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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
W. Guo, X. J. Guo, L. N. Xu, L. W. Shao, B. C. Zhu, H. Liu, Y. J. Wang, K. Y. Gao
Summary: This study investigated the effect of lignocellulose-degrading bacteria-inoculated whole-plant corn silage on the growth performance, rumen fermentation, and rumen microbiome in sheep. The results showed that inoculated corn silage improved the growth performance and fiber digestibility of sheep, and altered the structure and function of the rumen microbiome. These findings provide novel insights into the microbial mechanisms underlying improvement in the growth performance of sheep.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
A. A. Pech-Cervantes, I. M. Ogunade, Y. Jiang, Z. M. Estrada-Reyes, K. G. Arriola, F. X. Amaro, C. R. Staples, D. Vyas, A. T. Adesogan
Summary: In Experiment 1, adding XYL did not significantly affect milk production in dairy cows, but it slightly increased the intake of neutral detergent fiber and consequently raised the milk protein concentration. In Experiment 2, XYL tended to increase the gas production rate in the TMR, the molar proportion of propionate for corn silage, and valerate for the TMR, while also enhancing the in vitro digestibility of BMD and corn silage.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Hongbo Zeng, Yuyang Yin, Lingxi Chen, Zhuoxin Xu, Yang Luo, Qian Wang, Bin Yang, Jiakun Wang
Summary: Improving feed efficiency is crucial to the animal industry. Residual feed intake (RFI) is regarded as an index of feed efficiency evaluation. This study aimed to explore the alterations in growth performance and nutrient digestion in Hu sheep with different RFI phenotypes. The results showed that despite lower dry matter intake, low RFI sheep had higher nutrient digestibility, N retention, ruminal propionate production, and serum glucose utilization, in order to meet energy demands. Selection for low RFI sheep could reduce feed costs and provide economic benefits to the sheep industry.
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Agronomy
Filip Jancik, Petra Kubelkova, Radko Loucka, Vaclav Jambor, Dana Kumprechtova, Petr Homolka, Veronika Koukolova, Yvona Tyrolova, Alena Vyborna
Summary: The study evaluated the effect of conventional and shredlage processing on the quality and digestibility of maize silage. Shredlage processing improved kernel processing score and physically effective fiber content, as well as increased in vivo nutrient digestibility significantly.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Zhao-Yang Cui, Wen-Juan Li, Wei-Kang Wang, Qi-Chao Wu, Yao-Wen Jiang, Ailiyasi Aisikaer, Fan Zhang, He-Wei Chen, Hong-Jian Yang
Summary: This study investigated the effects of feeding wheat silage on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, and microbiota composition in feedlot lambs. The results showed that replacing oaten hay with wheat silage at an appropriate level improved feed efficiency and fiber digestion, despite a decrease in feed intake.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi, Ali Reza Zare, Mohammad Rerza Rezvani, Mohammad Javad Zamiri, Shahryar Kargar, Mohammad Javad Abarghuei
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of partial replacement of forage and concentrate with pomegranate pulp silage and dried pomegranate seed pulp on the performance of fattening Mehraban lambs. The results showed that using pomegranate pulp silage and dried pomegranate seed pulp in the diets could decrease dietary cost without any negative impact on animal performance.
