We examined the effective diagnostic indicator using the concanavalin A (Con A) low-affinity lactoferrin (Lf) to mastitic drying cows. The concentrations of both Lf and Con A low-affinity Lf in mammary gland secretions (MGSs) were lower than normal MGSs at the early and middle dry periods and colostrums. On the other hand, the levels of Con A low-affinity Lf in MGSs increased following the appe...

Tian M., Wang N., Su G., Shi B., Shan A. (2017): Effects of dietary l-carnitine and fat type on the performance, milk composition and immunoglobulin in sows, and immunological variables of sows and piglets during late gestation and lactation. Czech J. Anim. Sci., 62, 185–194. An experiment with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments (n = 12 sows/treatment) was conducted to investigate the ...

We demonstrated the prebiotic effect of lacto-N-biose I (Galbeta1-3GlcNAc) on bifidobacteria in vitro. Lacto-N-biose I, a building unit of the type-I milk oligosaccharides, enhanced the growth of many bifidobacteria, especially Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. breve, and B. longum, which are predominant in the intestines of breast-fed infants. It might be a substantial, natural prebiotic in human co...

Calves become infected with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) early in life, which frequently results in long-term shedding of the zoonotic pathogen. Little is known about the animals' immunological status at the time of infection. We assessed the quantity and dynamics of maternal and acquired antibodies to Shiga toxins (Stx1 and Stx2), the principal STEC virulence factors, in a coh...

the main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of dietary inclusion of wheat or corn as the main source of starch in prepartum diets on colostrum composition, colostrum igg1 and igg2 concentrations, serum igg1 and igg2 concentrations of calves and efficiency of igg1, igg2 and total ig absorption. for this purpose, thirty primiparous and twenty multiparous holstein cows were used in...

AIM This cross-sectional study describes the practice of different myths regarding newborns and maternal physical activity among Saudi women during puerperium. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was conducted at Mother and Child Hospital, Buraidah from January to December 2011. RESULTS The multinomial logistic regression (MRA) on age, education, occupation, parity and mode of delivery was stati...