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Effect of different flooring types on pressure distribution under the bovine claw – an ex vivo study
BMC Veterinary Research, 2018 Background Mechanical interactions between hard floorings and the sole of bovine claws can be reasonable to cause traumatic claw lesions. In this ex vivo study, the direct kinetic impact of concrete and three types of rubber mats on the sole of dairy ...
Benjamin Oehme +5 more
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First cases of contagious ovine digital dermatitis in Germany
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2020 Contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD) is a significant disease of the ovine foot characterised by severe lameness and progressive separation of the hoof horn capsule from the underlying tissue.
Philip Christian Tegtmeyer +5 more
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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rationale In this study, we applied cross‐linking mass spectrometry (XL‐MS) to characterize the oligomeric states of a PGLa/magainin 2 mixture and gain insight into the heterodimerization previously suggested in the literature. Both peptides have shown a synergistic enhancement of activity when tested in antimicrobial assays; however, the ...
Emilie Hirschler +7 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Claw disorders are a relevant welfare issue in the cattle industry, fast and accurate diagnoses are essential for successful treatment and prevention. The present study aimed to develop an equation to assess the presence of solar hemorrhages from real ...
Giorgia Fabbri +6 more
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Opium Cultivation Imperilling Endangered Species in Northern Laos
Animal Conservation, EarlyView.To avoid government eradication efforts, farmers in northeastern Laos shifted opium cultivation deep into a national park, causing a > 1000% increase in protected forest cleared for the crop between 2018 and 2022. This displacement directly threatened endangered species like white‐cheeked gibbons, elephants, and dholes by causing a rise in hunting ...
Jay White +3 more
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Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
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Hoof cortisol variation in calves during the neonatal period.
, 2013 The neonatal period is a critical phase of the animal’s life cycle. The hoof in the neonatal period undergoes significant changes. The claw incorporates endogenous hormones that passively diffuse from capillaries to the hoof matrix during keratinisation ...
Magrin L +5 more
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Animals, 2020 Lameness resulting from claw lesions remains a pressing welfare issue in dairy cows. Claw trimming (CT) is a common practice for prevention and management of clinically lame cows.
Mohammed Babatunde Sadiq +4 more
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SiGnature: Explicit Motion Diffusion for Stylized Semantic Gesture Generation
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract While recent advances in co‐speech gesture generation have achieved impressive rhythmic synchronization, synthesizing gestures that are both semantically meaningful and faithful to a speaker's unique non‐verbal style remains an open challenge.
Adi Rosenthal +4 more
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Health and Welfare Survey of 30 Dairy Goat Farms in the Midwestern United States
Animals, 2021 Dairy goat production in the Midwestern United States is increasing at a rapid rate and information on dairy goat husbandry practices applicable for producers in this region is limited. The objective of this study was to survey 30 dairy goat farms in the
Melissa N. Hempstead +4 more
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