Multiply adverse effects including declines in production performance and excessive fat deposition were noticed with the extension of the laying cycle in hens, which are pertinent to animal welfare and human food safety. This study aimed to investiga...
This study aimed to investigate whether a dietary 25-OHD3 addition improved the performance, egg quality, blood indexes, antioxidant status, jejunal morphology, and tibia quality of aged laying hens compared to a dietary VD3 addition. A total of 270...
This study analyzes the eggs’ quality from hens fed with alternative protein to soybean meal (SBM) in relation to laying phase. Here, 226 hens are divided into the control (I) and experimental (II) groups and reared for 50 weeks. There were two...
This study investigated the effects of graded dietary curcumin supplementation on production performance, antioxidant capacity, immune status, intestinal barrier function, and cecal microbiota in late-laying hens. A total of 480 61-week-old Jingfen N...
This study evaluated extruded cassava-based corn analogs as a dietary replacement for yellow corn in laying hens. A total of 180 Hy-Line Brown hens (60 weeks old) were allocated to four dietary treatments for 10 weeks. Treatments included a standard...
Caged laying hens are prone to calcium deficiencies, resulting in osteoporosis and egg quality deterioration during the later phase of the laying cycle. Fluorescent light and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which are widely used in poultry houses now,...
This study investigated cecal bacterial community profile, cecal and serum metabolites, and its biosynthesis pathway in late-phase laying hens during 6 weeks feeding restriction (FR), using 16S rDNA as gene sequencing and non-targeted LC-MS/MS as met...
The intestinal structure and function of laying hens undergo age-related degeneration, which can impair nutrient absorption and reduce production performance. Chinese herbal additives have been investigated for their potential benefits in supporting...
Physiological function is closely linked to production performance in laying hens, especially during the late laying phase. Rehmanniae Radix powder (RRP), derived from the root of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch., exhibits diverse biological activities....
The present study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation of Caesalpinia sappan Linn Extract (CSE) on the health and productive performance of late-phase laying hens on farms. Proximate composition and antioxidant markers of CSE powder re...
Extracts from Boswellia serrata (Bs) and Salix alba (Sa) are used as supplements in poultry feed. The aims of this research were to study the possible effects of dietary supplementation with Bs and Sa extracts on serum and albumen proteins, zinc and...
Lactobacillus strains with fine probiotic properties are continuously needed in the laying hen industry to improve the animals’ gut health and production performance. In this study, we isolated 57 Lactobacillus strains from the gut microbiota o...
The characterization of canopy structure is crucial for modeling eco-physiological processes. Two commonly used metrics for characterizing canopy structure are the gap fraction and the effective Plant Area Index (PAIe). Both have been successfully re...
This study aimed to investigate the potential effects of OEO on production performance, egg quality, fatty acid composition in yolk, and cecum microbiota of hens in the late phase of production. A total of 350 58-week-old Jing Tint Six laying hens we...
High-fat diets may improve energy supply in laying hens, but they can also increase fat deposition in the liver and contribute to fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome (FLHS), a metabolic disorder that impairs hen health and egg production. Bile acids (BA...
Improving egg quality is one of the main objectives of the poultry industry. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary oregano oil supplementation with different concentrations on the egg quality, intestinal morphology and...
Silicon (Si) is an essential trace element involved in multiple physiological processes of animals. This study aimed to investigate the dose-dependent effects of dietary silica (SiO2) supplementation on production performance and key blood parameters...
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of oregano essential oil (OEO) in improving the production performance, health, and welfare of late-phase laying hens raised under commercial farm conditions by analyzing its effect on performance metrics and...
Japanese quail production can be optimized by selecting appropriate dietary lipid sources, yet comparative effects on performance and egg quality during the laying phase are not fully established. This study evaluated the impact of five lipid sources...
The deterioration of uterine calcium transport capacity induced by aging is a common problem for late-laying period hens, causing decline in eggshell quality. This study aimed to investigate the effects and possible regulatory mechanisms of dietary p...
Due to the tunable electrical transport properties and lower thermal conductivity, Zintl phase compounds have been considered as a promising candidate for thermoelectric applications. Most Sb-based Zintl compounds exhibit essentially p-type conductio...
The quality of eggshells is critical to the egg production industry. The addition of trace elements has been shown to be involved in eggshell formation. Organic trace elements have been found to have higher biological availability than inorganic trac...
This study was conducted to examine the effect of dietary rye inclusion and xylanase supplementation on the bone quality of ISA Brown laying hens. Ninety-six laying hens were assigned to four groups: fed with wheat–corn diet or rye–wheat–corn diet (2...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of age, sex, and dietary supplementation with resveratrol and defatted black soldier fly (Hermetiaconfirmedillucens) larvae meal (BSF) on the carcass traits, meat quality, and lipid profile in M...
