Mikulski, D Juskiewicz, J Przybylska-Gornowicz, B Sosnowska, E Slominski, B A Jankowski, J Zdunczyk, Z
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary replacement of soya bean meal (SBM) with faba bean (FB) and a blend of non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) degrading enzymes on the gastrointestinal function, growth performance and welfare of young turkeys (1 to 56 days of age). An experiment with a 2×2 factorial design was performed to co...
Van Eetvelde, M Kamal, M M Vandaele, L Opsomer, G
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
The aim of the present research was to assess factors associated with first-lactation milk yield in dairy heifers, including maternal and environmental factors, factors related to the development of the heifer and factors related to its offspring such as gender of the calf. In addition, the potential underlying mechanism, in particular metabolic ad...
Navas, F J Jordana, J León, J M Barba, C Delgado, J V
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Stemming from The Worldwide Donkey Breeds Project, an initiative aiming at connecting international researchers and entities working with the donkey species, molecularly tested pedigree analyses were carried out to study the genetic diversity, structure and historical evolution of the Andalusian donkey breed since the 1980s to infer a model to stud...
Antonelo, D S Mazon, M R Nubiato, K E Z Gómez, J F M Brigida, D J Gomes, R C Netto, A S Leme, P R Silva, S L
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
β-Adrenergic agonists (β-AA) are non-hormonal growth promoters which promote muscle hypertrophy in supplemented animals. The effects of two β-AA in combination with the immunocastration technique on the performance and carcass traits were evaluated using 96 feedlot Nellore males in a randomized complete block design with two sex conditions (immunoc...
Ebeid, T A Twfeek, F A Assar, M H Bealish, A M Abd El-Karim, R E Ragab, M
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Egg storage longer than 7 days is associated with negative effects on hatchability traits. Pre-storage incubation has been a suggested method to reduce the negative effects of long-term storage times by enhancing the developmental stage of the embryo and probably reducing the embryonic stress. The objective of the present study was to investigate t...
Perez, B C Balieiro, J C C Ventura, R V Bruneli, F A T Peixoto, M G C D
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Inbreeding has been associated with the impairment of reproductive performance in many cattle breeds. Although the usage of reproductive biotechnologies has been increasing in bovine populations, not much attention has been given to the impact of inbreeding over cow's performance on artificial reproduction. The objective of this study was to estima...
Montes-Sánchez, J J Villalba, J J
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
The low intake of medusahead grass (Taeniatherum caput-medusae ssp. asperum) by sheep is attributed to the high silica content of the plant and its negative impact on digestibility, making this weed a successful competitor in grazed plant communities. The goals of this study were to determine the influence of (1) plant maturity stage (from late veg...
Luo, L Geers, R Reimert, I Kemp, B Parmentier, H K Bolhuis, J E
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Pigs living in commercial husbandry systems may experience both acute stress due to standard management procedures and chronic stress through limitations in their barren housing environment. This might influence their immune status, including antibody responses to neural and danger autoantigens. Levels of natural autoantibody (NAAb)-binding phospho...
Schaafstra, F J W C van Doorn, D A Schonewille, J T van Riet, M M J Visser, P Blok, M C Hendriks, W H
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Methodological aspects of digestibility measurements were studied in four Welsh pony geldings consuming haylage-based diets with increasing proportions of a pelleted concentrate according to a 4×4 Latin square design experiment. Ponies were fed four experimental, iso-energetic (net energy (NE) basis) diets (i.e. 22 MJ NE/day) with increasing propor...
Ferraz, M V C Pires, A V Santos, M H Silva, R G Oliveira, G B Polizel, D M Biehl, M V Sartori, R Nogueira, G P
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Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Nelore heifers usually begin their reproductive life at ⩾24 months of age mainly due to suboptimal nutritional conditions and genetics. This study aimed to determine the effect of expected progeny difference (EPD) for age at first calving and average daily gain (ADG) on puberty in Nelore (Bos taurus indicus) heifers. A total of 58 weaned heifers (i...
