Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center

Exploratory analysis of the associations of short-chain fatty acids and their related factors with growth performance in growing pigs using a Bayesian network

We suggested the causal relationships between daily weight gains (DG) and feed conversion ratios (FCR) of growing pigs, and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) concentrations in digesta and blood, and SCFA-related factors such as intestinal morphology, SCFA transporters and tight junc...

Impacts of Different Monin–Obukhov Parameterizations on Seasonal Turbulent Heat Flux Estimates Over Snow Surfaces

Abstract Modeling of turbulent heat fluxes over snow surfaces almost exclusively depends on the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory. Within this framework, this study evaluates the impact of different parameterizations, including roughness lengths and stability correction functions,...