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1. Alpha-Lipoic Acid as a Nutritive Supplement for Humans and Animals: An Overview of Its Use in Dog Food

Author:
Reshma M. Anthony; Jennifer M. MacLeay; Kathy L. Gross
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
adults; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; body weight; humans; lipoic acid; oral administration; pet foods; systematic review
Abstract:
... Alpha-lipoic acid (a-LA) is used as a nutritive additive in dog food. Therefore, we performed a systematic review of studies published to date in PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library and MedlinePlus involving alpha-lipoic acid supplementation, which included human clinical trials as well as animal studies, to evaluate its utility as a supplement in foods for healthy, adult dogs. While an upper ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051454

2. Ameliorative Effects of Boswellic Acid on Fipronil-Induced Toxicity: Antioxidant State, Apoptotic Markers, and Testicular Steroidogenic Expression in Male Rats

Author:
Hossam G. Tohamy; Sara E. El-Kazaz; Saqer S. Alotaibi; Hawary S. Ibrahiem; Mustafa Shukry; Mahmoud A. O. Dawood
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
animal models; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; apoptosis; biomarkers; body weight; decline; fipronil; glutathione; histology; insecticides; interleukin-6; males; malondialdehyde; oxidative toxicity; poisoning; protein synthesis; quantitative analysis; semen; spermatozoa; testes; viability
Abstract:
... The study investigated the ability of boswellic acid (BA) to alleviate the testicular and oxidative injury FPN insecticide intoxication in the male rat model. Rats were randomly assigned to six equivalent groups (six rats each) as the following: control rats orally administered with 2 mL physiological saline/kg of body weight (bwt); boswellic acid (BA1) rats orally administered 250 mg BA/kg bwt; b ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051302

3. Annatto seeds as Antioxidants Source with Linseed Oil for Dairy Cows

Author:
Jesus A. C. Osorio; João L. P. Daniel; Jakeline F. Cabral; Kleves V. Almeida; Karoline L. Guimarães; Micheli R. Sippert; Jean C. S. Lourenço; Francilaine E. De Marchi; João P. Velho; Geraldo T. Santos
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Bixa orellana; Holstein; antioxidant activity; dairy cows; digestibility; fatty acid composition; feed intake; lactose; linseed oil; medium chain fatty acids; milk; milk fat; milk yield; omega-3 fatty acids; short chain fatty acids
Abstract:
... This study aimed to evaluate the effects of annatto seeds, linseed oil and their combination on DMI, apparent total tract digestibility, antioxidant capacity and milk composition of dairy cows. Four lactating Holstein cows (120 ± 43 days in milk; 15.98 ± 2.02 kg of milk/day, mean ± SD) were allocated in a 4 × 4 Latin square with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement (with or without annatto seeds at 15 g/ ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051465

4. Anthropogenic Influences on Distance Traveled and Vigilance Behavior and Stress-Related Endocrine Correlates in Free-Roaming Giraffes

Author:
Ciska P. J. Scheijen; Sean van der Merwe; Andre Ganswindt; Francois Deacon
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
antipredatory behavior; glucocorticoids; habituation; herds; humans; metabolites; social structure; tourism; tourists; wildlife
Abstract:
... Giraffes are an important tourist attraction, and human presence to wildlife is increasing. This has an impact on an animal’s behavior and its endocrine correlates. Studies on other species show alterations in movement patterns, vigilance, and stress-related hormone levels in the presence of humans. Limited information is available on how anthropogenic activities alter giraffe’s behavior, social s ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051239

5. The Antioxidant Role of a Taurine-Enriched Diet in Combating the Immunotoxic and Inflammatory Effects of Pyrethroids and/or Carbamates in Oreochromis niloticus