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Leidy Darmony de Almeida Rufino, Odilon Gomes Pereira, Vanessa Paula Da Silva, Karina Guimaraes Ribeiro, Thiago Carvalho da Silva, Sebastiao de Campos Valadares Filho, Fabyano Fonseca e Silva
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of diets containing corn silage and stylosanthes on digestibility, ruminal pH, ammonia nitrogen concentration, nitrogen balance, and performance in beef cattle. The results showed that corn silage had higher total digestibility and ruminal NDF digestibility compared to other diets, while mixed diets had higher total NDF digestibility. Additionally, animals fed corn silage showed improved intake, digestibility, and growth performance compared to other diets.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
J. M. Diaz, K. P. Coffey, W. K. Coblentz, D. Philipp, V. Niyigena
Summary: This study evaluated the intake, digestion, and nitrogen balance of sheep offered different ensiled grasses following fertilization with either urea or dairy slurry. Meadow fescue was found to have higher-quality forage that increased intake and digestibility compared to orchardgrass and tall fescue. Fertilization with dairy slurry affected certain forage chemical components but did not impact digestibility when applied 35 days prior to a subsequent harvest.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Philip Wagali, Chris Sabastian, Yehoshua Saranga, Shiran Ben-Zeev, Sameer J. Mabjeesh
Summary: The aim of this study was to establish Tef as a multi-harvest summer fodder crop and investigate the effects of irrigation, genotype, and additives on tef silage making and quality. Results showed that Tef can be successfully ensiled and most of the silage parameters were better at 75% irrigation. Additives improved the quality of silage, increasing protein content. This is important for increasing the diversity of local ruminant fodder crops and ensuring high-quality feed supply during the summer.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Santiago A. Guaman, Elena Albanell, Oriol Ajenjo, Ramon Casals, Abdelaali Elhadi, Ahmed A. K. Salama, Gerardo Caja
Summary: The study evaluated the performance of hooded barley and high yield triticale as forage for sheep. It found compositional differences between the two crops, with triticale having slightly higher nutritive values. However, both crops showed similar intake levels by sheep.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Vagner S. Ovani, Adibe Luiz Abdalla, Simon Perez Marquez, Wilian dos Santos da Costa, Beatriz Elisa Bizzuti, Paulo de Mello Tavares Lima, Guilherme Dias Moreira, Luciana Gerdes, Helder Louvandini
Summary: Accurate prediction of feed intake is crucial for assessing the feed conversion efficiency of individual grazing animals. This study evaluated the accuracy of three approaches using four internal markers and found that correcting the fecal recovery rate of the markers improved the accuracy of digestibility and intake predictions.
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
MaryAnne Hurley, Eva Lewis, Marion Beecher, Brian Garry, Christina Fleming, Tommy Boland, Deirdre Hennessy
Summary: Feed intake and digestibility are crucial for animal production, and this study compared the digestibility and intake of grass-only vs. grass-white clover forage in individually housed sheep. Results showed that white clover inclusion increased crude protein concentration and decreased NDF concentration in the offered forage, leading to increased nitrogen intake and decreased NDF intake. Grass-clover swards had greater OM and DM digestibility compared to grass-only swards.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Stefanos Leontopoulos, Prodromos Skenderidis, Konstantinos Petrotos, Ioannis Giavasis
Summary: The study found that supplementing broiler chicken feed with a mixture of pomegranate and avocado by-products can significantly improve protein and fatty acid content in breast and leg meat, increase Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acid levels, and help protect polyunsaturated fatty acids from oxidation. Additionally, the lower-cost corn silage supplementation can help reduce production costs for chicken meat.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Ehsan Sabertanha, Yousef Rouzbehan, Hassan Fazaeli, Javad Rezaei
Summary: This study compared ensiled sorghum from two varieties with corn silage and found no significant differences in ruminal variables and blood biochemistry metabolites. Additionally, the levels of anti-quality compounds in the silages were below the safe limits.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Yingjie Wang, Mengyu Jiang, Yunmeng Tang, Shengnan Qiu, Youran Sun, Haixia Sun
Summary: This study comprehensively evaluated the effects of simulated soil ingestion during grazing on nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, microflora, and mineral deposition in sheep. The findings showed that soil intake altered rumen fermentation and increased the risk of excessive iron, lead, and arsenic in the sheep's organism.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Y. A. Ben Meir, M. Nikbachat, S. Jacoby, Y. Portnik, H. Levit, A. Kleinjan Elazary, E. Gershon, G. Adin, M. Cohen Zinder, A. Shabtay, M. Zachut, S. J. Mabjeesh, I Halachmi, J. Miron
