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Plasma insulin-like growth factor-1 concentration in dogs with chronic enteropathies
Plasma concentrations of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 were examined in dogs suffering from food-responsive diarrhea (group FRD) or inflammatory bowel disease (group IBD) before and after treatment and compared with IGF-1 values in healthy dogs ...
A.C. Spichiger +6 more
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While the JCI was originally conceived as a journal that would integrate various scientific approaches to the examination of human physiology and pathophysiology, we now find many of its pages filled with animal models of human disease. Is this a good thing?
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Impact of housing environment and management on pre-/post-weaning piglet productivity
The complex environment surrounding young pigs reared in intensive housing systems directly influences their productivity and livelihood. Much of the seminal literature utilized housing and husbandry practices that have since drastically evolved through ...
B. Ramirez +3 more
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The housing of laboratory animals [PDF]
A survey of both the prevailing and the desirable conditions for housing small laboratory animals, with particular reference to rats and mice, is described. The data surveyed are confined to laboratories in Great Britain and include requirements of space, heating, ventilation and building construction, with such accessories as cages, feeding devices ...
J I M, JONES, E C, WOOD
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Simple Summary The objectives of this study were to determine if housing Bovan brown laying hens in conventional cages or enriched floor pens impacted novel physiological and behavioral markers for animal welfare and whether we can use these markers to ...
A. Campbell +3 more
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Towards the computerized animal house: the Newcastle University Animal House Management System [PDF]
A suite of computer programs (available from the Laboratory Animal Science Association) has been written to carry out much of the routine administration of a central animal house facility. Principal functions include stock control and accounting. The programs are fully portable and can be implemented on almost any microcomputer.
Wootton, R, Flecknell, PA
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Linking Animal Welfare and Antibiotic Use in Pig Farming—A Review
Simple Summary Minimising stress in intensive pig farms is paramount to raising immunocompetent pigs. This entails providing the pigs with living conditions (from birth to the point of slaughter) free of pain, stress, and suffering and simultaneously ...
R. Albernaz-Gonçalves +2 more
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Reactivity of Nellore steers in two feedlot housing systems and its relationship with plasmatic cortisol [PDF]
To evaluate reactivity to assess the temperament of Nellore steers in two feedlot housing systems (group pen or individual pen) and its relationship with plasmatic cortisol, 36 experimental units were observed five times at 28-day intervals of weight ...
Gatto, E.G. +5 more
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Cytokine mRNA abundance in intestinal biopsies from dogs with chronic diarrhea
The differentiation between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and food responsive diarrhea (FRD) is difficult and no objective markers are available. We postulated that patterns of selected key cytokines would help to objectively differentiate between the
S.N. Sauter, K. Allenspach, J.W. Blum
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Aim of study: Dairy farmers in Southern Spain are continuously investing in the modernization of their facilities and frequently ask technicians about the type of housing they should choose for their farms.
Laura Molina +3 more
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