Histological, immunocytochemical and immunofluorescence methods were employed to study the intestine and endocrine pancreas of the elephant. The histological findings were in line with those in monogastric mammals. In the mucosa of intestine, endocrine cells were immunoreactive to somatostatin, gastrin, CCK, GIP, secretin, motilin, glucagon and NPY. Nerve cells immunoreactive to somatostatin, s...

BACKGROUND The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) may be concentrated in distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS; a co-product of fuel ethanol fermentation) when grain containing DON is used to produce fuel ethanol. Even low levels of DON (≤ 5 ppm) in DDGS sold as feed pose a significant threat to the health of monogastric animals. New and improved strategies to reduce DON in DDGS...

The effects of dietary macroalgae, or seaweeds, on growth performance and meat quality livestock animal species are here reviewed. Macroalgae classified into Phaeophyceae (brown algae), Rhodophyceae (red algae) Chlorophyceae (green algae). most common macroalga genera used as feedstuffs are: Ascophyllum, Laminaria Undaria for brown algae; Ulva, Codium Cladophora green Pyropia, Chondrus Palmaria...

With the current increase in meat and animal products consumption, there is a need to make production systems more sustainable. The use of microalgae monogastric feeds, replacing widely used conventional feedstuffs such corn soybean, can be solution overcome this problem. Several studies have shown promising results feeding both pigs poultry. However, are several important constraints associate...

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] seed phosphorus is stored primarily as phytic acid, a form in which it is unavailable to monogastric mammals and birds. Because of the nutritional and environmental problems caused by phytic acid, development of cultivars with low phytic acid (lpa) mutations has become an important objective in many soybean breeding programs. Information about the inheritance of...