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Y. A. Ben Meir, M. Nikbachat, Y. Portnik, S. Jacoby, H. Levit, D. Bikel, G. Adin, U. Moallem, J. Miron, S. J. Mabjeesh, I Halachmi
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2019)
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Cell Biology
Miri Cohen-Zinder, Ehud Lipkin, Einav Shor-Shimoni, Yehoshav Ben-Meir, Rotem Agmon, Aviv Asher, Joshua Miron, Ariel Shabtay
PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS
(2019)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Alona Kleinjan-Elazary, Yehoshav Ben-Meir, Haim Gacitua, Harel Levit, Avia Fridman, Dima Shinder, Shamay Jacoby, Joshua Miron, Ilan Halachmi, Eran Gershon
JOURNAL OF DAIRY RESEARCH
(2020)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Daniel Bikel, Yehoshav Ariel Ben-Meir, Yoav Shaani, Ran Solomon, Idan Richker, Yuri Portnik, Shamay Jacoby, Joshua Miron, Roi Ben-David
ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Y. A. Ben Meir, M. Nikbachat, Y. Portnik, S. Jacoby, G. Adin, U. Moallem, I Halachmi, J. Miron, S. J. Mabjeesh
Summary: By increasing the forage-to-concentrate ratio in the diet, feed efficiency can be improved in low-efficient cows, resulting in enhanced milk production efficiency.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Theresa Casey, Aridany Suarez-Trujillo, Shelby Cummings, Katelyn Huff, Jennifer Crodian, Ketaki Bhide, Clare Aduwari, Kelsey Teeple, Avi Shamay, Sameer J. Mabjeesh, Phillip San Miguel, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Karen Plaut
Summary: The mammary epithelial circadian clock, regulated by BMAL1:CLOCK, plays a role in mammary gland development and lactation by controlling genes related to cell adhesion, membrane transport, and lipid metabolism. Knocking out BMAL1 in HC11 cells resulted in lower cell densities, increased reactive oxygen species, and decreased expression of genes associated with lactation, supporting the hypothesis that the clock is important in mammary development and substrate transport.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Mugagga Kalyesubula, Theresa M. Casey, Naama Reicher, Chris Sabastian, Yossi Wein, Enav Bar Shira, Nguyen Hoang, Uduak Z. George, Avi Shamay, Karen Plaut, Sameer J. Mabjeesh
Summary: The study suggests that short-day photoperiod can increase milk production in goats, with effects on physiological state and circadian clock gene expression. Photoperiod also influences body temperature and prolactin levels, indicating a potential role in regulating milk yield.
SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Physiology
Jonathan Dayan, Tal Melkman-Zehavi, Naama Reicher, Ulrike Braun, Vivienne Inhuber, Sameer J. Mabjeesh, Orna Halevy, Zehava Uni
Summary: Optimal embryonic development and growth of meat-type chickens rely on incubation conditions, nutrients and energy resources within the egg. Dynamic changes in energy metabolism during the last phase of incubation may affect embryonic survival, hatchlings' quality and post hatch performance, hence being of great importance to poultry production.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Philip Wagali, Chris Sabastian, Yehoshua Saranga, Shiran Ben-Zeev, Sameer J. Mabjeesh
Summary: The aim of this study was to establish Tef as a multi-harvest summer fodder crop and investigate the effects of irrigation, genotype, and additives on tef silage making and quality. Results showed that Tef can be successfully ensiled and most of the silage parameters were better at 75% irrigation. Additives improved the quality of silage, increasing protein content. This is important for increasing the diversity of local ruminant fodder crops and ensuring high-quality feed supply during the summer.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Felista Mwangi, Areen Dallasheh, Mugagga Kalyesubula, Naama Reicher, Chris Sabastian, Sameer J. J. Mabjeesh
Summary: Flavours improve feed intake and weight gain in lambs. Capsicum is preferred by lambs, while liquid orange is disliked. Capsicum also increases daily weight gain.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Justine Kilama, Yoav Yakir, Yoav Shaani, Gaby Adin, Samir Kaadan, Philip Wagali, Chris Sabastian, Godliver Ngomuo, Sameer J. Mabjeesh
Summary: The global demand for animal-based products is increasing while feed resources are depleting, and the improper disposal of agro-industrial by-products (AIBPs) leads to environmental pollution. This study examined 15 domestically produced AIBPs from different regions of Israel to evaluate their potential as ruminant feed alternatives. The AIBPs showed diverse nutritional characteristics, with some having rich essential nutrients and minerals, excellent digestibility, but short storability and off-odors. Further research is needed to focus on storage technology and feeding trials to fully utilize the potential of AIBPs in livestock nutrition.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Yehoshav A. Ben Meir, Yoav Shaani, Daniel Bikel, Yuri Portnik, Shamai Jacoby, Uzi Moallem, Joshua Miron, Eyal Frank
Summary: Reducing sodium content in dairy cow feed can improve feed efficiency and reduce sodium excretion. This study examined the effect of reducing sodium intake on dry matter intake, milk yield, and sodium excretion in dairy cows. The results suggest that lowering the dietary sodium content can be beneficial for both the environment and the cows.