Growth, immunity, relative gene expression, carcass traits and economic efficiency of two rabbit breeds fed prebiotic supplemented diets.

abstract：:P-element-induced wimpy testis-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are small RNAs that are essential for mammalian spermatogenesis and testicular development. Comparative analyses of the molecular mechanisms of spermatogenesis among different organisms are therefore dependent on accurate piRNA characterizations. In this study, ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： He X,Li B,Fu S,Wang B,Qi Y,Da L,Te R,Sun S,Liu Y,Zhang W

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal myoblast differentiation is controlled by a multitude of transcription factors and signal pathways. Myogenin is a critical transcriptional regulator in the initiation and maintenance of myoblast differentiation. The Akt/FoxO1 signal pathway plays an important role in myoblast differentiation. MicroRNAs are a ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Zhang S,Chen X,Huang Z,Chen D,Yu B,He J,Zheng P,Yu J,Luo J,Luo Y,Chen H

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Specificity Protein 3 (SP3) is a newly identified regulator of tumor growth and invasiveness in humans. In this study, we identified and characterized the function of duck SP3 (duSP3). The full-length cDNA sequence of the duSP3 gene was cloned via rapid amplification of cDNA ends. It contained 2468 nucleotides, includ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Cao Z,Gao W,Gu T,Huo W,Zhang Y,Zhang Y,Xu Q,Chen G

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Jining Grey is a prolific local goat breed in P.R. China. Bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) gene that controls high fecundity of Inverdale, Hanna, Lacaune, Belclare, Cambridge, and Small Tailed Han ewes was studied as a candidate gene for the prolificacy of Jining Grey goats. According to the sequence of ovine...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Chu MX,Jiao CL,He YQ,Wang JY,Liu ZH,Chen GH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is known to affect disease resistance in many species. Investigations of MHC diversity in populations of wild species have focused on the antigen presenting class IIβ molecules due to the known polymorphic nature of these genes and the role these molecule...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Bauer MM,Miller MM,Briles WE,Reed KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to identify polymorphisms in CACNA2D1 gene and their association with clinical mastitis and production traits. Exon 18 and its flanking regions were screened for the presence of SNPs. Statistical analysis was performed to identify association of period of birth, breed, and genotype with...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Magotra A,Gupta ID,Verma A,Alex R,Mr V,Ahmad T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pigs, susceptibility to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) K88 strains (locus F4bcR) is determined by a dominant allele, with the recessive allele determining resistance. The susceptible allele also appeared to be associated with higher growth rate even with discordant results. A single nucleotide polymorphism...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Fontanesi L,Bertolini F,Dall'Olio S,Buttazzoni L,Gallo M,Russo V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian transvaginal ultrasonography (OTU) has been used world-wide for commercial ovum pick-up programs for in vitro embryo production in elite herds, providing an excellent model for the elucidation of factors controlling bovine oocyte developmental competence. Noninvasive sampling and treatment of ovarian structure...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Velazquez MA,Kues WA,Niemann H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the effect of somatostatin on oocytes maturation and subsequent embryo development in cattle. Bovine granulosa cells separated from oocytes, cultured for 24 h and transfected with pEGFP-N1 vector with mouse SST gene (Experimental) and with out plasmid transfection (Control). RT-P...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Moaeen-ud-Din M,Malik N,Yang LG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CARP, ANKRD2, and DARP belong to the ankyrin repeat protein (MARP) family and play a critical role in the integration of cytoskeletal architecture, stress response, and transcriptional regulation. In this study, we cloned the cDNA and promoter sequences of porcine ankyrin repeat protein (MARP) gene family. RT-PCR anal...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wang L,Lei M,Xiong Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of probiotics on pre-weaning performance, muscle, and fat deposition and serum metabolite profiles in male and female Senepol calves. Thirty new-born Senepol calves, 15 males and 15 females, were randomly allocated to the following treatments: CON a control group th...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Gandra JR,Pedrini CA,Cônsolo NRB,Acosta AP,Seno LO,Barbosa LCGS,Noia IZ,Buarque VLM,Padilla ARH,Colnago LA,Gandra ERS

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A Cas9/sgRNA RNA-guided endonuclease expression system including a codon-optimized Streptococcus pyogenes A20 Cas9 recombinant protein expression vector and a spacer-guide chimeric RNA expression vector using the porcine U6 promoter was constructed for application in pigs. Only the Flag2-NLS1-Cas9-NLS2 recombinant pro...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Su YH,Lin TY,Huang CL,Tu CF,Chuang CK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) found in the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria and, in mammals, is recognized by the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in conjunction with the serum protein, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP), and the CD14 co-receptor. We have found ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Kogut MH,He H,Kaiser P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of supplementing diet of growing lambs with microbial feed additive mixture (direct-fed microbial; DFM) based on Saccharomyces cerevisiae, lactic acid bacteria and exogenous enzymes on feed intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) utilization, ruminal fermentation, blood chemistry and growth performanc...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Sallam SMA,Kholif AE,Amin KA,El-Din ANMN,Attia MFA,Matloup OH,Anele UY

