Rational metabolic engineering of <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> to create a producer of L-valine by M. E. Sheremetieva, K. E. Anufriev, T. M. Khlebodarova, N. A. Kolchanov, A. S. Yanenko

“…Adding L-valine to feed, alone or mixed with other essential amino acids, allows for feeds with lower crude protein content, increases the quality and quantity of pig meat and broiler chicken meat, as well as improves reproductive functions of farm animals. …”
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Perspectives on the adoption of black-soldier fly larvae for animal feed among livestock farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa by Dieu-Merci Akonkwa Nyamuhirwa, Shiferaw Feleke, Paul-Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Dioukou Sissoko, Bokar Moussa, Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Seydou Zakari, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Victor Manyong

“…This article assesses livestock farmers' actual and potential adoption rates of BSFL and determinants of their adoption decisions.MethodsIn this paper, we used the treatment effect framework approach on data collected from 1,885 fish, poultry, and pig smallholder farmers in five cities of four West and Central African countries, including Kinshasa and Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Accra in Ghana, Bamako in Mali, and Niamey in Niger.Results and discussionThe results show that about 20 percent of surveyed farmers are aware of BSFL as a protein source in animal feed, and the actual adoption rate of BSFL is four percent. …”
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Development and validation of highly sensitive multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of classical swine fever virus genome by A. S. Sadchikova, A. S. Igolkin, R. S. Chernyshev, A. A. Kozlov, I. S. Kolbin, A. V. Sprygin, D. A. Biryuchenkov, I. A. Chvala, A. Mazloum

“…Classical swine fever (CSF) remains a challenge for pig farming industrial lover the world despite the measures taken. …”
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CAUSAS DE MORTALIDAD O DESCARTE DE CERDAS EN DOS GRANJAS DE PRODUCCIÓN INTENSIVA EN COLOMBIA by R J Piñeros, J D Mogollón, M A Rincón

“…Además, entre losaños 2003 y 2005 se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de datos registrados en el programa informáticaPig-CHAMP de madres muertas o descartadas en una de estas granjas.Las principales causas de eliminación o muerte en las dos granjas fueron de origen gastrointestinal(21,05-22,86%), y cardiovascu1ar (8,57-10,53%). …”
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First detection of Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Western Australia using molecular diagnostics and morphological identification by Kimberly L. Evasco, Craig Brockway, Tamara Falkingham, Margaret Hall, Nerida G. Wilson, Abbey Potter

“…The findings are significant given the detection of the species coincides with the first significant outbreak of JEV activity on mainland Australia involving an estimated 45 human cases of Japanese encephalitis, 80 impacted commercial piggeries and widespread feral pig activity. Although the role that Cx. tritaeniorhynchus may play in JEV transmission into the future is not yet understood, it presents a potential risk to public health in the region. …”
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Density of wild boar population and spread of African swine fever in the Russian Federation by O. I. Zakharova, A. A. Blokhin, N. N. Toropova, O. A. Burova, I. V. Yashin, F. I. Korennoy

“…It greatly undermines global pig industry and causes a significant damage to the ecology of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) which is a natural reservoir of the virus and is an intermediate  link in the epizootic process. …”
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Histological Ex Vivo Evaluation of the Suitability of a 976 nm Diode Laser in Oral Soft Tissue Biopsies by Gaspare Palaia, Federico Renzi, Daniele Pergolini, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Paolo Visca, Gianluca Tenore, Umberto Romeo

“…A 976 nm diode laser (Solase®, Lazon Medical Laser, China) has been used in the contact mode, using a 400 μm fiber tip, at different parameters from 4 to 6 W in the continuous wave (CW), with a fluence between 3184 and 4777 J/cm2, and pulsed wave (PW) mode, with a fluence between 318,4 and 477,7 J/cm2, to obtain 30 samples from fresh pig cadaver tongues. All specimens were subdivided into 6 groups (from A to F), and each group consisted of 5 samples. …”
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Genomic and transcriptomic insights into vitamin A-induced thermogenesis and gene reuse as a cold adaptation strategy in wild boars by Mingpeng Zhang, Aleksei Traspov, Jiawen Yang, Min Zheng, Veronika R. Kharzinova, Huashui Ai, Natalia A. Zinovieva, Lusheng Huang

“…This may compensate for the pig’s lack of brown fat/UCP1 thermogenesis. These findings provide new insights into the molecular basis of cold adaptation and improve our understanding of Eurasian wild boar migration history.…”
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CD40 Ligand Potentiates Immunogenecity of <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> Subunit Vaccine Candidate in a Murine Model by Jinqi Shu, Gaojian Li, Jianhong Shu, Huapeng Feng, Yulong He

“…<i>Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae</i> (Mhp) infection severely affects the daily weight gain and feed-to-meat ratio of pigs, while secondary infections with other pathogens can further lead to increased mortality, causing significant economic losses to the pig industry. …”
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Duplex qPCR for detecting and differentiating porcine epidemic diarrhea virus GI and GII subtypes by Bin Wang, Wang Han, Di Wu, Yue Jing, Li Ma, Feiyang Jiang, Shusen Ji, Lianmei Bai, Xiuju Yu, Wei Hou, Shouyu Wang, Haidong Wang

