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Martina Mueller Richli, Fabian Weinlaender, Marlies Wallner, Barbara Poellinger-Zierler, Julian Kern, Martin R. L. Scheeder
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Shanchuan Cao, Wenjie Tang, Hui Diao, Shuwei Li, Honglin Yan, Jingbo Liu
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Anna Buzek, Anita Zaworska-Zakrzewska, Malgorzata Muzolf-Panek, Dagmara Lodyga, Dariusz Lisiak, Malgorzata Kasprowicz-Potocka
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Agricultural Engineering
Maciej M. Misiura, Joao A. N. Filipe, Ludovic Brossard, Ilias Kyriazakis
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BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Changyi Shuai, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Yuheng Luo, Ping Zheng, Zhiqing Huang, Jie Yu, Xiangbing Mao, Hui Yan, Jun He
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Food Science & Technology
Kunhong Xie, Yaqiang Dai, Aoran Zhang, Bing Yu, Yuheng Luo, Hua Li, Jun He
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(2022)
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Food Science & Technology
Nele Quander-Stoll, Barbara Fruh, David Bautze, Werner Zollitsch, Florian Leiber, Martin R. L. Scheeder
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Tofuko Awori Woyengo, Ruurd T. Zijlstra
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JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Katelyn N. Gaffield, Dustin D. Boler, Ryan N. Dilger, Anna C. Dilger, Bailey N. Harsh
Summary: Feeding growing-finishing pigs high oleic soybean oil can improve pork quality, especially in terms of marbling and color, without negatively affecting sensory traits. Additionally, high oleic soybean oil diets result in wider and thicker bellies with lower levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the fat tissue.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Qin Jiang, Chunlin Xie, Lingli Chen, Hongli Xiao, Zhilian Xie, Xiaoyan Zhu, Libao Ma, Xianghua Yan
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Zhongyang Guo, Xiaoling Chen, Daiwen Chen, Mingzhou Li, Jingdong Yin, Bing Yu, Jun He, Zhiqing Huang
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ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Jacinta D. Bus, Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Laura E. Webb, Eddie A. M. Bokkers
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APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Katelyn N. Gaffield, Dustin D. Boler, Ryan N. Dilger, Anna C. Dilger, Bailey N. Harsh
Summary: Feeding growing-finishing pigs high oleic soybean oil (HOSO) can improve feed efficiency and growth performance, but may also lead to increased fatness in carcasses. Pigs fed HOSO exhibited differences in growth performance and carcass traits compared to those fed diets containing dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS).
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Agronomy
Vasco Cruz, Jose Rico, Diogo Coelho, Fatima Baptista
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(2018)
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Allergy
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(2018)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marvin Choquet, Irina Smolina, Anusha K. S. Dhanasiri, Leocadio Blanco-Bercial, Martina Kopp, Alexander Jueterbock, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Galice Hoarau
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2019)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Teshome Tilahun Bizuayehu, Maren Mommens, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Anusha K. S. Dhanasiri, Igor Babiak
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ingvild S. M. Gabrielsen, Hanna Helgeland, Helle Akselsenl, Hans Christian D. Aass, Arvind Y. M. Sundaraml, Isaac V. Snowhite, Alberto Pugliese, Siri T. Flam, Benedicte A. Lie
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fatima Heinicke, Xiangfu Zhong, Manuela Zucknick, Johannes Breidenbach, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Siri T. Flam, Magnus Leithaug, Marianne Dalland, Andrew Farmer, Jordana M. Henderson, Melanie A. Hussong, Pamela Moll, Loan Nguyen, Amanda McNulty, Jonathan M. Shaffer, Sabrina Shore, Hoichong Karen Yip, Jana Vitkovska, Simon Rayner, Benedicte A. Lie, Gregor D. Gilfillan
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Kristin Saebo Pettersen, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Taran Skjerdal, Yngvild Wasteson, Anne Kijewski, Toril Lindback, Marina Aspholm
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2019)
Correction
Genetics & Heredity
Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Ase Helen Garseth, Giuseppe Maccari, Unni Grimholt
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Ase Helen Garseth, Giuseppe Maccari, Unni Grimholt
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Hanna Helgeland, Ingvild Gabrielsen, Helle Akselsen, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Siri Tennebo Flam, Benedicte Alexandra Lie
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fatima Heinicke, Xiangfu Zhong, Manuela Zucknick, Johannes Breidenbach, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Siri T. Flam, Magnus Leithaug, Marianne Dalland, Simon Rayner, Benedicte A. Lie, Gregor D. Gilfillan
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Parasitology
Celia Agusti-Ridaura, Marit Jorgensen Bakke, Kari Olli Helgesen, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Sigrid Jorgensen Bakke, Kiranpreet Kaur, Tor Einar Horsberg
PARASITES & VECTORS
(2020)
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Food Science & Technology
Ingrid Marie Hakenasen, Margareth Overland, Ragnhild Anestad, Caroline Piercey Akesson, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Charles McLean Press, Liv Torunn Mydland
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS
(2020)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Teodora Ribarska, Pal Marius Bjornstad, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Gregor D. Gilfillan
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