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Effects of prepartal oronasal administration of lipopolysaccharide on milk composition and productivity of transition Holstein cows
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Ametaj, Burim N., Dunn, Suzanna M., Zebeli, Qendrim, Iqbal, Summera, Mansmann, Dominik A.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of repeated oronasal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on milk composition and the overall productive performance of dairy cows. One hundred pregnant Holstein dairy cows were randomly assigned to two treatment groups (n = 50). 30 cows out...
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Intraruminal administration of Megasphaera elsdenii modulated rumen fermentation profile in mid-lactation dairy cows
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Mazzolari, Alberto, Yang, Wen Z., Terrill, Sarah J., Zebeli, Qendrim, Dunn, Suzanna M., Ametaj, Burim N.
This study evaluated the effects of intraruminal administration of Megasphaera elsdenii on ruminal fermentation patterns, the profile of plasma metabolites, and milk yield and composition of mid-lactation dairy cows. Eight primiparous, ruminally cannulated Holstein cows were arranged in a paired...
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2013-01-01
Zebeli, Qendrim, Ametaj, Burim N.
Maintaining a healthy rumen ecosystem is crucial to avoid systemic disorders in cattle, but also critical to ensure that milk and meat are produced from healthy animals in an efficient and cost-effective manner. In fact, today’s intensive management systems of cattle typically encourage the...
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2010
Iqbal, Summera, Ametaj, Burim N., Zebeli, Qendrim
In this review article we present an overall summary of the role that high-grain/low forage diets have on rumen composition of microbiota and how changes in the diet affect the release of bacterial cell wall components that are toxic to the host. One of these toxic compounds is lipopolysaccharide...
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Oronasal administration of lipopolysaccharide prepartum modulated plasma metabolite patterns in periparturient dairy cows
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Dunn, Suzanna M., Iqbal, Summera, Zebeli, Qendrim, Mansmann, Dominik A., Ametaj, Burim N.
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether repeated oronasal administration of LPS before parturition showed effects on metabolic and clinical responses in periparturient dairy cows. Hundred Holstein dairy cows were randomly allocated to two treatment groups (n = 50). Thirty cows out of...
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Repeated oronasal exposure to lipopolysaccharide induced mucosal IgA responses in periparturient dairy cows
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Dunn, Suzanna M., Iqbal, Summera, Zebeli, Qendrim, Mansmann, Dominik A., Ametaj, Burim N.
This study investigated the effects of repeated oronasal treatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the humoral immune responses in saliva, vaginal mucus, and the plasma markers of the acute phase response in periparturient dairy cows. One hundred pregnant Holstein cows were administered either 3...