Effects of essential mineral elements deficiency and supplementation on serum mineral elements concentration and biochemical parameters in grazing Mongolian …

X Jin, L Meng, R Zhang, M Tong, Z Qi… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Traditional sheep grazing is the pillar industry and the main source of income for local
herders in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. However, grazing sheep often …

Groundnut shells as a potential feed supplement for ruminants on pastures: A review

BG Mokolopi - Indian Journal of Animal Research, 2022 - indianjournals.com
Communal grazing does not offer adequate forage for ruminants throughout the year. This
problem is exacerbated during the dry season when grazing is scarce and of poor nutritional …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring seasonal and agro-ecological effects on nutritional status in tropical ranging dairy cows

K Worku, Y Kechero, GPJ Janssens - Journal of Dairy Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite high numbers of cattle, milk production in many tropical countries such as Ethiopia
is very low. Animals are managed traditionally, meaning they mostly depend on seasonal …

Effects of trace element supplementation on apparent nutrient digestibility and utilisation in grass-fed zebu (Bos indicus) cattle

V Dermauw, K Yisehak, ES Dierenfeld, G Du Laing… - Livestock Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Trace element deficiencies in cattle are omnipresent, both in developing and industrialised
regions. Little information is available on the effect of dietary trace elements on nutrient …

Gaining insights in the nutritional metabolism of amphibians: Analyzing body nutrient profiles of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

A Brenes-Soto, ES Dierenfeld, G Bosch, WH Hendriks… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Whole bodies of Xenopus laevis (n= 19) were analysed for chemical composition and
morphometrics. The nutrient profile (macronutrients, amino acids, fatty acids and minerals) …

Phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium contents of pasture and their effect on body condition scores and body mass of communal cattle depending on natural pasture …

BG Mokolopi - Tropical animal health and production, 2019 - Springer
This research was conducted to determine the effects of phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), and
magnesium (Mg) content in pasture with body weight and body condition scores in cattle …

Minerals in the blood, hair, and faeces of the critically endangered western derby eland under human care in two wildlife reserves in Senegal

L Stoklasová, J Váhala, P Hejcmanová - Biological trace element research, 2020 - Springer
The widely used means of investigating animal mineral profiles are blood serum or plasma
and internal organ tissues. The acquisition of these types of samples can be invasive and …

The interplay between voluntary food intake, dietary carbohydrate-lipid ratio and nutrient metabolism in an amphibian, (Xenopus laevis)

A Brenes-Soto, ES Dierenfeld, GPJ Janssens - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Digestion of food and metabolism of frogs are little studied at the moment, and such
processes could be very particular in the case of amphibians, given their ectothermic and …

Trace Element Distribution in Selected Edible Tissues of Zebu (Bos indicus) Cattle Slaughtered at Jimma, SW Ethiopia

V Dermauw, M Lopéz Alonso, L Duchateau… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The amount of trace elements present in edible bovine tissues is of importance for both
animal health and human nutrition. This study presents data on trace element …

A disparate trace element metabolism in zebu (Bos indicus) and crossbred (Bos indicus × Bos taurus) cattle in response to a copper-deficient diet

V Dermauw, A De Cuyper, L Duchateau… - Journal of animal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Copper deficiency is a commonly diagnosed problem in cattle around the globe. In Jimma,
Ethiopia, 8 zebu (Bos indicus) and 8 zebu× Holstein Friesian cross (Bos taurus× Bos …