This study evaluated the effects of housing system (cage versus pen), sex and line cross (EMY1 and EMY2) on meat quality in meat-type chickens. Chickens (n=640) from each line cross (males: females=1:1) were housed in batteries from d 1 to 28. Then, half of them were transferred to indoor floor ...

The yellow seahorse, Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, an ornamental and pharmaceutical fish, is being artificially cultivated due to the insufficient commercial supply of wild resources. However, the artificial breeding is difficult due to the limited biological knowledge. To improve the breeding...

Atlantic salmon reared in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) may lead to inappropriately high stocking density, because fish live in a limited space. Finding the suitable stocking density of Atlantic salmon reared in RAS is very important for RAS industry. In this paper, the influence of ...

Leech Poecilobdella manillensis with body weight of over 1.5 g were reared in net cages of each 35.0 cm × 14.5 cm × 11.5 cm with moist soil bottom at a depth of 6.0 cm and effects of stocking density, feed formulation and feeding frequency on survival and growth in the leech were investigated by a...

Housing systems used in the production of poultry meat vary worldwide dependent on climate, land availability, and other resources essential for production. Reported here are comparisons between pen and cage rearing (the housing system, denoted HS), line crosses (LC), two native Chinese lines (EM...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary vitamin levels and stocking densities on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and blood characteristics in growing pigs. A 2×3 factorial (two vitamin levels, three regimens of stocking densities) arrangement was utilized with 96...

Objective: The present paper aimed to study the effects of different breeding system. on emotional lotion (5-hydroxynyinomine 5-HT, beta-rnc6rphin 13-EP, Cortisol, etc.) and the mRNA expression of anti-prepant factor PI 1 gene. Method] TOW 60 60-day-old Sushong pigs (RW =28.4 z 0.30 kg) were...

Objectives: Feeding height is crucial for the expression of natural behavior and animal welfare of captive birds. However, literatures about this issue are unavailable so far. This study is to explore the optimal feeding height of caged Blue-eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum), which is a class...

Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) larvae prey on other fish species larvae at the beginning of exogenous feeding but do not eat any zooplankton in natural conditions, the mechanism behind this special feeding habit is unclear at present. This study aimed to visualize the development of gill rakers...

Meat quality is not only influenced by breed but also rearing environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different housing environments on growth performance, carcase traits, meat quality, physiological response pre-slaughter and fatty acid composition in two pig breeds. A...