BACKGROUND Acute outbreaks of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) require rapid, effective, parenteral antimicrobial treatment. The efficacy and safety of a single, short-acting, high dose of marbofloxacin (Forcyl® swine 160 mg/mL) compared with 1 or 2 doses of 7.5 mg/kg enrofloxacin in APP outbreaks in European farms was studied. METHODS A controlled, randomised block, blinded, multicentre...

The study aims to investigate the influence of supplementation hydroxy methionine analogues (HMA) and vegetable oils (VO) on testosterone hormone levels physiological profile blood plasma fattening Bali cattle. A randomized block design with four treatments tests was used in study. Sixteen male cattle a body weight range 78-183 kg CV 25.33% were used. ration containeds 18% protein ME = 16 MJ/kg...

BACKGROUND The natural feeding behaviour of the pig is searching for feed by rooting activities throughout the day; self-feeding pigs randomly space their eating and drinking periods throughout the day consuming ten to twelve meals per day. Pigs in conventional fattening pig production are normally fed 2-3 times daily with the feed consumed within 15 minutes. The aim of this study was to determ...

This paper describes research into concentration of total proteins and individual protein fractions in the blood serum of Ross broiler chickens during fattening period. Blood for analysis was taken at the 14th, 28th and 42nd days of age by wing vein puncture. Concentration of total serum proteins was detected by spectrophotometry. Electrophoresis on gelled cellulose-acetate tapes determined the...

In this experiment the effect of dietary carob pods in the growth performance of fattening pigs and their meat quality, including steak chemical composition and fatty acid profile, were examined. A total of 160 weaning piglets, 30 days old, were allocated into four equal groups with 4 subgroups of 5 female and 5 males each. The animals were fed with isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets, containi...

Ergot alkaloids (EA) are mycotoxins produced by Claviceps purpurea. EA-toxicity is poorly characterized for fattening chickens. Therefore, a dose-response study was performed to identify the lowest, and no observed adverse effect levels (LOAEL and NOAEL, respectively) based on several endpoints. Non-starch-polysaccharide (NSP) cleaving enzyme addition and dietary fat content were additionally c...

the present study was conducted to investigate effect of the fattening system and the duration of the fattening period on growth performance and carcass composition. in lori bakhtiary male lambs. sixty lambs were assigned to a factorial experiment of a completely randomized design comprised of two factors, including: fattening system (fs1: feedlot following weaning, and fs2: grazing on pasture ...