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We performed snow tracking of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the area of the Eastern Carpathians affected by supplementary feeding during the winter periods from 2007 to 2013. On each snow track we recorded all food habits and collected all scats. From these data we calculated occurrence frequency of food habits on snow tracks, occurrence frequency, volumetric proportion and energy values of food items in scats. We revealed that: i) the most frequent food source on snow tracks was corn from supplementary feeding places for ungulates (FOST = 64%); ii) crops for ungulates was the most important food group found in scat samples of bears (EDEC = 61%, EDECST = 53%); iii) the analysis of the inter-seasonal (late autumn, winter and early spring) changes in winter bear diet based on scat analyses revealed decreasing importance of hard mast and fruit, and increasing importance of invertebrates, herbs and wood biomass and crops for ungulates from autumn to spring; iv) bears searched for food at lower elevations in comparison to the location of their beds which are situated at higher elevations. Winter bear activity and bear diet was affected by supplementary feeding for ungulates.
The aim of the study was to compare haematological and biochemical indices and mineral composition of bone tissue in the 4th and 5th caudal vertebra of 14-day-old Blackheaded (n = 117) and Romney Marsh (n = 100) Iambs (LK < 27 mmol/1) whose mothers had received Vitazol AD₃E and Polfamix "O" from the 60th day of pregnancy. Ht, Hb, MCHC, TSP, urea, ALT, AST as well as Na, K, Ca, Pinorg, Mg were determined in serum and bone tissue. Racial differences in the studied indices were observed, which showed that the Blackheaded lambs had lower value of Ht and Hb (P≤0.01) and higher total protein content, AST activity (P≤0.05) and body weight as compared with the Romney Marsh lambs. No effects of the applied supplements were observed as to the concentration of macroelements in the serum of either breed. On the other hand, the Blackheaded lambs, whose mothers had received Pofamix "O" during pregnancy, demonstrated higher (P≤0.05) concentration of bone tissue calcium (24.05 mmol/l in 1 g of dry weight) in comparison with control lambs (21.47 mmol/l in I g of dry weight). In the Romney Marsh lambs, the application of Vitazol AD₃E resulted in higher (P≤0.05) calcium concentration (23 .46 mmol/l in 1 g of dry weight) and higher (P≤0.05) ratio of Ca to P ( 1.59: 1) in bone tissue compared with the control lambs (respectively 19.96 mmol/l in 1 g of dry weight and 1.17: 1).
Ruminants are a group of animals that process and assimilate their food in a unique manner. The functioning of the digestive tract of these animals is closely related to the abundance and composition of microbes in the forestomach, which is a complex ecosystem of bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Microorganisms present in the rumen, and in particular their effect on physiological processes in the body, influence the animal’s physical condition and state of health. Microbiological examination of rumen microbiota ecology is hindered by a lack of selective growth media, as well as by difficulties in isolating bacteria in vitro and accurately identifying them. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of food consumed by red deer (Cervus elaphus) on the diversity of their rumen microbiota. Microbes were compared in two study periods. In autumn the animals’ diet came exclusively from natural plant sources, while in winter, supplementary feeding was introduced, including specially prepared fodder. The study showed that in deer that did not receive the special fodder in winter, but only natural plant components, the abundance of bacterial flora decreased significantly compared with what it was in autumn, unlike in animals that did receive the fodder, whose composition and caloric value substantially increased the activity of rumen microbes. In winter, changes in proportions of different morphological forms of rumen bacteria were observed, as well as a decline in their total number, particularly in the animals that did not receive the pellets. A similar decline was also observed in the populations of yeasts and protozoa in winter. To sum up the results of the study, the use of the specially prepared high-calorie fodder in winter was shown to influence the rumen ecosystem of red deer. The most significant factor improving the condition of deer receiving supplementary fodder during this period is the stabilization of bacterial flora in the rumen, which directly contributes to the efficiency of digestion.
