2026 September-2 - 160 articles
Dietary fiber raw materials for meat rabbits are diverse, yet the effects of their hydration properties and fermentation on growth performance and intestinal health remain insufficiently understood. In this study, we first systematically analyzed 12...
Northern pike (Esox lucius) exhibits significant sexual growth dimorphism, yet the molecular basis of this sex-biased trait remains largely unexplored. In this study, we performed an integrative analysis of whole-genome DNA methylation (WGBS) and who...
A one-year-old, 48 kg, male neutered, Great Dane presented for bilateral thoracic limb lameness ascribed to an apparent developmental valgus deformity of both manus. Corrective radial-shaped osteotomies of the four weight-bearing metacarpal bones (II...
Mulberry leaf is a promising sustainable plant-based feed resource; however, high dietary inclusion of raw mulberry leaf impairs growth in carnivorous fish. Fermentation degrades anti-nutritional components and enhances nutrient availability, yet the...
Mastitis severely hinders dairy farming, with Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) serving as a major causative pathogen. Prolonged antibiotic administration promotes the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains, thereby compromising mastitis con...
This review critically evaluates the impact of positive reinforcement training (PRT) on wild mammals maintained in ex situ environments, highlighting its role in enhancing animal welfare. The synthesis consolidates recent research on how PRT influenc...
Welfare assessments at traditional equestrian events in Brazil are scarce. This study aimed to systematize and stratify assessments based on the Five Domains (5DMs) model into subdomains (sDMs) for vaquejada and gait events and to adapt them to refle...
Mid-lactation represents a critical production phase for high-yield dairy cows, where nutrient imbalance can compromise animal health and farm profitability. This study investigated the effects of dietary alkaline mineral complex (AMC)–water su...
The ocular surface represents a unique microbial ecosystem continuously exposed to environmental microorganisms; however, the fungal component of the healthy equine ocular microbiome remains poorly characterized. This study aimed to characterize the...
Cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) rupture frequently occurs with medial patellar luxation (MPL) in small-breed dogs, and both conditions may be corrected during surgery using a proximal tibial osteotomy—tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) o...
Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is a leading cause of economic losses in the global cattle industry, with Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida as the primary bacterial pathogens. This review provides a comprehensive overview of vaccine r...
The increasing salinization and alkalization of inland waters in China pose a growing threat to the early developmental stages of fish. This study investigated the survival rates and transcriptomic response mechanisms of pond smelt (Hypomesus nippone...
Foraging is a physiologically demanding behavior in honey bees, requiring substantial energy expenditure and continuous physiological adaptation. To investigate the molecular responses of hemolymph during foraging, pollen-foraging workers returning f...
Tenacibaculosis, primarily caused by Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi in Chile, is now the second leading infectious cause of mortality in Chilean Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farming, yet the host immune response remains uncharacterized. Here, we combine...
Heat stress is a critical environmental factor that compromises reproductive performance in dairy cattle, primarily through deleterious effects on ovarian follicular cells. Granulosa cells (GCs), which provide essential nutritional and hormonal suppo...
Litter moisture content (LMC) and litter pH (LPH) are important indicators of litter quality in broiler production. This study developed machine-learning models to predict LMC and LPH using environmental, flock-related, spatial, and litter-related va...
The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), notably the show camels of the Mezayen tradition, holds significant cultural and socio-economic importance in the Middle East. Mezayen is a camel beauty contest tradition highlighting the remarkable aesthetic...
Antibiotic-associated gastrointestinal dysbiosis can compromise microbial homeostasis and mucosal health, creating a need for natural feed additives that support gastrointestinal resilience. Artemisia argyi contains bioactive compounds with antimicro...
Precision livestock technologies play a critical role in determining animal behavior and welfare. This study aimed to determine the effects of physiological stage, parity, lactation number, and milking frequency on the locomotor, resting, and inactiv...
Aichivirus D (AiV-D), a member of the genus Kobuvirus within the family Picornaviridae, is an emerging pathogen associated with diarrhea in multiple livestock species, including cattle, dairy cattle, Tibetan sheep, and yaks. In this study, a total of...
In livestock production, conventional nutrients and bioactive substances are susceptible to degradation during feed processing, storage, and gastrointestinal transit, resulting in low bioavailability and feed conversion efficiency. Targeted delivery...
Industrial black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) production commonly relies on stacked tray systems, yet little is known about how tray position and biological load influence production heterogeneity. This study evaluated whether different initial bi...
The viability of raising pigs from weaning to slaughter with inorganic phosphorus (iP)-free diets using a hybrid 6-phytase was tested in two trials. Three experimental diets were formulated: T1, a control diet with monocalcium phosphate (MCP); T2, a...
Accurate and efficient early pregnancy diagnosis (EPD) in livestock is crucial for optimizing breeding management and enhancing productivity in modern animal husbandry. Over the past century, EPD technology has evolved from empirical methods to sophi...
Holstein and Jersey dairy cows differ in body size, feed intake, milk production, and milk composition, which may influence the interpretation of enteric methane (CH4) emissions. This study compared production traits, milk composition, and respiratio...
