Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

March 18, 2021

Supplementary feeding of cattle-yak in the cold season alters rumen microbes, volatile fatty acids, and expression of SGLT1 in the rumen epithelium

Yuzhu Sha, Jiang Hu, Bingang Shi, Renqing Dingkao, Jiqing Wang, Shaobin Li, Wei Zhang, Yuzhu Luo, Xiu Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11048 PubMed 33777531

March 5, 2021

Genetic variation of Nigerian cattle inferred from maternal and paternal genetic markers

David H. Mauki, Adeniyi C. Adeola, Said I. Ng’ang’a, Abdulfatai Tijjani, Ibikunle Mark Akanbi, Oscar J. Sanke, Abdussamad M. Abdussamad, Sunday C. Olaogun, Jebi Ibrahim, Philip M. Dawuda, Godwin F. Mangbon, Paul S. Gwakisa, Ting-Ting Yin, Min-Sheng Peng, Ya-Ping Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10607 PubMed 33717663

March 10, 2021

Determining insulin sensitivity from glucose tolerance tests in Iberian and landrace pigs

José Miguel Rodríguez-López, Manuel Lachica, Lucrecia González-Valero, Ignacio Fernández-Fígares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11014 PubMed 33854837

March 2, 2021

Putative carboxylesterase gene identification and their expression patterns in Hyphantria cunea (Drury)

Jia Ye, Dingze Mang, Ke Kang, Cheng Chen, Xiaoqing Zhang, Yanping Tang, Endang R. Purba, Liwen Song, Qing-He Zhang, Longwa Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10919 PubMed 33717687

March 16, 2021

Effects of dietary inorganic chromium supplementation on broiler growth performance: a meta-analysis

Chao Feng, Hua Lin, Jie Li, Bin Xie