation of preadipocytes and their maturation into adipocytes, which is a well-orchestrated multistep process involving many regulatory molecules. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emergingly been implicated in mammalian adipogenesis. However, circRNA-mediated regulation in chicken adipogenesis remains unclear. Our previous circRNA sequencing data identified
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Transcriptome-wide mapping of milk somatic cells upon subclinical mastitis infection in dairy cattle J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Vittoria Bisutti, Núria Mach, Diana Giannuzzi, Alice Vanzin, Emanuele Capra, Riccardo Negrini, Maria Elena Gelain, Alessio Cecchinato, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Sara Pegolo
Subclinical intramammary infection (IMI) represents a significant problem in maintaining dairy cows’ health. Disease severity and extent depend on the interaction between the causative agent, environment, and host. To investigate the molecular mechanisms behind the host immune response, we used RNA-Seq for the milk somatic cells (SC) transcriptome profiling in healthy cows (n = 9), and cows naturally
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Characteristics of glucose and lipid metabolism and the interaction between gut microbiota and colonic mucosal immunity in pigs during cold exposure J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Teng Teng, Guodong Sun, Hongwei Ding, Xin Song, Guangdong Bai, Baoming Shi, Tingting Shang
Cold regions have long autumn and winter seasons and low ambient temperatures. When pigs are unable to adjust to the cold, oxidative damage and inflammation may develop. However, the differences between cold and non-cold adaptation regarding glucose and lipid metabolism, gut microbiota and colonic mucosal immunological features in pigs are unknown. This study revealed the glucose and lipid metabolic
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Enzymatically prepared alginate oligosaccharides improve broiler chicken growth performance by modulating the gut microbiota and growth hormone signals J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 A La Teng Zhu La, Yuqing Feng, Die Hu, Yimei Feng, Xiaolu Jin, Dan Liu, Yuming Guo, Gong Cheng, Yongfei Hu
Alginate oligosaccharide (AOS) holds great potential as a novel feed supplement in farm animals. However, the effects of AOS on chicken health and the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. This study aimed to optimize the enzymatic preparation of AOS by using bacterial alginate lyases expressed in yeast, investigate the effects of the prepared AOS on the growth performance and gut health
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Comparative effects of soy protein concentrate, enzyme-treated soybean meal, and fermented soybean meal replacing animal protein supplements in feeds on growth performance and intestinal health of nursery pigs J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Zixiao Deng, Marcos Elias Duarte, So Young Kim, Yunil Hwang, Sung Woo Kim
Soy protein supplements, with high crude protein and less antinutritional factors, are produced from soybean meal by different processes. This study evaluated the comparative effects of various soy protein supplements replacing animal protein supplements in feeds on the intestinal immune status, intestinal oxidative stress, mucosa-associated microbiota, and growth performance of nursery pigs. Sixty
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Dietary supplemental coated essential oils and organic acids mixture improves growth performance and gut health along with reduces Salmonella load of broiler chickens infected with Salmonella Enteritidis J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Zeqiong Hu, Lin Liu, Fangshen Guo, Jia Huang, Jianing Qiao, Ruichen Bi, Jinyu Huang, Kaichen Zhang, Yuming Guo, Zhong Wang
Reducing Salmonella infection in broiler chickens by using effective and safe alternatives to antibiotics is vital to provide safer poultry meat and minimize the emergence of drug-resistant Salmonella and the spread of salmonellosis to humans. This study was to first evaluate the protective efficacy of feeding coated essential oils and organic acids mixture (EOA) on broiler chickens infected with Salmonella
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Genetic gain and inbreeding from simulation of different genomic mating schemes for pig improvement J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Fuping Zhao, Pengfei Zhang, Xiaoqing Wang, Deniz Akdemir, Dorian Garrick, Jun He, Lixian Wang
