ASC-148: Management of Swine Mating

ASC-152: Manipulation of the Estrous Cycle in Swine

As production schedules become more intense, greater demands are placed on the reproductive system of the gilt and sow. Compared with their predecessors, today’s female swine are expected to attain puberty at an earlier age, breed and become pregnant the first time they are mated by the boar, farrow larger litters, wean a larger number of heavier pigs, return to estrus in a shorter time period ...

Meiosis in Neurospora crassa. I. The isolation of recessive mutants defective in the production of viable ascospores.

A scheme has been devised for efficient isolation of recessive meiotic mutants of Neurospora crassa. These mutants were detected by their reduced fertility or by the abortion of ascospores. Their isolation involved the selection and screening of the strains arising from ascospores disomic (n + 1) for linkage group I (LG I), which bears the mating-type locus. These strains are self-fertile heter...

Comparisons of Mating Systems with Duroc, Hampshire and Yorkshire Breeds of Swine for Efficiency of Swine Production

MiR-143 Induces Expression of AIM2 and ASC in Jurkat Cell Line

Background: Absent in Melanoma 2 (AIM2) is an intracellular microbial dsDNA sensor which plays an important role in production of proinflammatory cytokines through Apoptosis associated Speck-like protein containing a Caspase activation and recruitment domain (ASC) and Caspase-1. Micro-RNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in regulation of immune related genes. However, there is little information ...

Productive Performance and Hatchability of Alabio Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos Borneo) under Rural Feeding Management: Comparison of Different Dietary Protein Levels and Sex Ratios

An experiment was conducted to assess the optimum nutrient requirement and ideal mating ratios for Alabio ducks for production of fertile eggs and hatchability under rural feeding management. A total of 135 forty weeks old females and 27 males were used in the study. They were fed on low (17.5%), medium (19.5%) and high (21.5%) crude protein (CP) in diets containing approximately 3050 kcal of m...