“…IntroductionPorcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a pathogen that causes a highly contagious intestinal disease in pigs, which causes significant economic losses to the pig industry worldwide. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Evolution of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in Northern China During 2021–2023 by Na Yuan, Zuofeng Yang, Fengxia Lv, Lina Dou, Xiangqing Li, Baokai Zhao, Shishan Dong

“…Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), an important pathogen affecting the pig industry, is an RNA virus with high genetic diversity. …”
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Epidemiological Features, Clinical Symptoms, and Environmental Risk Factors for Notifiable Japanese Encephalitis in Taiwan From 2008 to 2020: Retrospective Study by Fu-Huang Lin, Yu-Ching Chou, Chi-Jeng Hsieh, Chia-Peng Yu

“…The major occurrence places of JE included paddy fields, pig farms, pigeon farms, poultry farms, and ponds. …”
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Soil data from the Barbastro-Balaguer gypsum belt, NE SpainMendeley Data by Juan Herrero, María Tierra, Carmen Castañeda

“…In the absence of a soil map, our dataset can help in the decisions to be made by the authorities, as is the case for water allocation to irrigated estates both in operation and planned, or for authorizations for the spreading of pig slurry.The herein presented soil data were collected with the classical techniques of pedological prospection. …”
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Construction of prokaryotic system for expression of porcine circovirus type 2 ORF-2 gene fragment by A. G. Galeeva, A. R. Akhunova, K. V. Usoltsev, N. I. Khammadov, M. A. Efimova

“…Porcine circovirus-associated diseases (PCVDs) are among the most significant challenges for pig farming in developed countries. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) is considered the main etiological agent of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in piglets. …”
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Pelletization of composted swine manure solid fraction with different organic co-formulates: effect of pellet physical properties on rotating spreader distribution patterns by Elio Romano, Massimo Brambilla, Carlo Bisaglia, Niccolò Pampuro, Ester Foppa Pedretti, Eugenio Cavallo

“…Introduction In Europe, because of the high production levels of livestock farming in general and pig farming in particular, animal waste management has become increasingly important to comply with the required lowering of livestock farming environmental pressure. …”
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The immunogenicity of PRV ΔgE/TK/UL49.5 three-gene-deleted vaccine in mice by Chenmeng Ding, Yawei Sun, Xianfeng Zhang, Mengmeng Shi, Han Yang, Xin Zhou, Shuangshuang Li, Yongtao Li, Xia Yang, Linyang Yu, Lu Chen

“…Abstract Background Pseudorabies (PR) caused by the re-emerging of pseudorabies virus (PRV) variant has outbroken among PRV vaccine immunized swine in many pig farms, which has caused serious social and economic consequences since the end of 2011. …”
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Atrioventricular Left Ventricular Apical Pacing Improves Haemodynamic, Rotational, and Deformation Variables in Comparison to Pacing at the Lateral Wall in Intact Myocardium: Exper... by Savvas Toumanidis, Anna Kaladaridou, Dimitrios Bramos, Elias Skaltsiotes, John Agrios, Constantinos Pamboucas, George Kottis, Anna Antoniou, Elektra Papadopoulou, Spyridon Moulopoulos

“…Experiments were conducted in pigs (n=21) with normal LV function to investigate the acute hemodynamic effects of epicardial AV and ventricular LV pacing at the LV apical or lateral wall. …”
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Isolation and Genomic Characterization of a Novel Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus 1 from Severely Diseased Piglets in China in 2024 by Shuai Yang, Meng Cui, Chen Li, Ming Qiu, Xiaoyang Zhu, Yanhan Lin, Yifan Meng, Yuejia Qiu, Wenhao Qi, Hong Lin, Wanglong Zheng, Jianzhong Zhu, Kewei Fan, Nanhua Chen

“…Since the first isolation of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 1 (PRRSV-1) BJEU06-1 strain from a Beijing pig farm in 2006, more and more PRRSV-1 isolates have been identified in China. …”
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Isoleucine at position 137 of haemagglutinin acts as a mammalian adaptation marker of H9N2 avian influenza virus by Weiwei Ma, Chenyang Ren, Lin Shi, Bo Meng, Yali Feng, Ying Zhang

“…Moreover, the HA-T137I substitution in H9N2 avian influenza virus increased the guinea pig transmission efficiency. We also found that the HA-T137I substitution was critical for α2,6-linked sialic acid binding preference and HA activation and stability of H9N2 virus. …”
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Taenia solium taeniosis and cysticercosis literature in Tanzania provides research evidence justification for control: A systematic scoping review. by Helena Aminiel Ngowi, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Uffe Christian Braae, Robinson Hammerthon Mdegela, Ernatus Martin Mkupasi, Mwemezi Lutakyawa Kabululu, Faustin Peter Lekule, Maria Vang Johansen

“…Lacking latrines, watering pigs with river or pond water, and feeding pigs with potato peels were associated with porcine cysticercosis prevalence. …”
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