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Green kiwifruit modulates the colonic microbiota in growing pigs

March 18, 2011March 16, 2011adminLeave a Comment

Aims: To investigate whether green kiwifruit modulates the composition of colonic microbiota in growing pigs. Methods and Results: Thirty two pigs were fed the control diet or one of three test diets containing either cellulose, freeze-dried kiwifruit or kiwifruit fibre as the sole fibre source for 14 days’ study. A Ward’s dendrogram of similarity cluster […]

Mulgara population boom after cat control

March 17, 2011March 16, 2011adminLeave a Comment

A tiny creature with a penchant for sucking out the brains of its prey is showing signs of a remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction on a remote West Australian reserve. The brush tailed mulgara, a small carnivorous marsupial, was once common across the arid regions of Australia but in the past quarter of […]

Prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders recorded at postmortem inspection in white veal calves and associated risk factors.

March 16, 2011March 16, 2011adminLeave a Comment

This study from the University of Padova, Padua, Italy, aimed at assessing the prevalence of poor rumen development, presence of rumen plaques, rumen papillae hyperkeratinization, and abomasal lesions in veal calves, and to investigate risk factors for their occurrence at the farm level. Within a wide cross-sectional study, a sample of 170 veal farms representative […]