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The objectives of this study were to 1) identify determinants of poor welfare in commercial broiler chicken flocks by studying the associations between selected resource-based measures (RBM, potential risk factors), such as litter quality and dark period, and animal-based welfare [...]

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13 páginas, 6 tablas. To elucidate the influence of dietary carnosic acid (CA) and vitamin E on animal performance, immune response indicators and haematological parameters before and after transport stress, 24 lambs were individually fed ad libitum with milk replacer (MR) using [...]

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7 páginas, 5 tablas. Thirty-two lambs were divided in 4 groups with 2 replicates each (8 batches in total) according to their body weights. The lambs were fed a total mixed ration (TMR) formulated either with palm oil (CTRL, 2 replicates, 4 animals per replicate; 34gpalmoilkg-1 [...]

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of long-distance road transport (19 h, from Poland to Italy) during 2 seasons (summer vs. win- ter) on clinical and hematological variables in calves. The environmental temperature range that could com- promise the thermoregulation [...]

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Summary: This study was performed to determine the weight losses, subsequent recovery rate and transportation costs of yearling lambs transported for 3, 6, 9 and 19 hours. In this research, total 63 shorn, male, yearling Akkaraman lambs were weighed to equal the initial live weights [...]