[HTML][HTML] Invited review: ruminal microbes, microbial products, and systemic inflammation

M Garcia, BJ Bradford, TG Nagaraja - The Professional Animal Scientist, 2017 - Elsevier
The ruminal ecosystem is inhabited by complex communities of microbes that include
bacteria, protozoa, archaea, fungi, and viruses. The immune system of the animal has …

[HTML][HTML] Invited Review: Advances in efficiency of growing dairy replacements

A Bach, J Ahedo, A Kertz - Applied Animal Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose This article reviews the importance of feed efficiency in heifer rearing and
discusses potential factors that can modulate feed efficiency and their possible implications …

Analysis of the gut bacterial communities in beef cattle and their association with feed intake, growth, and efficiency,,

PR Myer, HC Freetly, JE Wells, TPL Smith… - Journal of animal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The impetus behind the global food security challenge is direct, with the necessity to feed
almost 10 billion people by 2050. Develo** a food-secure world, where people have …

Feedlot performance, feeding behavior, carcass and rumen morphometrics characteristics of Nellore cattle submitted to strategic diets prior the adaptation period

MCS Pereira, JVT Dellaqua, OA Sousa, PF Santi… - Livestock Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The study was designed to evaluate the effects of either nutritional restriction or intake of
concentrate feedstuffs before beginning the adaptation period on days to adapt, feedlot …

High‐density diet improves growth performance and beef yield but affects negatively on serum metabolism and visceral morphology of Holstein steers

Q Qiu, X Qiu, C Gao, AUR Muhammad… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different dietary densities on growth
performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, serum metabolism, ruminal papillae …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in gene expression in the rumen and colon epithelia during the dry period through lactation of dairy cows and effects of live yeast supplementation

A Bach, I Guasch, G Elcoso… - Journal of dairy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were (1) to use endoscopy to collect biopsies from the rumen
and colon epithelia to describe changes in gene expression in these 2 tissues as cows …

A garlic and citrus extract: Impacts on behavior, feed intake, rumen fermentation, and digestibility in sheep

E Ahmed, B Batbekh, N Fukuma, D Kand… - Animal Feed Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is global interest in decreasing methane (CH 4) emissions from ruminants due to their
negative impacts on the efficiency of the livestock industry and the environment. The present …

Effect of diet on non-nutritive oral behavior performance in cattle: a systematic review

EE Ridge, MJ Foster, CL Daigle - Livestock Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Stereotypies are repetitive behaviors the may be performed in effort to relieve frustration or
cope with a sub-optimal environment. Cattle are hypothesized to cope with the differences …

Characterization of three different mediterranean beef fattening systems: Performance, behavior, and carcass and meat quality

D Sánchez, S Marti, M Verdú, J González… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Beef fattening systems present a large diversity according to the effect of
the type (genetics and gender) of animals fattened, the nutrition programs, the housing …

The potential of shortening the adaptation of Nellore cattle to high-concentrate diets using only virginiamycin as sole feed additive

ALN Rigueiro, MM Squizatti, AM Silvestre… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Feedlot cattle are usually adapted to high-concentrate diets containing sodium monensin
(MON) in more than 14 days. However, for finishing diets with lower energy content, the use …