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Animals, Volume 12, Issue 14

July-2 2022 - 133 articles

Cover Story: Improving the sustainability of beef cows involves reducing feed costs and enteric methane emissions and increasing calf production while addressing concerns including animal health and welfare and worker safety. Reducing cow weight can favorably impact feed costs and methane emissions. Cumulative weight weaned observed throughout a cow’s productive life directly addresses calf production and indirectly addresses other concerns—cumulative production is higher for cows who wean healthy calves and avoid culling because of reproductive failure, unsoundness, and dangerous behavior. This examination of cow weight and cumulative weight weaned in a herd of crossbred cattle suggests cow weight can be controlled by selection, but mating strategies to maximize heterosis or reduce genomic inbreeding are needed to breed for increased productivity. View this paper
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Articles (133)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,972 Views
15 Pages

Age Evolution of Lipid Accretion Rate in Boars Selected for Lean Meat and Duroc Barrows

  • Laura Sarri,
  • Joaquim Balcells,
  • Ahmad Reza Seradj,
  • Ramona N. Pena,
  • Gustavo A. Ramírez,
  • Marc Tor and
  • Gabriel de la Fuente

21 July 2022

Fatty acid (FA) deposition in growing–fattening pigs is mainly based on endogenous lipid synthesis, but also direct FA incorporation from the diet. To evaluate the direct fat incorporation rates and the endogenous desaturation action of the ste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,644 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Climate Change on the Habitat of the Leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Liupanshan National Nature Reserve of China

  • Jinyuan Zeng,
  • Jie Hu,
  • Yurou Shi,
  • Yueqi Li,
  • Zhihong Guo,
  • Shuanggui Wang and
  • Sen Song

21 July 2022

Climate change affects animal populations by affecting their habitats. The leopard population has significantly decreased due to climate change and human disturbance. We studied the impact of climate change on leopard habitats using infrared camera t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,649 Views
16 Pages

Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Animal Assisted Activity in Orthodontics

  • Katelyn Cass,
  • Clare Bocklage,
  • Taylor Sulkowski,
  • Christina Graves,
  • Nare Ghaltakhchyan,
  • Allen Rapolla,
  • Tate Jackson,
  • Kimon Divaris,
  • Chris Wiesen and
  • Timothy Strauman
  • + 1 author

21 July 2022

Dental anxiety affects up to 21% of children and 80% of adults and is associated with lifelong dental avoidance. Animal assisted activity (AAA) is widely used to reduce anxiety and pain in medical settings and has promise in dentistry. The primary ob...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,794 Views
18 Pages

21 July 2022

Local communities surrounding wildlife corridors and natural reserves often face challenges related to human–wildlife coexistence. To mitigate the challenges and ensure the long-term conservation of wildlife, it is important to engage local com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,018 Views
14 Pages

Changes in a Comprehensive Profile of Saliva Analytes in Fattening Pigs during a Complete Productive Cycle: A Longitudinal Study

  • Alba Ortín-Bustillo,
  • Damián Escribano,
  • Marina López-Arjona,
  • María Botia,
  • Pablo Fuentes,
  • Silvia Martínez-Miró,
  • Camila P. Rubio,
  • Edgar García-Manzanilla,
  • Lorena Franco-Martínez and
  • Luis Pardo-Marín
  • + 3 authors

21 July 2022

A comprehensive panel of 29 salivary analytes was measured in fattening pigs to evaluate its possible changes along their productive cycle. The identification of those changes would allow a better interpretation of the results according to the produc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,790 Views
10 Pages

Molecular Detection of Feline Coronavirus in Captive Non-Domestic Felids from Zoological Facilities

  • Gabriele Ratti,
  • Angelica Stranieri,
  • Alessia Giordano,
  • Maurizio Oltolina,
  • Eleonora Bonacina,
  • William Magnone,
  • Manuel Morici,
  • Giuliano Ravasio,
  • Saverio Paltrinieri and
  • Stefania Lauzi

21 July 2022

Cases of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a disease with a high mortality rate caused by the feline coronavirus (FCoV), have been reported in non-domestic felids, highlighting the need for surveys of FCoV in these endangered species. With the aim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,425 Views
11 Pages

21 July 2022

This study aimed to assess iron deficiency anaemia in new-born lambs and goat kids and was carried out in two parts: (1) Twenty blood samples were taken from one-month-old lambs and kids under different systems and were tested for haemoglobin. Three...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,110 Views
26 Pages

Evaluating Potential Cetacean Welfare Indicators from Video of Live Stranded Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas edwardii)

  • Rebecca M. Boys,
  • Ngaio J. Beausoleil,
  • Matthew D. M. Pawley,
  • Emma L. Betty and
  • Karen A. Stockin

21 July 2022

Despite the known benefit of considering welfare within wildlife conservation and management, there remains a lack of data to inform such evaluations. To assess animal welfare, relevant information must be captured scientifically and systematically....

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,421 Views
11 Pages

Thermoregulatory Response of Blackbelly Adult Ewes and Female Lambs during the Summer under Tropical Conditions in Southern Mexico

  • Maricela Ruiz-Ortega,
  • Ethel Caterina García y González,
  • Pedro Enrique Hernández-Ruiz,
  • Blanca Celia Pineda-Burgos,
  • Mario Alberto Sandoval-Torres,
  • José Vicente Velázquez-Morales,
  • José del Carmen Rodríguez-Castillo,
  • Elsa Lysbet Rodríguez-Castañeda,
  • José Manuel Robles-Robles and
  • José Luis Ponce-Covarrubias

21 July 2022

High environmental temperatures cause heat stress in ewes, resulting in thermoregulatory problems. In this study, the thermoregulatory responses of Blackbelly adult ewes (G1, n = 14) and female lambs (G2, n = 7), during the summer under tropical cond...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,407 Views
14 Pages

21 July 2022

The homeobox a5 (Hoxa5) plays considerable roles in the differentiation and lipid metabolism of adipocytes. However, the current knowledge about the mechanistic roles and functions of Hoxa5 in goat subcutaneous preadipocyte remains unclear. Therefore...

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