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Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, 2018 The article presents the results of prophylactic effectiveness phytobiotic feed additive XTRACT™ 6930 for non-contagious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in the composition of the basic diet of suckling pigs on modern pig farm.
B.O. Lukashchuk +2 more
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BMC Nephrology, 2006 Background Previous studies have shown that in male rats, exposure to maternal protein restriction either in utero or whilst suckling can have profound effects on both longevity and kidney telomere lengths. This study monitored albuminuria longitudinally
James Lynwen A +4 more
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animal, 2022 Calves in most dairy farms are separated from their dams either immediately or within a few hours after birth, prompting increasing concern of the society for reasons of animal welfare. The aim of this study was to identify systems to maintain cow-calf contact (CCC) that balance the benefits for calf growth and health against the negative impacts on ...
Nicolao, A. +5 more
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Alternative farrowing systems: design criteria for farrowing systems based on the biological needs of sows and piglets [PDF]
, 2010 The construction of a suitable farrowing environment is a continuing dilemma: the piglet's needs must be matched with those of the sow and the farmer during the main phases that constitute farrowing: nest building, parturition and lactation. Difficulties
A.B. Lawrence +198 more
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Function, 2023 A higher concentration of calcium in breast milk than blood favors paracellular calcium absorption enabling growth during postnatal development. We aimed to determine whether suckling animals have greater intestinal calcium permeability to maximize ...
Megan R Beggs +7 more
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Electron Microscopy of the Suckling Mouse Cataract Agent: a Noncultivable Animal Pathogen Possibly Related to Mycoplasma [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 1974 The suckling mouse cataract agent (SMCA) is a filtrable (<220 nm), noncultivable agent isolated from ticks in Georgia in 1961. It grows to high titer in the eyes and brains of intracerebrally inoculated mice in which it induces cataract, uveitis, and chronic brain infection.
R F, Zeigel, H F, Clark
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Personalities in female domesticated pigs: behavioural and physiological indications [PDF]
, 2000 The inconclusive evidence so far on the existence of distinct personality types in domesticated pigs, led us to perform the present experiment. A total of 128 gilts from 31 sows were systematically studied from birth to slaughter in two identical trials.
Blokhuis, Harry J., +5 more
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Volatile organic compounds and consumer preference for meat from suckling goat kids raised with natural or replacers milk [PDF]
, 2019 Most of European Union goats are slaughtered with carcase weights between 5 kg and 11 kg. Some farmers rear kids with milk replacers to produce cheese with the dams’ milk.
Alcalde Aldea, María Jesús +6 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Postweaning diarrhea (PWD) in piglets impair welfare, induce economic losses and lead to overuse of antibiotics. The early life gut microbiota was proposed to contribute to the susceptibility to PWD.
Martin Beaumont +8 more
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Cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus at individual farm level – An economic disease model [PDF]
, 2017 Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is reported to be among the diseases with the highest economic impact in modern pig production worldwide.
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