Disease resilience, defined as an animal's ability to maintain productive performance in the
face of infection, provides opportunities to manage the polymicrobial challenge common in …

Background Chickens provide globally important livestock products. Understanding the
genetic and molecular mechanisms underpinning chicken economic traits is crucial for …

Heat stress is a serious problem that affects animal husbandry by reducing growth and
reproductive performance of animals. Adding plant extracts to the diet is an effective way to …

Introduction: In this study estimated genetic and phenotypic correlations between fifteen
complete blood count (CBC) traits and thirty-three heritable plasma metabolites in young …

Resilience traits in pig populations allow animals to deal better with infectious disease and
suboptimal production environments. The data on daily weight, feed intake and feed …

Abstract Including Indirect Genetic Effects (IGE) in breeding programs to reduce aggression
in group housed animals has been proposed. However, the effect of selection for IGE for …

摘要院良种是畜牧业的野芯片冶袁是畜牧业发展的基石遥现代蛋鸡产业的竞争袁很大程度上是
种业的竞争袁谁掌握了生产性能最优越的品种袁谁就掌握了抢占种业市场的先决权遥因此袁该 …

The purpose of this study was to explore plasma metabolite levels in young healthy pigs and
their potential association with disease resilience and estimate genetic and phenotypic …

Infant mortality of low birth body weight (LBBW) piglets can reach 10% and is mainly due to
gut and immune system immaturity which can lead to a higher risk in the long term. This …

China is not only the largest pork producer in the world, but also the largest pork consumer.
In China, the annual production of pork exceeds 50 million tons, accounting for more than …