Administration of high amounts of two solid feeds to veal calves: effects on growth performance and slaughter traits

The study aimed at assessing the effects on growth performance and slaughter traits of two type of solid feeds (Maize grain vs. Mix) administrated to veal calves in amounts exceeding the minimum recommended by the welfare legislation. Fifty Polish Friesian calves, housed in 5 group pens per each experimental treatment, were fed the same milk replacer diett twice a day. After milk distribution a growing amount of solid feed was distributed through the fattening period. The type of solid feed did not affect calves final body weight and average daily gain although intake of solid feed was higher innnnnnnnnnnnncalves fed the Mix diet. Carcass weight and dressing percentage were no significantly affected by the two diets. Despite the higher haemoglobin level resulted with the Mix diet, no relevant differences between the two feeding treatments were observed regarding carcass colour parameters that were suitable for the meat market

Case ReportCeruminous otitis in native chicken breeders belonging toRobusta Lionatabreed

At the beginning of 2005, an outbreak of ceruminous otitis has been observed in a breeders flock belonging to the Robusta Lionata breed, a native chicken breed reared in a Centre for the valorisation and conservation of native poultry breeds. The disease caused a high morbidity rate (90% of birds), whereas the mortality affected only 10% of the birds. The death of the birds was preceded by clinical signs, such as worsening of the ceruminous otitis with abundant secretion of bad-smelling cerumen, lack of appetite and depression. The otitis externa, mainly bilateral, was the only evident finding at necropsy. Laboratory examinations showed only the presence of Mycoplasma synoviae, either by isolation on culture media or by PCR, on ear and choana samples. Aspergillus fumigatus was detected only in one bird. In this paper, the Authors report for the first time on an outbreak of ceruminous otitis in native chicken breeds and point out that the only pathogenic agent isolated from the birds has been Mycoplasma synoviae

Ginástica para Todos: conectando diferenças perspectivas e produção de conhecimento da Ginástica para Todos na universidade

A exemplo da parceria em edições anteriores do Fórum Internacional de Ginástica Geral e a Revista Conexões (2012 e 2014), temos novamente a oportunidade de publicar em 2016 edições temáticas de Ginástica, fruto de artigos produzidos por pesquisadores que participaram do VIII Fórum Internacional de Ginástica para Todos (VIII FIGPT) e que foram selecionados por pareceristas ad hoc doutores na área, por meio de sistema duplo cego, em consonância com as normativas da Revista. Esse evento, realizado desde 2001, resulta de uma reconhecida parceria entre a Faculdade de Educação Física da Unicamp e o Serviço Social do Comércio (SESC), com o apoio institucional da International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA)

Ginástica para Todos - conectando diferenças experiências e possibilidades da Ginástica para Todos em diversos contextos

A partir da edição de número 3 da revista Conexões, este número vem dar continuidade à publicação das produções científicas em Ginástica no contexto da temática da Ginástica para Todos, oriundas de artigos produzidos por pesquisadores que participaram do VIII Fórum Internacional de Ginástica para Todos (VIII FIGPT) e que foram selecionados por pareceristas ad hoc doutores na área, por meio de sistema duplo cego, em consonância com as normativas da revista. Esse evento, realizado desde 2001, resulta de uma reconhecida parceria entre a Faculdade de Educação Física da Unicamp e o Serviço Social do Comércio (SESC), com o apoio institucional da International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA)

MYH3-associated non-syndromic palatoschisis (cleft palate, CP) in Limousine cattle.

We have successfully identified the most likely cause for a rare autosomal recessive disorder with only one case. Our clinicopathologic and genomic findings for the MYH3-related recessively inherited form of non-syndromic cleft palate are consistent with those recently reported by Vaiman et al. (2022) (OMIA002590-9913). Interestingly, the 2-year-old Limousine female in our study appears to be the oldest known animal with MYH3-associated non-syndromic palatoschisis. According to Vaiman et al. (2022), life expectancy is short, with most animals euthanized in the first month of life. In addition, the variant allele frequency was found to be lower in the current Swiss population compared with the French Limousine (2.4%)

EFFECTS OF RAW SOYBEAN SEEDS LOW IN ANTINUTRITIONAL FACTORS ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, CARCASS QUALITY AND NITROGEN EXCRETION OF HEAVY PIGS IN AN ORGANIC FARM

