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The Role of Feed in Aquatic Laboratory Animal Nutrition and the Potential Impact on Animal Models and Study Reproducibility
(2020-10-23)
Feed plays a central role in the physiological development of terrestrial and aquatic animals. Historically, the feeding practice of aquatic research species derived from aquaculture, farmed, or ornamental trades. These ...
Feeding and Nutrition of Anteaters
(2011-05-02)
The superorder Xenarthra (former Edentata) is grouped into two orders, Cingulata (armadillos) and Pilosa (anteaters and sloths). These are special mammals
that show unique traits: (1) the existence of secondary articulations ...
In vitro neutral detergent fiber digestibility (IVNDFD) of 9 forages in the highlands and lowlands in Costa Rica
(2018)
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of the grazing age in the in vitro
digestibility of the neutral detergent fiber of forages in the highlands and the lowlands dairy
farms in Costa Rica. Nine forages ...
A Focus on Aflatoxins in Feedstuffs: Levels of Contamination, Prevalence, Control Strategies, and Impacts on Animal Health
(2017)
Aflatoxins are mold-synthetized secondary metabolites that are ubiquitously present
in agricultural commodities, such as cereals which in turn are substantial part of feed
formulation. These toxins are capable of causing ...
Selección de vacas Jersey y Holstein durante la lactancia según características fenotípicas: producción y reproducción
Jersey and Holstein cow selection during lactation according to phenotypic characteristics: production and reproduction
(2019)
Introducción: asociar las características físicas de los animales en un sistema de producción es una herramienta que permite agrupar los animales que se adaptan a las condiciones de clima, topografía y ...
Aportes al debate sobre el consumo de grasa saturada de las carnes rojas
Contributions to the debate on the consumption of saturated fat in red meat
(2022)
La carne roja es un alimento que aporta gran cantidad de nutrientes, entre ellos la grasa saturada,
la cual es importante para el adecuado desarrollo y funcionamiento del organismo. A pesar de ello,
durante los años 60s ...
Feeding heat-treated colostrum or unheated colostrum with two different bacterial concentrations to neonatal dairy calves
(2009)
The objective of this study was to determine the
effects of feeding heat-treated colostrum or unheated
colostrum of different bacterial counts on passive transfer
of immunity in neonatal dairy calves. First milking
colostrum ...
Improving phenotypic prediction in dairy cattle breeding using the metagenome
(2019-11-18)
Ruminants evolved from Artiodactyla in the Eocene 50–70 million years ago. In that period, grass began to populate the largest land surface on Earth. Since then, ruminants and their microbiota have evolved together in ...
Almidón resistente en la nutrición de animales monogástricos I: concepto, clasificación y fuentes
(2018)
El almidón resistente (AR) se define como la suma del almidón y productos de la degradación del mismo que no son absorbidos en el intestino, y es uno de los principales sustratos de fermentación que se encuentran en el ...
El ensilaje como solución a la escasez de forraje
(2015-06)
En la actualidad, el productor ha tenido que cubrir la escasez de forraje con otras fuentes, provenientes de procesos
agroindustriales como las cáscaras, rastrojos, tubérculos, subproductos de cervecería, del trigo, de ...