Genomic selection involves choosing as parents those elite individuals with the higher genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) to accelerate the speed of genetic improvement in domestic animals. But after multi-generation selection, the rate of inbreeding and the occurrence of homozygous harmful alleles might increase, which would reduce performance and genetic diversity. To mitigate the above problems
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Dietary supplementation with xylooligosaccharides and exogenous enzyme improves milk production, energy utilization efficiency and reduces enteric methane emissions of Jersey cows J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Lifeng Dong, Lei Zhao, Bowei Li, Yanhua Gao, Tianhai Yan, Peter Lund, Zhuofan Liu, Qiyu Diao
Sustainable strategies for enteric methane (CH4) mitigation of dairy cows have been extensively explored to improve production performance and alleviate environmental pressure. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and exogenous enzyme (EXE) supplementation on milk production, nutrient digestibility, enteric CH4 emissions, energy utilization efficiency
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The synbiotic mixture of lactulose and Bacillus coagulans protects intestinal barrier dysfunction and apoptosis in weaned piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-11 Weijiang Zheng, Zuyan Zhao, Yunnan Yang, Liren Ding, Wen Yao
Lactulose as an effective prebiotic protects intestinal mucosal injury. Bacillus coagulans is widely used in feed additives because of its ability to promote intestinal health. Our previous study suggests that the combination of lactulose and Bacillus coagulans may be a good candidate as alternative for antibiotic growth promoters. However, the in vivo effects of lactulose and Bacillus coagulans on
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Encapsulated peracetic acid as a valid broad-spectrum antimicrobial alternative, leading to beneficial microbiota compositional changes and enhanced performance in broiler chickens J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Salvatore Galgano, Leah Conway, Nikki Dalby, Adrian Fellows, Jos G. M. Houdijk
Antimicrobial alternatives are urgently needed, including for poultry production systems. In this study, we tested the potential broad-range antimicrobial alternative peracetic acid, delivered in feed via the hydrolysis of encapsulated precursors through a 28-day study using 375 Ross 308 broiler chickens. We tested two peracetic acid concentrations, 30 and 80 mg/kg on birds housed on re-used litter
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CLOCK inhibits the proliferation of porcine ovarian granulosa cells by targeting ASB9 J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Liang Huang, Huan Yuan, Shengjie Shi, Xiangrong Song, Lutong Zhang, Xiaoge Zhou, Lei Gao, Weijun Pang, Gongshe Yang, Guiyan Chu
Clock circadian regulator (CLOCK) is a core factor of the mammalian biological clock system in regulating female fertility and ovarian physiology. However, CLOCK's specific function and molecular mechanism in porcine granulosa cells (GCs) remain unclear. In this study, we focused on CLOCK’s effects on GC proliferation. CLOCK significantly inhibited cell proliferation in porcine GCs. CLOCK decreased
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Harnessing male germline epigenomics for the genetic improvement in cattle J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Xiao Wang, Wenlong Li, Xia Feng, Jianbing Li, George E. Liu, Lingzhao Fang, Ying Yu
Sperm is essential for successful artificial insemination in dairy cattle, and its quality can be influenced by both epigenetic modification and epigenetic inheritance. The bovine germline differentiation is characterized by epigenetic reprogramming, while intergenerational and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance can influence the offspring’s development through the transmission of epigenetic
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Selenoproteins synergistically protect porcine skeletal muscle from oxidative damage via relieving mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-04 Jinzhong Jing, Ying He, Yan Liu, Jiayong Tang, Longqiong Wang, Gang Jia, Guangmang Liu, Xiaoling Chen, Gang Tian, Jingyi Cai, Lianqiang Che, Bo Kang, Hua Zhao
The skeletal muscle of pigs is vulnerable to oxidative damage, resulting in growth retardation. Selenoproteins are important components of antioxidant systems for animals, which are generally regulated by dietary selenium (Se) level. Here, we developed the dietary oxidative stress (DOS)-inducing pig model to investigate the protective effects of selenoproteins on DOS-induced skeletal muscle growth
