Elizabeth Schwegler

Associations between resumption of postpartum ovarian activity, uterine health and concentrations of metabolites and acute phase proteins during the transition period in Holstein cows

The resumption of ovarian activity, uterine health, severity of the negative energy balance and the synthesis of inflammatory mediators during the transition period in dairy cows are interrelated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the resumption of postpartum ovarian activity and the percentage of polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells in endometrial cytology, lipid mobilization and the secretion of acute phase proteins. For this study, 20 multiparous Holstein cows were used. Blood samples that were collected from 21d before calving to 44d in milk (DIM) were analyzed for serum glucose, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), insulin, haptoglobin, albumin, paraoxonase and progesterone. Endometrial cytology was performed at 37±2DIM to evaluate the percentage of PMN cells in the uterine flushing. Cows were divided into two groups: (1) ovulatory cows (n=12), which returned to ovarian activity by 44±2DIM; and (2) anovulatory cows (n=8), which did not resume ovarian activity during this period. Ovulatory cows had a lower (P=0.05) percentage of PMN cells in endometrial cytology than anovulatory cows (26.3±8.3% vs. 53.4±16.9%, respectively). Ovulatory cows had higher serum albumin during the pre- (P=0.03) and postpartum periods (P=0.01), and tended to have lower haptoglobin concentrations in the prepartum period (P=0.07) and higher paraoxonase activity in the postpartum period (P=0.09). In conclusion, cows that resumed ovarian activity early in the postpartum period had higher albumin concentrations in the peripartum period, which were associated with a lower percentage of uterine PMN cells.

Effect of Bacillus cereus var. Toyoi and Saccharomyces boulardii on the immune response of sheep to vaccines

Abstract In this study we evaluated the effects of Bacillus cereus var. Toyoi and Saccharomyces boulardii on the immune response of lambs to Escherichia coli K88ab and Bovine Herpes Virus type 5 (BoHV-5) vaccines. Thirty, 3-month-old lambs were randomly grouped in three lots of 10 each and vaccinated at days 0 and 30 of the experiment. They grazed on the same pasture and were fed ad libitum twice a day with commercial sheep feed supplemented with either B. cereus var. Toyoi at a concentration of 1×106 viable spores gr−1, S. boulardii at a concentration of 1×106 CFU gr−1, or non-supplemented feed. Blood samples were collected at weekly intervals over eight weeks and antibody titres were analysed by ELISA. The mean seroconversions against E. coli and BoHV-5 of the fed probiotics groups were higher (p<0.001) than the controls. Both probiotics enhanced the humoral immune response of lambs to the vaccines.

Reduction of liver function delays resumption of postpartum ovarian activity and alters the synthesis of acute phase proteins in dairy cows.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentration of acute phase proteins, milk production, and resumption of postpartum ovarian activity of clinically healthy dairy cows in a semi-extensive system with different Liver Functionality Index (LFI) values. The animals were divided into two groups: Low LFI (LLFI: -7 to -12; n: 10) and High LFI (HLFI: -7 to -4; n: 10). Animals with LLFI had lower paraoxonase activity and lower albumin concentration in the pre- and postpartum periods (P<0.05), higher non-esterified fatty acids prepartum (P<0.005), and higher haptoglobin concentration postpartum (P<0.01). The LLFI group showed lower resumption of ovarian activity until 44days postpartum (29%; P<0.05) than HLFI (86%). Milk production did not differ between groups. Therefore, this study suggests that the LFI is an important biomarker of synthesis of acute phase proteins and the first ovulation interval, and it can be used to improve the production and reproductive performance.

Resultados econômicos da produção de cordeiros em confinamento utilizando na dieta casca de soja associada a quatro fontes de nitrogênio não-proteico

The aim of this study was to evaluate the production costs and economic return of soybean husks (CS) associated with two non-protein nitrogen (NNP) sources, in feedlot finishing lamb. Eighty (80) Suffolk cross lambs, averaging initial age of 79 ± 6 days and initial live weight of 23.11 ± 1.78 kg were used. The animals were grouped in four experimental lots accordingly to NNP source: conventional urea group (CUG, n = 20), which received 1% of common urea; protected urea group (PUG, n = 20), which received 1% of protected urea, at the ratio of 1% + 0.5% conventional urea, of total diet, respectively; and control group, with no additional source of NNP. Total production cost (CT) of lambs at weaning was R

Correlação entre cálcio e insulina durante o teste de tolerância à glicose em ovelhas gestantes e não gestantes

85.27/animal. In this cost ewes contributed with 68.55%, followed by the lamb cost (0-67 days), which represented 25.57% and rams with only 5.88%. The average CT in feedlot finishing was of R

Serum Metabolic Markers Pre and Postpartum in Holstein Cows According to the Mastitis Occurrence

57.73/lamb. Effective operational cost (COEf) represented R

Calcium and Magnesium Urinary Excretion in Dairy Cows with Different Fee of Glucose Metabolization

57.35 or 99.33% of CT finishing. Variables of higher representativeness of COEf were: ration (61.56%) and taxes (31.06%). Diets with higher positive gross margin (MB)/lamb were GUC and CG (R

Relationship between pre-partum body condition score changes, acute phase proteins and energy metabolism markers during the peripartum period in dairy cows

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Combinação de butafosfan e cianocobalamina no metabolismo da glicose em vacas leiteiras após o parto

44.35), respectively. All diets presented negative net margin (ML) and economic return (RE). In finishing systems of feedlot lamb, the use of diets with no additional source of non-protein nitrogen is the option that allows better economic and productivity results.The aim of this study was to evaluate the production costs and economic return of soybean husks (CS) associated with two non-protein nitrogen (NNP) sources, in feedlot finishing lamb. Eighty (80) Suffolk cross lambs, averaging initial age of 79 ± 6 days and initial live weight of 23.11 ± 1.78 kg were used. The animals were grouped in four experimental lots accordingly to NNP source: conventional urea group (CUG, n = 20), which received 1% of common urea; protected urea group (PUG, n = 20), which received 1% of protected urea, at the ratio of 1% + 0.5% conventional urea, of total diet, respectively; and control group, with no additional source of NNP. Total production cost (CT) of lambs at weaning was R

Efeito da somatotropina recombinante bovina (rbST) sobre os níveis de marcadores metabólicos de touros semiconfinados das raças Aberdeen Angus e Brangus

85.27/animal. In this cost ewes contributed with 68.55%, followed by the lamb cost (0-67 days), which represented 25.57% and rams with only 5.88%. The average CT in feedlot finishing was of R