Housing systems are among the most important non-genetic factors affecting hen production performance and intestinal microbes. With increased interest in animal welfare, cage-free laying hen housing systems have become common, providing behavioral freedom and health benefits. The present study...

With the continuous increase of large-wale pig farms, the disinfection of pig farm environment plays an extremely important part in the control and prevention of pig fame diseases in high-density breeding environment. As an important breeding place for pig farms, the farrowing house must be...

The molecular mechanism of the effect of stocking density on the muscle quality of Penaeus monodon was elucidated by high-throughput transcriptome sequencing and quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Two stocking densities of 100 and 300 tails/m2 were selected in this study....

Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) is one of the most common aquaculture fish species around the world. High stocking density applied in the intensive C. idellus culture may have negative impact on fish health and flesh quality. To investigate the effect of stocking density on growth, flesh...

Stocking density is one of the major factors affecting production and welfare of fish in aquaculture. This study investigated the effect of different stocking densities on growth, feed efficiency, blood biochemistry, histometric response, muscular composition, and flesh quality of channel catfish ...

This study investigated the effect of stocking density on growth performance, blood biochemical profiles, antioxidative capacity, and muscle quality of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio). Gibel carps (initial body weight 57.04 ± 1.89 g) were reared at high stocking density (HSD, 10.85 kg m^-3), medium ...

The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is a highly regulated mechanism of intracellular protein degradation and turnover. To evaluate the effect of crowding stress on the UPS in fish, grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) were randomly reared at low stocking density (LSD, 0.9 kg m^-2) or high ...

Crowding stress is one of the most common environmental stressors in intensive aquaculture. To investigate the influences of long-term crowding stress on nonspecific immune responses and apoptosis in fish, grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) were cultured at low (0.9 kg m^-2), medium (2.97 kg m^-2)...

This study is aimed to explore the mechanism of overcrowding stress on the immunity of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Fish were reared for 120 days at 10 kg/m³ (low stocking density, LSD), 15 kg/m³ (medium stocking density, MSD) and 20 kg/m³ (high stocking density, HSD). The results showed...

In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of water temperature and stocking density on the survival, feeding and growth of the juveniles of the hybrid yellow catfish from Pelteobagrus fulvidraco (♀) × Pelteobagrus vachelli (♂) using the parameters as follows: survival rate (%), feeding...