Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
J. C. Lynegaard, N. J. Kjeldsen, J. K. Bache, N. R. Weber, C. F. Hansen, J. P. Nielsen, C. Amdi
Summary: This study investigated four different dietary protein strategies to prevent diarrhea in pigs when medicinal zinc oxide is phased out. The results suggested that zinc oxide has a positive effect on non-infectious diarrhea, but can affect pig growth performance.
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Manuela Roldan-Henao, Anders Dalsgaard, Nora Cardona-Castro, Lina Restrepo-Rivera, Luis Carlos Veloza-Angulo, Lis Alban
Summary: Control of Salmonella in pig/pork production is important to protect public health. Cleaning the water pipes and administrating organic acids (OA) can improve productivity in pigs and delay exposure to Salmonella spp. when compared with growth promoters. However, further studies are needed to confirm the findings.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Simon A. Schroeter, Damien Eveillard, Samuel Chaffron, Johanna Zoppi, Bernd Kampe, Patrick Lohmann, Nico Jehmlich, Martin von Bergen, Carlos Sanchez-Arcos, Georg Pohnert, Martin Taubert, Kirsten Kuesel, Gerd Gleixner
Summary: The study reveals that functions within decomposer communities are redundantly distributed under different types of litter sources, but their relative expressions are rapidly optimized to address specific litter properties. Furthermore, the decomposer community may be influenced by DOM containing natural antibiotics, leading to specialization towards specific litter sources and decomposition states.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Yarsmin Yunus Zeebone, Brigitta Bota, Veronika Halas, Balazs Libisch, Ferenc Olasz, Peter Papp, Tibor Kereszteny, Annamaria Gerocs, Omeralfaroug Ali, Melinda Kovacs, Andras Szabo
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dietary fumonisins on the gut and faecal microbiota of weaned pigs. Results showed no effects on growth performance, but there were changes in serum enzyme activities and alterations in microbial populations in the duodenum, ileum, and faeces. The study suggests that a high dosage of fumonisins can alter the gut microbiota of pigs without affecting their growth performance.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chunyu Tang, Yuelei Li, Jingpeng Song, Markus Antonietti, Fan Yang
Summary: The research shows that adding artificial humic acid to soils that have lost natural humic substances due to over-cultivation can effectively increase the content of dissolved organic matter and total organic carbon, while also improving nutrient availability and promoting plant growth.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Jiahao Liu, Yong Qiao, Bing Yu, Yuheng Luo, Zhiqing Huang, Xiangbing Mao, Jie Yu, Ping Zheng, Hui Yan, Yan Li, Jun He
Summary: Proanthocyanidin (PRO) can be used as a safe and effective supplement to decrease the feed/gain ratio and improve intestinal health in weaned pigs.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Lucas A. Rodrigues, Michael O. Wellington, J. Caroline Gonzalez-Vega, John K. Htoo, Andrew G. Van Kessel, Daniel A. Columbus
Summary: The study focused on the effects of high dietary protein on weaned pigs challenged with Salmonella, showing that supplementation of functional amino acids may have a positive impact on growth and immune status, with minimal effects of dietary protein.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Jinyoung Lee, Jong Woong Kim, Heidi Hall, Charles Martin Nyachoti
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with different organic acid mixtures on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and gut morphology in weaned pigs. The results showed that the supplement of organic acids improved feed efficiency and gut morphology in the pigs.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Sundas Rani, Martin Tang Sorensen, Jordi Estelle, Samantha Joan Noel, Natalja Norskov, Uffe Krogh, Leslie Foldager, Ole Hojberg
Summary: Glyphosate residues can be found in feed made from genetically modified glyphosate-resistant crops or from conventional crops desiccated with glyphosate before harvest. The present study investigated the potential effects of feed glyphosate on the gastrointestinal microbial ecology of weaned piglets.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Tao He, Chunbo Wei, Xiuwei Lin, Baoyin Wang, Guoan Yin
Summary: This study analyzed the effect of adding organic chromium to pig feed through meta-analysis. The results showed that organic chromium can improve the average daily gain and average daily intake of pigs, with better effects in the weaning stage. Factors such as pig growth stages, types of organic chromium, supplementation period, and farm management affect the outcomes. Overall, organic chromium supplementation benefits the growth performance and carcass qualities of pigs.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Yanpin Li, Xianren Jiang, Long Cai, Yanli Zhang, Hongbiao Ding, Jingdong Yin, Xilong Li
Summary: Dietary supplementation with 50 mg/kg of daidzein improves growth performance and antioxidant capacity in pigs and exhibits protective effects against H2O2-induced oxidative stress. These effects may be associated with the activation of the Nrf2 signaling pathway.
