Simple Summary In poultry production, chickens are confronted with a wide range of
potential stressful conditions including restricted movement, long light phases or poor air …

Simple Summary Surgical castration of male piglets is societally criticized as it is painful and
violates the integrity of the animals. Pork production with boars and immunocastrates are …

Domestic horses are currently often subject to management practices that can entail social
stressors, which in turn can negatively influence immunocompetence and disease …

Despite the importance of pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) in livestock production and their
increasing role as a model organism for human physiology, knowledge about the porcine …

Nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE) and lysine utilization efficiency (LUE) are key indicators
of sustainable pork production and vary depending on nutritional and non-nutritional factors …

Commercial housing of sows often involves frequent regrouping (“mixing”) of animals that
poses a potential welfare problem due to social stress. Although mixing is a common …

Diurnal rhythms within the immune system are considered important for immune
competence. Until now, they were mostly studied in humans and rodents. However, as the …

The photoperiod is known to modulate immune cell number and function and is regarded
essential for seasonal disease susceptibility. In addition, diurnal variations in the immune …

Efficient utilization of dietary nitrogen (N) in pork production is of increasing concern.
Previous studies revealed that a genetic basis for N utilization efficiency (NUE) might exist …

Simple Summary During pregnancy, the maternal immune system is characterized by
changes in various immune functions. Nevertheless, pregnancy-associated immune …