Stress Management

Thursday, December 5, 2019
Effect of nutritional immunomodulation and heat stress during the dry period on subsequent performance of cows
Heat stress in dairy cows during the dry period impairs milk yield in the next lactation. Feeding OmniGen-AF (OG; Phibro Animal Health Corp., Teaneck, NJ) to lactating cows during heat stress may increase dry matter intake (DMI) and lowers ...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Ayucee: A perfect replacement of Synthetic Vitamin C
Role of Vitamin C is very well known to all. With other essential functions as vitamins, it also has a very role as antioxidant and stress buster. Although most of the farm animals can synthesize vitamin C in the body due to the presence of ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Organic chromium supplementation for broilers
Stressed broilers are observed to have lower feed intake and poorer weight gain, with sub-optimal carcass quality. These problems are exacerbated in regions with sweltering heat and high humidity (>80%) like Southeast Asia.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Vitamin E and Se: does 1+1 equal more than 2?
It is well known that animal/poultry production is associated with a range of stresses, including environmental (high or low temperature, dust, not optimal humidity, etc.), technological (bird placement, vaccination, grading, transfer and t ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Enhancing tolerance of broiler chickens to heat stress by supplementation with vitamin E, vitamin C and/or probiotics
Heat stress is one of the major challenges which the poultry industry faces during summer in tropical and subtropical regions. This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of Vitamin (Vit) E, C and/or probiotics on improving tolerance of ...
Friday, June 16, 2017
Effect of supplementing organic selenium on performance, carcass traits, oxidative parameters and immune responses in commercial broiler chickens
An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of supplementing various concentrations (0, 100, 200, 300, or 400g/kg diet) of organic Se on growth performance, carcass traits, oxidative stress, and immune responses in commercial broile ...
Friday, June 16, 2017
Sodium bicarbonate: a mineral-based solution for cattle during heat stress
With warmer weather and increase of temperature, dairy cows - especially high yield cows - are starting to suffer. As soon as temperatures reach 20°C and in the event of high humidity, they remain standing, seek out shade, drink more water, ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Phytogenic feed additives: Keeping oxidative stress down with plant extracts
The rising global population comes with an increasing demand for food, with animal protein playing an increasingly important role as source of protein. Poultry meat production is world-wide the fastest growing meat sector, and estimated to ...
Monday, September 26, 2016
LifeStart calf research round-up: weaning
Calf weaning is tricky business, but weaning later and smarter, along with a high plane of nutrition prior to weaning, provides benefits for calf health and lifetime performance.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Copper is key for piglet performance
The element is essential to a functional immune system and optimal health. Adding supplemental copper to nursery pig rations can improve daily gain and feed conversion ratios. More importantly, choosing the right type of copper is necessary ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Six hours after infection, the metabolic changes induced by WSSV neutralise the host's oxidative stress defenses
Levels of intracellular ROS (reactive oxygen species) were significantly increased in hemocytes collected from WSSV-infected shrimp within the first 30–120min after infection. Measurement of the NADPH/ NADP+ and GSH/GSSG ratios revealed tha ...
Monday, June 27, 2016
Current state of bacteria pathogenicity and their relationship with host and environment in Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) is a species having tolerance to low water quality and disease, yet in recent years its cultivation has been faced with problems related to infections with bacteria such as Aeromonas spp.,Streptococcus s ...
Monday, June 20, 2016
Nutritional factors and piglet intestinal development
This topic was presented at Hamlet Protein's seminar "Gut physiology development in young pigs - why is weaning age and digestibility so important?" at the World Pork Expo 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Monday, June 20, 2016
Aromabiotic fighting the immunity gap
It is well known in swine husbandry that the weaning period is the most critical period in a piglet's life. Around weaning piglets are facing environmental, nutritional, social and managerial changes. The short term consequences of ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Enhancement of antioxidant activity, non-specific immunity and growth performance of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus by dietary fructooligosaccharide
In this study, Nile tilapia was fed experimental diets containing different levels (0, 1, 2, and 3%) of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) for 6 weeks to investigate its effect on the antioxidant activity, non-specific immunity and growth performa ...

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