Red grape (Vitis vinifera L.) pomace’s (RGP) beneficial bioactive compounds could improve
growth and meat quality traits in chickens and thus valorize RGP waste that is usually disposed in landfills to the detriment of ...
Van Marle-Koster, Este; Lashmar, Simon Frederick; Retief, Anel; Visser, Carina(MDPI, 2021-10)
Local cattle and sheep populations are important for animal production and food security in
South Africa. These genetic resources are well adapted to the diverse climatic conditions
and hold potential to be utilized in ...
OBJECTIVE : To determine the effect of oral selenium supplementation
and semen collection methods on various post thaw semen quality
parameters in Saanen bucks.
METHODS : Sixteen healthy bucks were divided into two ...
OBJECTIVE : To evaluate the effect of cooling rates, selenium
supplementation, and three semen extenders on cooled and frozenthawed
Saanen buck sperm.
METHODS : Twenty Saanen bucks were divided into two groups: the
selenium ...
Letlole, Bakang Rebaone; Damen, Ellen P.C.W.; Jansen van Rensburg, Christine(MDPI, 2021-05-29)
The use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) is common practice to improve broiler production and performance. The use of AGP is under discussion as it can induce bacterial resistance. The purpose of this study was to ...
Webb, E.C. (Edward Cottington); De Bruyn, Elandri(MDPI, 2021-10-27)
This study investigated the effects of MUN and climatological factors on the inter calving
period (ICP), reproductive performance (RP%), and reproductive index (RI) in Holstein Friesian
(n = 1177) and Jersey cows (n = ...
Tannin has gained wider acceptance as a dietary supplement in contemporary animal
nutrition investigations because of its potential to reduce enteric methane emission. However, a major
drawback to dietary tannin intake ...
We investigated the supplementation effects of Acacia mearnsii tannin extract (TE) and
encapsulated tannin extract (ETE) on reproductive performance and oxidative status of South African
Mutton Merino rams. We also ...
This experiment evaluated varying levels of Amarula (Sclerocarya birrea A. Rich) nut cake (ANC) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and carcass characteristics in pigs. Thirty Large White × Landrace (LW × LR) ...
Feng, Shaohong; Stiller, Josefin; Deng, Yuan; Armstrong, Joel; Fang, Qi; Reeve, Andrew Hart; Xie, Duo; Chen, Guangji; Guo, Chunxue; Faircloth, Brant C.; Petersen, Bent; Wang, Zongji; Zhou, Qi; Diekhans, Mark; Chen, Wanjun; Andreu-Sánchez, Sergio; Margaryan, Ashot; Howard, Jason Travis; Parent, Carole; George, Pacheco; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Puetz, Lara; Cavill, Emily; Ribeiro, Angela M.; Eckhart, Leopold; Fjeldsa, Jon; Hosner, Peter A.; Brumfield, Robb T.; Christidis, Les; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Robertson, Bruce C.; Song, Gang; Borgia, Gerald; Claramunt, Santiago; Lovette, Irby J.; Cowen, Saul J.; Njoroge, Peter; Dumbacher, John Philip; Ryder, Oliver A.; Fuchs, Jerome; Bunce, Michael; Burt, David W.; Cracraft, Joel; Meng, Guanliang; Hackett, Shannon J.; Ryan, Peter G.; Jonsson, Knud Andreas; Jamieson, Ian G.; Da Fonseca, Rute R.; Braun, Edward L.; Houde, Peter; Mirarab, Siavash; Suh, Alexander; Hansson, Bengt; Ponnikas, Suvi; Sigeman, Hanna; Stervander, Martin; Frandsen, Paul B.; Van der Zwan, Henriette; Van der Sluis, Rencia; Visser, Carina; Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Clark, Andrew G.; Fitzpatrick, John W.; Bowman, Reed; Chen, Nancy; Cloutier, Alison; Sackton, Timothy B.; Edwards, Scott V.; Foote, Dustin J.; Shakya, Subir B.; Sheldon, Frederick H.; Vignal, Alain; Soares, Andre E.R.; Shapiro, Beth; González-Solis, Jacob; Ferrer-Obiol, Joan; Rozas, Julio; Riutort, Marta; Tigano, Anna; Friesen, Vicki; Dalen, Love; Urrutia, Araxi O.; Szekely, Tamas; Liu, Yang; Campana, Michael G.; Corvelo, Andre; Fleischer, Robert C.; Rutherford, Kim M.; Gemmell, Neil J.; Dussex, Nicolas; Mouritsen, Henrik; Thiele, Nadine; Delmore, Kira; Liedvogel, Miriam; Franke, Andre; Hoeppner, Marc P.; Krone, Oliver; Fudickar, Adam M.; Mila, Borja; Ketterson, Ellen D.; Fidler, Andrew Eric; Friis, Guillermo; Parody-Merino, Angela M.; Battley, Phil F.; Cox, Murray P.; Lima, Nicholas Costa Barroso; Prosdocimi, Francisco; Parchman, Thomas Lee; Schlinger, Barney A.; Loiselle, Bette A.; Blake, John G.; Lim, Haw Chuan; Day, Lainy B.; Fuxjager, Matthew J.; Baldwin, Maude W.; Braun, Michael J.; Wirthlin, Morgan; Dikow, Rebecca B.; Ryder, T. Brandt; Camenisch, Glauco; Keller, Lukas F.; DaCosta, Jeffrey M.; Hauber, Mark E.; Louder, Matthew I.M.; Witt, Christopher C.; McGuire, Jimmy A.; Mudge, Joann; Megna, Libby C.; Carling, Matthew D.; Wang, Biao; Taylor, Scott A.; Del-Rio, Glaucia; Aleixo, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro; Mello, Claudio V.; Weir, Jason T.; Haussler, David; Li, Qiye; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Rahbek, Carsten; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Graves, Gary R.; Jarvis, Erich D.; Paten, Benedict; Zhang, Guojie(Nature Research, 2020-11-12)
Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and
characterizing biodiversity1–4. Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed
to confound phylogenetic inference5, and captures only ...
Svinurai, Walter; Hassen, Abubeker; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Ramoelo, Abel; Cullen, Brendan(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)
Svinurai, Walter; Hassen, Abubeker; Tesfamariam, Eyob Habte; Ramoelo, Abel(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)
Blignaut, James; Meissner, Heinz; Smith, Hendrik; Du Toit, Linde(Elsevier, 2022-01)
CONTEXT : Regenerating the planet through natural resource protection, restoration and prudent land management must currently be one of the most important policy and operational objectives at all scales from local to ...
The South African carcass
classification system for lamb,
mutton, beef and goat (in
use since June 1992) is based
on the Agricultural Product
Standards Act, 1990 (Act 119
of 1990) R 342 – Regulations Regarding ...
CONTEXT : The present study investigated the effects of several electrical-stimulation parameters with conventional chilling of heavy- and light-grade carcasses from commercial feedlot cattle on selected meat-quality ...
Improving oestrus synchronization protocols is important, particularly to ensure that protocols which guarantee reduced hormonal use and environmental safety also result in acceptable reproductive efficiency. The aim of ...
This study evaluated the potential utilisation of African yam bean (AYB) seed as a supplement to Guinea grass on in vitro gas and methane (CH4) production, as well as the effect of processing on AYB nutritive value. In ...
Van Marle-Koster, Este; Visser, Carina(Copernicus Publications, 2021-05)
Modern farming technologies, including quantitative selection and breeding methods in farm animal
species, resulted in increased production and efficiency. Selection for increased output in both intensive and extensive ...