A new insight on alleviating the inhibitory effect of aflatoxin B1 on muscle development in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella): The effect of 4-Methylesculetin in vivo and in vitro
December 2024
Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), an important fungal toxin, exists mainly in plant feed ingredients and animals consuming feed contaminated with AFB1 will have reduced growth and impaired health condition mainly...
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Maternal probiotic mixture supplementation optimizes the gut microbiota structure of offspring piglets through the gut–breast axis
December 2024
Delivery and weaning are major stressful events in sows and piglets, adversely affecting production and growth performance and causing economic losses to swine farms. Probiotics as safe antibiotic alternatives...
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast co-cultures modulate the ruminal microbiome and metabolite availability to enhance rumen barrier function and growth performance in weaned lambs
December 2024
In lambs, weaning imposes stress that can contribute to impaired rumen epithelial barrier functionality and immunological dysregulation. In this study, the effects of a yeast co-culture consisting of...
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Nutrient utilisation and growth performance of broiler chickens fed standard or moderately reduced dietary protein diets with and without β-mannanase supplementation
December 2024
The use of reduced protein diets in broiler chicken production provides potential benefits for performance and environmental footprint of production. The effectiveness of β-Mannanase supplementation...
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Application of the brown macroalga Saccharina latissima (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) as a feed ingredient for livestock: A review
December 2024
In recent years, marine macroalgae have been recognized as potential alternative and sustainable feeding resources for livestock. Differences in nutritional values and biomass yield across macroalgal...
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Dietary supplementation with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 regulates productive performance, lipid metabolism and gut microbiota in aged laying ducks
December 2024
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) on productive performance, lipid metabolism and gut microbiota in aged laying ducks....
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Evaluation of glycyrrhetinic acid in attenuating adverse effects of a high-fat diet in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
December 2024
Glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) has been shown to promote growth characteristics and play a crucial role in anti-inflammatory responses in animals. To investigate the effects of dietary GA supplementation...
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Indole-3-propionic acid enhances growth performance and reduces diarrhea via modulating redox status and intestinal inflammation in weaned piglets
December 2024
Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) has anti-inflammatory properties, which can be beneficial for weaned piglets with underdeveloped immune systems. The study explores the impact of IPA supplementation on...
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Compound Bacillus improves eggshell quality and egg metabolites of hens by promoting the metabolism balance of calcium and phosphorus and uterine cell proliferation
December 2024
Probiotics have beneficial effects on improving egg quality, but there is little research about the effect of probiotics on metabolite composition, and the mechanisms are not yet fully understood. The...
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Transcriptomics and non-targeted metabolomics provide mechanistic insights into the improvement of the growth performance and meat quality of lambs supplemented with fermented Lycium barbarum residues
Available online 22 November 2024
This study investigated the effects of Lycium barbarum residues (LBR) and fermented L. barbarum residues (FLBR) on the growth performance and meat quality of lambs. Eighteen lambs were randomly assigned...
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Dietary supplementation of grape seed proanthocyanidins improves growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs
Available online 20 November 2024
Grape seed proanthocyanidin (GSP) is a type of plant polyphenol with a wide variety of biological activities, such as antioxidant properties. This study investigated the effects of GSP supplementation...
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Protective impacts of bamboo leaf flavonoids in stressed broilers induced by diquat: Insight of antioxidant, immune response and intestinal barrier function
Available online 20 November 2024
This research explored the protective impact of bamboo leaf flavonoids (BLF) in diquat (DQ) stressed broilers; providing insight of antioxidant, immune response and intestinal barrier function. This...
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Dietary supplementation of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides alleviates soybean meal-induced enteritis in spotted sea bass Lateolabrax maculatus
Available online 15 November 2024
The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) on alleviating soybean meal-induced enteritis (SBMIE) in spotted sea bass Lateolabrax maculatus. The...
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Impacts of alfalfa nutrient concentrate on pellet physical attributes, growth performance, metabolism and nutritional quality of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Available online 8 November 2024
This study addresses 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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Dihydroquercetin attenuated Prevotella copri-caused intestinal injury by modulating gut microbiota and bile acids in weaned piglets
Available online 7 November 2024
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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Hydroxy-selenomethionine helps cows to overcome heat stress by enhancing antioxidant capacity and alleviating blood-milk barrier damage
Available online 7 November 2024
Heat stress can lead to decreased feed intake, apoptosis of mammary epithelial cells, and decreased milk yield and quality. Selenium is an important element in the composition of at least 25 selenoproteins....
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Undernutrition disrupts jejunal and ileal microbiota and epithelial tissue homeostasis in a pregnant sheep model
Available online 7 November 2024
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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Integrated transcriptomic hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis network analysis reveals the role of energy availability on egg production in layers
Available online 6 November 2024
Energy is a crucial component for maintaining egg production in layers. The hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis is an energy-sensitive functional axis for follicle development, synthesis, and...
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Glutamate increases the lean percentage and intramuscular fat content and alters gut microbiota in Shaziling pigs
Available online 5 November 2024
This study aimed to explore the effects of glutamate (Glu) supplementation on the growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, composition of amino acids and fatty acids in the longissimus dorsi...
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Nutritional values of soybean meal from different sources in multiparous sows
Available online 2 November 2024
This study determined the available energy content, apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of nutrients, and ileal amino acid (AA) digestibility of soybean meal (SBM) from different sources in non-gestating,...
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Metasilicate-based alkaline mineral water improves the growth performance of weaned piglets by maintaining gut-liver axis homeostasis through microbiota-mediated secondary bile acid pathway
Available online 2 November 2024
Weaning stress causes substantial economic loss in the swine industry. Moreover, weaning-induced intestinal barrier damage and dysfunction of the gut-liver axis are associated with reduced growth performance...
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Improving fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome in laying hens through gut microbiota and oxylipin metabolism by Bacteroides fragilis: A potential involvement of arachidonic acid
Available online 1 November 2024
Bacteroides fragilis (B. fragilis), a crucial commensal bacterium within the gut, has shown connections with hepatic lipid metabolism and inflammation regulation. Nonetheless, the role of B. fragilis...
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Interaction between energy level and starch: fat ratio on intestinal energy metabolism of layer pullets
Available online 31 October 2024
During the growing period, the gastrointestinal tract of layer pullets is not yet well developed and may be susceptible to dietary energy level. The energy level and composition might impact the intestinal...
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Differences in utilisation of digestible macronutrients between two different size classes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Available online 28 October 2024
The aim of this study was to investigate whether fish size has an effect on the utilisation efficiency of digestible protein, digestible fat and digestible carbohydrates for energy gain in rainbow trout....
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Serum metabolomics analysis reveals a novel association between maternal metabolism and fetal survival in sows fed diets containing differing methionine levels and sources
Available online 26 October 2024
Methionine (Met) metabolism is vital for one carbon metabolism, redox status and fetal development. Hence, this study investigated the effects of different levels and sources of Met on maternal metabolism,...
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