Measuring and understanding personality in animals is a rising scientific field. Much
research has been conducted to assess distinctive individual differences in behavior in a …

Genomic breeding programs have been paramount in improving the rates of genetic
progress of productive efficiency traits in livestock. Such improvement has been …

The objective of this study was to extract novel phenotypes related to disease resilience
using daily feed intake data from growing pigs under a multifactorial natural disease …

Adrenal glands are the major organs releasing catecholamines and regulating our stress
response. The mechanisms balancing generation of adrenergic chromaffin cells and …

Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) is a highly conserved neuroendocrine
decapeptide that is essential for the onset of puberty and the maintenance of the …

Background Livestock populations are under constant selective pressure for higher
productivity levels for different selective purposes. This pressure results in the selection of …

Wild animals face novel environmental threats from human activities that may occur along a
gradient of interactions with humans. Recent work has shown that merely living close to …

Simple Summary The benefits of rearing chicks in complex environments rather than barren
environments are well established. However, the typical rearing environments for modern …