The hypothesis tested was that tropical steers supplemented with the Desmanthus legume and lucerne, a widely characterized temperate of high nutritive value, would elicit similar responses in plasma metabolite profiles, productive performance, nitrogen retention, volatile fatty acids (VFA). tannin-binding compound, polyethylene glycol-4000 (PEG), added to diets (160 g/kg dry matter) objective f...

Methane production has been measured from lambs fed contrasting forages. This work has been driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and to determine energy losses to methane from contrasting diets. Young ram lambs were fed either fresh ryegrass/white clover pasture, lucerne (also pelleted lucerne), sulla, chicory, red clover, Lotus pedunculatus (lotus) and mixture...

This research first focuses on the spatial and temporal patterns of heavy metals from contrasting environments (highly polluted to deepwater sites) of Lake Geneva. The mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) records from two deepwater sites show that the heavy metal variations before the industrial period are primarily linked to natural weathering input of trace elements. By opposition, the discharge of ind...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of starch supplementation and season (summer vs winter) on blood metabolites and certain minerals and hormones in alloxan-diabetic and normal nondiabetic rabbits. In both seasons,alloxan induced significant lowering of serum insulin level associated with significantly higher plasma glucose levels. Starch supplementation increased in...

Previous field studies have supported the absence of a nutritional cost outweighing the beneficial anthelmintic effect of supplementing the diet of grazing goats with tannin-containing heather. In order to further research in this regard, an experiment was conducted indoors with 18 does artificially infected with Trichostrongylus colubriformis. The goats were offered lucerne hay for 6 weeks and...

This study investigated the effects of Spirulina (Arthrospira plantensis) supplementation level, basal diet, sire breed, and sex on wool quality parameters in purebred and crossbred Merino lambs. A total of 48 lambs, over two consecutive years (n=24 per year), was randomly allocated into Spirulina supplementation level (CONTROL, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH) groups and balanced by sire breed (Black Suffol...

Effects of 24 h mesenteric vein infusion of L-alanine (75 mmol/h) and diet forage:concentrate ratio on net nutrient metabolism by portal-drained viscera (PDV) and liver were measured in four Hereford-Angus heifers. Heifers were fed on diets containing approximately 750 g lucerne (Medicago sativa) or 750 g concentrate/kg every 2 h at similar metabolizable energy intakes in a balanced single reve...

Excess dietary glucose may be a factor in several captive wildlife diseases and reproductive abnormalities. The first step in understanding the health consequences of diets high in glucose is to characterize how dietary glucose concentrations change circulating glucose profiles. We adapted the glycemic index approach to detect differences in blood glucose concentrations in white rhinos in respo...

The aim of study was evaluation of the quality of feeds for dairy cattle on the content of copper and zinc from two agro-ecological zones (western Slovakia and eastern Slovakia). Feed samples-corn silage (n=70), lucerne silage (n=32), grass silage (n=25), and total mixed ration for dairy cows-TMR (n=66) came from livestock farms. The Cu and Zn contents were assessed in samples using atomic abso...

From its historical background and its focus on quality, the International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR) is one of the most prestigious conferences in the field of robotics. Sponsored by the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR), the goal of ISRR is to bring together active leading robotics researchers from academia, public institutions and industry to assess and share th...