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Body measures, growth curves and body weight prevision of alpacas ( Vicugna pacos ) reared in Italy 意大利饲养羊驼的体型测量、生长曲线和体重预测

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2273982

Michela Ablondi, Alberto Sabbioni, Giulia Esposito, Valentino Beretti, Vittoria Asti

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Estimation of the metabolisable energy requirements of feedlot light lambs and comparison with the U. S. National Research Council predictions 饲养场轻羔代谢能需要量的估算及与美国国家研究委员会预测的比较

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2264879

Andrés L. Martínez Marín, Manuela Renna, Claudio Forte, Emanuela Valle, Achille Schiavone

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Milk characteristics and milking efficiency in Italian Mediterranean buffalo 意大利地中海水牛的产奶特性和产奶效率

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271951

Roberta Matera, Lorenzo Pascarella, Alessio Cotticelli, Giuseppe Conte, Alessia Tondo, Giuseppe Campanile, Gianluca Neglia

{"title":"Milk characteristics and milking efficiency in Italian Mediterranean buffalo","authors":"Roberta Matera, Lorenzo Pascarella, Alessio Cotticelli, Giuseppe Conte, Alessia Tondo, Giuseppe Campanile, Gianluca Neglia","doi":"10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271951","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to verify the influence of different milking machine setting parameters on Italian Mediterranean buffalo milking performance. Data on milking machine settings (Milking Dry Tests [MDTs]) and milk Test-day (TD) were collected by the Italian Breeders Association (AIA). Data for each TD consisted of milk yield (MY), fat percentage (FP), protein percentage (PP), lactose percentage (LP) and linear score (LS). Working vacuum level (VL), pulsation ratio (PR), automatic cluster removal system (AC) and effective vacuum reserve (EVR) were recorded from each MDT. A total of 558 MDTs, 217,967 TD, collected from 43,593 buffaloes in 198 buffalo farms were utilised. MDT, TD and Animal data (AD) were analysed through a mixed linear model and a logistic regression model was used to evaluate the relationship between VL and EVR. Analysis of MY and quality revealed that an incorrect setting of the milking was responsible for a higher LS and lower MY and LP, along with higher FP and PP compared to farms with adequate EVR. Except for PP, the height of the milking system significantly influenced all milk parameters. Conversely, VL affected all milking traits. A higher PR (70:30) was responsible for significantly lower LS and higher FP compared to a 60:40 PR. Similarly, the presence of AC showed a significant effect on FP and MY and a slight reduction in LS. Finally, the diameter and length of the pipeline (DL) ratio lower than 2.5 m was associated with a decrease in LS. These results suggest that buffaloes require specific milking parameters.","PeriodicalId":14762,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Animal Science","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136067628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of black cumin, fenugreek, and sesame seeds as a mixture on performance, intestinal morphology, and blood traits of broilers under chronic heat stress conditions 黑孜然、胡芦巴和芝麻混合饲料对慢性热应激条件下肉鸡生产性能、肠道形态和血液性状的影响

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2273426

Nihayat Ibrahim Mohammed, Zana Azeez Abdulkareem, Asrin Abdollahi, Hawkar Azad Khdir, Osama Rahman Ghaffar, Omer Rasool Ahmed, Rebaz Hassan Arif, Halwest Abdalla Mahmood, Suhaib Idris Mustafa, Hema Baiz Khdhir

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Analysis of fatty acid composition and miRNA profile in adipose tissue after application of Allium mongolicum Regel extract in diet of sheep 饲粮中添加葱提取物对绵羊脂肪组织脂肪酸组成及miRNA谱的影响

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2222743

Zejun Fan, Changjin Ao, Khas Erdene, Chen Bai, Ruli Sa, Qina Cao, Yankai Zheng

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An investigation of the assumed efficacy of methionine hydroxy analogue compared to DL-methionine by measuring growth performance, carcass traits, and GHR and IGF-I expression in broilers 通过测量肉鸡的生长性能、胴体性状、GHR和IGF-I表达，对蛋氨酸羟基类似物与dl -蛋氨酸的功效进行研究

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271056

Engin Yenice, Ali Anıl Çenesiz, İsmail Yavaş, Neşe Nuray Toprak, İbrahim Çiftci, Necmettin Ceylan

