Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2012 BACKGROUND: Growing numbers of critically ill patients require prolonged mechanical ventilation and experience difficulty with weaning. Specialized centres may facilitate weaning through focused interprofessional expertise with an emphasis on ...
Louise Rose, Ian M Fraser
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Effect of pre-weaning solid feed and milk intake on caecal content characteristics and performance of rabbits around weaning [PDF]
, 2002 The aim of this study is to know the effect of different solid feed and milk intake during suckling on performance around weaning and on caecal content characteristics at weaning. In order to obtain different intakes of milk and solid feed, 13 litters of
Cutrignelli, Monica Isabella +6 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2023 In order to examine the effects of vaccine type and timing of crossbred beef calves (n = 151) were assigned to one of three BRD vaccination protocols stratified by breed of sire, sex, and date of birth, which included: (1) KM—a pentavalent killed viral ...
Jeff M. Matty +7 more
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Intestinal gene expression in pigs: effects of reduced feed intake during weaning and potential impact of dietary components [PDF]
, 2011 The weaning transition is characterised by morphological, histological and microbial changes, often leading to weaning-associated disorders. These intestinal changes can partly be ascribed to the lack of luminal nutrition arising from the reduced feed ...
Bauer, E. +3 more
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A sequential school based smoke prevention program in secondary school adolescents
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015 Background and Aim. The hazardous health effects of smoking and second-hand smoke are well known and have been confirmed in several studies. We wondered whether a school based programme involving media models such as those represented by famous soccer ...
A. Di Paco +3 more
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Investigation of the Expression Pattern and Functional Role of miR-10b in Intestinal Inflammation
Animals, 2023 Implications of miRNAs for animal health management in livestock remain elusive. To identify suitable miRNAs as monitoring biomarkers, piglets were randomly selected for sampling on days 0, 1, 3, 7, and 14 post-weaning.
Zijuan Wu +3 more
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Unexpected death of a ventilator-dependent amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2013 Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, progressive, neurodegenerative disease and most patients affected die of respiratory compromise and/or pneumonia within 2â3 years of diagnosis.
M. di Paolo +2 more
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Agonistic Interactions between Littermates Reappear after Mixing Multiple Litters at Weaning in Pigs
Agriculture, 2021 Weaning involves mixing of unfamiliar litters and is accompanied by an outbreak of aggression, which is usually attributed to between-litter (BL) interactions.
Maja Prevolnik Povše +3 more
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Efficacy of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination before and at weaning against experimental challenge infection in pigs [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Commercial bacterins are widely used at weaning to control Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs. However, it is not known whether the efficacy of vaccinating against M.
Arsenakis, Ioannis +6 more
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Animals, 2021 This study evaluates the efficacy of two plant-based feed supplementations to fight colibacillosis in weanlings. A total of 96 piglets (32 pens) were assigned to four diets: a control diet (T1) or supplemented with ZnO (2500 ppm Zn) (T2) or two different
Daniel Montoya +8 more
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