Article
Microbiology
Cynthia Jinno, Xunde Li, Yanhong Liu
Summary: This study aimed to characterize the effects of ETEC infection, supplementing B. subtilis DSM 25841, or carbadox on intestinal microbiota of pigs. The results indicated that AGP reduced the relative abundance of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, while DFM had higher relative abundance of beneficial bacteria in some intestinal segments.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Ysenia Victoria Silva-Guillen, Vivian Vezzoni Almeida, Amoracyr Jose Costa Nunez, Allan Paul Schinckel, Maria Cristina Thomaz
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of dietary purified lignocellulose (LNC) supplementation on the growth performance and intestinal health of weaned piglets. The results showed that increasing LNC supplementation in diets had some effects on growth performance and gut morphology, but overall growth performance was not significantly affected. The study also found that dietary LNC supplementation influenced gut microbial populations.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Julie C. Lynegaard, Niels J. Kjeldsen, Julie K. Bache, Nicolai R. Weber, Christian F. Hansen, Jens Peter Nielsen, Charlotte Amdi
Summary: Soy protein concentrate outperforms soybean meal in terms of nutrient utilization and growth performance, while low crude protein diets reduce diarrhea incidence. However, diets with very low protein levels have negative effects on growth performance.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Opeyemi O. O. Adekolurejo, Katie McDermott, Henry M. R. Greathead, Helen M. M. Miller, Alan R. R. Mackie, Christine Boesch
Summary: Weaning causes gut microbiota disruption and post-weaning diarrhea. Red beetroot, containing bioactive compounds, has potential to improve gut microbiota dysbiosis and promote gut metabolite production in weaned pigs. In this study, weaned pigs were fed diets supplemented with different levels of red beetroot, and the results showed that 2% red beetroot improved gut microbial richness while 4% led to decreased cecal diversity and reduced short chain fatty acids and secondary bile acid concentrations. Red beetroot has components that can improve gut microbiota and metabolite output of weaned pigs.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shuang Li, Qingyu Zhao, Kai Zhang, Wenjuan Sun, Jing Li, Xiaoqing Guo, Jingdong Yin, Junmin Zhang, Chaohua Tang
Summary: Selenium deficiency leads to pancreatic pathology, reduced insulin and glucagon concentrations, pancreatic islet cell apoptosis, oxidative stress, and enhanced glycolysis activity.
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Liqi Wang, Ting He, Xin Zhang, Yubo Wang, Kai Qiu, Ning Jiao, Linjuan He, Jingdong Yin
Summary: This study identified mRNAs and lncRNAs potentially involved in regulating myogenesis and adipogenesis homeostasis in porcine skeletal muscle, with Lnc-ADAMTS9 playing a key role in myogenesis through the ERK signaling pathway.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Zhongyang Guo, Xiaoling Chen, Daiwen Chen, Mingzhou Li, Jingdong Yin, Bing Yu, Jun He, Zhiqing Huang
Summary: The study shows that increasing the slaughter age of DLY pigs results in significant improvements in growth traits and nutritional value, but leads to a decrease in pork sensory quality.
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Shuang Li, Wenjuan Sun, Kai Zhang, Jiawei Zhu, Xueting Jia, Xiaoqing Guo, Qingyu Zhao, Chaohua Tang, Jingdong Yin, Junmin Zhang
Summary: This study established a Se-deficient pig model and found that Se deficiency induces spleen injury through regulation of selenoproteins, oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. The findings showed decreased erythroid parameters, increased osmotic fragility of erythrocytes, altered spleen structure, and splenocyte apoptosis in response to Se deficiency.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Long Jin, Qianzi Tang, Silu Hu, Zhongxu Chen, Xuming Zhou, Bo Zeng, Yuhao Wang, Mengnan He, Yan Li, Lixuan Gui, Linyuan Shen, Keren Long, Jideng Ma, Xun Wang, Zhengli Chen, Yanzhi Jiang, Guoqing Tang, Li Zhu, Fei Liu, Bo Zhang, Zhiqing Huang, Guisen Li, Diyan Li, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Jingdong Yin, Yiren Gu, Xuewei Li, Mingzhou Li
Summary: A comprehensive transcriptomic survey of pigs can provide insight into tissue specialization processes and facilitate their use as a biomedical model. The study reveals transcriptomic variability among different tissues in pigs, shedding light on tissue physiology.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Chaohua Tang, Shuang Li, Kai Zhang, Jing Li, Yunsheng Han, Qingyu Zhao, Xiaoqing Guo, Yuchang Qin, Jingdong Yin, Junmin Zhang
Summary: A study using a pig model investigates the effects of selenium deficiency on the heart. The study reveals that selenium deficiency leads to cardiac oxidative stress, disordered energy production, lipid metabolic vulnerabilities, and inflammation initiation pathways. These findings provide potential targets for treating cardiac diseases induced by redox imbalance.
