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... The concentrations and distributions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the whole blood and meat of eight typical edible animals (chicken, donkey, horse, cattle, rabbit, sheep, duck, and pig) were illustrated. Total concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and PCBs (on a ...
... Neospora caninum represents an obligate intracellular parasite that belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa and is a major abortive agent in bovines. During merogony, N. caninum tachyzoites invade and proliferate in host cells in vivo, including endothelial cells of lymphatic and blood vessels. The egress at the end of the lytic cycle is tightly regulated in apicomplexans. Evidence in Toxoplasma gondii ...
... Scaffolds suitable for use in food products are crucial components for the production of cultured meat. Here, wheat glutenin, an inexpensive and abundant plant-based protein, was used to develop 3D porous scaffolds for cultured meat applications. A physical cross-linking method based on water annealing was developed for the fabrication of porous glutenin sponges and fibrous aligned scaffolds. The ...
agar; alginates; biocompatible materials; bioprinting; cattle; extrusion; meat; muscles; pea protein; risk; soy protein isolate; viability
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... Cultivated meat harnesses tissue engineering (TE) concepts to create sustainable, edible muscle tissues, for addressing the rising meat product demands and their global consequences. As 3D-printing is a promising method for creating thick and complex structures, two plant-protein-enriched scaffolding compositions were primarily assessed in our work as 3D-printable platforms for bovine satellite ce ...
... In two “départements” in the South-West of France, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) outbreaks due to Mycobacterium bovis spoligotype SB0821 have been identified in cattle since 2002 and in wildlife since 2013. Using whole genome sequencing, the aim of our study was to clarify badger contribution to bTB transmission in this area. We used a Bayesian evolutionary model, to infer phylogenetic trees and migra ...
... Chlamydia bovis is a widespread infection disease caused by the mixed infection of Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pecorum, Chlamydia abortus, and Chlamydia suis in cattle. Although many studies have investigated Chlamydia infection in cattle, there is no nationwide study on the prevalence of Chlamydia infection in cattle of China. We constructed the first meta-analysis to assess the infection rate ...
... Toxoplasma gondii causes toxoplasmosis with a global prevalence in the world. A large proportion of human illness is most frequently associated with consuming raw and undercooked meat or other animal products containing infective parasitic stages of T. gondii. This systematic review and meta-analysis study evaluated the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in cattle, sheep, camels, goats, and poultry world ...
... Although the S8 family in the MEROPS database contains many peptidases, only a few S8 peptidases have been applied in the preparation of bioactive oligopeptides. Bovine bone collagen is a good source for preparing collagen oligopeptides, but has been so far rarely applied in collagen peptide preparation. Here, we characterized a novel S8 gelatinase, Aa2_1884, from marine bacterium Flocculibacter c ...
... The non-specific innate immunity can initiate host antiviral innate immune responses within minutes to hours after the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, the natural immune response is the first line of defense for the host to resist the invaders, including viruses, bacteria, fungi. Host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in the infected cells or bystander cells recognize pathogen ...
Nagendrakumar Balasubramanian Singanallur; Phaedra Lydia Eblé; Anna Barbara Ludi; Bob Statham; Abdelghani Bin-Tarif; Donald P. King; Aldo Dekker; Wilna Vosloo
Foot-and-mouth disease virus; World Organization for Animal Health; antibodies; antigens; cattle; excretion; serotypes; vaccination; vaccines; viremia; viruses; Middle East
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... The recent emergence and circulation of the A/ASIA/G-VII (A/G-VII) lineage of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in the Middle East has resulted in the development of homologous vaccines to ensure susceptible animals are sufficiently protected against clinical disease. However, a second serotype A lineage called A/ASIA/Iran-05 (A/IRN/05) continues to circulate in the region and it is therefore im ...
... Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most frequent human cancer with over 1.3 million new cases globally. CRC is a complex disease caused by interactions between genetic and environmental factors; in particular, high consumption of red meat, including beef, is considered a risk factor for CRC initiation and progression. Recent data demonstrate that exogenous microRNAs (miRNAs) entering the body vi ...