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Chronic heat stress induces renal fibrosis and mitochondrial dysfunction in laying hens J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-03 Fumika Nanto-Hara, Makoto Yamazaki, Hitoshi Murakami, Haruhiko Ohtsu
Heat stress in laying hens negatively affects egg production and shell quality by disrupting the homeostasis of plasma calcium and phosphorus levels. Although the kidney plays an important role in calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, evidence regarding the effect of heat stress on renal injury in laying hens is yet to be elucidated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of chronic
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Effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation during gestation on the embryonic survival and reproductive performance of high-parity sows J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Shanchuan Cao, Honglin Yan, Wenjie Tang, Hongfu Zhang, Jingbo Liu
Fertility declines in high-parity sows. This study investigated whether parity-dependent declines in embryonic survival and reproductive performance could be restored by dietary coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) supplementation. Two experiments were performed. In Exp. 1, 30 young sows that had completed their 2nd parity and 30 high-parity sows that had completed their 10th parity, were fed either a control diet
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Breed identification using breed-informative SNPs and machine learning based on whole genome sequence data and SNP chip data J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Changheng Zhao, Dan Wang, Jun Teng, Cheng Yang, Xinyi Zhang, Xianming Wei, Qin Zhang
Breed identification is useful in a variety of biological contexts. Breed identification usually involves two stages, i.e., detection of breed-informative SNPs and breed assignment. For both stages, there are several methods proposed. However, what is the optimal combination of these methods remain unclear. In this study, using the whole genome sequence data available for 13 cattle breeds from Run
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The eQTL colocalization and transcriptome-wide association study identify potentially causal genes responsible for economic traits in Simmental beef cattle J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Wentao Cai, Yapeng Zhang, Tianpeng Chang, Zezhao Wang, Bo Zhu, Yan Chen, Xue Gao, Lingyang Xu, Lupei Zhang, Huijiang Gao, Jiuzhou Song, Junya Li
A detailed understanding of genetic variants that affect beef merit helps maximize the efficiency of breeding for improved production merit in beef cattle. To prioritize the putative variants and genes, we ran a comprehensive genome-wide association studies (GWAS) analysis for 21 agronomic traits using imputed whole-genome variants in Simmental beef cattle. Then, we applied expression quantitative
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Improving the accuracy of genomic prediction for meat quality traits using whole genome sequence data in pigs J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Zhanwei Zhuang, Jie Wu, Yibin Qiu, Donglin Ruan, Rongrong Ding, Cineng Xu, Shenping Zhou, Yuling Zhang, Yiyi Liu, Fucai Ma, Jifei Yang, Ying Sun, Enqin Zheng, Ming Yang, Gengyuan Cai, Jie Yang, Zhenfang Wu
Pork quality can directly affect customer purchase tendency and meat quality traits have become valuable in modern pork production. However, genetic improvement has been slow due to high phenotyping costs. In this study, whole genome sequence (WGS) data was used to evaluate the prediction accuracy of genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) for meat quality in large-scale crossbred commercial
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Multi-omics reveals that the host-microbiome metabolism crosstalk of differential rumen bacterial enterotypes can regulate the milk protein synthesis of dairy cows J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Chenguang Zhang, Mengya Wang, Huifeng Liu, Xingwei Jiang, Xiaodong Chen, Tao Liu, Qingyan Yin, Yue Wang, Lu Deng, Junhu Yao, Shengru Wu
Dairy cows’ lactation performance is the outcome of the crosstalk between ruminal microbial metabolism and host metabolism. However, it is still unclear to what extent the rumen microbiome and its metabolites, as well as the host metabolism, contribute to regulating the milk protein yield (MPY). The rumen fluid, serum and milk of 12 Holstein cows with the same diet (45% coarseness ratio), parity (2–3
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Effects of dietary supplementation of bacteriophage cocktail on health status of weanling pigs in a non-sanitary environment J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 YoHan Choi, Abdolreza Hosseindoust, Sang Hun Ha, Joeun Kim, YeJin Min, YongDae Jeong, JunYoung Mun, SooJin Sa, JinSoo Kim
