This study evaluated the relationship between serum L-carnitine level and sperm parameters in young boars. Serum L-carnitine and semen characteristics were determined for 61 young Duroc boars between the ages of 590 a...
After the famous“Rainforest Trilogy”such as Monkey Cup and Elephants,Zhang Guixing,a Malaysian Chinese writer in Taiwan,recently published another Nanyang story Boar Crossing the River,in the background of anti-Japa...
Kolbroek pigs have numerous advantages as an indigenous breed including its contributions to food security. However, there are numerous concerns over the current feed regime that compromises its growth performance and...
supported by the Croatian Hunting Federation(project name:Influence of climate change and extreme weather events on game mortality,No.U-47-15)。
Floodplain forests with regular flooding regimes are the largest natural retentions areas in Croatia and are important as natural habitats for ungulates.The aim of this study was to determine the scale of mortality ca...
support from Ministry of Science,Innovation and Universities,Spain(Grants:RYC-2014-15581,AGL2017–88329-R and FJCI-2017-31689);European Commission(H2020-MSCA-IF-79212)
Background: Cryopreservation is currently the most efficient method for long-term preservation of mammalian gametes and is extensively used in swine artificial insemination(AI) centres. However, it is well-known that ...
supported by the 135 strategic program of the institute of mountain hazards and environment, CAS (NO. SDS-135-1703);national natural science foundation of China (No. 41401664)
Economic losses caused by wild boars(Sus scrofa)continue to increase in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area.We selected 206 farmers in Wuqiaohe Basin as survey respondents using random stratified sampling.The distribution...
supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness(MINECO);the European Regional Development Fund(FEDER),Grants AGL2012–40180-C03–01-02 and AGL2015–66341-R);Fundación Séneca(20040/GERM/16);by a grant R01-HD-038082(to P.E.V.)from the National Institutes of Health(NIH);USA
Background: The in vivo concentration of bicarbonate(HCO3-), one of the essential sperm capacitating effectors,varies greatly in the different environments sperm go through from cauda epididymis to the fertilisation s...
supported by the USDA-ARS Biophotonics(grant#58–6402–3-018);the Undergraduate Research Scholar Program of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences(CALS)and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestery Experiment Station(MAFES)
Background: Advances in nanotechnology have permitted molecular-based targeting of cells through safe and biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles(MNP). Their use to detect and remove damaged spermatozoa from semen doses ...
Surported by Xuzhou Vocational College of Bioengineering 2017 Science and Technology Project-A Preliminary Study on Farm Animal Welfare(2017KY07);Xuzhou Vocational College of Bioengineering Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Brand Profession Construction Fund
Not so much attention has been paid to animal welfare in many pig farms in China yet and there are still some violations of Animal Welfare Practices.Breeding boar is the core of modern pig farm,which is responsible fo...
Funding for this study was provided by National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,Grant 2014CB138501);the National Transgenic Animal Breeding Grand Project(2014ZX08006–005);the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovation Research Teams in the University(IRT_15R62)
Background: Follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH) is a gonadotropin synthesized and secreted by the pituitary gland.FSH stimulates follicle development and maturation in females. It also plays an important role in sper...