... Cryptosporidium parvum is a zoonotic, protozoan parasite that causes potentially life-threatening diarrhea in the host and can be transmitted via the fecal-oral route. C. parvum can infect cattle and may be detected in their feces using a variety of tests. We compared the level of agreement, ease of procedure, and cost among PCR, lateral flow immunoassay, fluorescent antibody, and Kinyoun acid-fas ...
... Human impacts are blamed for range contraction in several animal species worldwide. Remarkably, carnivores and particularly top predators are threatened by humans despite their key role in maintaining ecosystem balance and functions. Conservation strategies to allow human-carnivore coexistence are urgently needed. These strategies must be built on evidence and driven by knowledge of population ris ...
... Babesia bovis field strains are composed of several distinct geno-phenotypically subpopulations. This feature, together with possible epigenetic modifications, may facilitate adaptation to changes in environmental conditions. In this study we compare geno-phenotypical features among long-term (more than 12 years) (LTCP) and short-term cultured B. bovis parasites (STCP) derived from the B. bovis T3 ...
... Bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) is a serious disease affecting feedlot cattle in China and likely other places worldwide. Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (BPIV3) are principally responsible for causing BRDC, and are a major strain to the industrial economy. Eradication of these viruses/disease requires swift viral identification and treatment. Hen ...
agriculture; algorithms; cattle; data collection; electronics; face; raspberries
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... At present, there have been some researches on deep neural networks used in the field of biometrics to solve the problem of cattle identity authentication, particularly facial recognition under non-invasive methods. However, due to the large scale of deep neural network models, it is difficult to implement directly in resource-constrained embedded systems. Therefore, a lightweight neural network i ...
... Fasciolosis caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica is an important parasitosis in both livestock and humans across the globe. Chronic infections in cattle are associated with considerable economic losses. As a prerequisite for an effective control and prevention of fasciolosis in cattle fine-scale predictive models on farm-level are needed. Since disease transmission will only occur where the m ...
anaerobic digestion; antibiotic resistance; cattle; environment; meta-analysis; pH; swine; temperature
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... Anaerobic digestion (AD) has shown the potential to reduce the numbers and types of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARG) present in animal manures. However, the variability of the results has limited the ability to draw solid conclusions. To address this issue, we performed a series of meta-analyses to evaluate how AD of pig, cattle, and dairy manures affects ARG levels and how different parameters, ...
DNA; DNA barcoding; Food and Agriculture Organization; Trypanosoma evansi; Trypanosoma theileri; World Health Organization; bioinformatics; blood; buffaloes; cattle; detection limit; disease surveillance; drug resistance; drug therapy; farms; geographical distribution; goats; humans; mixed infection; monitoring; sheep; species diversity; trypanosomiasis; Pakistan
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... The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have developed strategies to control trypanosomiasis in humans and livestock in endemic areas. These require a better understanding of the distribution of different Trypanosoma species and improved predictions of where they might appear in the future, based on accurate diagnosis and robust surveillance systems. Her ...
... Bovine leukocyte antigen, class II, DO beta (BoLA-DOB) is related to antigen presentation, which can triggered by multicul factors. And the condition of immune function determines how much cattle load to heat stress. To evaluate the relationship between heat-resistance and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BoLA-DOB gene, our study has taken further analysis in Chinese indigenous cattle for ...
... Antimicrobial and probiotic properties were sought in Tunisian raw camel milk. One hundred and forty strains were isolated for this purpose. Initially, a screening based on growth kinetics under gastrointestinal tract (GIT) conditions allowed us to select only one strain that showed good resistance to pH 3 and 5% bovine bile. This isolate named LC38 was assayed for its autoaggregation capacity, su ...
... In the last decades, a large body of evidence has highlighted the major role of feeding management practices in improving specific nutritional, technological and sensory quality traits of ruminant products. However, results have been mostly obtained under controlled conditions, and have been rarely validated on-farm. Therefore, a quantitative review was conducted to quantify the effects of on-farm ...
