Salmon Breeding Strategy Improves Feed Efficiency Without Intake Records
A new genetic selection strategy for Atlantic salmon improves feed efficiency by targeting weight gain and body energy density, eliminating ...
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Ratio Traits Match Linear Selection Indices When Paired With Component Traits
Selection index theory reveals that incorporating a ratio trait alongside an underlying component trait produces genetic selection responses equivalent to ...
Alternating Fishmeal and Soybean Diets Maintains Zebrafish Growth While Cutting Costs
Alternating fishmeal and soybean meal diets in juvenile zebrafish maintained growth and gut health while reducing fishmeal use by 45 ...
Mung Bean Straw Can Replace Costly Cottonseed Cake in Sheep Rations
A feeding trial in Ethiopia showed that replacing cottonseed cake with mung bean straw maintains Simien sheep growth performance while ...
Isoflurane Anaesthesia Leaves Rabbit Gut Transit and Appetite Largely Unchanged
A controlled crossover study in five healthy male rabbits found no significant effects of isoflurane anaesthesia lasting up to 60 ...
Hydroponic oat fodder can replace a fifth of dairy concentrate without cutting milk yield
A controlled Ethiopian trial found that replacing 20% of concentrate with hydroponic oat fodder maintained milk yield while raising milk ...
Fewer Methane Spot-Samples Than Expected Suffice for Breeding Lower-Emitting Cattle
Australian feedlot research shows five two-minute methane spot-samples per animal are enough for genetic evaluation, letting 35 percent more cattle ...
Methane-cutting feed additive subtly shifts dairy cow behavior in pilot study
A pilot study of 46 Danish Holstein cows found that supplementation with the methane-reducing feed additive 3-nitrooxypropanol was associated with ...
Four Amino Acids, Four Different Brain Routes to Appetite Control in Layer Chicks
Intracerebroventricular injections in layer-type chicks show that L-alanine, L-glutamine, L-arginine HCl, and glycine each alter feed intake through distinct hypothalamic ...
Controlled lamb study links dried leftover food to growth and carcass gains
A controlled study of 30 growing Tigray Highland lambs found that replacing wheat bran with dried leftover food increased feed ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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