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Blood mineral status of grazing Tibetan sheep in the Northeast of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau by Xin, G.S., Long, R.J., Guo, X.S., Irvine, J., Ding, L.M., Ding, L.L., Shang, Z.H.

“…We investigated the macro-mineral status in free-grazing Tibetan sheep ( Ovis aries) and their forage diets. The study was conducted in 4 counties in the…”
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Effect of replacing corn straw by sweet sorghum silage or whole-plant corn silage in sheep diets on rumen fermentation and bacterial flora by Gao, X., Hou, M.J., Fu, X.Y., Wang, H.C., Shang, Z.H., Zhu, H.D.

“…•Sheep fed whole-plant corn silage has a higher intake of silage.•Sheep fed whole-plant corn silage has a significant change in rumen bacterial flora.•Sweet…”
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Small intestinal morphology and sugar transporters expression when consuming diets of different energy levels: comparison between Tibetan and small-tailed Han sheep by Jing, X.P., Wang, W.J., Degen, A.A., Guo, Y.M., Kang, J.P., Liu, P.P., Ding, L.M., Shang, Z.H., Zhou, J.W., Long, R.J.

“…•Glucose from the small intestine is an important source of energy for ruminants.•Capacity to absorb small intestinal glucose was compared in Tibetan and Han…”
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Grasslandification has significant impacts on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus of alpine wetlands on the Tibetan Plateau by Shang, Z.H., Feng, Q.S., Wu, G.L., Ren, G.H., Long, R.J.

“…•A new term of ‘grasslandification’ was to describe wetland conversion to pasture.•Grasslandification reduced soil C, N and P of alpine wetland…”
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Energy substrate metabolism in skeletal muscle and liver when consuming diets of different energy levels: comparison between Tibetan and Small-tailed Han sheep by Jing, X.P., Wang, W.J., Degen, A.A., Guo, Y.M., Kang, J.P., Liu, P.P., Ding, L.M., Shang, Z.H., Zhou, J.W., Long, R.J.

“…The energy intake of Tibetan sheep on the harsh Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) varies greatly with seasonal forage fluctuations and is often below maintenance…”
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Plant communities and soil variations along a successional gradient in an alpine wetland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Ren, G.H., Deng, B., Shang, Z.H., Hou, Y., Long, R.J.

“…•The drying of wetland can lead to clear quality losses in vegetation.•Soils have a great influence on the successional processes and conditions.•Correlation…”
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A four year study in a desert land area on the effect of irrigated, cultivated land and abandoned cropland on soil biological, chemical and physical properties by Shang, Z.H., Cao, J.J., Degen, A.A., Zhang, D.W., Long, R.J.

“…Desert lands occupy vast areas in northwest China and have been undergoing intensive changes in land use. As land uses are considered key drivers of…”
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Composition of the milk of yaks raised at different altitudes on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau by Cui, G.X., Yuan, F., Degen, A.A., Liu, S.M., Zhou, J.W., Shang, Z.H., Ding, L.M., Mi, J.D., Wei, X.H., Long, R.J.

“…We examined the nutritional quality of milk from yaks raised at 3016, 3824 and 4750 m above sea level on the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau. The Trolox equivalent…”
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Apparent digestibility, rumen fermentation, digestive enzymes and urinary purine derivatives in yaks and Qaidam cattle offered forage-concentrate diets differing in nitrogen concentration by Zhou, J.W., Liu, H., Zhong, C.L., Degen, A.A., Yang, G., Zhang, Y., Qian, J.L., Wang, W.W., Hao, L.Z., Qiu, Q., Shang, Z.H., Guo, X.S., Ding, L.M., Long, R.J.

“…Yaks (Bos grunniens) and Qaidam yellow cattle (Bos taurus) are indigenous to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and graze natural pasture all year. Yaks are raised at…”
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Effects of level of feed intake and season on digestibility of dietary components, efficiency of microbial protein synthesis, rumen fermentation and ruminal microbiota in yaks by Shi, F.Y., Guo, N., Degen, A.A., Niu, J.H., Wei, H.Y., Jing, X.P., Ding, L.M., Shang, Z.H., Long, R.J.

