Maternal essential fatty acid deficiency depresses serum leptin levels in suckling rat pups
Dietary lipid quantity and quality have recently been shown to affect serum leptin levels in adult rats. Moreover, suckling pups from dams fed a high fat diet had increased serum leptin levels. The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of
M. Korotkova +3 more
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Effects of maternal subnutrition during early pregnancy on cow hematological profiles and offspring physiology and vitality in two beef breeds [PDF]
This experiment evaluated the effects of subnutrition during early gestation on hematology in cows (Bos Taurus) and on hematological, metabolic, endocrine, and vitality parameters in their calves.
Almaguer C. +9 more
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Dark Triad Traits Affect the Perception of Emotions in Animal Calls
ABSTRACT Humans can recognize emotions from vocalisations of various animal species. Our study examined whether human psychological differences in dark personality traits (as measured by SD3) and musician experience affect the decoding of emotions in animal calls.
Iva Linda Maruščáková +3 more
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The article presents data on the effect of intensive fattening of lambs on its weight gain, the chemical and protein composition of the longissimus muscle tissue, the biological and nutritional value of meat. For the experiments, the lambs of an Ascanian
V. V. Havryliak +2 more
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In dairy farms, early separation of calves is a common practice that is becoming increasingly controversial. Two trials were set up to test three rearing practices that allow to maintain the calves with their dam during the day (9am-5pm), up to 3 weeks of age or up to weaning, and compared to calves fed from an automatic milk dispenser.
Bouchon, Matthieu +4 more
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Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, turkeys, other poultry, pigs, piglets (suckling), calves for rearing, calves for fattening, bovines, ovines, equines, fish and other animal species or categories, based on a dossier submitted by DSM [PDF]
The principal physiological role of vitamin D in all vertebrates is in calcium and phosphorus homeostasis. The classic clinical deficiency syndrome is rickets. The FEEDAP Panel notes that for turkeys for fattening, equines, bovines, ovines and pigs the maximum content for vitamin D3 in feed does not provide any margin of safety, and that, except for ...
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Abstract Background Bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) infection remains a major problem for Japanese Black (Wagyu) cattle, and effective and sustainable control measures are essential to prevent its spread in breeding herds. This study aimed to monitor the BLV infection status of all cattle at a Japanese Black breeding farm in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan ...
Makoto Kajisa +9 more
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Suckling as an alternative rearing system for replacement calves on dairy farms [PDF]
The aim is to develop an alternative calf rearing system for replacement calves that will improve animal welfare on dairy farms and meets the requirements of farmers in terms of practicality and cost. On the dairy farms that make use of a suckling system
Langhout, Jos, Wagenaar, Jan-Paul
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Milk microbiomes showed similar composition in young and adult buffaloes. Despite distinct microbial profiles among matrices, shared bacterial families indicate microbial interaction between milk, faeces, calf spittle and soil. ABSTRACT Buffalo milk stands out for its nutritional qualities and is mainly produced in Brazil in the Amazon region ...
Allana Lais Alves Lima +9 more
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The effect of management system on Camels milk yield and calve growth rate in north Kordofan, Sudan [PDF]
Twenty lactating she-camels and two mature male for mating were selected in north Kordofan state, Sudan. The animals were divided into two groups 10 she-camel of each with one male for mating.
Abdelhadi, Omer M.A. +3 more
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