... The aim of this paper is to review the diversity of Cryptosporidium species and genotypes infecting synantropic rodents. A total of 27 papers published between 1990 and 2020 assed the presence of Cryptosporidium in these rodents worldwide and described 17 different species and genotypes of Cryptosporidium. A great variation in the prevalence values were observed (0–63%). The most frequent species/ ...
Luciano S. Martinez-Rau; José O. Chelotti; Sebastián R. Vanrell; Julio R. Galli; Santiago A. Utsumi; Alejandra M. Planisich; H. Leonardo Rufiner; Leonardo L. Giovanini
... Monitoring behaviour of the grazing livestock is a difficult task because of its demanding requirements (continuous operation, large amount of information, computational efficiency, device portability, precision and accuracy) under harsh environmental conditions. Detection and classification of jaw movements (JM) events are essential for estimating information related with foraging behaviour. Acou ...
... The diseases caused by capripoxviruses (CaPVs) are of major economic concern in sheep, goat and cattle as they are inexorably spreading into non-endemic regions. As CaPV strains are serologically indistinguishable and genetically highly homologous, typing closely related strains can only be achieved by whole genome sequencing. Unfortunately the number of publicly available genomes remains low as m ...
beta-lactoglobulin; cattle; food chemistry; fungi; hydrolysis; mass spectrometry; milk; nanocapsules; protein hydrolysates; proteinases; ultrafiltration; whey; whey protein
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... Two commercially available food grade fungal protease preparations (Fungal Protease 31,000 and Fungal Protease 60000) were found to hydrolyse bovine acid whey proteins but left the beta-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) intact under the processing conditions used. Comparative analysis before and after hydrolysis of bovine acid whey, by 1D- and 2D-PAGE, RP-HPLC and intact-mass mass spectrometry showed that the ...
... In a context of climate change and circular economy, it is fundamental to produce animal manure-based fertilizers attractive to farmers who are reluctant to use heterogeneous materials, poorly characterized and with unbalanced nutrient contents, namely N:P ratios different from plant requirements. Hence, the aim of the present study was to assess the potential of different treated and non-treated ...
Saúl Jiménez‐Ruiz; Ignacio García‐Bocanegra; Pelayo Acevedo; Johan Espunyes; Roxana Triguero‐Ocaña; David Cano‐Terriza; Maria J. Torres‐Sánchez; Joaquín Vicente; María Ángeles Risalde
... A cross‐sectional study was carried out to evaluate shared pathogens that can be transmitted by close or non‐close contact at the domestic–wild ruminants’ interface. During summer–autumn 2015, a total of 138 cattle and 203 wild ruminants (red deer, Cervus elaphus, and fallow deer, Dama dama) were sampled in Doñana National Park (DNP, south‐western Spain), a Mediterranean ecosystem well known for t ...
... In different artificial reproduction technologies and cloning techniques, 6-dimethylamono purine is commonly used as an activator and arrestant of miosis. Despite many reports on the effectiveness of 6-dimethylamono purine, there are reports on its deleterious effects claiming that the use of 6-dimethylamono purine is the cause of low embryo survival. To address this controversy, here, a meta-anal ...
Olivia M. Smith; Elissa M. Olimpi; Nora Navarro‐Gonzalez; Kevin A. Cornell; Luke O. Frishkoff; Tobin D. Northfield; Timothy M. Bowles; Max Edworthy; Johnna Eilers; Zhen Fu; Karina Garcia; David J. Gonthier; Matthew S. Jones; Christina M. Kennedy; Christopher E. Latimer; Jeb P. Owen; Chika Sato; Joseph M. Taylor; Erin E. Wilson‐Rankin; William E. Snyder; Daniel S. Karp
... Recent foodborne illness outbreaks have heightened pressures on growers to deter wildlife from farms, jeopardizing conservation efforts. However, it remains unclear which species, particularly birds, pose the greatest risk to food safety. Using >11,000 pathogen tests and 1565 bird surveys covering 139 bird species from across the western United States, we examined the importance of 11 traits in me ...
