Suresh, Gayatri Cabezudo, Ignacio Pulicharla, Rama Cuprys, Agnieszka Rouissi, Tarek Brar, Satinder Kaur
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Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is one of the most common contaminants of poultry feed and has been linked to adverse effects on animal health and productivity. In this study, the degradation of AFB1 was studied with cell-free extracts (CFE) of Trametes versicolor and Bacillus subtilis using High-Performance Liquid chromatography (HPLC). CFE from B. subtilis a...
Small, Alison Holdhus Jongman, Ellen Caroline Niemeyer, Dominic Lee, Caroline Colditz, Ian G
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Delivery of local anaesthetic at the time of castration and tail docking (marking) could improve welfare outcomes in lambs. This study examined pain responses in lambs marked using rubber rings, with or without local anaesthetic precision injected using the Numnuts® instrument. On each of two commercial farms, 150 prime lambs aged 4 to 10 weeks, ba...
Wolf, Petra Cappai, Maria Grazia Kamphues, Josef
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Information on water requirement of small mammals is sparse and the assessment of daily water consumption is an important aspect of the veterinary practice in exotic pet nutrition. Water and feed daily intake are interlaced, that way the water to feed ratio is a meaningful indication. However, various factors such as ambient temperature or the upta...
Zarlenga, Dante Thompson, Peter Pozio, Edoardo
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Trichinella spiralis has historically been deemed "the pig parasite" owing to its initial classification within a monospecific genus. However, in recent years, the genus has expanded to include 10 distinct species and at least 3 different genotypes whose taxonomic status remains unstipulated. In contrast to T. spiralis, however, most of these sylva...
Sha, Ri-Na Dai, Bai Ren, Li-Qing Han, Xiao-Yu Yuan, Jian-Long Liu, Dong-Jun
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Connexin 43 (Cx43), known to form gap junction transmembrane channels between the cytoplasm of two adjacent cells, plays a key role in physiological functions, such as regulating cell growth, differentiation, and maintaining tissue homeostasis. Cashmere goat is an important farm animal that provides cashmere, which was produced by secondary hair fo...
Fu, Kaiqiang Chen, Hao Wang, Zezhi Cao, Rongfeng
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Endometritis is one of the main causes of bovine infertility, which causes serious economic losses to the industry. The endometrium is the first line of defense against invading microbial pathogens in the uterus. Andrographolide is the primary active component of A. paniculate, and has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. H...
da Silva Xavier, Amanda Azambuja da Rosa, Patrícia Pinto de Brum Mackmill, Laurett Roll, Victor Fernando Buttow
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For several years, hyaluronic acid (HyA) and, more recently, polyacrylamide hydrogel (PHyd) have been used to reduce lameness and pain caused by osteoarthritis. However, there is still a lack of scientific evidence of the efficacy of these substances to allow veterinary experts to make decisions about their use in horses. The objective of this stud...
Woolsey, Ian David Miller, Andrea L
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Echinococcus spp. have a global distribution and are found on every continent except Antarctica. Infections with these parasites are considered extremely serious, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality in addition to substantial economic losses to the livestock industry. Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.) and Echinococcus multil...
Alhussien, Mohanned Naif Panda, Bibhudatta S K Kamboj, Aarti Dang, Ajay Kumar
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Metritis is a postpartum uterine pathology that causes a huge economic loss due to increased culling risk and impaired milk yield and reproduction in cows. The present study was carried out to study the changes in the activity and expression of blood neutrophils in crossbred dairy cows with and without metritis. Collection of blood samples was done...
Abo-Al-Ela, Haitham G
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