Changes in vaginal gene expression and anogenital distance during gilt reproductive development.

Early puberty is associated with improved long-term reproductive performance. Predicting who will achieve early puberty is limited to intensive, invasive serial blood collections for measurement of reproductive hormones. The vaginal genome during pubertal development has potential as biomarkers of early estrus in the pre-pubertal period.

Microbiome in Early Childhood Caries: Caries Severity-Dependent Insights.

Introduction: Children with early childhood caries (ECC) show different caries severities and susceptibility in different tooth types and location in the oral cavity. The study aimed to investigate differences in the oral microbiome in ECC subjects stratified according to the severity of caries and between more and less caries prone teeth within the same subjects.

Methods: Supragingival plaque from the upper and lower anterior regions in the oral cavity of subjects were collected in 3 groups of increasing caries severity, G1 - Molar (M) caries only; G2 - Molar and Upper Anterior (UA) caries; and G3 - M + UA + lower anterior (LA) caries were obtained followed by microbiome analysis.

Effect of Low- and High-Sulfur-Containing Amino Acid Inclusion in Diets Fed to Primiparous Sows in Late Gestation on Pre-Partum Nitrogen Retention and Offspring Pre- and Post-Weaning Growth Performance.

Twenty-seven gestating primiparous sows (203 ± 9.1 kg initial body weight on d 89 ± 1 of gestation) were selected to determine the effect of standardized ileal digestible (SID) sulfur-containing amino acid (SAA) intake during late gestation on whole-body nitrogen (N) retention and subsequent litter performance. Primiparous sows were assigned to one of two experimental diets that provided SAAs at 63 or 200% of the estimated requirements during late gestation (0.

Effect of feeding high oleic soybean oil to finishing pigs on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality.

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of dietary fat source and feeding duration on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of finishing pigs. A total of 450 twenty-one-week-old finishing pigs with an average body weight of 113.7 ± 8 kg were housed in 90 pens assigned to one of five dietary treatments in a 2×2 + 1 factorial design.

Decoding Adenine DNA Methylation Effects in Streptococcus Mutans: Insights Into Self-DNA Protection and Autoaggregation.

Streptococcus mutans, a key player in dental caries, faces multiple environmental challenges within the oral cavity, including oxidative stress, nutrient scarcity, and acidic pH. To survive and thrive, S. mutans has evolved intricate mechanisms, including the CSP-ComDE quorum sensing system, which coordinates responses to environmental cues.