Research Progress

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  Taurine Protects Piglets Against Oxidative Stress Damage

  A scientific research team (Research Center of Livestock Ecology and Healthy Production) led by academician Yulong Yin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences using diquat-challenged oxidative stress piglet model and additional taurine supplement in the diet to study the potential protective mechanisms of taurine in 35 days weaned piglets and got important findings.

  Sep 12, 2020
• Scientists Find Direct Evidence of Thickening Organic Film at Soil-water Micro-interfaces

  organic matter; soil-water interface; SoilChip; thickening organic film; biogeochemical gate; organic matter stabilization; carbon sequestration.

  Aug 28, 2020
• Karstic Topography－a Crucial Role in Modeling Karstic Hydrological Process

  Based on a semi-distributed hydrological model (named VarKarst), a team of researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISA) built an improved optimization scheme for representing karstic hydrological processes in hillslopes and depressions.

  Aug 28, 2020
• Maternal Uridine Supplementation Affects Fatty Acids and Amino Acids Constituents of Piglets

  Researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that maternal supplementation with nucleotides in the form of UR decreased the birth mortality by using a sow-piglet model.

  Aug 20, 2020
• N-carbamylglycinate in Late-gestation Improves Reproductive Performance in Sows

  Recently, Dr. Wan Dan et al from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA), the Chinese Academy of Sciences had studied its effects on reproductive performance of sows in the late gestation, and had found its novel nutritional roles in amino acid metabolism and improve the reproductive performance in sows in this period.

  Jul 01, 2020
• Rumen-protected Glucose may Beneficial for Uterine Involution of Early Postpartum Dairy Cows

  Recently, researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture(ISA), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Hunan Agricultural University fed the dairy cows with 0 or 200 g rumen-protected glucose twice every day from -7 ± 2 to 14 d to illustrated the effect of RPG on the uterine involution during the early post-natal period.

  May 11, 2020
• How Do Herbivorous Geese Respond to Food Resource Changes Caused by Varied Water Regime?

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA), Chinese Academy of Sciences combined remote sensing, field survey, laboratory testing, and control experiment to measure the variations in both food quantity and quality as cues explaining the responses of the two herbivorous goose species (Lesser white-fronted goose Anser erythropus and Bean goose Anser fabalis) in terms of habitat selection and diet composition in two successive wintering periods, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.

  May 07, 2020
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  Chemical Fertilization Affects N and P Runoff Losses from Paddy Fields

  By designing the interaction treatments with different chemical fertilizers (0%, 50%, 70%, 100% and 150% of conventional dosage) and pesticides (0%, 50%, 70% and 100% of conventional dosage), researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) observed ponding water N and P concentrations and N and P runoff losses with high-frequency in three rice seasons in the double rice-cropping paddy fields in hilly areas in South China.

  Apr 23, 2020
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  How Jersey Cows Adapt to High-Altitude Hypoxia in Tibet?

  In order to analyze the molecular mechanism of high altitude adaption for dairy cows, a research team of the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of Chinese Academy of Sciences spent a few years on study of high altitude adaption mechanism in ruminants and got important findings using the proteomics and microRNA microarray techniques.

  Mar 31, 2020
• L-serine Maintains Intestinal Redox Balance and Promotes Epithelial Cell Growth: Study

  Researchers in the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted in vivo and in vitro experiments to investigate the role of L-serine deficiency and exogenous L-serine supplementation in the maintenance of intestinal redox balance and cell proliferation in the normal mammalian intestine and the related mechanisms.

  Feb 22, 2020