The study aimed to examine effects of supplemented CLA to periparturient dairy cows receiving different concentrate proportions antepartum (a.p.) to investigate CLA effects on metabolism and immune function. Compared with adapted feeding, high-concentrate diet a.p. should induce a ketogenic metabolic situation postpartum (p.p.) to better understand how CLA works. A total of 64 pregnant German H...

Six Red Sokoto (RS) and West African Dwarf (WAD) does, raised intensively in livestock farm of Michael Okpara University were evaluated for milk yield and composition in a ten-week study. The animals in their first parity were fed cut-and-carry forages in a cafeteria arrangement between 07:00-08:00 h daily and also were allowed access to concentrate supplementation by 14:00 h. The forage consis...

The experiment was conducted with 15 Autumn-calving Holstein±Friesian cows, three of which were ®tted with rumen cannula, that were allowed to access a perennial timothy and meadow fescue sward between 10 June and 12 August 1996. The control treatment (C) consisted of pasture alone. For the other two treatments, cows were fed 4 kg per day of either a concentrate supplement consisting of barley ...

In this work, the efficacy of fig syrup, a Mediterranean fig derivative, as a nutraceutical supplement, was demonstrated. Fig syrup is a fruit concentrate used as a common ingredient in the preparation of typical foods, and particularly in cakes. In vitro assays were performed to determine the amount of nutraceutical ingredients, such as phenolic compounds (3.92 mg equivalent of gallic acid per...

In an attempt to evaluate the ruminal effects of dietary supplements of folic acid, eight steers (352 +/- 27 kg BW) fitted with a ruminal cannula were randomly assigned to a replicated 4 x 4 Latin square design. The treatments were 70% rolled barley + 30% timothy hay (HC), HC + 2 mg of folic acid per kilogram of BW (HC + FA), 30% rolled barley + 70% timothy hay (HF), and HF + 2 mg of folic acid...

We conducted two experiments to evaluate the effects of corn supplementation, source of corn, and corn particle size on performance and nutrient utilization of lactating dairy cows. In experiment 1, treatments were 1) direct-cut grass-legume forage without supplement, 2) direct-cut forage plus 10 kg DM of ground dry shelled corn-based concentrate, and 3) direct-cut forage plus 10 kg DM of coars...

The novel food ingredient, alfalfa protein concentrate (APC), consists of a complex of protein (45-60 %), minerals (Ca, Fe, Mg), and vitamins (A, D, E, K). APC is extracted from lucerne (Medicago sativa spp. sativa) also known as alfalfa. Alfalfa is processed to first provide a press juice from which the proteins associated with carotenoid and chlorophyll pigments are separated by heat treatmen...

Twenty-eight Comisana dry ewes were utilised to evaluate the effect of shearing (14 shorn and 14 unshorn ewes) and supplemental level (100 and 300g of concentrate) on intake of barley stubble. Shorn ewes showed a small increase in dry matter intake (at the end of August: 1.32 vs. 1.10kg/day; p<0.01). Intake of barley stubble decreased as supplement level increased (mean: 1.18 vs. 1.29; p<0.01)....

Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is a fibrin meshwork, in which platelet cytokines, growth factors, and cells are entrapped and discharged after a period and can serve as a resorbable film. PRF is the next generation of platelet concentrates equipped to improve arrangement without biochemical blood handling; PRF is an evolution of the fibrin adhesive, which is widely used in the oral surgery. The gui...

resistance of microencapsulated fish oil (mfo) in the rumen and its effects on fermentability of nutrients in the rumen was studied in 3 experiments. the key parameter in these studies was the amount of oil released from the microcapsules and their effects on gas production and rumen degradability in comparison with unprotected fish oil (fo). in the first experiment the effect of rumen and abom...