Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias: Recent submissions

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    • Development and characterization of nettle-leaves powder (Urtica urens) as a potential supplement for animal feed 
      Arros, Francisca; Garrido, Camila; Valenzuela Venegas, Carolina (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2020)
      Nettle plants in Chile are an underutilized resource. Its use in animal nutrition is also limited. In addition, information about its composition (specifically fatty acids and aminoacids) is scarce. The objective of this ...
    • Activation of early defense signals in seedlings of nicotiana benthamiana treated with chitin nanoparticles 
      López J., Miguel; Miranda, Elisa; Ramos, Cecilia; García, Héctor; Neira Carrillo, Andrónico (MDPI, 2020)
      Chitin is an excellent material for the synthesis of nanoparticles because it is an elicitor and can form nanostructured materials. The application of chitin nanoparticles (CNPs) in plants can activate early defense responses ...
    • Whole genome re‑sequencing reveals recent signatures of selection in three strains of farmed Nile tilapia ... 
      Cádiz, María I.; López, María Eugenia; Díaz Domínguez, Diego; Cáceres Cruz, Giovanna; Yoshida, Grazyella Massako; Gómez Uchida, Daniel; Yáñez López, José (Nature, 2020)
      Nile tilapia belongs to the second most cultivated group of fish in the world, mainly because of its favorable characteristics for production. Genetic improvement programs and domestication process of Nile tilapia may have ...
    • Socially conditioned flavor preferences with fluids: Transfer with solid foods, palatability, and testing ... 
      Romero Figueroa, Jaime Hernán; Gasalla, Patricia; Müller Bravo, Maximiliano; Dwyer, Dominic (Elsevier, 2020)
      In two experiments, the social influence on choosing between two novel diets was analyzed. In Experiment 1, a group of rats (demonstrators) ingested a novel flavor cue presented in powdered food or in a 4% sucrose solution. ...
    • Effect of chitosan electrospun fiber mesh as template on the crystallization of calcium oxalate 
      Butto, Nicole; Cotrina Vera, Nicole; Díaz Soler, Felipe; Yazdani-Pedram, Mehrdad; Neira Carrillo, Andrónico (MDPI, 2020)
      Biominerals fulfill various physiological functions in living organisms, however, pathological mineralization can also occur generating mineral pathologies such as the formation of calcium oxalate (CaOx) calculi in the ...
    • Efecto de la incorporación de sabores dulce y umami en la dieta de cerdas sobre su composición láctea y ... 
      De Luca Jorquera, Valeria Andrea (Universidad de Chile, 2019)
      En el sistema intensivo de producción porcina, el destete se realiza alrededor de los 21 días posteriores al nacimiento del animal. Es considerado un destete temprano, donde los individuos tienen que sobrellevar una serie ...
    • Gene and protein expression of connexins 37 and 43 in cumulus-oocytes complexes throughout the canine ... 
      Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los; Palomino Mackenney, Jaime; Gallegos, Carola; Espinoza, Roberto; Dettleff Faúndes, Phillipe; Peralta Troncoso, Óscar; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Ramírez, George (CSIRO, 2020)
      The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of connexin (Cx) 37 and Cx43 in canine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) during the oestrous cycle. Cx localisation was analysed by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, ...
    • Assessing antibiotic residues in poultry eggs from backyard production systems in Chile, first approach to ... 
      Cornejo Kelly, Javiera; Pokrant Huerta, Ekaterina; Figueroa Vergara, Francisco; Riquelme Fernández, Ricardo; Galdames Alarcón, Pablo; Di Pillo, Francisco; Jiménez Bluhm, Pedro; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary Eggs are a readily available and important food source for low income families that raise chicken in their households. It is therefore important to monitor if these products are safe for human consumption ...
    • Quantitative genetic variation for resistance to the parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis in the Neotropical ... 
      Lira, Lieschen V. G.; Ariede, Raquel B.; Freitas, Milena V.; Mastrochirico-Filho, Vito A.; Agudelo, John F. G.; Barría González, Agustín; Yáñez, José M.; Hashimoto, Diogo T. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is the main native fish produced in continental aquaculture from South America. However, its production has been negatively affected by significant economic losses due to frequent outbreaks ...
