Published in Micromachines
Milk is a necessity for human life. However, it is susceptible to contamination and adulteration. Microfluidic analysis devices have attracted significant attention for the high-throughput quality inspection and contaminant analysis of milk samples in recent years. This review describes the major proposals presented in the literature for the pretre...
Published in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
Drug resistance in antifungal therapy, a problem unknown until a few years ago, is increasingly assuming importance especially in immunosuppressed patients and patients receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In the past years, the use of essential oils as an approach to improve the effectiveness of antifungal agents and to reduce antifungal resis...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary The aim of this paper is to biometrically analyse the cranial and somatic features of the Pannonian root vole in Slovakia and link body weight to selected cranial features. Somatic features indicate that specimens caught in Slovakia belong to the largest sub-species oeconomus . Overall, our results showed sexual dimorphism of all the...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary Sub-Saharan cattle are often exposed to a feed reduction caused by a seasonal lack of forage, which was investigated in the first experiment. The supplementation of roughage-based diets with sweet potato vine silage and urea molasses blocks is recommended to improve the growth of heifers, in particular, which was investigated in the ...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary Given the decrease in red meat consumption in the last decade, it is crucial for red meat producers to understand consumer preferences. This international study analyses the European consumer preferences for red meat (beef, lamb and goat) in seven countries: Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Throug...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary The data from a veterinary inspection is a valuable tool in monitoring the health and welfare of slaughtered animals and can provide information relevant to the assessment of their living conditions. In our study, the results of veterinary inspections of cattle slaughtered in the Czech Republic in the period 2010–2019 were analyzed. ...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary Epigenetic mechanisms regulate gene expression and depend of nutrition. In farm animals, and concretely, in pigs, some papers on protein nutrition have been realized to improve several productive traits. Changes in protein diet influence on epigenetic mechanisms that could affect productive and reproductive traits in individuals and ...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary Nowadays, a significant proportion of pig carcasses destined to high-quality dry-cured ham elaboration are declared unsuitable for this purpose. The main reason is the lack of backfat thickness, affecting females in particular because males are castrated. Moreover, the estrus in gilts is undesirable because it carries out productive ...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary The study aimed to compare the attitudes to European bison of local village inhabitants in Bieszczady and city dwellers in Rzeszów. Our study showed that not only does the growing European bison population cause an increase in negative attitudes among local village communities, but this species also causes more conflict than any othe...
Published in Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Simple Summary Programmed cell death (apoptosis) is a crucial process in spermatogenesis, responsible for the elimination of abnormal sperm cells and for the reduction of testicular volume outside the breeding season. Poor sperm morphology (teratozoospermia) and lower semen quality out of season are commonly observed in domestic cats, but the exact...