Author:
Amany Abdel-Rahman Mohamed; Afaf N. Abdel Rahman; Gamal A. Salem; Maha M.El Deib; Mohamed A. Nassan; Nasreddin R. Rhouma; Safaa I. Khater
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Oreochromis niloticus; anti-inflammatory agents; antioxidant enzymes; aquaculture feeds; chemokines; diet; glutathione peroxidase; growth performance; growth promotion; humoral immunity; immune system; immunotoxicity; interleukins; juveniles; lambda-cyhalothrin; methomyl; mortality; pyrethrins; superoxide dismutase; taurine
Abstract:
... Indiscriminate use of insecticides is a major concern due to its ubiquitous occurrence and potential toxicity to aquatic animals. This study investigated the adverse effects of lambda-cyhalothrin (LCT; C₂₃H₁₉ClF₃NO₃) and methomyl (MTM; C₅H₁₀N₂O₂S) on immune system modulations and growth performance of juvenile fishes. The supportive role of a taurine (TUR; C₂H₇NO₃S)-supplemented diet was also eval ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051318

6. Antioxidation Defenses of Apis mellifera Queens and Workers Respond to Imidacloprid in Different Age-Dependent Ways: Old Queens Are Resistant, Foragers Are Not

Author:
Jerzy Paleolog; Jerzy Wilde; Artur Miszczak; Marek Gancarz; Aneta Strachecka
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Apis mellifera; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; catalase; evolution; glutathione peroxidase; glutathione transferase; hemolymph; imidacloprid; principal component analysis; superoxide dismutase
Abstract:
... We investigated how different antioxidant defenses (ADSs) were shaped by evolution in young/old Apis mellifera workers and queens to broaden the limited knowledge on whether ADSs are effective in contemporary pesticide environments and to complete bee oxidative-aging theory. We acquired 1-day-old, 20-day-old, and 2-year-old queens and 1-day-old and 20-day-old workers (foragers) fed 0, 5, or 200 pp ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051246

7. Application of the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram to Elite Dressage Horses Competing in World Cup Grand Prix Competitions

Author:
Sue Dyson; Danica Pollard
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
behavior; bridles; correlation; gait; guidelines; head; horses; pain; teeth; testing; trotting; video recording
Abstract:
... There is considerable debate about the social license to compete with horses and controversy about training methods for dressage horses. The objectives were to: 1. apply the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) to dressage horses competing at elite Grand Prix level; 2. compare RHpE and judges’ scores; and 3. document deviations in gaits from Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) guidelines. Video ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051187

8. Assessing Influence Factors on Daily Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Concentrations from an Open-Sided Cubicle Barn in Hot Mediterranean Climate

Author:
Provvidenza Rita D’Urso; Claudia Arcidiacono; Francesca Valenti; Giovanni Cascone
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Mediterranean climate; ammonia; barns; carbon dioxide; cows; digestion; greenhouse gases; methane; microclimate; tractors
Abstract:
... Measurement of gas concentrations constitutes basic knowledge for the computation of emissions from livestock buildings. Although it is well known that hot climate conditions increase gas emissions, in the literature the relation between gas concentrations from open barns and animal-related parameters has not been investigated yet. This study aimed at filling this gap by evaluating daily gas conce ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051400

9. Assessment of the Relationship between Postpartum Health and Mid-Lactation Performance, Behavior, and Feed Efficiency in Holstein Dairy Cows

Author:
Malia J. Martin; Kent A. Weigel; Heather M. White
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Holstein; body condition; body weight; dry matter intake; feed conversion; health status; hyperketonemia; lactation; milk; milk yield; rumination
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between postpartum health disorders and mid-lactation performance, feed efficiency, and sensor-derived behavioral traits. Multiparous cows (n = 179) were monitored for health disorders for 21 days postpartum and enrolled in a 45-day trial between 50 to 200 days in milk, wherein feed intake, milk yield and components, body weight, bod ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051385

10. Association between Anti-Müllerian Hormone Concentration and Inflammation Markers in Serum during the Peripartum Period in Dairy Cows

Author:
Hiroaki Okawa; Danielle Monniaux; Chihiro Mizokami; Atsushi Fujikura; Toshihiro Takano; Satoko Sato; Urara Shinya; Chiho Kawashima; Osamu Yamato; Yasuo Fushimi; Peter L. A. M. Vos; Masayasu Taniguchi; Mitsuhiro Takagi
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Holstein; albumins; amyloid; anti-Mullerian hormone; biomarkers; blood serum; endometrium; inflammation; leukocytes; magnesium; milk; parturition; postpartum period; prognosis; somatic cells
Abstract:
... The relationships between changes in anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration and various traits, including milk somatic cell counts (SCC), were evaluated. Blood samples were collected from 43 Holstein cows 14 days before (D-14) and 10 (D10) and 28 days after (D28) parturition, and vaginal discharge score (VDS) and polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) percentages were assessed in endometrial sampl ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051241

