Metagenomic Insights Into the Effects of Rare-Earth Elements Supplementation on Rumen Digestibility and Meat Quality of Beef Cattle.

Rare-earth elements (REE), supplemented as feed additives, effectively improved feed conversion and production performances of monogastrics. However, very little information exists on how REE supplementation affects ruminants. In the present study, twenty-four 18-month-old Jinjiang bull cattle, with initial body weight (BW) of 374.

Isolation and Role of in GA-mediated Floral Bud Dormancy Release in Japanese Apricot ( Siebold et Zucc.).

Bud dormancy release is regulated by gibberellins (GAs). DELLA proteins are highly conserved and act as negative regulators in GA signaling pathway. The present study established a relationship between in Japanese apricot and GA levels during dormancy release of floral buds.

Nicotinic acid supplementation in diet favored intramuscular fat deposition and lipid metabolism in finishing steers.

Nicotinic acid (NA) acting as the precursor of NAD(+)/NADH and NADP(+)/NADPH, participates in many biochemical processes, e.g. lipid metabolism.

Metabolic changes upon flower bud break in Japanese apricot are enhanced by exogenous GA4.

Gibberellin (GA4) has a significant effect on promoting dormancy release in flower buds of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc). The transcriptomic and proteomic changes that occur after GA4 treatment have been reported previously; however, the metabolic changes brought about by GA4 remain unknown.