Impact of intestinal microbiota on growth and feed efficiency in pigs: A review

GE Gardiner, BU Metzler-Zebeli, PG Lawlor - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review summarises the evidence for a link between the porcine intestinal microbiota
and growth and feed efficiency (FE), and suggests microbiota-targeted strategies to improve …

The interaction between microbiome and pig efficiency: A review

C Maltecca, M Bergamaschi… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The existence of genetic control over the abundance of particular taxa and the link of these
to energy balance and growth has been documented in model organisms and humans as …

Prediction of tubular solar still performance by machine learning integrated with Bayesian optimization algorithm

Y Wang, AW Kandeal, A Swidan, SW Sharshir… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, accurate and convenient prediction models of tubular solar still performance,
expressed as hourly production, were developed by utilizing machine learning. Based on …

Simulation calculation of selective reflective films based on metamaterials and prediction of color in light filter with machine learning

X Gao, M Yang, A Pereira, S Guo, H Zhang - Engineered Science, 2024 - espublisher.com
In this study, we have developed a novel three-layer cylindrical periodic structure utilizing
metamaterials, combining a periodic cylindrical arrangement with a Metal-Insulator-Metal …

Impact of intestinal microbiota on growth performance of suckling and weaned piglets

MR Mahmud, C Jian, MK Uddin, M Huhtinen… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Small-scale studies investigating the relationship between pigs' intestinal microbiota and
growth performance have generated inconsistent results. We hypothesized that on farms …

Heritability and genome-wide association of swine gut microbiome features with growth and fatness parameters

M Bergamaschi, C Maltecca, C Schillebeeckx… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Despite recent efforts to characterize longitudinal variation in the swine gut microbiome, the
extent to which a host's genome impacts the composition of its gut microbiome is not yet well …

Prediction of body composition in growing-finishing pigs using ultrasound based back-fat depth approach and machine learning algorithms

JK Basak, B Paudel, NC Deb, DY Kang… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Timely monitoring and precise estimation of body composition parameters, such as fat mass
(FM) and fat-free mass (FFM), are crucial for pig production. Therefore, this study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting body weight in growing pigs from feeding behavior data using machine learning algorithms

Y He, F Tiezzi, J Howard, C Maltecca - Computers and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
A timely and accurate estimation of body weight in finishing pigs is critical in determining
profits by allowing pork producers to make informed marketing decisions on group-housed …

Proportion-based normalizations outperform compositional data transformations in machine learning applications

A Yerke, D Fry Brumit, AA Fodor - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Normalization, as a pre-processing step, can significantly affect the resolution of
machine learning analysis for microbiome studies. There are countless options for …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning and data mining methodology to predict nominal and numeric performance body weight values using Large White male turkey datasets

KR Flores, L de Carvalho, BJ Reading… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large biological datasets with many variables and a small number of biological replicates
(“omics” sciences and industry data) are challenging to analyze with traditional inferential …