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    Animal Science Journal: Volume 88, Issue 4

    565-719
    April 2017
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  • Pages: 565-566
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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Comparison of models for genetic evaluation of number of inseminations to conception in Danish Holstein cows

Gang Guo,  Yali Hou,  Yuan Zhang,  Guosheng Su, 
  • Pages: 567-574
  • First Published: 09 August 2016
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Effects of mycoplasmal pneumonia of swine (MPS) lung lesion-selected Landrace pigs on MPS resistance and immune competence in three-way crossbred pigs

Liushiqi Borjigin,  Tomoyuki Shimazu,  Yuki Katayama,  Kouichi Watanabe,  Haruki Kitazawa,  Sang-gun Roh,  Hisashi Aso,  Kazuo Katoh,  Masahiro Satoh,  Yoshihito Suda,  Akiko Sakuma,  Mituru Nakajo,  Keiichi Suzuki, 
  • Pages: 575-585
  • First Published: 09 September 2016
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Effects of melatonin on oocyte maturation in PCOS mouse model

Fatemeh Nikmard,  Elham Hosseini,  Mehrdad Bakhtiyari,  Mahnaz Ashrafi,  Fardin Amidi,  Reza Aflatoonian, 
  • Pages: 586-592
  • First Published: 17 August 2016
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Epigenetic modulation on cat-cow interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos by treatment with trichostatin A

Manita Wittayarat,  Yoko Sato,  Lanh Thi Kim Do,  Kaywalee Chatdarong,  Theerawat Tharasanit,  Mongkol Techakumphu,  Masayasu Taniguchi,  Takeshige Otoi, 
  • Pages: 593-601
  • First Published: 09 August 2016
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Effects of addition of Aspergillus oryzae culture and 2-hydroxyl-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid on milk performance and rumen fermentation of dairy cows

Hua Sun,  Yueming Wu,  Yanming Wang,  Chong Wang,  Jianxin Liu, 
  • Pages: 602-609
  • First Published: 10 August 2016
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Preliminary study of the effects of condensed barley distillers soluble on rumen fermentation and plasma metabolites in Japanese Black cows

Katsuhiko Tsuruoka,  Hidenobu Kanamaru,  Hideyuki Takahashi,  Takafumi Gotoh, 
  • Pages: 610-617
  • First Published: 17 August 2016
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Effects of graded levels of liquid brewer's yeast on chemical composition and fermentation quality in cassava pulp and rice straw-based total mixed ration silage

Sukanya Kamphayae,  Hajime Kumagai,  Smerjai Bureenok,  Ramphrai Narmseelee,  Patima Butcha, 
  • Pages: 618-624
  • First Published: 09 September 2016
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Adding sweet potato vines improve the quality of rice straw silage

Ping Li,  Shuren Ji,  Qian Wang,  Mengzhen Qin,  Chen Hou,  Yixin Shen, 
  • Pages: 625-632
  • First Published: 23 August 2016
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Interactive effect of inoculant and dried jujube powder on the fermentation quality and nitrogen fraction of alfalfa silage

Jipeng Tian,  Zhenzhen Li,  Zhu Yu,  Qing Zhang,  Xujiao Li, 
  • Pages: 633-642
  • First Published: 09 September 2016
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Effects of nutritional status on hormone concentrations of the somatotropin axis and metabolites in plasma and colostrum of Japanese Black cows

Ouanh Phomvisith,  Hideyuki Takahashi,  Ha Thi Mai,  Yuji Shiotsuka,  Atsuko Matsubara,  Toshihisa Sugino,  Christopher D. Mcmahon,  Tetsuji Etoh,  Ryoichi Fujino,  Mitsuhiro Furuse,  Takafumi Gotoh, 
  • Pages: 643-652
  • First Published: 08 September 2016
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Effects of β-carotene-enriched dry carrots on β-carotene status and colostral immunoglobulin in β-carotene-deficient Japanese Black cows

Yoshitaka Nishijima,  Saya Taniguchi,  Shuntaro Ikeda,  Kenichi Yoshitani,  Takashi Hamano,  Hiroshi Tani,  Masahiko Fujita,  Kenji Murakami,  Keisuke Kogusa,  Kenji Sato,  Miki Sugimoto,  Shinichi Kume, 
  • Pages: 653-658
  • First Published: 04 September 2016
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Estimation of nutrient excretion factors of broiler and layer chickens in Japan

Akifumi Ogino,  Hitoshi Murakami,  Takahiro Yamashita,  Motohiro Furuya,  Hirofumi Kawahara,  Takako Ohkubo,  Takashi Osada, 
  • Pages: 659-668
  • First Published: 02 August 2016
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The effect of relaxing massage on heart rate and heart rate variability in purebred Arabian racehorses

Sylwester Kowalik,  Iwona Janczarek,  Witold Kędzierski,  Anna Stachurska,  Izabela Wilk, 
  • Pages: 669-677
  • First Published: 04 September 2016
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Functional insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) hormone-receptor system in the testes and spermatozoa of domestic ruminants and its potential as a predictor of sire fertility

Ali M. Pitia,  Kyoko Uchiyama,  Hiroaki Sano,  Masashi Kinukawa,  Yoshiaki Minato,  Hiroshi Sasada,  Tetsuya Kohsaka, 
  • Pages: 678-690
  • First Published: 04 September 2016
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Involvement of circadian clock in crowing of red jungle fowls (Gallus gallus)

Shuichi Ito,  Shuho Hori,  Makiko Hirose,  Mari Iwahara,  Azusa Yatsushiro,  Atsushi Matsumoto,  Masayuki Tanaka,  Chinobu Okamoto,  Ken-ichi Yayou,  Tsuyoshi Shimmura, 
  • Pages: 691-695
  • First Published: 17 August 2016
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Ingestive behavior of supplemented Nellore heifers grazing palisadegrass pastures managed with different sward heights

Bruno Ramalho Vieira,  Mariana Vieira Azenha,  Daniel Rume Casagrande,  Diogo Fleury Azevedo Costa,  Ana Cláudia Ruggieri,  Telma Teresinha Berchielli,  Ricardo Andrade Reis, 
  • Pages: 696-704
  • First Published: 09 September 2016
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Pre-slaughter mortality among turkeys related to their transport

Zuzana Machovcova,  Vladimir Vecerek,  Eva Voslarova,  Milan Malena,  Francesca Conte,  Iveta Bedanova,  Lenka Vecerkova, 
  • Pages: 705-711
  • First Published: 04 September 2016
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Fbxw7β, E3 ubiquitin ligase, negative regulation of primary myoblast differentiation, proliferation and migration

Kyungshin Shin,  Sang-Gu Hwang,  Ik Joon Choi,  Young-Gyu Ko,  Jaemin Jeong,  Heechung Kwon, 
  • Pages: 712-719
  • First Published: 04 September 2016