Invited review: increasing milk yield and negative energy balance: a gordian knot for dairy cows?

H Martens - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Dairy cows have been primarily selected during the last century for higher
milk production with no attention being paid to other traits such as a sufficient dry matter …

Prevalence and concentration of mycotoxins in animal feed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A systematic review and meta-analysis

G Jalilzadeh-Amin, B Dalir-Naghadeh… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study seeks a comprehensive meta-analysis of mycotoxin contaminants in animal feed
consumed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The obtained articles were …

Supplementing a phytogenic feed additive modulates the risk of subacute rumen acidosis, rumen fermentation and systemic inflammation in cattle fed acidogenic diets

R Rivera-Chacon, E Castillo-Lopez, S Ricci, RM Petri… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The present study evaluated the hypothesis that phytogenic
supplementation in the diet will reduce the negative impacts of subacute ruminal acidosis …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term exposure to the mycotoxins zearalenone or fumonisins affects rumen fermentation and microbiota, and health variables in cattle

T Hartinger, L Grabher, C Pacífico, B Angelmayr… - Food and Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Zearalenone (ZEN) and fumonisins (FUM) jeopardize fertility and health in cattle; yet, their
toxigenic effects on rumen health and microbiota, both being crucial for animal health, are …

The Most Important Metabolic Diseases in Dairy Cattle during the Transition Period

V Tufarelli, N Puvača, D Glamočić, G Pugliese… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review delves into key metabolic diseases affecting dairy cattle such
as subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA), ketosis, and hypocalcemia. The aim of this review …

Supplementation with phytogenic compounds modulates salivation and salivary physico-chemical composition in cattle fed a high-concentrate diet

S Ricci, R Rivera-Chacon, RM Petri… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Saliva facilitates feed ingestion, nutrient circulation, and represents an important pH buffer
for ruminants, especially for cattle fed high-concentrate diets that promote rumen …

Effects of high concentrate-induced subacute ruminal acidosis severity on claw health in first-lactation Holstein cows

J Kofler, M Hoefler, T Hartinger, E Castillo-Lopez… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study, 24 first-lactation Holstein cows were evaluated to investigate
how different levels of diet-induced subacute rumen acidosis (SARA) during early lactation …

Physicochemical characterisation of barley straw treated with sodium hydroxide or urea and its digestibility and in vitro fermentability in ruminants

M Bachmann, SD Martens, Y Le Brech, G Kervern… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The development of strategies to overcome the shortage of forage due to persistently low
rainfall is becoming a central task for animal nutrition in research and practice. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Variations in fecal pH and fecal particle size due to changes in dietary starch: Their potential as an on-farm tool for assessing the risk of ruminal acidosis in …

B Khorrami, P Kheirandish, Q Zebeli… - Research in Veterinary …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the variations in fecal pH and particle size due to changes in dietary
starch, and the potential of these variations as a tool to detect the risk of subacute ruminal …

[HTML][HTML] Subacute ruminal acidosis phenotypes in periparturient dairy cows differ in ruminal and salivary bacteria and in the in vitro fermentative activity of their ruminal …

H Yang, S Heirbaut, J Jeyanathan, XP Jing… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Both ruminal microbial structure and functionality might play a role in inter-individual
variation in susceptibility for subacute rumen acidosis (SARA) observed in dairy cows. The …