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Animals, Volume 15, Issue 11

June-1 2025 - 172 articles

Cover Story: Although animals are typically modelled as making uniform responses to weather conditions, in reality, the adaptive capacity and resilience of a species relates to differences in the way individuals respond. We investigated how energy expenditure varied among individual European badgers belonging to a high-density population. In spring, thin badgers remained active regardless of temperature, whereas fatter badgers were less active on cool nights. Conversely, in summer, thin badgers were more active on warmer nights. Crucially, however, 35% to 57% of differences in activity were simply idiosyncratic, showing that under the same conditions animals make diverse choices about how to spend energy, where no single tactic is optimal. Such differences in activity profiles may contribute to population resilience under rapid environmental change. View this paper
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Articles (172)

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,674 Views
33 Pages

Enhancing Biosecurity in Mollusc Aquaculture: A Review of Current Isothermal Nucleic Acid Detection Methods

  • Hoda Abbas,
  • Gemma Zerna,
  • Alexandra Knox,
  • Danielle Ackerly,
  • Jacinta Agius,
  • Karla Helbig and
  • Travis Beddoe

4 June 2025

The growing human population has increased the need for food beyond what terrestrial sources can provide. This boosts aquaculture demand for molluscs, fish, and crustaceans. Molluscs are popular for their nutritional benefits, making them a profitabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
915 Views
16 Pages

Porcine SCD1 Regulates Lipid Droplet Number via CLSTN3B in PK15 Cells

  • Wenzhe Bai,
  • Qianhai Fang,
  • Yanzhen Bi,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Ke Xu,
  • Ao Zhou,
  • Hao Gu and
  • Hongbo Chen

4 June 2025

Fat deposition plays a key role in determining porcine meat quality traits, with lipid droplets serving as critical organelles for lipid storage in adipose tissue. Inhibiting lipid droplet biogenesis disrupts the lipid storage capacity of adipocytes....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,011 Views
25 Pages

4 June 2025

The aim was to investigate the suitability of Santhica 27 industrial hemp leaves as a protein source in dairy cow nutrition. Twelve Holstein dairy cows received a total mixed ration (TMR) containing 7.4% industrial hemp leaves (HEMP) and a TMR contai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
997 Views
18 Pages

4 June 2025

Finding effective alternatives to antibiotics and zinc oxide in livestock feed remains challenging, but phytogenic compounds show promising potential. In the first part of the present study, the in vitro antimicrobial activities of carvacrol, eugenol...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
7,046 Views
16 Pages

Myocarditis in Cats with Feline Infectious Peritonitis Can Be Cured with GS-441524 and Symptomatic Cardiovascular Treatment

  • Katharina Buchta,
  • Jana Friederich,
  • Anna-Maria Zuzzi-Krebitz,
  • Jessica Schöbel,
  • Jenny Eberhard,
  • Katharina Zwicklbauer,
  • Andrea M. Spiri,
  • Regina Hofmann-Lehmann,
  • Katrin Hartmann and
  • Gerhard Wess

4 June 2025

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) caused by feline coronavirus (FCoV) is a fatal disease in cats characterized by variable manifestations. Myocarditis represents a less commonly described pathology within the clinical spectrum of FIP. No research h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,040 Views
19 Pages

4 June 2025

The marine ornamental species trade relies heavily on wild-caught specimens, including the Vermiculated angelfish (Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus). Captive breeding of this species faces challenges with limited detailed knowledge available beyond 2 days...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,091 Views
14 Pages

The Activity Rhythm and Home Range Characteristics of Released Chinese Pangolins (Manis pentadactyla)

  • Haochen Huang,
  • Zhenhui Shen,
  • Xinhao Zhang,
  • Hongyi Cheng,
  • Chungang Xie and
  • Rongquan Zheng

4 June 2025

As a mammal with unique ecological habits, the Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla, exhibits nocturnal behavior and has a hidden, cave-dwelling lifestyle. Severe habitat degradation and fragmentation have led to a rapid decline in its wild populatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,523 Views
20 Pages

The Probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici in the Feed of Salmonids: A Strategy to Improve Reproductive Parameters

  • Rommy Díaz,
  • Doris Carrasco,
  • John Quiñones,
  • Ailín Martínez,
  • Gastón Sepúlveda,
  • Isabela Pérez-Núñez,
  • Rodrigo Huaiquipán,
  • David Cancino-Baier,
  • Jorge F. Beltrán and
  • Jorge G. Farías
  • + 2 authors

4 June 2025

This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with the probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici on the reproductive performance and offspring viability of male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). A total of 48 mature males were divided into thr...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,987 Views
5 Pages

Amino Acid Supplementation in Fish Nutrition and Welfare

  • Cláudia Aragão,
  • Sofia Engrola and
  • Benjamín Costas

4 June 2025

Amino acids are not only the fundamental building blocks of proteins and, consequently, essential for animal growth, but they have also gained recognition in recent years for their critical roles in regulating key metabolic processes [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,133 Views
25 Pages

The Administration of Heat Shock Protein-70 Bacterial Homolog (DnaK) Improves the Cumulative Survival and the Expression of Immune-Related Genes in Gnotobiotic Full-Sibling Sea Bass Larvae Challenged with Vibrio anguillarum

  • Eva Vallejos-Vidal,
  • Camino Fierro-Castro,
  • María Jesús Santillán-Araneda,
  • Merari Goldstein,
  • Sebastián Reyes-Cerpa,
  • Joan Carles Balasch,
  • Ali Reza Khansari,
  • Kristof Dierckens,
  • Peter Bossier and
  • Lluis Tort
  • + 1 author

4 June 2025

Heat shock proteins (HSPs), particularly HSP70, play a vital role in fish immune defense against pathogens. The administration of DnaK (bacterial homolog of HSP70) may be a strategy to potentiate the immune response and survival of aquatic organisms....

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