11. Australian Livestock Export Industry Workers’ Attitudes toward Animal Welfare

Author:
Renee S. Willis; Emma J. Dunston-Clarke; Leah R. Keating; Patricia A. Fleming; Teresa Collins
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
animal welfare; decision making; exports; human behavior; human resources; industry; issues and policy; livestock; public opinion; supply chain; working conditions
Abstract:
... Understanding live export industry workers’ attitudes and beliefs toward animal welfare can provide insight into their decision-making processes and likely behavior. Industry workers (n = 265) with various roles within the supply chain were surveyed from different global regions. Participants were divided into ten categories according to their industry roles and compared using ordinal regression. ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051411

12. Automated Operant Conditioning Devices for Fish. Do They Work?

Author:
Elia Gatto; Maria Santacà; Ilaria Verza; Marco Dadda; Angelo Bisazza
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Poecilia reticulata; automation; cognition; color; fish
Abstract:
... The growing use of teleosts in comparative cognition and in neurobiological research has prompted many researchers to develop automated conditioning devices for fish. These techniques can make research less expensive and fully comparable with research on warm-blooded species, in which automated devices have been used for more than a century. Tested with a recently developed automated device, guppi ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051397

13. Bacillus Subtilis 29784 as a Feed Additive for Broilers Shifts the Intestinal Microbial Composition and Supports the Production of Hypoxanthine and Nicotinic Acid

Author:
Pearl Choi; Lamya Rhayat; Eric Pinloche; Estelle Devillard; Ellen De Paepe; Lynn Vanhaecke; Freddy Haesebrouck; Richard Ducatelle; Filip Van Immerseel; Evy Goossens
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Bacillus subtilis; Lachnospiraceae; Lactobacillaceae; Ruminococcaceae; cecum; community structure; feed additives; genes; hypoxanthine; ileum; metabolites; metabolomics; microbial communities; microbiome; niacin; probiotics
Abstract:
... The probiotic Bacillus subtilis strain 29784 (Bs29784) has been shown to improve performance in broilers. In this study, we used a metabolomic and 16S rRNA gene sequencing approach to evaluate effects of Bs29874 in the broiler intestine. Nicotinic acid and hypoxanthine were key metabolites that were produced by the strain in vitro and were also found in vivo to be increased in small intestinal con ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051335

14. Bacterial Quality, Prevalence of Pathogens, and Molecular Characterization of Biofilm-Producing Staphylococcus aureus from Korean Dairy Farm Environments

Author:
Sangdon Ryu; Minhye Shin; Bohyun Yun; Woongji Lee; Hyejin Choi; Minkyoung Kang; Sangnam Oh; Younghoon Kim
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Bacillus cereus; Caenorhabditis elegans; Staphylococcus aureus; adhesion; biofilm; biomass; coliform bacteria; dairy farming; farms; microbial contamination; milk; raw milk; sequence analysis; toxicity; viability; yeasts; Korean Peninsula
Abstract:
... Raw milk acts as a mediator of major foodborne pathogenic bacterial infections. However, the sources of pathogens that contaminate milk are often unclear. This study assessed the prevalence of sanitary quality-indicating bacteria (total aerobic bacteria, psychrotrophic bacteria, coliform, and yeast/molds), including seven foodborne pathogens, in a dairy farm environment and processing plant in Kor ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051306

15. Benign or Low-Grade Malignant Masses Occupying the Pelvic Canal Space in 11 Dogs

Author:
Erica Ilaria Ferraris; Davide Giacobino; Selina Iussich; Matteo Olimpo; Alberto Valazza; Marina Martano; Paolo Buracco; Emanuela Maria Morello
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
clinical examination; histology; metastasis; neoplasms; quality of life; rectum; surgery; ultrasonography; urinary incontinence
Abstract:
... Dogs with benign intra-pelvic rectal or vaginal masses show symptoms indicating compression on the adjacent organs. Clinical signs usually develop late when the lesion is large enough to interfere functionally. The dogs were referred for severe fecal and/or urinary tenesmus. The data collected included signalment, clinical signs, results of physical examination, pre-surgical diagnostic tests, surg ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051361

