In late pregnancy, energy deficits in ewes can induce a metabolic imbalance, which often results in pregnancy toxaemia. This metabolic disorder is characterised by hypoglycaemia, hyperketonaemia, an increase in plasma concentrations of free fatty acids and by fatty infiltration in the liver. The purpose of the present study was to identify alterations in lipid and triglyceride-rich lipoprotein ...

The effects of the partial substitution corn and soybean meals with bakery former foodstuffs (BFF) wheat wet distiller’s grains (WDGs) on environmental sustainability, production performance, health status were evaluated in beef cattle. Newly arrived Limousine heifers (n = 408) housed an intensive farm Campagnatico (Grosseto, Italy) balanced for initial weight body conformation then randomly di...

The paper analyses the costs of production roughage and nutritive fodder fattening HF Limousine crossbreds feeder cattle. growing for cattle were calculated per one hectare. cost producing tonne feed was determined based on farm’s mean crop yield. calculation included maintenance, including feeding 14 animals over 22 months. kept untethered in stalls with deep litter from body weight 36.86 kg t...