The study evaluated the effects of bacteriophage cocktail (BP) and ZnO administered during weaning time for piglets exposed to a non-sanitary environment. The bacteriophages were designed to eliminate Escherichia coli (K88, K99 and F41), Salmonella (typhimurium and enteritidis), and Clostridium perfreingens (types A and C). Forty 21-day-old crossbreed piglets were assigned to four treatments, including
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Strategies to improve genomic predictions for 35 duck carcass traits in an F2 population J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-06 Wentao Cai, Jian Hu, Wenlei Fan, Yaxi Xu, Jing Tang, Ming Xie, Yunsheng Zhang, Zhanbao Guo, Zhengkui Zhou, Shuisheng Hou
Carcass traits are crucial for broiler ducks, but carcass traits can only be measured postmortem. Genomic selection (GS) is an effective approach in animal breeding to improve selection and reduce costs. However, the performance of genomic prediction in duck carcass traits remains largely unknown. In this study, we estimated the genetic parameters, performed GS using different models and marker densities
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A review of the pangenome: how it affects our understanding of genomic variation, selection and breeding in domestic animals? J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Ying Gong, Yefang Li, Xuexue Liu, Yuehui Ma, Lin Jiang
As large-scale genomic studies have progressed, it has been revealed that a single reference genome pattern cannot represent genetic diversity at the species level. While domestic animals tend to have complex routes of origin and migration, suggesting a possible omission of some population-specific sequences in the current reference genome. Conversely, the pangenome is a collection of all DNA sequences
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Dietary fiber during gestation improves lactational feed intake of sows by modulating gut microbiota J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Shuang Li, Jie Zheng, Jiaqi He, Hao Liu, Yingyan Huang, Liansu Huang, Ke Wang, Xilun Zhao, Bin Feng, Lianqiang Che, Zhengfeng Fang, Jian Li, Shengyu Xu, Yan Lin, Xuemei Jiang, Lun Hua, Yong Zhuo, De Wu
The feed intake of sows during lactation is often lower than their needs. High-fiber feed is usually used during gestation to increase the voluntary feed intake of sows during lactation. However, the mechanism underlying the effect of bulky diets on the appetites of sows during lactation have not been fully clarified. The current study was conducted to determine whether a high-fiber diet during gestation
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Robust identification of regulatory variants (eQTLs) using a differential expression framework developed for RNA-sequencing J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Mackenzie A. Marrella, Fernando H. Biase
A gap currently exists between genetic variants and the underlying cell and tissue biology of a trait, and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) studies provide important information to help close that gap. However, two concerns that arise with eQTL analyses using RNA-sequencing data are normalization of data across samples and the data not following a normal distribution. Multiple pipelines have
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Effects of tannic acid on the immunity and intestinal health of broiler chickens with necrotic enteritis infection J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Huiping Xu, Jianyang Fu, Yimeng Luo, Peng Li, Bochen Song, Zengpeng Lv, Yuming Guo
In broiler chickens, necrotic enteritis (NE) infection can reduce production performance. Tannic acid has shown great potential as a treatment of NE in broilers. However, the appropriate dosage of tannic acid in NE of broilers and the improvement effect on intestinal health are not very clear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of different doses of tannic acid on the production performance
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Serum metabolic profile and metabolome genome-wide association study in chicken J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. (IF 7.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Jing Tian, Xiaoning Zhu, Hanyu Wu, Yuzhe Wang, Xiaoxiang Hu
Chickens provide globally important livestock products. Understanding the genetic and molecular mechanisms underpinning chicken economic traits is crucial for improving their selective breeding. Influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, metabolites are the ultimate expression of physiological processes and can provide key insights into livestock economic traits. However, the