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Calf health from birth to weaning. III. Housing and management of calf pneumonia [PDF]

, 2011
peer-reviewedCalfhood diseases have a major impact on the economic viability of cattle operations. A three part review series has been developed focusing on calf health from birth to weaning.
Gilmore, J. (John), Kennedy, Emer, Hogan Ian, Lorenz Ingrid, Gilmore, John, Ian Hogan, More Simon J, Ingrid Lorenz, Hogan, Ian, Earley Bernadette, Lorenz, Ingrid, Gilmore John, Kennedy Emer, More, Simon J, Bernadette Earley, John Gilmore, Earley, Bernadette, Simon J More, Emer Kennedy, et al.   +19 more
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Effect of post-weaning management practices on physiological and immunological responses of weaned beef calves [PDF]

, 2011
peer-reviewedThe objectives were: i) to investigate the physiological and immunological responses of previously grazed, abruptly weaned beef calves that were then either housed (H) and offered a diet of grass silage ad libitum plus concentrate or ...
Lynch, E.M., McGee, Mark, McGee, M., Lynch, Eilish M, Doyle, Sean, Earley, Bernadette, Earley, B.   +6 more
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Evaluation of comingling pigs before weaning to reduce weaning stress [PDF]

, 1979
Two trials were conducted to evaluate the management practice of comingling litters one week before weaning to help reduce weaning stress. Pigs which were comingled before weaning gained slightly faster the first two weeks after weaning than pigs mixed ...
Thulin, A J, Robert H Hines, Thulin, A.J., Hines, Robert H., Hines, Robert H, A J Thulin   +5 more
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Effects of Different Farrowing and Rearing Systems on Post-Weaning Stress in Piglets

Agriculture, 2020
This study aimed to investigate how farrowing and rearing systems affect skin lesions, serum cortisol, and aggressive behavior as indicators for weaning stress of piglets.
A. Lange, M. Gentz, Michael Hahne, C. Lambertz, M. Gauly, O. Burfeind, I. Traulsen   +6 more
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Effects of a Natural Polyphenolic Product from Olive Mill Wastewater on Oxidative Stress and Post-Weaning Diarrhea in Piglets

Agriculture, 2023
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a commercial phytogenic feed additive (PFA) on the prevention of post-weaning diarrhea and oxidative stress in piglets.
G. Papakonstantinou, E. Meletis, K. Petrotos, P. Kostoulas, N. Tsekouras, M. Kantere, Nikolaos Voulgarakis, D. Gougoulis, Leonidas Filippopoulos, G. Christodoulopoulos, L. Athanasiou, V. Papatsiros   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Behavioral and hormonal assessment of stress in foals (Equus caballus) throughout the weaning process

PLoS ONE, 2023
This study had the aim to demonstrate the midterm effects (three weeks) of weaning on foals’ welfare. For this purpose, foals’ behavioral changes and fecal levels metabolites of cortisol were evaluated.
Kristin Delank, S. Reese, M. Erhard, A. Wöhr   +3 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., Verstegen, M.W.A., Metzler-Zebeli, B.U., Mosenthin, R.   +3 more
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Effect of Traditional Versus Fenceline Weaning on Lamb Stress [PDF]

Stress in sheep can negatively affect productivity and increase their susceptibility to illness and parasites. The traditional method of weaning lambs is the abrupt separation of lambs from their dams. An alternative method of weaning, fenceline weaning,
Wray, Eva, Weimer, Shawna, Kutz, Bryan, Sutton, Emma N, Setyabrata, Derico, Coffey, Kenneth P.   +5 more
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Weaning management of beef calves with implications for animal health and welfare

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2019
Weaning is a necessary husbandry practice in which nutritional, social, physical and psychological stressors are imposed on the beef calf causing alterations in behavioural and physiological responses.
Eilish Lynch, Mark McGee, Bernadette Earley   +2 more
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Animal performance and stress at weaning when dairy cows suckle their calves for short versus long daily durations.

Animal, 2022
Calves in most dairy farms are separated from their dams either immediately or within a few hours after birth, prompting increasing concern of the society for reasons of animal welfare.
A. Nicolao, I. Veissier, M. Bouchon, E. Sturaro, B. Martin, D. Pomiès   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source