In view of rising concerns on the extensive use of antibiotics in animal production, there is an increasing interest for developing alternative disease control strategy to enhance animal health and to reduce the use of antimicrobials. One promising new possibility to achieve this goal is the use of natural herbal products to enhance feed efficiency, gut health, and innate immunity [1, 2]. The A...

Eight years have elapsed since the last World Rabbit Congress on rabbit farming but, since then, there has not been a radical change of knowledge on rabbit enteropathies and still little is known on the etiology of Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy (ERE). This disease continuous to pose a severe health threat for rabbit meat production farms and it undermines their profitability. Despite improvement...

Four experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of organic or inorganic acid supplementation on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal measurements and white blood cell counts of weanling pigs. In growth trial (Exp I), a total of 100 crossbred pigs ({Landrace×Yorkshire}×Duroc), weaned at 23±2 days of age and 7.25±0.10 kg average initial body weight (BW), were allot...

Unused nitrogen in the manure in the form of uric acid has contributed immensely to ammonia emissions. However, diet manipulation and management (an ideal dietary crude protein) as well as litter treatment with acidifiers and manure removal have been recognized as a means to reduce ammonia emissions from poultry operations. This study was an assessment of the nutrient profile accumulated laying...

Struvite is the most common canine urolith. Struvite uroliths form when urine is supersaturated with magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate. Saturation is usually associated with a bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI) with urease-producing bacteria such as Staphylococcus species or, less commonly, Proteus species. Infections are particularly common in female and young dogs. Medical dissolution o...

•The electrochemical upgrade of CO2 captured in the carbonate form to C2+ products•Studying key metrics (local pH and reactant concentration) reactive capture•Interposer catalyst joint design enables electrosynthesis 56 wt % C2H4•Reactive capture obviates need for energy regenerate lost/unreacted Cradle-to-gate carbon-negative technologies, including direct air (DAC), have shown promise mitigat...