Rooks show a growing tendency to winter in cities. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of meteorological factors on the selection of feeding habitats and to discuss the diversity of feeding strategies in urban environments of different sizes and housing densities. The study was carried out in two cities in south-western Poland, Wrocław and Brzeg (populations of 636,000 and 39,000, respectively), in the years 2004–2008. Nineteen research areas differing in housing density were controlled once a week. In multiple regression, the number of rooks feeding in urban environments showed a correlation with air temperature and the thickness of snow cover. The densities of feeding rooks were higher in urban environments than in agrocenoses. They were also higher in Wrocław than in Brzeg, and in built-up areas than in undeveloped ones. Feeding groups were smaller in Brzeg than in Wrocław. They were also smaller in built-up areas in Brzeg than in undeveloped ones. More rooks fed individually in Brzeg than in Wrocław. The diversity in the frequency of individually feeding rooks in built-up and undeveloped environments was specific to each city. Rooks feeding in Brzeg were more active in searching for food than those in Wrocław, and birds feeding on optimum, undeveloped feeding grounds were more active than those in built-up areas . In both cities, rooks were fed by humans, mainly in built-up areas.
Facultative scavengers often forage on organic wastes from urban dumps. Despite being a major scavenging raptor in many urban areas, studies on Indian subspecies of Black Kites Milvus migrans govinda are very few. We studied the pattern of offal preference by Black Kites foraging in the dumping sites adjoining two major markets of Kolkata, India through cafeteria experiments, where successful foraging events and abundance of foraging Black Kites were recorded. We also carried out questionnaire surveys among 156 meat and fish sellers of 32 markets of this area to assess their offal disposal practice and understand their attitude towards Black Kites. During questionnaire surveys majority of the respondents (77.92%), indicated that Black Kites consume various kinds of offal, particularly chicken offal from garbage dumps of Kolkata. 51.92% respondents opined that Black Kite population has declined in Kolkata, and 41.03% of them believe such decline is due to food scarcity. Still many respondents (64.74%) sell their offal, which reflect their indifferent attitude towards this scavenging raptor. During 'cafeteria experiments, we noticed that foraging kites pick up small pieces of offal from the garbage dumps, particularly chicken, mutton and fish offal (in 15.45 ± 7.749,9.7 ± 4.542 and 9.95 ± 4.951 successful foraging events/h respectively). Energy content (cal/g) of sun-dried samples of each type of offal substances revealed that the energy (calorie) of swine offal was highest followed by beef offal, mutton offal, chicken offal and fish offal. In spite of being energetically rich, beef and swine offal were less selected by Black Kites possibly because they are visibly larger than other offal, thus requires greater handling time and invites higher risk of kleptoparasitism. Successful foraging events were significantly influenced by offal type, but not by months, study sites or by the relative abundance of foraging Black Kites.
Badania przeprowadzono na 18 źrebiętach rasy wielkopolskiej, w wieku od 2.-5. miesiąca życia, podzielonych na grupy kontrolną i doświadczalną o zróżnicowanym żywieniu. Badania kliniczne i laboratoryjne przeprowadzono czterokrotnie. Te ostatnie obejmowały badania hematologiczne i biochemiczne w zakresie przemiany białkowej, oznaczania aktywności enzymów, gospodarki mineralnej oraz zawartości glukozy we krwi pełnej. Wyniki przeprowadzonych badań wykazały, że zastosowanie w żywieniu źrebiąt granulowanej mieszanki mlekouzupełniającej miało pozytywny wpływ na wyrównanie niedoborów białkowych mleka klaczy. Jednocześnie stwierdzono obniżoną zawartość wapnia i magnezu w surowicy badanych zwierząt, bez zmian wskaźników hematologicznych i bez objawów chorobowych.
W badaniach porównano testem preferencji pasz smakowitość mieszanki pełno- porcjowej z udziałem 8% łubinu wąskolistnego odmiany Kazan oraz jej poszczególnych komponentów w żywieniu prosiąt ssących do wieku 28 dni i w okresie jednego tygodnia po odsadzeniu. Doświadczenie przeprowadzono na 12 miotach, pochodzących z krzyżowania ras wbp X pbz, przydzielonych losowo do 2 grup: kontrolnej i doświadczalnej. Kontrolowano spożycie pasz, masy ciała i przyrosty dobowe prosiąt, ich stan zdrowotny i upadki. Prosięta mające wolny dostęp i możliwość wyboru poszczegól­nych komponentów zjadły ogółem ok. dwa razy więcej paszy niż mioty otrzymujące gotową mieszankę. Prosięta preferowały przede wszystkim pasze wysokobiałkowe (łubin wąskolistny, poekstrakcyjna śruta sojowa), których spożycie przekraczało o ok. 6,0 i 5,3 raza spożycie w mieszance, uwarunkowane zastosowanym poziomem tych komponentów. Nie stwierdzono jednak istotnych różnic w masach ciała i przyrostach dobowych zwierząt doświadczalnych.
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