    • Recurrent horizontal transfer identifies mitochondrial positive selection in a transmissible cancer 
      Strakova, Andrea; Nicholls, Thomas J.; Baez-Ortega, Adrian; Ni Leathlobhair, Maire; Sampson, Alexander T.; Hughes, Katherine; Bolton, Isobelle A. G.; Gori, Kevin; Wang, Jinhong; Airikkala-Otter, Ilona; Allen, Janice L.; Allum, Karen M.; Arnold, Clara L.; Bansse-Issa, Leontine; Bhutia, Thinlay N.; Bisson, Jocelyn L.; Blank, Kelli; Briceño, Cristóbal; Domracheva, Artemio Castillo; Corrigan, Anne M.; Cran, Hugh R.; Crawford, Jane T.; Cutter, Stephen M.; Davis, Eric; de Castro, Karina F.; De Nardi, Andrigo B.; de Vos, Anna P.; Delgadillo Keena, Laura; Donelan, Edward M.; Espinoza Huerta, Adela R.; Faramade, Ibikunle A.; Fazil, Mohammed; Fotopoulou, Eleni; Fruean, Skye N.; Gallardo-Arrieta, Fanny; Glebova, Olga; Gouletsou, Pagona G.; Hafeelin Manrique, Rodrigo; Henriques, Joaquim J. G. P.; Horta, Rodrigo S.; Ignatenko, Natalia; Kane, Yaghouba; King, Cathy; Koenig, Debbie; Krupa, Ada; Kruzeniski, Steven J; Lanza-Perea, Marta; Lazyan, Mihran; Lopez Quintana, Adriana M.; Losfelt, Thibault; Marino, Gabriele; Martinez Castaneda, Simon; Martinez-Lopez, Mayra F.; Masuruli, Bedan M.; Meyer, Michael; Migneco, Edward J.; Nakanwagi, Berna; Neal, Karter B.; Neunzig, Winifred; Nixon, Sally J.; Ortega-Pacheco, Antonio; Pedraza-Ordonez, Francisco; Peleteiro, Maria C.; Polak, Katherine; Pye, Ruth J.; Ramirez-Ante, Juan C.; Reece, John F.; Rojas Gutierrez, Jose; Sadia, Haleema; Schmeling, Sheila K.; Shamanova, Olga; Sherlock, Alan G.; Steenland-Smit, Audrey E.; Svitich, Alla; Tapia Martinez, Lester J.; Ngoka, Ismail Thoya; Torres, Cristian G.; Tudor, Elizabeth M.; van der Wel, Mirjam G.; Vitalaru, Bogdan A.; Vural, Sevil A.; Walkinton, Oliver; Wehrle-Martinez, Alvaro S.; Widdowson, Sophie A. E.; Zvarich, Irina; Chinnery, Patrick F.; Falkenberg, Maria; Gustafsson, Claes M.; Murchison, Elizabeth P. (Nature, 2020)
      Autonomous replication and segregation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) creates the potential for evolutionary conflict driven by emergence of haplotypes under positive selection for 'selfish' traits, such as replicative ...
    • The failed invasion of Harmonia axyridis in the Azores, Portugal: Climatic restriction or wrong population origin? 
      Alaniz, Alberto J.; Soares, Antonio O.; Vergara, Pablo M.; de Azevedo, Eduardo Brito; Grez Villarroel, Audrey (Wiley, 2020)
      We tested two questions: (i) whether the climatic conditions of the Azorean Islands in Portugal may have restricted the invasion ofHarmonia axyridisacross this archipelago and (ii) determine what population of this species ...
    • Dorsal prefrontal and premotor cortex of the ferret as defned by distinctive patterns of thalamo‑cortical ... 
      Radtke‑Schuller, Susanne; Town, Stephen M.; Yin, Pingbo; Elgueda González, Diego; Schuller, Gerd; Bizley, Jennifer K.; Shamma, Shihab A.; Fritz, Jonathan B. (Springer, 2020)
      Recent studies of the neurobiology of the dorsal frontal cortex (FC) of the ferret have illuminated its key role in the attention network, top-down cognitive control of sensory processing, and goal directed behavior. To ...
