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Slightly and Moderately Lame Cows in Tie Stalls Behave Differently From Non-lame Controls. A Matched Case-Control Study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Lameness affects dairy cows worldwide and is usually associated with pain. Behavioral differences in lame compared to non-lame tie-stall-housed dairy cows might be less pronounced than in free-stall-housed, since the principle demands to a cow's ...
Johanna Karin Bernhard, Beatriz Vidondo, Rahel Lisa Achermann, Rahel Rediger, Dimitri Stucki, Kerstin Elisabeth Müller, Adrian Steiner   +6 more
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Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections of Ruminants in Backyard Farms of Southern Isabela, Philippines [PDF]

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Raising of ruminant animals and trading products produced are major sources of income in rural communities in the Philippines. However, through the years, parasitic infections have remained a major challenge to productivity in livestock farming, with ...
Balbin Aubrey Joy M., Nayga Jonathan N., Bacton Jamaica, Bautista Jayson, Catalonia Hannah Michelle D., Cruz Kevin dela, Fajardo May Ann D., Ignacio Al David, Quiming Lyka, Sapaden Jobelle   +9 more
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Effects of Dietary Flaxseed Oil and Ascorbic Acid on the Reproductive Performance of South African Indigenous Sheep

Ruminants, 2023
The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of the dietary inclusion of flaxseed oil and ascorbic acid on the reproductive performance of South African indigenous sheep (Ovis aries).
Jabulani Nkululeko Ngcobo, Tshimangadzo Lucky Nedambale, Khathutshelo Agree Nephawe, Tlou Caswell Chokoe, Fhulufhelo Vincent Ramukhithi   +4 more
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A Study into the Identity, Patterns of Infection and Potential Pathological Effects of Rumen Fluke and the Frequency of Co-Infections with Liver Fluke in Cattle and Sheep

Ruminants, 2023
Rumen fluke (RF) are trematode parasites that have increased in prevalence within European ruminant livestock since the 1990s. Morbidity and mortality can result from the development of juvenile flukes in the duodenum, however, evidence for significant ...
Valentina Busin, Eilidh Geddes, Gordon Robertson, Gillian Mitchell, Philip Skuce, Katie Waine, Caroline Millins, Andrew Forbes   +7 more
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Macromineral and trace element supply in sheep and goats in Austria

Veterinární Medicína, 2017
The aim of this study was to determine the supply of 25 different macrominerals (calcium, magnesium, potassium) and trace elements (aluminium, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, lithium, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium ...
V. Schweinzer, M. Iwersen, M. Drillich, T. Wittek, A. Tichy, A. Mueller, R. Krametter-Froetscher   +6 more
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Essential Oil Blends with or without Fumaric Acid Influenced In Vitro Rumen Fermentation, Greenhouse Gas Emission, and Volatile Fatty Acids Production of a Total Mixed Ration

Ruminants, 2023
The growing interest in improving rumen fermentation and mitigating methane emissions necessitates the use of essential oil blends (EOB) and fumaric acid (FA).
Joel O. Alabi, Deborah O. Okedoyin, Chika C. Anotaenwere, Michael Wuaku, DeAndrea Gray, Oludotun O. Adelusi, Kelechi A. Ike, Lydia K. Olagunju, Peter A. Dele, Uchenna Y. Anele   +9 more
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Antibiosis between Ruminal Bacteria and Ruminal Fungi [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2000
ABSTRACT Cellulose digestion, bacterial numbers, and fungal numbers were monitored over time in vitro by using a purified cellulose medium with and without antibiotics (penicillin and streptomycin). All fermentations were inoculated with a 1:10 dilution of whole rumen contents (WRC).
B A, Dehority, P A, Tirabasso
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Hypobiosis and Development of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis Infection in Lambs under Different Levels of Nutrition

Ruminants, 2023
The influence of four levels of dietary supplementation on the development of the immune response and on the biology of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis was evaluated in Dorper lambs under serial artificial infections with 1000 ...
Nadino Carvalho, José Henrique das Neves, Caio Santos Pennacchi, Alessandro Francisco Talamini do Amarante   +3 more
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A Survey of the Current Farming Practices and Perceptions on Adopting Orphan Lambs in the United Kingdom: How Do “Ewe” Do It?

Ruminants, 2023
Fostering orphan lambs is common in the United Kingdom and therefore it is important to understand more about these practices to support sustainable sheep farming.
Louise Whatford, Benedict Delahaye Chivers, Megan Rowe, Nicola Blackie   +3 more
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Modelling impacts of performance on the probability of reproducing, and thereby on productive lifespan, allow prediction of lifetime efficiency in dairy cows

Animal, 2016
Reproductive success is a key component of lifetime efficiency – which is the ratio of energy in milk (MJ) to energy intake (MJ) over the lifespan, of cows.
H.N. Phuong, P. Blavy, O. Martin, P. Schmidely, N.C. Friggens   +4 more
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