Journal of animal science
J Anim Sci
· ISSN (e) 1525-3163
· 6 papers in corpus
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2024
Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 2 (IGF2BP2), a significant member of the conserved RNA-binding protein family, plays various roles in numerous physiological and pathological processes. However, the specific function of IGF…
2024
Zearalenone (ZEN), a nonsteroidal estrogenic mycotoxin, causes endocrine disruption and porcine reproductive dysfunction. Heat stress (HS) occurs when exogenous and metabolic heat accumulation exceeds heat dissipation. Independently, HS and…
2021
Sow mortality, as the result of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), has been increasing in the last decade in the U.S. swine industry. The objective of this study was to identify potential biological markers associated with risk of POP in sows. We…
2020
Abstract Reduced fertility is one of the main causes of economic losses in dairy farms. The financial losses are estimated in US$938 per stillbirth case in Holstein herds. The identification of genomic regions associated with stillbirth cou…
2020
Abstract Selection of elite young bulls using genomic data has shortened the generation interval and increased pressure to collect large quantities of semen at an early age. Younger bulls pose a challenge in forecasting total sperm producti…
2009
Posttranscriptional gene regulation plays a vital role in male and female germ cell function, but our understanding of this regulatory process in somatic cells and its effect on reproductive tissue development and function is not understood…