As the animal welfare community strives to empirically assess how care and management
practices can help maintain or even enhance welfare, the development of tools for non …

Simple Summary The objectives of this study were to determine if housing Bovan brown
laying hens in conventional cages or enriched floor pens impacted novel physiological and …

Domesticated horses live under different conditions compared with their extinct wild
ancestors. While housed, medicated and kept on a restricted source of feed, the microbiota …

Our understanding of how equine immunoglobulin genes are organized has increased
significantly in recent years. For equine heavy chains, 52 IGHV, 40 IGHD, 8 IGHJ and 11 …

Simple Summary The objective of this study was to determine how environmental complexity
and stocking density impacted immunoglobulin-A (IgA) concentrations in fast-growing broiler …

During hospitalization horses may develop gastrointestinal conditions triggered by a stress-
associated weak local immune system. The prospective, clinical trial was conducted to find …

Conventional housing environments for broiler chickens and commercial laying hens are
often barren, high-density environments with an emphasis on production efficiency. These …

Intestinal inflammation is a major welfare issue for horses causing colic, diarrhoea and an
inability to thrive. One of the diagnoses with poor prognosis is inflammatory bowel disease …

A large portion of the demand for purebred dogs in the United States is met by commercial
breeding (CB). CB is a contentious issue, and concern exists surrounding the quality and …

The research aimed at identifying and rendering alcoholic extracts of various plants based
on their in vitro potential in stimulating cell mediated immunity and in alleviating stress …