DNA; cattle; food research; goats; humans; meat; meat and bone meal; nuclear genome; nucleotide sequences; prion diseases; risk; sheep; technology
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... Illegal addition of bovine- and ovine/caprine-derived ingredients into ruminant feeds would increase the risk of spreading transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). In this study, a nuclear DNA sequence with 18-bp deletion in ovine/caprine genomes was screened for specific detection of bovine- and ovine/caprine-derived ingredients in ruminant feeds. A universal primer distinguishable PCR (U ...
Marianne Zaruba; Hann-Wei Chen; Ole Frithjof Pietsch; Kati Szakmary-Braendle; Angelika Auer; Marlene Mötz; Kerstin Seitz; Stefan Düsterhöft; Aspen M. Workman; Till Rümenapf; Christiane Riedel
... The entry of BVDV into bovine cells was studied using CRIB cells (cells resistant to infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus [BVDV]) that have evolved from MDBK cells by a spontaneous loss of susceptibility to BVDV. Recently, larger genetic deletions were reported but no correlation of the affected genes and the resistance to BVDV infection could be established. The metalloprotease ADAM17 was r ...
... Animal gut microbiomes play important roles in the health, diseases, and production of animal hosts. The volume of animal gut metagenomic data, including both 16S amplicon and metagenomic sequencing data, has been increasing exponentially in recent years, making it increasingly difficult for researchers to query, retrieve, and reanalyze experimental data and explore new hypotheses. We designed a d ...
AMP-activated protein kinase; apoptosis; beef; caspase-3; cattle; consumer preferences; livestock and meat industry; mitochondria; mitochondrial membrane; muscles; phosphorylation; proteolysis; raw meat; skeletal muscle; tenderizing
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... This study aimed to verify the role of AMP‐activated protein kinase (AMPK) in mitochondrial dysfunction‐induced apoptosis and postmortem bovine muscle tenderization. AMPK phosphorylation levels, mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial apoptotic factors, and myofibrillar protein hydrolysis were assessed in the control group and Compound C (AMPK inhibitor) group over a 168 hr aging period. Compared ...
... Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic intestinal disease that affects humans, wildlife, and neonatal cattle, caused by Cryptosporidium parvum. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), also known as suicidal NETosis, are a powerful and ancient innate effector mechanism by which polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) battle parasitic organisms like protozoa and helminths. Here, C. parvum oocysts and live sporo ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis; bioinformatics; bovine tuberculosis; buffaloes; cattle; computer simulation; drug therapy; histopathology; humans; isoniazid; multiple drug resistance; necropsy; prediction; public health; rifampicin; risk; river deltas; slaughterhouses; streptomycin; surveys; China
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... Bovine tuberculosis is a transboundary disease of high economic and public health burden worldwide. In this study, post‐mortem examination of 750 cattle and buffalo in Tanta abattoir, Centre of the Nile Delta, revealed visible TB in 4% of animals and a true prevalence of 6.85% (95% CI: 5.3%–8.9%). Mycobacterial culture, histopathology and RT‐PCR targeting all members of M. tuberculosis complex wer ...
... Although the interspecies hybridization of bovids, such as cattle–yak (Bos taurus × Bos grunniens), has heterosis benefits, the infertility of hybrid males affects the maintenance of dominant traits in subsequent generations. To achieve reproductive capacity, male germ cell development requires coordinated changes in gene expression, including DNA methylation and generalized histone modifications. ...
... Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a kind of prion disease caused by proteinase K‐resistant prion protein (PrPSᶜ) in cattle. Although BSE has been reported worldwide, BSE‐infected cases have never been reported in Korea. In a previous study, we identified BSE‐related somatic mutation E211K in 3 Korean Holstein cattle. In Korea, the BSE surveillance system has been established. However, seve ...
... Mahua oil cake (MOC), a derivative of the seeds from Bassia latifolia is used as a piscicide in pre-stocking pond preparation for composite fish culture. However, for its nutritional potency MOC is used as a protein substitute in the formulated diets for fish, poultry and cattle. In present experiment piscicidal potency of Acacia pericarp preparation (APP) has been evaluated to get a substitute of ...
