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The thermographic monitoring in early pregnancy detection in Holstein cows and heifers
In conclusion, it was determined that the clinical application of thermography can be used for the detection of pregnancy on day six after AI in cows. However, further studies are needed to determine heifers' thermographic characteristics and profiles.PMID:37573631 | DOI:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2023.107317 (Source: Animal Reproduction Science)
Source: Animal Reproduction Science - August 13, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Kemal Tuna Ol ğaç Murat Onur Yazl ık Ufuk Kaya H üseyin Özkan Mehmet Borga T ırpan Source Type: research

A field study on the effects of inactivated bacteria vaccine for respiratory diseases in Japanese Black calves
This study evaluated the effects of vaccination forPasteurella multocida,Mannheimia haemolytica, andHistophilus somni in young Japanese Black calves at an ordinal farm, where respiratory diseases frequently occur at a young age. In total, 105 calves were divided into the vaccination group (n = 52), which received inactivated combined vaccine at 0 and 2 weeks of age, and the control group (n = 53), which received no vaccine. From both groups, eight calves each were randomly selected to determine the antibody titers. And, the incidence of respiratory disease and medical costs (treatment plus vaccination costs) were...
Source: Animal Science Journal - August 13, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Konosuke Otomaru, Yu Fujimura, Takuro Miyahara, Hiroto Saita, Amane Usa, Hitoshi Waki Tags: SHORT COMMUNICATION Source Type: research

Improvement of weanling pigs immune status and metabolic condition using ultraweak light
In conclusion, the use of Photonia for weanling pigs is recommended due to improved G:F, immune status and activation of amino acids metabolic pathways includingd-glutamine,d-glutamate, alanine, aspartate, glutamate and phenylalanine. (Source: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition)
Source: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition - August 12, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Chang Beon Lee, Abdolreza Hosseindoust, Sang Hun Ha, Jun Young Mun, Joseph N. Moturi, Habeeb Tajudeen, Mi Jung Park, Jeong Su Yang, Sang Chul Lee, Jin Soo Kim Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Changes of the daily and hourly behavioral time of respiratory disease calves in a group rearing system for 7 days prior to the date of clinical diagnosis
The objective of this study was to compare the daily and hourly behavioral time of diseased calves with the other calves in same pen (pen-mates) for 7 days prior to the diagnosis day. The calves (from 14 to 20 heads) were reared in a group. Day 0 was defined as the day of diagnosis. The number of diseased calves was 30 in the present experiment. The lying and eating behavior of calves were observed at 10-min intervals. The diseased calves have significantly (P < 0.01) shorter eating times than the pen-mates on the diagnosis day. The longest hourly time of the eating was in the period between 08:00 and 09:00, and ...
Source: Animal Science Journal - August 11, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Shigeru Morita, Yuko Shingu, Akira Dokoshi, Koichiro Ueda Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Rapid Physiological Plasticity in Response to Cold Acclimation for Nonnative Italian Wall Lizards (Podarcis siculus) from New York
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Ahead of Print. (Source: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology)
Source: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology - August 11, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Daniel Haro Gregory B. Pauly Heather E. M. Liwanag Source Type: research

Subcutaneous and intramuscular administration of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine are similarly effective in generating a humoral response in domestic goats (Capra hircus)
Am J Vet Res. 2023 Aug 14:1-6. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.23.05.0117. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To determine severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) serum antibody titers in domestic goats after SC and IM administration of an experimental, veterinary SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.ANIMALS: 31 healthy adult domestic goats from 4 zoological institutions.METHODS: On day 0, blood was collected for baseline serum titer before vaccination with 1 mL SARS-CoV-2 recombinant S protein vaccine SC (n = 22) or IM (n = 9). A booster vaccination was administered 21 (SC group) or 28 days (IM group) after the initial vaccine...
Source: American Journal of Veterinary Research - August 10, 2023 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Tess A Rooney Shannon Cerveny Ronan Eustace Ryan Colburn Rhea S Gerdes Diego G Diel John Hardham Kimberly Thompson Source Type: research