The “warm-humid” climate change across the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has promoted grassland growth and an overall greening trend has been observed by remote sensing products. Many of the current generations of Earth System Models (ESMs) incorp...
The egg industry continues to search for alternative feed ingredients that support production efficiency, enhance egg quality, and add nutritional value. Microalgae are rich in protein, pigments, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, making the...
The normal operational characteristics of power cables are a crucial foundation for developing their protection devices. To analyze the current and voltage characteristics of parallel cable lines, the parameter matrix of the phase-aligned parallel ca...
The objective of this study is to provide complete information on the dynamic relationship between X-band (3.11 cm) backscattering intensity (σ°) and rice crop’s leaf area index (LAI) at all growth phases. Though the relationship betw...
Accurate estimate of the seasonal leaf area index (LAI) in croplands is required for understanding not only intra- and inter-annual crop development, but also crop management. Lack of consideration in different growth phases in the relationship betwe...
The Sentinel-2 (S2) Toolbox permits for the automated retrieval of leaf area index (LAI). LAI assimilation into crop simulation models could aid to improve the prediction accuracy for biomass at field level. We investigated if the combined effects of...
C-band polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) data has been previously explored for estimating the leaf area index (LAI) of rice. Although the rice-growing cycle was partially covered in most of the studies, details for each phenological phas...
This study was carried out to investigate the response of laying hens given a repletion or depletion in dietary balanced protein (BP) during the laying phase period. At the beginning of the rearing period (eight w-old), four-hundred pullets were equa...
Bumble bees are key pollinators for wild and managed plants and serve as a model system in various research fields, largely due to their commercial availability. Despite their extensive use, laboratory rearing of bumble bees is often challenging, par...
Bacillus licheniformis, a multifunctional probiotic, improves performance in peak laying hens, but its effects during post-peak laying—characterized by declining ovarian function, impaired intestinal barrier, and oxidative stress—remain u...
Haze pollution in central North China has become a hot topic in recent decades due to its serious environmental and health effects. In this work, the interannual relationship between haze days in December–January (DJ_HD) and leaf area index in...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a Madagascar cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) meal in the feed of cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) in captivity and its influence on the reproductive characteristics of these birds. Twelve pairs...
The effects of the La element and heat treatment on the phase composition and magnetic properties of SmFe10V2 melt-spun ribbons are studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The XRD results show that the Sm1−xL...
The current scoping review is an attempt to explore the key reasons, determinants, patterns and prevalence related to self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) among the lay public. An online search was conducted using Google Scholar, Science Direct, Pr...
Long-term global datasets of the Leaf Area Index (LAI) are important for monitoring global vegetation dynamics and are an important input for Earth system models (ESM). The comparison of long-term datasets is based on two recently available datasets...
Knowledge of the dynamics of dryland vegetation in recent years is essential for combating desertification. Here, we aimed to characterize nonlinear changes in dryland vegetation greenness over East Inner Mongolia, an ecotone of forest–grasslan...
The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential of multifrequency and Full-polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data for retrieving both Above Ground Biomass (AGB) and Leaf Area Index (LAI) in the Amazon floodplain forest environment. Two s...
The effects of La and Y on the microstructure and mechanical properties of cast Al-Si-Cu alloys were investigated by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), optical microscope (OM), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results indicated that the addition...
In the late laying phase, laying hens often accumulate fat in their bodies due to high-fat diets, which in turn affects their production performance. Bacillus coagulans has good tolerance in the digestive system and is beneficial to intestinal health...
Currently, the formation of lay Catholics is one of the key tasks of the Church. The Synod of Bishops, Towards a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission, convened by Pope Francis, served as a reminder of this. In its new format, i.e., p...
To optimize the growth management of spring maize, it is essential to understand the dynamics of plant height and leaf area index (LAI) under controlled water and nitrogen supply. This study conducted two-year field experiments (2022–2023) in K...
The TiAl6V4 alloy is widely used in selective laser melting and direct laser melting. In turn, works devoted to the issue of how the track stacking scheme affects the value of mechanical properties is not enough. The influence of the Ti6Al4V alloy tr...
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Objective: Self-management is recommended in stroke rehabilitation. This report aims to describe timing, contents, and setting of delivery of a patient-centered, self-management program for stroke survivors in their early hospital rehabilitation phas...
Mid- to high-latitude Asia (MHA) is one of the regions with the strongest warming trend and it is also a region where ecosystems are most sensitive to climate variability. However, how the vegetation in the region will change in the future remains un...
Leaf area is a key parameter underpinning ecosystem carbon, water and energy exchanges via photosynthesis, transpiration and absorption of radiation, from local to global scales. Satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) can provide estimates of leaf ar...
The current study was undertaken to investigate the dynamic characteristics of the tomato crop, such as its plant height and leaf area index (LAI), based on the effective cumulative temperature. This was assessed under aerated drip irrigation (ADI) c...
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