Forty eight pigs were reared in outdoor pens (1.2 ha of land surface) from 80 to 180 kg of live weight. Two isoenergetic (ME = 14.6 MJ/kg DM) and isonitrogenous (CP=17.0% DM) feeds were compared; the first feed contained 10% of toasted full-fat soybean of conventional cultivars (TS), in the second one the toasted soybean was replaced by raw full-fat soybean low in antinutritional factors (RS). The pigs were blocked in 4 groups of 12 animals each and fed ad libitum. At 0, 43, 106 days on trial pigs were weighted, back-fat thickness was measured and blood samples were collected. At slaughter, samples of ham cover fat were collected to evaluate their acidic profile. The effects of feeds on growth performance, slaughter parameters, metabolic profile and nitrogen excretion (Nex) were studied. Nex was computed as difference between consumption and retention. No significant effects were observed on growth performance, carcass quality and metabolic profile, but with RS plasma urea concentration significantly decreased with respect to TS (5.33 vs. 6.67 mmol/l; P<0.01), reflecting a lower N digestibility of RS. Results indicated that 10% of low antinutritional factors raw soybean can be used on heavy pigs without relevant effects on performance and carcass quality. N in manure averaged 22.8 kg/pig place/year (assuming 3 cycles/year). Caution should be taken in outdoor pig systems since the land is uncropped and the risks of pollution are high

use of rumination and activity data as health status and performance indicators in beef cattle during the early fattening period

Abstract The aim of this study was to measure the level of activity and rumination in young bulls and to assess whether these data can be used as indicators of health status and average daily weight gain (ADG). Two groups of animals (period 1: n = 108 animals; period 2: n = 106 animals) were fitted with sensors to measure daily activity and rumination, were weighed on arrival and at the end of the trial (70 days) and were checked twice daily to verify their health condition. Any clinical signs and therapies were recorded. The dishomogeneity index of rumination (DR), and the daily dishomogeneity indices of activity (DDA) and rumination (DDR), were calculated. Bulls had an ADG of 1.42 ± 0.38 kg/day and showed an average duration of daily rumination of 404 ± 63 min and an average activity of 474 ± 46 bits, respectively. Animals characterised by low ADG had lower values of minimum daily rumination ( P = 0.01) and DDA ( P 0.001), and a greater rumination range ( P = 0.007) and DR ( P = 0.003). Bovine respiratory disease and lameness were detected 31 and five times, respectively; among affected animals, the average daily activity, rumination and DDA were lower ( P 0.05) at 3–6 days before the onset of visible clinical signs, whereas DDR increased compared to the values when individuals were apparently healthy. The use of individual sensors appears promising for the early diagnosis of disease in beef cattle and for improving herd management

Panorama da ginástica artística feminina brasileira de alto rendimento esportivo: progressão, realidade e necessidades

The Brazilian Women's Artistic Gymnastics results in international championships are refl ecting the high level of the athletes in the modality and expressing the evolution of this sport in Brazil in the last 10 years. Therefore, this article has the goal to present data about such evolution since the fi rst participation of the Brazilian gymnasts in the Olympic Games (1980), and to refl ect the development of the modality in Brazil. The data have been collected through a bibliographic and documental research. The data analysis showed a unstructured and immature process of the development of this sport in Brazil, revealing a very different reality from what has been exposed in the media.Os resultados das atletas brasileiras da Ginástica Artística feminina nos últimos 10 anos, refletidos principalmente nas competições de nível internacional, apontam para uma expressiva evolução do esporte no país. Assim, este artigo tem o propósito de apresentar dados acerca desta transformação, principalmente a partir da participação das ginastas em Jogos Olímpicos (desde 1980), e estabelecer reflexões em relação ao desenvolvimento da modalidade no país. A partir de uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, estes dados foram obtidos, reunidos e contextualizados com outras informações já disponíveis na literatura. Ao analisá-los foi possível não só apontar com especificidade como se deu esta evolução, como também apresentar uma realidade deflagradora de um processo ainda imaturo de desenvolvimento do esporte no país, que não condiz em grande parte com o que é posto pela mídia (de que a modalidade está em pleno avanço e de forma estruturada)

As ContribuiÇÕes Das Pesquisas Em HistÓria Oral Para O Desenvolvimento Da GinÁstica

As contribuições das pesquisas históricas para o desenvolvimento da Educação Física nas últimas décadas são crescentes e cada vez mais impactam nas publicações da área, e nas linhas e projetos de pesquisa. Neste contexto, temos as pesquisas relacionadas à área da Ginástica que colaboram sobremaneira para novas reflexões e perspectivas de seu estudo e aplicação, e dentre estas pesquisas vêm se destacando aquelas que se utilizam do método da história oral. Assim, o objetivo deste artigo é identificar as publicações que relacionam este método e a Ginástica, utilizando-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, com consulta a bases de dados nacionais. Após este levantamento, serão analisados alguns aspectos destas publicações (tema, período do estudo e publicação, lócus da pesquisa, perfil dos depoentes etc), assim como serão abordadas com maior particularidade as pesquisas que foram desenvolvidas pelas autoras deste artigo. Este estudo justifica-se por trazer de forma inédita um levantamento sobre pesquisas na área da ginástica com história oral, assim como alguns trabalhos com maior detalhamento, propiciando maior entendimento, visibilidade e uso dos mesmos, por professores, pesquisadores e interessados na área da Ginástica, da Educação Física de maneira mais ampla, assim como da História.100Educação Físic