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Ning Jiao, Lu Wang, Yubo Wang, Doudou Xu, Xin Zhang, Jingdong Yin
Summary: Adequate dietary cysteine supply is crucial for maintaining intestinal mucosal integrity, epithelial cell turnover, amino acid sensing, and optimal individual growth. Cysteine acts independently of glutathione, while glutathione can restore the impairment caused by cysteine deprivation through degrading into cysteine.
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Lixue Wang, Shuai Zhang, Lee J. Johnston, Crystal L. Levesque, Jingdong Yin, Bing Dong
Summary: The effects of adding fat to sow diets on reproductive and growth performance of sows and piglets are influenced by various factors. Adding fat during late gestation and lactation decreases feed intake but tends to increase energy intake. It has no significant impact on litter weights at birth and weaning, but it may increase the total number of piglets at birth. Fat supplementation can increase milk fat concentration in sows and shorten the wean to estrus interval.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Kai Qiu, Yubo Wang, Doudou Xu, Linjuan He, Xin Zhang, Enfa Yan, Lu Wang, Jingdong Yin
Summary: In this study, we observed that RyR1 expression is dramatically increased during the late stage of myogenic differentiation and plays an important role in myogenic differentiation and fusion by regulating Ca2+ release channel. However, RyR1 knockout-induced Ca2+ leakage leads to ER stress and apoptosis of myoblasts.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Xin Zhang, Meixia Chen, Enfa Yan, Yubo Wang, Chenghong Ma, Pengguang Zhang, Jingdong Yin
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary malic acid supplementation on skeletal muscle fiber-type transition during the nursery period and subsequent meat quality in finishing pigs. The results showed that supplementation with malic acid for 28 days increased the percentage of oxidative fibers in weaned piglets, along with increased aerobic oxidation in serum and longissimus thoracis (LT) muscle. In addition, the activities of total antioxidant capacity and glutathione peroxidase in serum were increased. Furthermore, dietary malic acid supplementation during the nursery period tended to increase the pH(24h) and significantly decreased drip loss in the LT muscle of finishing pigs. The content of total saturated fatty acids (SFA) and total monounsaturated fatty acids in the LT muscle was significantly decreased, while the ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to SFA tended to increase. In conclusion, dietary malic acid supplementation during the nursery period can effectively increase antioxidant capacity and oxidative fibers' percentage in weaned piglets and improve the water holding capacity and nutritional values of pork in finishing pigs.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Linjuan He, Jianxin Guo, Yubo Wang, Lu Wang, Doudou Xu, Enfa Yan, Xin Zhang, Jingdong Yin
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dietary yeast beta-glucan supplementation on meat quality, antioxidant capacity, and gut microbiota of finishing pigs. The results showed that feeding 200 mg/kg yeast beta-glucan effectively improved the pH value and water-holding capacity of meat, increased antioxidant capacity, and altered the gut microbiota composition.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Doudou Xu, Yubo Wang, Xin Zhang, Enfa Yan, Linjuan He, Lu Wang, Chenghong Ma, Pengguang Zhang, Jingdong Yin
Summary: This study showed that slaughter weight and dietary ratio of valine to isoleucine have significant impacts on carcass characteristics and meat quality of finishing pigs. Lighter pigs were more susceptible to the influence of dietary ratio relative to heavier pigs.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Enfa Yan, Yubo Wang, Linjuan He, Jianxin Guo, Xin Zhang, Jingdong Yin
Summary: The study found that dietary supplementation of L-malic acid can significantly improve the meat color and carcass traits of finishing pigs, including increasing the redness value of the meat postmortem, the expression level of slow skeletal myosin heavy chain, as well as the carcass length and loin eye area.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Lu Wang, Yubo Wang, Doudou Xu, Linjuan He, Xiaoyan Zhu, Jingdong Yin
Summary: The current study investigated the effects of dietary guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) supplementation on carcass characteristics and meat quality in finishing pigs. The results showed that regardless of dietary crude protein (CP) levels, GAA supplementation reduced drip loss and the concentrations of free amino acids and flavor amino acids in meat.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Lu Gong, Xin Zhang, Kai Qiu, Linjuan He, Yubo Wang, Jingdong Yin
Summary: This study demonstrated that arginine promotes myogenic differentiation and myotube formation by increasing cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration in myoblasts. High concentration of arginine significantly upregulated the mRNA expression levels of myogenin and Myomaker, as well as Ca2+ channels. However, this arginine-promoted myogenic potential was compromised by chemical inhibitors dantrolene and nisoldipine.