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ssc-miR-7134-3p regulates fat accumulation in castrated male pigs by targeting MARK4 gene
... To determine whether MARK4 levels in back fat tissue differ between intact and castrated pigs, both mRNA and protein levels were compared. Based on band intensities, MARK4 protein is markedly less abundant in ...
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Skatole pattern during the growth period 50 to 100 kg liveweight in entire male pigs of the crossbreed combinations YDxLYD and HxLYD kept in groups of entire male pigs or in groups with dominant female pigs
... The amounts of skatole and androstenone in blood and fat tissue depend on rate of synthesis/production as well as of degradation. Several experiments indicate an increase in skatole and androstenone content in fat of ...
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Differential effects of natural palm oil, chemically- and enzymatically-modified palm oil on weight gain, blood lipid metabolites and fat deposition in a pediatric pig model
... onwards, pigs on EnPO diet gained (P < ...in pigs fed natural PO tended to be lower compared to all other ...Female pigs had lower lean and higher fat and fat:lean ratio in the body compared with ...
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Sex differences in endothelial function in porcine coronary arteries: a role for H2O2and gap junctions?
... in male and female arteries as it has been reported that gap junctions play a role in the EDH-mediated ...from male and female pigs, the presence of carbenoxolone or 18 α -GA alone had no effect on ...
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Surgical castration with pain relief affects the health and productive performance of pigs in the suckling period
... In the present study, castration was conducted under commercial conditions by two experienced farmers. In brief, meloxicam was administered about 30 min prior to castration in male pigs in CM group, and a ...
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Effect of feeding fermentable fibrerich feedstuffs on meat quality with emphasis on chemical and sensory boar taint in entire male and female pigs
... a male steroid pheromone, androste- none only gains relevance for entire male ...female pigs is therefore only present as a result of skatole and indole production in the GI ...female pigs ...
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Moving towards taint-free pork – alternatives to surgical castration
... entire male pigs is routinely per- formed to eliminate the risk of boar taint, an off-flavour in heated pork ...entire male pigs at slaughter weight and is primarily due to high levels of ...
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Sensory emphasis on pork quality related to the diet content of fermentable fibre rich feedstuffs (chicory and lupine) with special emphasis on the effect on boar taint
... The effect of chicory and lupine did not lead to other off-flavours in the meat. A thought was that the bitter nature of chicory roots was potential to result in an off-flavour. However, it was proved not to be the case ...
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Instrumental and sensory analysis of volatile organic compounds in porcine adipose tissue
... (1990) Sexual odours in pork from entire males: Compounds responsible for boar taint and physiological basis of androstenone production and storage in young entir e male pigs.. Worksh[r] ...
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Effect of testosterone deficiency on cholesterol metabolism in pigs fed a high-fat and high-cholesterol diet
... the pigs were either surgically castrated or given a sham operation, as described previously ...castrated pigs via intramuscular injection with testosterone propionate (10 mg/kg body weight; Sigma-Aldrich, ...
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Effect of active immunization against GnRH on testosterone concentration, libido and sperm quality in mature AI boars
... Surgical male pig castrations are frequently performed as an aid to control an unpleasant taste and flavor of the meat, so-called boar taint, exhibited by entire male pigs ...entire male ...
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Pig castration: will the EU manage to ban pig castration by 2018?
... their male pig population. Overall, in 5% of the male pigs surgically castrated across the 24 European countries surveyed, castration is performed with anaesthesia and analgesia and 41% with ...
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Processing of ingredients and diets and effects on nutritional value for pigs
... ishing pigs fed a corn-based diet with a particle size of 641 μ m had an increased ATTD of DM, N, and GE com- pared with pigs fed a diet with a mean particle size of 1,500 μ ...and pigs fed corn ...
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in domestic pigs collected from Cheyyar Taluk, Thiruvannamalai district
... baby pigs as early as 4 days old ...fattening pigs in one pen maintained in litter system have favored quick infection with Oesophagostomum: its commonly accepted incubation period is 5-7 weeks, however it ...
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Role of rotavirus (reo like) in weanling diarrhea of pigs
... Further, colostrumdeprived pigs inoculated with bacteria-free, rotavirus-containing gut fluid from the newly weaned sick pigs developed the same symptoms as seen in these weaned pigs, na[r] ...
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Original Article Experimental studies on animal models of acute lung injury in guinea pigs occurring after the application of high-temperature gas
... guinea pigs before the experi- ment, put the anaesthetised guinea pig into a small cage after completion of the anaesthe- sia, open the drawer of the cabin door for the test of moulding of the experiments, put the ...
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Quantitative Microbiological Evaluation of Salmonella Typhimurium Shed in Diarrhea, Loose, and Normal Stools of Infected Pigs
... The S. Typhimurium strain, ST116Rif r , used for inoculation in this study, was prepared as described pre- viously [20]. Briefly, the inoculated strain ST116Rif r was cultured in 200 ml of soybean-casein digest broth ...
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Comparative Pathogenesis of Infection of Pigs with Hepatitis E Viruses Recovered from a Pig and a Human
... with pigs is uncommon, other sources or reservoirs of HEV are ...monkeys, pigs, rodents, chickens, dogs, cows, sheep, and goats (6, 9, 12, 15, 21, 26, 34, 36, ...to pigs (25), although the clinical ...
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Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya
... slaughter pigs, one message that can be learnt from these results is that pigs entering the food chain are likely being raised under inadequate husbandry ...in pigs coming from the western region ...
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Haematological Traits of Nigerian Indigenous Pig and Its Hybrid (50% Large White × 50 NIP) at Post Weaning Ages
... Blood was well mixed on a roller mixer and 1:20 dilution of blood was made by adding 20 μl (0.02 ml) of pigs blood to 0.38 ml of diluting fluid (2% glacial acetic acid in distilled water (Turk’s solution) coloured ...
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