The “Declaration of Specified Breed Names of Animals Banned from Being Owned, Imported, or Exported” was promulgated in Taiwan in response to aggression involving pit bull-type dogs. To support enforcement, we developed standards for visu...
The study was conducted to establish the thermoneutral zone (TNZ) of Murrah buffalo calves under precisely regulated environmental conditions. Six healthy calves (8–10 months) were exposed to progressively decreasing (24–15 °C; Temper...
Fecal pH is used in canine nutrition studies as an indirect indicator of intestinal fermentation, but sample preparation may affect the measured value. This study evaluated the effect of different feces-to-water dilution ratios on pH determination in...
Excessive abdominal fat deposition reduces feed efficiency and edible carcass yield in chickens, yet its developmental and regional specialization remains poorly understood. We generated 93 bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) libraries from 15 fat-associat...
Characterizing the spatiotemporal patterns of fish communities in subtropical river-type reservoirs provides useful baseline information for fisheries stewardship and aquatic ecosystem monitoring. This work investigated fish assemblages across 18 sam...
Heat stress is known to affect dairy cow behavior, but its effects on milking-order patterns and stabilization after herd entry in large commercial herds are not well described. We analyzed 70,491 parlor records from 484 Holstein cows milked three ti...
As companion animals approach end of life, their caregivers often face complex decisions that require balancing their pet’s quality of life, relief from suffering, potential medical interventions, financial and resource barriers, and the diffic...
The objective of this research was to determine the impacts of including sprouted barley (SB) in the diets of backgrounding beef steers. Angus-influenced steers (328 ± 6.59 kg) were assigned to one of four diets (n = 15/diet): a control (CON)...
This study aimed to explore whether zona-associated residual sperm may contribute to exogenous Y-DNAY-DNA contamination and cause sex bias in PCR-based sex classification of ovine early-stage embryos, based on the amplification of the AMEL gene. Prim...
Bile acid (BA) dysmetabolism is implicated in canine chronic inflammatory enteropathy (CIE), but fasting serum profiles across treatment-response groups remain poorly characterized. This exploratory observational study analyzed pretreatment serum fro...
Milk fat, a key nutritional component of milk, not only supplies energy and immune protection for offspring but also serves as a critical quality indicator for goat milk. Sirt7, one of the least studied members of the Sirtuins family, has been shown...
University-based animal welfare organizations are grassroots actors involved in managing free-roaming dog and cat populations, yet their role remains poorly characterized, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify...
To better analyze the health and welfare of individual dairy cows, this study proposes BR-Tracker, a multi-object tracking method designed for dense monitoring environments to address missed detections, tracking failures, and frequent identity switch...
Schizothoracinae represent an endemic and dominant teleost group in the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau and adjacent regions. Despite their rich species diversity, closely related Schizothoracinae species exhibit remarkable external morphological simila...
Selenium (Se) is essential in poultry nutrition for antioxidant defense through selenoproteins. While selenomethionine (Se-Met) is commonly used, L-selenomethylselenocysteine (L-SeMC) may offer more favorable responses for selected measured variables...
The long non-coding RNA XIST is a key regulator of X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) and contributes to epigenetic regulation during cell reprogramming. However, whether XIST suppression influences endogenous pluripotency-associated transcriptional pro...
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) and its related diseases, Equine Squamous Gastric Disease (ESGD) and Equine Glandular Gastric Disease (EGGD), can be found in horses worldwide, with increased prevalences in racehorses and animals subjected to hea...
Using industrial waste in livestock feed is crucial for lowering production costs while reducing the environmental impact. Accordingly, the goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding coffee pulp (COP) on the Awassi ewes’ milk pro...
Gangrenous mastitis is a severe form of mastitis in dairy goats that causes extensive tissue damage and has a poor prognosis, thereby substantially affecting the dairy goat industry; however, its molecular pathogenesis remains unclear. In this study,...
Olfactory dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an important consequence of exposure to environmental toxicants, owing to the anatomical and functional characteristics of the olfactory system, which allow inhaled toxicants to reach the central ne...
Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q fever, is a globally distributed zoonotic pathogen and a One Health priority. Despite increasing recognition of wildlife as potential reservoirs, data on C. burnetii circulation in European wild ungulates...
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 (IDO2) and tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO2) are rate-limiting enzymes of the kynurenine pathway, well-characterized in mammals. Unlike all other vertebrates, chickens lack the IDO1 gene and exclusively rely on IDO2/TDO2...
α-linolenic acid (ALA) has been reported to benefit testicular function. However, dietary ALA is extensively metabolized in the rumen, whereas isolated cell models do not retain seminiferous tubule structure or interactions among testicular cel...
Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus) and brown bears (Ursus arctos) are commonly kept in captivity in zoos, where captive conditions may alter fecal pathogenic bacterial communities and affect host health, although systematic studies remain limited....
In broiler farming, high-fat (HF) diets are frequently incorporated, often leading to hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress, and gut damage. 1-Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) has emerged as a promising feed additive in animal husbandry due to its significant ro...
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