16. Bidimensional and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography of the Spleen in Dogs Affected by Leishmaniosis

Author:
Massimo De Majo; Giulia Donato; Marisa Masucci; Cyndi Mangano; Maria Flaminia Persichetti; Luigi Liotta; Giuseppe Mazzullo; Rosanna Visalli; Marco Quartuccio; Nicola Maria Iannelli; Santo Cristarella; Maria Grazia Pennisi
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
adults; dogs; leishmaniasis; spleen; splenomegaly; ultrasonics; ultrasonography
Abstract:
... Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) is responsible for splenic pathological changes. The main features detectable from ultrasound examination are splenomegaly and diffuse alterations of the echostructure. The study aimed to highlight whether these ultrasound changes are related to the severity of the disease or to a modification of splenic microvascularization that can be detected in vivo through contrast ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051437

17. Blood Transcriptomics of Turbot Scophthalmus maximus: A Tool for Health Monitoring and Disease Studies

Author:
Paolo Ronza; José Antonio Álvarez-Dios; Diego Robledo; Ana Paula Losada; Roberto Romero; Roberto Bermúdez; Belén G. Pardo; Paulino Martínez; María Isabel Quiroga
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
B-lymphocytes; RNA; Scophthalmus maximus; antigens; erythrocytes; immune response; inflammation; parasitism; pathogenesis; prognosis; transcription (genetics); transcriptome; transcriptomics; transportation; turbot
Abstract:
... Blood transcriptomics is emerging as a relevant tool to monitor the status of the immune system and assist in diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and pathogenesis studies of diseases. In fish pathology, the potential of transcriptome profiling of blood is still poorly explored. Here, RNA sequencing was applied to analyze the blood transcriptional profile of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), the most impo ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051296

18. Bloom Time Effect Depends on Muscle Type and May Determine the Results of pH and Color Instrumental Evaluation

Author:
Damian Knecht; Kamil Duziński; Anna Jankowska-Mąkosa
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
color; ham; muscles; pH
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 30 min bloom time and the type of muscle on pH and color parameters together with the possibility of estimating these measurements. The research material consisted of 270 samples from 6 muscle types: LD—Longissimus dorsi, LL—Longissimus lumborum, IL—Iliacus, SEM—Semimembranosus, CT—Cutaneous trunci, LTD—Latissimus dorsi. Measurements included pH ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051282

19. Bovine Intelectin 2 Expression as a Biomarker of Paratuberculosis Disease Progression

Author:
Cristina Blanco Vázquez; Ana Balseiro; Marta Alonso-Hearn; Ramón A. Juste; Natalia Iglesias; Maria Canive; Rosa Casais
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Holstein; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; biomarkers; dairy industry; disease progression; enteritis; genes; histopathology; immunohistochemistry; innate immunity; paratuberculosis; sequence analysis
Abstract:
... Paratuberculosis (PTB), a chronic granulomatous enteritis caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), is responsible for important economic losses in the dairy industry. Our previous RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) analysis showed that bovine intelectin 2 (ITLN2) precursor gene was overexpressed in ileocecal valve (ICV) samples of animals with focal (log2 fold-change = 10.6) and diffuse ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051370

20. Camelina Oil Supplementation Improves Bone Parameters in Ovariectomized Rats

Author:
Iwona Puzio; Dorota Graboś; Marek Bieńko; Radosław P. Radzki; Aneta Nowakiewicz; Urszula Kosior-Korzecka
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
Camelina sativa; blood serum; body weight; bone health; collagen; densitometry; estrogens; females; femur; oils; osteocalcin; ovariectomy; tomography
Abstract:
... The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of administration of Camelina sativa oil (CO) as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on bone parameters in ovariectomized rats (OVX). Overall, 40 10-week-old healthy female Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups with 10 animals in each. Rats in the control group (SHO) were subjected to a sham operation, whereas experimental rats ( ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11051343