“…•Digestibility of nutrients increased at low dietary intake in winter but not summer.•Total VFA and microbial N yield were higher in high than low level…”
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Tibetan sheep require less energy intake than small-tailed Han sheep for N balance when offered a low protein diet by Zhou, J.W., Guo, Y.M., Kang, J.P., Degen, A.A., Titgemeyer, E.C., Jing, X.P., Wang, W.J., Shang, Z.H., Li, Z.P., Yang, G., Long, R.J.

“…•N retention and microbial N production was greater in Tibetan than in Han sheep.•Energy required for maintain N balance was lower in Tibetan than in Han…”
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Tibetan sheep are better able to cope with low energy intake than Small-tailed Han sheep due to lower maintenance energy requirements and higher nutrient digestibilities by Jing, X.P., Zhou, J.W., Wang, W.J., Degen, A.A., Guo, Y.M., Kang, J.P., Xu, W.X., Liu, P.P., Yang, C., Shi, F.Y., Yan, Q., Ding, L.M., Shang, Z.H., Fievez, V., Long, R.J.

“…•Tibetan sheep coped better with low energy diets than did Small-tailed Han sheep.•Nutrient digestibilities were higher in Tibetan than in Small-tailed Han…”
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Urinary purine derivatives excretion, rumen microbial nitrogen synthesis and the efficiency of utilization of recycled urea in Tibetan and fine-wool sheep by Zhou, J.W., Mi, J.D., Degen, A.A., Ding, L.M., Guo, X.S., Shang, Z.H., Wang, W.W., Long, R.J.

“…•Urinary total purine derivatives (PD) and allantoin excretion and PD nitrogen index were greater in Tibetan than fine-wool sheep when fed with low-N…”
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Seasonal heat production and energy balance of grazing yaks on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau by Ding, L.M., Wang, Y.P., Brosh, A., Chen, J.Q., Gibb, M.J., Shang, Z.H., Guo, X.S., Mi, J.D., Zhou, J.W., Wang, H.C., Qiu, Q., Long, R.J.

“…•Heart rates were greater in summer than in autumn, winter and spring seasons.•The O2 consumption per heart beat of yak was greatest in grass sprouting…”
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Effect of fencing, artificial seeding and abandonment on vegetation composition and dynamics of 'black soil land' in the headwaters of the Yangtze and the Yellow Rivers of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Shang, Z.H, Ma, Y.S, Long, R.J, Ding, L.M

“…Rangeland management can affect plant diversity and plant functional groups of native grassland communities. To improve pasture for livestock grazing from the…”
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Chemical composition of essential oil of Artemisia nanschanica Krasch. from Tibetan plateau by Shang, Z.H., Hou, Y., Long, R.J.

“…► We analysis the chemical composition of the essential oil of Artemisia manschanica Krasch. ► GC-MS method was used in identifying of chemical compound. ► We…”
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Growth performance and hormonal status during feed restriction and compensatory growth of Small-Tail Han sheep in China by Ding, L.M., Chen, J.Q., Degen, A.A., Qiu, Q., Liu, P.P., Dong, Q.M., Shang, Z.H., Zhang, J.J., Liu, S.J.

“…•Short term feed restriction did not show adverse effects on the growth of Small-Tail Han sheep.•The growth rate of feed restriction group in realimentation…”
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Blood hormonal and metabolite levels in grazing yak steers undergoing compensatory growth by Ding, L.M., Chen, J.Q., Long, R.J., Gibb, M.J., Wang, L., Sang, C., Mi, J.D., Zhou, J.W., Liu, P.P., Shang, Z.H., Guo, X.S., Qiu, Q., Marquardt, S.

“…•The short-term supplemented yaks showed higher growth rate with compensatory growth.•The overall mean heart rates of the unsupplemented yaks were higher.•The…”
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Changes of chemical composition to high altitude results in Kobresia littledalei growing in alpine meadows with high feeding values for herbivores by Guo, X.S., Ding, L.M., Long, R.J., Qi, B., Shang, Z.H., Wang, Y.P., Cheng, X.Y.

“…Relationships between changes of chemical composition of Kobresia littledalei growing at different altitudinal gradients on alpine meadows of the Tibetan…”
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Roles of GILZ in protein metabolism of L6 muscle cells exposed to serum from septic rats by Xiong, J, Xu, L, Qu, W M, Li, Z L, Shang, Z H, Li, Y H, Yang, S H, Yang, Z H

“…Sepsis is a complex inflammatory response to infection, associating with dramatic metabolic disorders. Although the mechanisms of immune response during sepsis…”
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