The present study aimed to investigate the interactive effects of dietary supplementation to the feed with astaxanthin and/or DHA on the color and odor of Eriocheir sinensis ovaries. The results revealed that astaxanthin supplementation significantly increased redness of E. sinensis ovaries (P < ...

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This study evaluated the effect of black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) condensed tannin extract in simple and complex diets for weaned piglets on performance, faecal consistency and serum haptoglobin concentrations. Eighty-eight female and castrated male piglets were used, weaned at 28 ± 3 days old,...

Vitamin B₆ is an essential micronutrient for the healthy growth and normal physiological function of animals. It not only participates in the normal metabolic reaction of the body as a coenzyme, but also has a variety of biological functions such as neuromodulation, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory,...

With the intensive production of livestock and poultry and the enhancement of people's health awareness, consumers are more and more concerned about the quality and nutritional value of livestock and poultry muscle, such as shear force, drip loss, cooking loss, pH value, intramuscular fat content....

The increasing global population tends many sectors to overcome the food security issue; sustainable aquaculture is one of the systems that reveal the food problem in the world. The aquaculture industry is drastically increasing to offer the growing demand for this food type. The high mortalities...

The reason for presenting this review was the growing increase in antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria. New regulations of the European Union enforce the need to reduce significantly antibiotics use in animal production. Therefore, representatives of veterinary medicine and swine producers...

In view of the fact that cages and bait are not allowed in large water surface aquiculture, 1-2 kinds of new green feeds "plankton + microecologics" were developed to solve the problems of yield reduction, slow growth and difficulty in fishing of aquatic organisms caused by extensive mode. The new...

Nutritional management of veterinary patients with cancer should be specific to each patient based on ongoing nutritional assessment. Nutritional management may influence remission time, survival time, and quality of life of veterinary patients with cancer. It may also help pets feel better while...

Preweaning strategies to minimize fallback pigs in the nursery include cross fostering, creep feeding, and weaning an older pig. Postweaning strategies to minimize fallback pigs in the nursery include optimum barn temperature and ventilation set points, easy access to feed and water, and proactive...