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fescue toxicosis (FT) reduces beef animal growth and fertility. Animals afflicted with FT typically have decreased circulating prolactin concentrations and thicker summer hair coats. Preliminary experiments examined the informativeness of a novel Dopamine Receptor 2 (DRD2) G/A SNP for resistance to FT. Steers grazed t...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Campbell BT,Kojima CJ,Cooper TA,Bastin BC,Wojakiewicz L,Kallenbach RL,Schrick FN,Waller JC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, gene identification in elephants has essentially related to evolutionary studies. Further identification of genes in elephants could provide additional information for evolutionary studies and for evaluating genetic diversity in existing elephant populations. The objective of this project was to identify sequ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Burk NE,Messer LA,Ernst CW,Rothschild MF

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local chicken populations are a major source of food in the rural areas of Algeria. However, their origin has not been well characterized. The objectives of this study were to assess genetic diversity and maternal origin of domestic chicken from five agro-ecological regions of western Algeria: coastal (CT), inland pla...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Boudali SF,Al-Jumaili AS,Bouandas A,Mahammi FZ,Tabet Aoul N,Hanotte O,Gaouar SBS

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine any potential association of the BF, RBP4, and ESR2 genes with reproduction traits in an autochthonous Greek pig population. The PCR-RFLP methodology was implemented for genotyping purposes of the examined genes. No deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was observe...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Laliotis GP,Marantidis A,Avdi M

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoid X receptor α (RXRα) is thought to be a key regulator in lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism, adipogenic differentiation, gene expression, and inflammatory response. However, it is not clear whether RXRα has any role in intramuscular preadipocyte of goat. In the current investigation, we report that adenoviru...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Xu Q,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Zhu J,Lin Y

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Knockdown of myostatin gene (MSTN), transforming growth factor-β superfamily, and a negative regulator of the skeletal muscle growth, by RNA interference (RNAi), has been reported to increase muscle mass in mammals. The current study was aimed to cotransfect two anti-MSTN short hairpin RNA (shRNA) constructs in caprin...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Hati Boruah JL,Ranjan R,Gogoi H,Pandey SK,Kumar D,Phukan AJ,Bori J,Sarkhel BC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome 8 (SSC8) is an important one in the swine genome because it has been shown to harbor several economically important quantitative trait loci (QTL). The entire porcine chromosome 8 was microdissected and amplified by degenerate oligonucleotide primer (DOP) PCR. The PCR product was then enriched for (CA)n micr...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wang Z,Rohrer G,Stone R,Troyer D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) 12 is a member of the ADAM family possessing a putative role in a variety of biological processes such as modulation of proteolytic processing, cell adhesion, cell fusion, and signaling. Recently, it has been suggested that ADAM12 is involved in regulation of adipogenesis as we...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Taniguchi Y,Doronbekov K,Yamada T,Sasaki Y,Takano A,Sugimoto Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed SLC27A1, a candidate gene for milk production traits in Chinese Holstein cattle. DNA was extracted from the blood of 48 top Chinese Holstein Cattle selected according to phenotypic character and mixed into DNA pool for SNP detection. We tested blood samples of these cattle for SNPs in exon 3 and the 3'-fla...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Lv Y,Wei C,Zhang L,Lu G,Liu K,Du L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segregation distortion of alleles was found in several regions of the genome in allele type analyses of genetic markers for a swine resource family that had been constructed by crossing Göttingen miniature pig and Meishan breeds. From these regions, a region on chromosome 6 presented a distortion over several consecut...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Yasue H,Mikawa S,Uenishi H,Wada Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meat quality traits (MQTs) are very important in the porcine industry, which are mainly determined by skeletal muscle fiber composition, extra-muscular and/or intramuscular fat content. To identify the differentially expressed candidate genes affecting the meat quality traits, first we compared the MQTs and skeletal m...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Xu X,Mishra B,Qin N,Sun X,Zhang S,Yang J,Xu R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since World War II the use of antimicrobial products associated with food animal production has increased. Antimicrobials along with evolving production practices have significantly increased throughput, animal welfare, and improved health. Concerns surrounding the growing significance of emerging and in some cases ra...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Baker R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The grand jackknife clam Solen grandis is a commercially important mollusk species, but has been suffering from severe population decline due to over-exploitation and habitat destruction in China. To promote a conservation program for this species, it is necessary to evaluate its genetic diversity and population genet...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Nie H,Jiang L,Gao Y,Xu H,Du S,Yan X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute, highly contagious, and economically devastating viral disease of domestic and wildlife species. For effective implementation of FMD control program, there is an imperative need for developing a rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnostics which help in the identification of sero...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Dash L,Subramaniam S,Khulape SA,Prusty BR,Pargai K,Narnaware SD,Patil NV,Pattnaik B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of genes and their regulation during lactation in Ghezel sheep breed remains less understood. To explore the underlying molecular mechanism of the lactation process in the mammary gland, transcriptome profiles of Iranian fat-tailed Ghezel sheep breed milk at two stages, before (BF) and after peak (AF) s...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Farhadian M,Rafat SA,Panahi B,Ebrahimie E

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine pyruvate carboxylase (PC; EC 6.4.1.1) cDNA was cloned by reverse transcription (RT) PCR. The coding region plus 3' untranslated region (UTR) of PC mRNA is 3926 bases and encodes 1178 amino acid PC precursor protein. A 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends protocol was used to clone the 5' end of the mRNA. Six 5'U...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Agca C,Bidwell CA,Donkin SS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00