An outbreak of hypomagnesemia is reported in Holstein dairy cattle grazing lush oat (Avena sativa) pasture in Uruguay. Nine of 270 (3.3%) cows died in May-July (autumn-winter) 2017. These nine cows were from 2 to 9-years-old (1st-6th lactation), with 22 to 194 days of lactation and 15.8 to 31.4L of daily...
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a condition that affects the myocardium, seldom reported in pigs. The DCM is characterized by ventricular dilation, which results in systolic and secondary diastolic dysfunction and can lead to arrhythmia and fatal congestive heart failure. This study described the clinica...
A suplementação proteico-energética (SPE) é uma estratégia adequada à bovinocultura de corte no período seco do ano, embora sua adoção equivocada possa comprometer seu benefício/custo. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o desempenho de novilhas Nelore em pastagem diferida de Urochloa decumbens...
Objetivou-se avaliar os fatores da composição da dieta que podem interferir no consumo, na digestibilidade, na produção e na composição do leite de vacas mestiças Holandês x Zebu confinadas em condições experimentais no Brasil. A metanálise foi utilizada para o levantamento de trabalhos cient�...
The main physical, biological and chemical agents involved in cross-contamination are of known origin, generally harmful and toxic, which ends up making the individual have direct or indirect contact with the nutrients used in the manufacturing of animal feed. The knowledge of the causes, as well as thei...
Abstract Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are considered the main fruit pests worldwide. In Brazil, two species are predominant: the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus and the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. In this study, we evaluated the effect of artificial diets with var...
Alimentación Animal/análisis,
Ceratitis capitata/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Ceratitis capitata/fisiología,
Dieta,
Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno,
Control de Insectos/métodos,
Larva/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Óvulo/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Pupa/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Especificidad de la Especie,
Tephritidae/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Tephritidae/fisiología
ABSTRACT The presence of mycotoxins or related fungi in animal feed is a major problem for animal and human health. Silage and concentrated feed samples were collected from 21 dairy farms in the Western part of Paraná state in Southern Brazil. Water activity and pH of all samples were measured, and each...
Aflatoxinas/metabolismo,
Alimentación Animal/análisis,
Alimentación Animal/microbiología,
Aspergillus/clasificación,
Aspergillus/genética,
Aspergillus/aislamiento & purificación,
Aspergillus/metabolismo,
Brasil,
Contaminación de Alimentos/análisis,
Ensilaje/clasificación,
Ensilaje/microbiología
Abstract The present study aimed to assess the appropriate level of replacement of fish meal (FM) with alternative plant sources in the feed fed to Oreochromis niloticus to evaluate the growth performance. Three isoproteinious (40% crude protein) diets were prepared from different ingredients viz., fish ...
Resumen Las interacciones interespecíficas entre especies de mesocarnívoros tropicales han sido poco estudiadas, a pesar de tener implicaciones importantes en la supervivencia, estructura, demografía, y distribución de estas especies. En este estudio se analizaron las interacciones espacio-temporales...
Trophoallergens are specific components of food or its ingredients, able to precipitate the atopic eczema at 19.6% to 30% of the dogs with atopic dermatitis (AD). This study evaluated the efficacy of hydrolyzed soy dog food and homemade food with unusual protein in the control of chronic pruritus in dogs...
