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    Animal Science Journal: Volume 81, Issue 4

    403-522
    August 2010
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Neuroendocrine mechanism of seasonal reproduction in birds and mammals

Takashi YOSHIMURA, 
  • Pages: 403-410
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Systems approaches to beef cattle production systems using modeling and simulation

Hiroyuki HIROOKA, 
  • Pages: 411-424
  • First Published: 21 July 2010

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Molecular cloning, chromosomal localization and expression pattern of porcine ADP-ribosylation factor(Arf) gene family

Rongrong ZHANG,  Ting LEI,  Yanmei QI,  Peng LEI,  Zhilong CHEN,  Xiaodong CHEN,  Zaiqing YANG, 
  • Pages: 425-431
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Age-related changes in semen quality characteristics and expectations of reproductive longevity in Duroc boars

Yu Hung HUANG,  Ling Ling LO,  Shyh Hwa LIU,  Tien Shuh YANG, 
  • Pages: 432-437
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Characteristics of PCR fragments amplified using five microsatellite markers for identifying the Nagoya breed

Akihiro NAKAMURA,  Kenji NAGAO,  Hisako WATANABE,  Hajime KONDO, 
  • Pages: 438-443
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Porcine CPEB1 is involved in Cyclin B translation and meiotic resumption in porcine oocytes

Yukio NISHIMURA,  Kiyoshi KANO,  Kunihiko NAITO, 
  • Pages: 444-452
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Stage-specific effects of osmolarity of a culture medium on development of pig oocytes and miniature pig somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos activated by ultrasound treatment

Yamato MIZOBE,  Saori KURINO,  Yoshiaki SATA,  Hironori MORI,  Mitsutoshi YOSHIDA,  Kazuchika MIYOSHI, 
  • Pages: 453-460
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Calf production from vitrified bovine sexed embryos following in-straw dilution

Kiyoshi AKIYAMA,  Jun KOBAYASHI,  Yoshimasa SATO,  Ryuichi SATA,  Megumi OHASHI,  Emi SASAKI,  Yorimasa ODA,  Yoshio OGAWA,  Shuji UEDA,  Hisashi NABENISHI,  Satoko MATOBA, 
  • Pages: 461-466
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Analysis of some factors affecting fertility levels in a high-producing dairy herd in south-western Japan

Muhammad YUSUF,  Toshihiko NAKAO,  Su T. LONG,  Gokarna GAUTAM, 
  • Pages: 467-474
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Effects of fermented soybean meal on growth performance, diarrheal incidence and immune-response of neonatal calves

Myung H. KIM,  Cheol H. YUN,  Hyun S. KIM,  Jong H. KIM,  Suk J. KANG,  Chan H. LEE,  Jong Y. KO,  Jong K. HA, 
  • Pages: 475-481
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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The effect of high ambient temperature on Ca, P and Mg balance and bone turnover in high-yielding dairy cows

Yuko KAMIYA,  Mitsuru KAMIYA,  Masahito TANAKA, 
  • Pages: 482-486
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Influences of Northern Leaf Blight on corn silage fermentation quality, nutritive value and feed intake by sheep

Peng WANG,  Kousaku SOUMA,  Yuki KOBAYASHI,  Kei IWABUCHI,  Chihiro SATO,  Takayoshi MASUKO, 
  • Pages: 487-493
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Calcium antagonists, diltiazem and nifedipine, protect broilers against low temperature-induced pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vascular remodeling

Ying YANG,  Mingyu GAO,  Yuming GUO,  Jian QIAO, 
  • Pages: 494-500
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Actions of cathepsins on troponin T during postmortem aging of porcine muscle

Shin-ichi KITAMURA,  Kazuyuki KUDO,  Koichi CHIKUNI,  Itaru WATANABE,  Toshihide NISHIMURA, 
  • Pages: 501-505
  • First Published: 21 July 2010

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Development of novel SNP system for individual and pedigree control in a Japanese Black cattle population using whole-genome genotyping assay

Kazuhiro HARA,  Yukari KON,  Shinji SASAZAKI,  Fumio MUKAI,  Hideyuki MANNEN, 
  • Pages: 506-512
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Basic characterization of 90 kDa heat shock protein genes HSP90AA1, HSP90AB1, HSP90B1 and TRAP1 expressed in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Kohji NAGAHORI,  Shigehisa IWAMOTO,  Akira MARUYAMA,  Shingo SUZUKI,  Kazuyoshi HOSOMICHI,  Takashi SHIINA,  Hiromi HARA,  Yutaka YOSHIDA,  Kei HANZAWA, 
  • Pages: 513-518
  • First Published: 21 July 2010
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Characterization of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), an endangered bird

Hongfei ZOU,  Haiyan DONG,  Weiyao KONG,  Jianhua MA,  Jihong LIU, 
  • Pages: 519-522
  • First Published: 21 July 2010