This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant number 2016YFD0500502);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant number 2014CB138502);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions;and the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing,Quality and Safety Control.
Background:Transzonal projections(TZPs)constitute a structural basis for the communication between the oocyte and its surrounding cumulus cells(CCs),which play critical roles in promoting the oocyte maturation.Previou...
Chaozhou,a city in Guangdong Province,south China,is known as one of the birthplaces of the Chinese tea ceremony.Itis famed for an ancient art as well.Its delicate woodcarving,which originated in the Tang Dynasty(618-...
supported by The National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD0501003);The Outstanding Talents Training Program of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences,China Agriculture Research System(CARS-35);Supporting Program for Guangdong Agricultural Research&Development Center of Livestock and Poultry Healthy Breeding.Operating Funds for Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition(2014B030301054).
Background:Mammary gland development during late gestation in gilts is a major factor that alters the composition of colostrum and growth performance of piglets.Plasma valine is taken up and metabolized extensively by...
financed by National Nature Science Foundation of China (Project No. 31572441);special funds of modernagricultural industry technology system of pig industry of the Shandong Province (SDAIT-08-04)
The present study was aimed at investigating the adverse effects of dietary zearalenone(ZEA) on the lymphocyte proliferation rate(LPR), interleukin-2(IL-2), mRNA expressions of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and histopat...
financially supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2012CB124702, 2013CB127302);National Natural Science Foundation of China (31272452);the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2011BAD26B01)
Background: The current study was carried out to determine effects of dietary protein source and crude protein(CP)level on carcass characteristics, meat quality, and muscle amino acid(AA) profile in finishing gil...
Overproduction drives up variable costs by reducing feed efficiency, herd health and poorer quality pigs, write Lorne and Vick Tannas, swine specialists and nucleus support for Genesus farms in China.