Changes of the daily and hourly behavioral time of respiratory disease calves in a group rearing system for 7 days prior to the date of clinical diagnosis
The objective of this study was to compare the daily and hourly behavioral time of diseased calves with the other calves in same pen (pen-mates) for 7 days prior to the diagnosis day. The calves (from 14 to 20 heads) were reared in a group. Day 0 was defined as the day of diagnosis. The number of diseased calves was 30 in the present experiment. The lying and eating behavior of calves were observed at 10-min intervals. The diseased calves have significantly (P < 0.01) shorter eating times than the pen-mates on the diagnosis day. The longest hourly time of the eating was in the period between 08:00 and 09:00, and ...
Source: Animal Science Journal - August 10, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Shigeru Morita, Yuko Shingu, Akira Dokoshi, Koichiro Ueda Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Identification of selection signatures in Capra hircus and Capra aegagrus in Iran
In this study, two populations of domestic and wild goats from Iran were analyzed to identify selection signatures. RSB, iHS, and XP-EHH statistics were used in order to identify robust selection signatures in the goat genome. Genotype data of domestic and wild goats from the NextGen project was used. The data was related to 18Capra aegagrus (wild goat) and 20Capra hircus (domestic goat) from Iran. The iHS method indicated 675 and 441 selection signatures inC. aegagrus andC. hircus, respectively. RSB and XP-EHH methods showed about 370 and 447 selection signatures inC. aegagrus andC. hircus, respectively. These selection s...
Source: Animal Science Journal - August 10, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Sadegh Taheri, Naghmeh Saedi, Saeed Zerehdaran, Ali Javadmanesh Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Influences of flavonoid (quercetin) inclusion to corn ‐soybean‐gluten meal‐based diet on broiler performance
AbstractQuercetin (a predominant flavonoid) is considered to have antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. This trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of graded doses of quercetin (QS) on growth efficiency, nutrient retention, faecal score, footpad lesion score, tibia ash and meat quality. In a 32-day feeding test, a total of 576 1-day-old Ross 308 broilers (male) were allocated arbitrarily with an average body weight of 41 ± 0.5 g. The trial had four dietary treatments with eight repetitions of 18 birds per pen and a basal diet incorporating 0%, 0.02%, 0.04% and 0.06% of QS. As the QS dosage increased, body w...
Source: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition - August 9, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Sarbani Biswas, Sungbo Cho, Je Min Ahn, In Ho Kim Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Outstanding Gir oocyte donors: How does individual factor affect in vitro embryo production efficiency?
AbstractThe oocyte donor plays a pivotal role in bovine in vitro embryo production (IVP) success. The individual factor affects blastocyst/oocyte ratio and determine the existence of outstanding performing animals. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of individual factor effect to IVP efficiency, in a population of Gir oocyte donors. Extreme (high or low IVP efficiency based on blastocyst/oocyte ratio) animals were selected out of a population of 250 oocyte donors (1,734 observations) to form high (>0.48,n = 40), average (0.17–0.48,n = 168), and low (<0.17,n = 42) efficiency donor groups. Cumulu...
Source: Animal Science Journal - August 9, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Clara Slade Oliveira, Paola Maria da Silva Rosa, Agostinho Jorge dos Reis Camargo, Luiz Fernando Feres, Naiara Zoccal Saraiva, Leticia Zoccolaro Oliveira, Luiz Sergio de Almeida Camargo Tags: SHORT COMMUNICATION Source Type: research

Effects of mixed fibres and essential oils blend on growth performance and intestinal barrier function of piglets challenged with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88
This study was to evaluate the effects of supplementing mixed dietary fibres (MDF) and essential oils blend (EOB) either alone or in combination on growth performance and intestinal barrier function in weaned piglets challenged with enterotoxigenicEscherichia coli K88 (ETEC). Forty-two piglets (28 days old) were randomly allocated into six treatments in a 25-day experiment, and fed the basal diet (CON or ETEC) either with antibiotics (AT), MDF, EOB or MDF + EOB. On Day 22 of the experiment, pigs in CON and challenged groups (ETEC, AT, MDF, EOB and MDF + EOB) were orally administered sterile saline and ETEC contain...
Source: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition - August 9, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Chan Liang, Runqi Fu, Daiwen Chen, Gang Tian, Jun He, Ping Zheng, Xiangbing Mao, Bing Yu Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research