    • First molecular identification of canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV2) in Chile reveals high occurrence of CPV2c ... 
      Castillo, Cristóbal; Neira Ramírez, Víctor; Aniñir, Pamela; Grecco, Sofía; Pérez, Rubén; Panzera, Yanina; Zegpi, Nhur-Aischa; Sandoval, Álvaro; Sandoval, Daniel; Cofré, Sergio; Ortega, René (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV2) is one of the most important intestinal pathogens in dogs and puppies. CPV2 has been evolved into three genetic and antigenic variants (2a, 2b, and 2c), which are distributed worldwide. We ...
    • Wine grape pomace flour in broiler diets effects growth and some meat characteristics 
      Reyes Jara, Paola; Urquiaga, Inés; Echeverría, Guadalupe; Durán Durán, Emerson; Morales Silva, María Sol; Valenzuela Venegas, Carolina (CSIRO, 2020)
      Context. Grape pomace maybe useful in broiler diets as a source of low cost antioxidants. Aims. The objective of this work was to determine the effect of including high concentrations of wine-grape pomace flour (WGPF) ...
    • Maternal nutrition and antioxidant supplementation: Effects on mother–young behaviors in a Patagonian sheep ... 
      Sales, Francisco; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Freitas de Melo, Aline; Ungerfeld, Rodolfo (Elsevier, 2020)
      Undernourishment is a frequent condition in sheep pregnancies under extensive systems, since most of the pregnancies occur when the prairie has the lowest forage allowance. Underfed sheep pregnancies are associated with ...
    • Adipokines underlie the early origins of obesity and associated metabolic comorbidities in the offspring ... 
      Arroyo Jousse, Viviana; Jaramillo, A.; Castaño Moreno, E.; Lépez, M.; Carrasco Negüe, K.; Casanello, P. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Maternal pregestational obesity is a well-known risk factor for offspring obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms by which maternal obesity can induce alterations in fetal ...
    • Mate selection provides similar genetic progress and average inbreeding than optimum contribution selection ... 
      Yoshida, Grazyella Massako; Yáñez López, José; de Queiroz, Sandra Aidar; Carvalheiro, Roberto (Elsevier, 2020)
      Optimum contribution selection (OCS) and mate selection (MS) are alternative strategies to maximize genetic gain under controlled rates of inbreeding. There is evidence in the literature that MS outperforms OCS in controlling ...
    • Supplementation of underfed twin-bearing ewes with herbal vitamins C and E: Impacts on birth weight, postnatal ... 
      Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Sales, Francisco; Peralta Troncoso, Óscar; Narbona Narbona, Eileen; Lira, Raúl; Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los; González Bulnes, Antonio (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary In twin-bearing ewes, undernourishment during pregnancy lowers the birth weight and increases morbidity and mortality of lambs. One of the causes is oxidative stress, which can be prevented by supplementing ...
    • GDF-9 and BMP-15 mRNA levels in canine cumulus cells related to cumulus expansion and the maturation process 
      Ramírez, George; Palomino Mackenney, Jaime; Aspée Mallanes, Karla; Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary The knowledge of physiological events associated with canine reproduction involving oocyte developmental potential is essential to increase the success of reproductive biotechnologies in this species. In ...
    • Factors determining variation in colour morph frequencies in invasive Harmonia axyridis populations 
      Honek, Alois; Brown, Peter M. J.; Martinkova, Zdenka; Skuhrovec, Jiri; Brabec, Marek; Burgio, Giovanni; Evans, Edward W.; Fournier, Marc; Grez Villarroel, Audrey; Kulfan, Jan; Lami, Francesco; Lucas, Eric; Lumbierres, Belén; Masetti, Antonio; Mogilevich, Timofej; Orlova-Bienkowskaja, Marina; Phillips, William M.; Pons, Xavier; Strobach, Jan; Viglasova, Sandra; Zach, Peter; Zaviezo, Tania (Springer, 2020)
      The Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis Pallas, native to eastern Asia, is an invasive, non-native species that has recently achieved an almost worldwide distribution. A conspicuous feature of this species is colour ...