Dihydroquercetin attenuated Prevotella copri-caused intestinal injury by modulating gut microbiota and bile acids in weaned piglets
March 2025
Gut microbiota disruption during the weaning process is a significant factor of intestinal injury. Our previous studies have suggested that Prevotella may play a critical role in causing intestinal...
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Impacts of alfalfa nutrient concentrate on pellet physical attributes, growth performance, metabolism and nutritional quality of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
March 2025
This study addressed the escalating demand for aquatic feed by exploring the potential of alfalfa nutrient concentrate (ANC) as feed ingredient for rainbow trout. Test diets contained varying ANC levels...
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Undernutrition disrupts jejunal and ileal microbiota and epithelial tissue homeostasis in a pregnant sheep model
March 2025
Nutrition consistently affects microbe-host interactions in the gastrointestinal tract. This study aimed to unravel how undernutrition reshapes the microbial composition and the homeostasis of epithelium...
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Research advances in Pimpinella thellungiana: Nutrients, bioactive compounds, and functional properties benefitting livestock
March 2025
Growth retardation affects the health and production of livestock, while overexertion can cause sudden cardiac arrest. Both cases are considered to be metabolic disorders and are detrimental to livestock...
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Different starch sources and amino acid levels on growth performance, starch and amino acids digestion, absorption and metabolism of 0- to 3-week-old broilers fed low protein diet
March 2025
The synchronized absorption of amino acids and glucose in the gut is essential for amino acid utilization and protein synthesis in the body. The study aimed to investigate how the starch digestion rate...
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Interaction of dietary replacements of fishmeal by protein blend and feeding frequency on growth performance and protein utilization of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio var. CAS V)
March 2025
Feeding frequency represents a potential strategy to improve the utilization of protein sources by fish. This study investigated its impact on the utilization of protein blend in gibel carp. The dietary...
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Black soldier fly larvae oil can partially replace fish oil in the diet of the juvenile mud crab (Scylla paramamosain)
March 2025
An 8-week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of replacing dietary fish oil (FO) with black soldier fly larval oil (BSFO) on growth performance, antioxidant and immune response, lipid...
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Effects of different rapeseed varieties on egg production performance, egg quality, hormone levels, follicle development, and thyroid function in hens
March 2025
This study was to evaluate the effects of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) from China with different content of glucosinolate (Gls) and erucic acid (EA) on laying hens. A total of 600 laying hens at 33 wk...
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Increased proline intake during gestation alleviates obesity-related impaired fetal development and placental function in gilts
March 2025
Maternal proline (Pro) supplementation enhances fetal survival and placental development in mice. However, the effect of Pro on fetal and placental development in gilts remains to be investigated, particularly...
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Long-term leucine supplementation increases body weight in goats by controlling appetite and muscle protein synthesis under protein-restricted conditions
March 2025
An inadequate amino acid (AA) supply in animals under protein-restricted conditions can slow skeletal muscle growth. Protein translation can be activated by short-term leucine (Leu) stimulation; however,...
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Enhancing nutrient efficiency through optimizing protein levels in lambs: Involvement of gastrointestinal microbiota
March 2025
Improving the nutrient utilization efficiency of ruminants is of utmost significance for both economic and environmental benefits. Optimizing dietary protein levels represents a key nutritional strategy...
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Bacillus pumilus 315 improves intestinal microbiota and barrier function to alleviate diarrhea of neonatal goats
March 2025
Diarrhea is the leading cause of mortality in postnatal goat kids, seriously impacting breeding efficiency. This study aimed to explore the effects of Bacillus pumilus 315 (B. pumilus) on goat kids’...
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Maternal dietary inulin intake during late gestation and lactation ameliorates intestinal oxidative stress in piglets with the involvements of gut microbiota and bile acids metabolism
March 2025
Maternal inulin intake has been shown to alleviate oxidative stress in piglets, but the role of bile acids (BAs) in this process remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the roles of gut microbiota...
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The potential of canola to decrease soybean meal inclusions in diets for broiler chickens
March 2025
Feedstuffs derived from canola, predominantly canola meals plus whole, "full-fat" canola seed, and even canola protein isolates and/or concentrates, have the potential to decrease soybean meal inclusions...
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Comparison of the effects of taurine and methionine supplementation on the nitrogen metabolism of beef steers elucidated through plasma metabolome profiling
March 2025
The objectives of the experiment were to compare the effects of rumen-protected taurine (RPT) and rumen-protected methionine (RPM) on the nitrogen (N) metabolism, plasma biochemical parameters, and...
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Impact of krill (Euphausia superba) meal on growth performance of aquatic animals: A meta-analysis and prospective directions
March 2025
Antarctic krill meal (KM) (Euphausia superba) as a substitute for fishmeal in aquatic animal diets is gaining popularity worldwide. A quantitative approach investigating the efficacy of using this protein...
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Wheat straw and alfalfa hay alone or combined in a high-concentrate diet alters microbial-host interaction in the rumen of lambs
March 2025
The inclusion of various forages in a normal forage-to-concentrate ratio has widely been reported to reveal the changes that occur in the foregut tissues. However, the mechanism by which the wheat straw,...
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Effects of peroxidized lipids on intestinal morphology, antioxidant capacity and gut microbiome in piglets
March 2025
This study investigated the effect of peroxidized lipids on piglets’ growth performance, intestinal morphology, inflammatory reactions, oxidative stress in the liver, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and colon,...
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Impact of dietary forage proportion and crossbreeding on feed efficiency and methane emissions in lactating dairy cows
March 2025
Increasing forage proportion (FP) in the diets of dairy cows would reduce competition for human edible foods and reduce feed costs, particularly in low-input systems. However, increasing FP reduces...
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Dietary geniposide supplementation could enhance hepatic lipid metabolism, immunity, antioxidant capacity, and ammonia stress resistance in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
March 2025
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of dietary geniposide supplementation on growth performance, lipid metabolism, health status, and ammonia stress resistance in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)....
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Determination of optimal dietary calcium levels under different zinc sources in Jing Tint 6 layer chicks from hatch to day 14
Available online 28 March 2025
An experiment was conducted to investigate the optimal dietary calcium (Ca) levels in Jing Tint 6 layer chicks fed different sources of zinc (Zn). A total of 1440 day-old birds with similar body weight...
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Digestion kinetics of protein feed ingredients and their impact on nitrogen utilization in growing pigs
Available online 28 March 2025
The velocity of nitrogen release impacts nitrogen utilization efficiency and animal growth. Yet the crucial junctures linking nitrogen release and utilization from diverse feed ingredients to digestion...
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Integrative analysis of metabolomics and transcriptomics reveals alterations in egg quality and hepatic lipid metabolism in hens supplemented with curcumin
Available online 28 March 2025
Curcumin has been shown to affect lipid metabolism in various ways, but its molecular mechanisms in hens remain poorly understood. In this study, 378 Hy-Line Brown hens, aged 58 weeks, were randomly...
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A perception that the feed grain basis of reduced-crude protein diets modifies the anabolic impact of insulin on the growth performance of broiler chickens
Available online 27 March 2025
This inherently speculative review provides a perception that the feed grain basis of a reduced-crude protein (CP) diets modifies the anabolic impact of insulin in broiler chickens for the first 21...
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