Reprint

Body Condition and Productivity, Health and Welfare

Edited by
January 2023
268 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-6239-1 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-6240-7 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Body Condition and Productivity, Health and Welfare that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Summary

This reprint focuses on applied research on growth traits, fat reserves, fatty acid profiles and enriched diets and their effects on reproduction, health status and welfare. The studies contained in the volume have been carried out in both monogastric organisms and ruminants, fish, broilers or pigeons. Fundamental studies with rats or mice are also presented.

The reader will find novel research about the effects of the degree of fatness and muscularity determined by ultrasound method on sows´ reproductive performance, genetic studies on fatty acid profiles and growth traits in rabbits and Gilthead Seabream;  nutritional studies addressing diets enriched with bee pollen in rats, postbiotics in male rabbits, concentrate and bypass supplementations in buffaloes; and interesting studies on the welfare assessment of meat sheep, rabbits, racing pigeons, broilers, alpacas and llamas using body condition measurements.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
gilts; litter; parity; sows; ultrasonography; Aloka SSD-500; acrylamide; alcohol; diet; bone health; biochemical analysis; morphological analysis; microcomputed tomography; mice; Cornelian cherry; diet; diabetes mellitus; bone quality; biochemistry; microcomputed tomography; histomorphometry; Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats; body condition; fertility; litter size variability; rabbits; selection; estradiol; foetuses; leptin; NEFA; progesterone; perirenal fat thickness; placenta; ovulation rate; cross-fostering; piglets; growth performance; stress status; immunoglobulin; buffaloes; economy; growth; Murrah crossbred; Swamp; fermented food; hepatic profile; lactic acid bacteria; postbiotic; rabbit; semen profile; bee pollen; nutrition; bone structure; bone health; rat; body condition score; body measurements; fat depots; goats; prediction equation; ultrasound; bypass fat; buffalo; concentrate; performance; supplementation; blood biochemical; buffalo; cost analysis; growth performance; supplementation; animal-based measures; indicators; sheep welfare; stress; South American camelids; anaemia; nutritional status; emaciation; clinical scores; haematology; control population; genetic parameters; growth rate; ovulation rate; slaughter weight; variability of growth traits; weaning weight; Columba livia domestica; infectious diseases; serum corticosterone; welfare; fatty acid profile; heritability; gilthead seabream; body weight; moisture; fat; collagen; protein; embryo; MUFA; ovulation; PUFA; SFA; broiler ileum; cold stimulation; immunoglobulins; cytokines; toll-like receptors; heat shock proteins

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