... Although Brazilian livestock is considered one of the most productive in the world, the losses caused by parasites still greatly limit these activities and its incorrect control through traditional synthetic chemicals has caused problems such as parasitic resistance. The present study evaluated the anthelmintic and acaricidal action of ethanolic extract (EE) and essential oil (OE) obtained from Ac ...
acaricide resistance; acaricides; amidines; cattle; education; land management; larvae; markets; organophosphorus compounds; parasitology; pyrethrins; research; tick control; ticks; vaccination; Australia; Latin America; South Africa; Uganda; Western Africa
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... In many African countries, tick control has recently been the responsibility of resource-poor farmers rather than central government veterinary departments. This has led to an increase in acaricide resistance, threatening the welfare of livestock farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Resistance has evolved to the three classes of acaricides used most extensively in the continent, namely fourth-generation ...
... Monitoring cattle for parturition is a labour-intensive task that is often not feasible in extensive environments. On-animal sensors, however, provide a means of remotely monitoring animals, without the labour requirements of traditional observation. This paper explores the use of a rumination algorithm with accelerometer ear tags to observe the changes in rumination around calving. Calving cattle ...
... Herbicides play key roles in agriculture. Aclonifen is a diphenyl ether herbicide that is widely used for sunflower, potato, corn, and wheat crops. Since it has a long half-life, it is considered persistent and can easily accumulate in the environment. Therefore, livestock and humans are at risk of exposure to aclonifen. Importantly, aclonifen is toxic to several mammals such as rats, mice, and do ...
... The site of Körtiktepe in southeastern Turkey is one of few sites in the Upper Mesopotamia basin that attests continuous, permanent occupation across the boundary from end of the colder, drier Younger Dryas (YD) into the comparatively wetter and warmer Early Holocene (EH). This allows for the study of the degree of environmental change experienced on a local level over this boundary as well as for ...
... The α- and β-adrenergic receptors (ARs) bind the stress hormones epinephrine (E), norepinephrine (NE), and dopamine and activate diverse physiological responses. A lack of information on AR gene expression in leukocytes limits our understanding of how stress alters immune function. Quantitative analyses of AR gene expression was completed for bovine leukocytes. Individual leukocyte lineages and su ...
... Bovine cheese whey presents physico-chemical similarity with goat cheese whey, making the occurrence of adulteration of goat dairy beverage by addition of bovine whey possible. This study aimed to develop a green analytical method, using NIR spectroscopy and Data Driven–Soft Independent Modelling of Class Analogies (DD-SIMCA), to verify the authenticity of goat dairy beverage and to detect adulter ...
... In the early 1980s, to control soil and water loss in the rainy season and problems of water shortages in the dry season in the red soil hilly region of central Jiangxi, the academician team of Li Wenhua from Qianyanzhou Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a comprehensive muti-dimensional agriculture development mode known as the “Qianyanzhou Mode”. Since then, models for the fores ...
... Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a devastating, emerging viral disease of cattle. It causes significant economic losses due to trade restrictions that are placed on infected animals and the biological effects of the disease: infertility, dramatic loss in milk production, induction of abortion and mortality. It is caused by lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), which belongs to the Poxviridae family. Vaccina ...
... The main aim of the present study was: to assess the agronomic and nutritional value of an intensive silvopastoral system (ISS) composed of wild sunflower (T.diversifolia) and Elder (S.nigra) shrubs for cattle browsing, plus grass (star grass (C.nlemfuensis) and brachipará grass (U.plantaginea)) as traditional component of pastures, and to compare the forage production with a monoculture of only g ...
... Alachlor is a widely used herbicide for the cultivation of various grains employed as food for cattle. The mechanisms leading to the toxic effects of alachlor on epithelial cells of the bovine mammary gland are not well known. Thus, this study was conducted to clarify the toxicological effects of alachlor on the immortalized epithelial cell line of the bovine mammary gland (MAC-T) cells. After tre ...