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A review of horse welfare literature from 1980 to 2023 with a text mining and topic analysis approach 用文本挖掘和主题分析方法回顾1980年至2023年的马福利文献

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271038

Beatrice Benedetti, Martina Felici, Leonardo Nanni Costa, Barbara Padalino

{"title":"A review of horse welfare literature from 1980 to 2023 with a text mining and topic analysis approach","authors":"Beatrice Benedetti, Martina Felici, Leonardo Nanni Costa, Barbara Padalino","doi":"10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271038","url":null,"abstract":"Animal welfare protection is a challenge for which policy-makers are demanding scientific-based evidence. Considering horses, the challenge is even greater, as their role in society varies from production to companion animals. This review aimed to describe the evolution and geographical distribution of horse welfare literature over the years, to identify the most studied research topics and to highlight the still present gaps in knowledge. A search on Scopus® bibliometric database was performed using different welfare-related keywords. Predetermined filters were posed on time range, language and subject area. A total of 6584 records were downloaded and screened retaining only the ones dealing with horse welfare and behavioural sciences. Descriptive statistics, text mining (TM) and topic analysis (TA) were performed on the abstract of 801 eligible records. The results showed the number of studies on horse welfare is exponentially increasing, especially in the European continent. ‘Transport’ was the most frequent word, but also ‘behaviour’ and ‘pain’ emerged. Nine topics were identified and covered different subject areas: stress analysis, pain assessment, equitation science, human–horse interactions, breeding management, transport, working equids and health. The evaluation of stress and pain, horse social behaviour and the human–horse relationship resulted to be the most studied aspects related to animal welfare. On the contrary, the concept of positive welfare and the welfare assessment at slaughter of horses were underrepresented, confirming the limited literature on these subjects. This review confirmed the growing impact of research on horse welfare and highlighted how some important areas still do not provide sufficient scientific evidence.","PeriodicalId":14762,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Animal Science","volume":"2002 29","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135412945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The influence of plant essential oil/palygorskite composite on growth performance, blood parameters and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens 植物精油/坡筋石复合饲料对肉鸡生长性能、血液指标和肠道形态的影响

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271921

Changqing He, Yi Liu, Yaling Yao, Meichun Li, Jing Xie, Yubo Wang, Xiangyong Qu, Yuying Deng, Yu Dai

{"title":"The influence of plant essential oil/palygorskite composite on growth performance, blood parameters and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens","authors":"Changqing He, Yi Liu, Yaling Yao, Meichun Li, Jing Xie, Yubo Wang, Xiangyong Qu, Yuying Deng, Yu Dai","doi":"10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051x.2023.2271921","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this experiment was to use a single-factor design to investigate the effects of different supplementation levels of plant essential oil/palygorskite composite (EPO-Pal) on growth performance, blood parameters, and intestinal morphology of broiler chicken. A total of 960 one-day-old chicks were randomly assigned into 4 treatments with 6 replicates of 40 chicks each. The broilers were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0, 500, 750, and 1000 mg/kg EPO-Pal for 42 days, respectively. The results showed that the 500 or 750 mg/kg groups significantly increased the body weight, average daily feed intake and average daily gain of the broilers at 28 and 42 days (p < 0.05). Additionally, as compared to the control group, the 1000 mg/kg EPO-Pal group exhibited higher levels of immunoglobulins-A, immunoglobulins-G, immunoglobulins-M, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol while having lower levels of tumour necrosis factor-α (p < 0.05). The content of interleukin-2 and the villus height-to-crypt depth ratio were significantly increased in the 750 mg/kg EPO-Pal group (p < 0.05). Moreover, the activity of total antioxidant capacity and superoxide dismutase were significantly enhanced in the 500 mg/kg EPO-Pal group (p < 0.05). The results are very promising, and EPO-Pal can be considered as an additive to promote the growth by enhancing immunity, antioxidant activity, and improving the intestinal morphology of broiler chickens.","PeriodicalId":14762,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Animal Science","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135367171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Meat fatty acids profile including metabolic, qualitative, nutritional indices, and organoleptic evaluation as affected by Rumex nervosus leaves meal fortified broiler diets 神经瘤胃叶粕强化肉鸡饲粮对肉质脂肪酸代谢、定性、营养指标和感官评价的影响

