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Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Botulism is a severe and often fatal disease in equine patients worldwide. Clostridium botulinum is a ubiquitous soil organism which produces a potent neurotoxin resulting in neuromuscular blockade and flaccid paralysis in affected animals. Definitive diagnosis is often impractical or impossible, leading to diagnosis and treatment based on ...
Kali Slavik +2 more
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SILAGE QUALITY OF CORN AND SORGHUM ADDED WITH FORAGE PEANUTS
Revista Caatinga, 2016 Corn and sorghum are standard silage crops because of their fermentative characteristics. While corn and sorghum silages have lower crude protein (CP) contents than other crops, intercropping with legumes can increase CP content.
WALKÍRIA GUIMARÃES CARVALHO +5 more
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Feeding Value and In situ Digestibility of Edible Canna for Silage
Plant Production Science, 2006 To assess the potentiality of edible canna (Canna edulis Ker-Gawl.) as economically and environmentally sound animal feed, the feeding value of silage prepared from aboveground parts was examined, in parallel with studies on in situ digestion in the ...
Hajoon Jun +4 more
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Steamed hay for the prevention of severe equine asthma exacerbations
Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background Steaming hay reduces respirable particles and is commonly used to feed horses with asthma. However, it showed inconsistent benefits in clinical studies. Objectives (1) To assess the effects of steamed hay on lung function and airway inflammation in horses with severe equine asthma (SEA) in remission; (2) To compare these effects ...
Clara Raïsky +8 more
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Mljekarstvo, 2008 The objective of the investigation was to determine ad libitum intake of fresh ration, dry matter (DM) and the organic matter (OM) of grass silage from the primary growth harvested at different maturity stages in interaction with maize silage (33 % and ...
Marina Vranić +4 more
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Genomic Prediction Ability for Novel Profitability Traits Using Different Models in Nelore Cattle
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy, bias and dispersion of genomic predictions for accumulated profitability (APF) and profit per kilogram of liveweight gain (PFT) in Nelore cattle using different prediction approaches. The dataset consisted of 3969 phenotypic records for each trait. The pedigree harboured information from 38,930
Letícia Silva Pereira +9 more
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Hybrid sorghum breeding in China: A historical review and perspectives
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the promotion and application of three‐line hybrid sorghum in China, this review highlights pivotal scientific breakthroughs, systematically summarizes the progress in hybrid sorghum breeding and dwarf sorghum breeding in the country, and presents an outlook on the future of sorghum breeding.
Xiangxiang Meng +4 more
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Agricultural and Food Science, 2008 Twelve Ayrshire cows were used to study the effects of and interactions between extent of silage fermentation and level of protein supplementation on silage intake and milk production.
T. HEIKKILÄ, V. TOIVONEN, P. HUHTANEN
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Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Benzoxazinoids (BXs) are secondary plant compounds and an important part of the plant's defence system against herbivore attacks and microbial pathogens in maize. Whole‐crop maize represents a common feed for ruminant livestock and is most commonly fed as silage, a conservation process that promotes the conversion of BXs into the potent ...
Claudia Lang +11 more
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Agricultural and Food Science, 1998 Twelve Ayrshire cows were used to study the effects of and interactions between extent of silage fermentation and level of protein supplementation on silage intake and milk production.
Terttu Heikkilä +2 more
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