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2267604

Mohammed M. Qaid, Saud I. Al-Mufarrej, Maged A. Al-Garadi, Abdulaziz A. Al-Abdullatif, Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani, Rashed A. Alhotan, Abdulrahman S. Alharthi, Abdulgader Y. BaZeyad

{"title":"Meat fatty acids profile including metabolic, qualitative, nutritional indices, and organoleptic evaluation as affected by <i>Rumex nervosus</i> leaves meal fortified broiler diets","authors":"Mohammed M. Qaid, Saud I. Al-Mufarrej, Maged A. Al-Garadi, Abdulaziz A. Al-Abdullatif, Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani, Rashed A. Alhotan, Abdulrahman S. Alharthi, Abdulgader Y. BaZeyad","doi":"10.1080/1828051x.2023.2267604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051x.2023.2267604","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of dietary supplementation with Rumex nervosus leaves (RNL) on fatty acid (FAs) indices, organoleptic evaluation, performance index, and feed efficiency were investigated. This study consists of five treatments. Broilers in treatments 1–4 received basal feed plus RNL at doses of 0, 1, 3, and 5 g/kg, while broilers in treatment 5 received basal feed plus the antibiotic Colimex. On day 34, FAs profile and organoleptic assessment were evaluated, and performance index and feed efficiency were determined for the entire experimental period. Results showed that FAs profile of the breast meat was affected by treatments with varying degrees (p˂0.05). The 1 g RNL resulted in the highest eicosapentaenoic acid + docosahexaenoic acid, which resulted in the highest meat lipid quality, the highest elongation index, improved organoleptic characteristics, and tended to improve performance index, feed efficiency, and nutritional index. The 5 g RNL treatment reduced total saturated fatty acids (ƩSFAs), omega-6/omega-3 ratio, especially linoleic acid/α-linolenic acid ratio, alanine aminotransferase, and increased total omega-3 fatty acids, unsaturation index, and Δ9-desaturase. In conclusion, RNL can be introduced to broiler diets, especially at an incorporation rate of 1 g, and it promotes broiler health and performance because it contains phytoconstituents that can alter the content and indices of FAs meat and improve storability and sensory quality.","PeriodicalId":14762,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Animal Science","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135730677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relationship between growing pig’s housing conditions, behaviours, lesions and health issues under Italian farming system 意大利养殖系统下生长猪的住房条件、行为、病变和健康问题之间的关系

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Italian Journal of Animal Science Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2023.2268116

Francesco Palumbo, Diana Luise, Sara Virdis, Federico Correa, Patrizia Bassi, Paolo Trevisi

{"title":"Relationship between growing pig’s housing conditions, behaviours, lesions and health issues under Italian farming system","authors":"Francesco Palumbo, Diana Luise, Sara Virdis, Federico Correa, Patrizia Bassi, Paolo Trevisi","doi":"10.1080/1828051x.2023.2268116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051x.2023.2268116","url":null,"abstract":"Low space availability, high temperatures and a barren environment may contribute to the occurrence of abnormal behaviours and lesions in intensive pig farming. The present study evaluated the housing conditions (HCs), that influence behavioural measures (BMs), and lesion and health measures (LHMs) in growing pigs reared in an Italian farming system. Data collection was carried out on two groups of pigs in each farm (Farm A and Farm B), tail docked (DT) and tail undocked (UT). The HCs measured were dry and wet bulb temperature, light, humidity, air quality, average body weight, pen level of cleanliness, space, and feeder front allowance. Light intensity was negatively associated with positive behaviour (coefficient: −0.01; p < 0.001), while the length of the feeder front was positively associated with the proportion of pigs exploring the pen (coefficient: 65.18; p = 0.04). Tail lesion score index (LSI) increased with an increased frequency of negative behaviour (coefficient: 8.05; p < 0.01), increased light intensity (coefficient: 0.29; p < 0.001) and increased proportion of CO2 (coefficient: 498.31; p < 0.001), while it decreased with the average body weight of the pen (coefficient: −4.04; p < 0.001) and the space allowance (coefficient: −198.93; p < 0.001). Finally, UT pigs showed a greater (p < 0.001) tail LSI than DT pigs (126.8 ± 5.71 and 78.5 ± 9.11, respectively for UT and DT pigs). The present study improved the understanding of the effects of HCs, including tail docking, on welfare parameters of growing pigs.","PeriodicalId":14762,"journal":{"name":"Italian Journal of Animal Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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