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  1. Article: High fiber diet reduces stereotypic behavior of gilts but does not affect offspring performance

    Bernardino, Thiago / Tatemoto, Patricia / de Moraes, José Evandro / Morrone, Beatrice / Zanella, Adroaldo José

    Applied animal behaviour science. 2021 Oct., v. 243

    2021  

    Abstract: Pregnant sows are often subjected to food restriction, which can compromise their welfare and performance, as well as the performance of their offspring. High fiber diets (HFD) can mitigate the feeling of hunger and, consequently, improve welfare and ... ...

    Abstract Pregnant sows are often subjected to food restriction, which can compromise their welfare and performance, as well as the performance of their offspring. High fiber diets (HFD) can mitigate the feeling of hunger and, consequently, improve welfare and performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of feeding pregnant gilts with high a fiber diet on performance measures of sows. Additionally, the behavior and welfare of the sows were assessed. Twenty-eight pregnant gilts were fed either HFD (N = 16) or low fiber diet (LFD; N = 12). We evaluated behavior, salivary cortisol concentration, performance, and feeding motivation. We found an interaction between treatment and feeding time for duration (P = 0.0041) and frequency (P = 0.0128) of sham-chewing stereotypy. Sows that received LFD performed the behavior for longer and more often before feeding than after feeding. These results indicate that HFD was beneficial in reducing stereotypic behavior in sows, prior to feeding time, but did not improve performance measures.
    Keywords animal behavior ; cortisol ; high fiber diet ; hunger ; low fiber diet ; motivation ; progeny ; stereotyped behavior
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-10
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 591645-8
    ISSN 0168-1591
    ISSN 0168-1591
    DOI 10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105433
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  2. Article: Stereotypic Behavior in Sows Is Related to Emotionality Changes in the Offspring.

    Tatemoto, Patricia / Bernardino, Thiago / Morrone, Beatrice / Queiroz, Mariana Ramos / Zanella, Adroaldo José

    Frontiers in veterinary science

    2020  Volume 7, Page(s) 79

    Abstract: Some effects of expressing stereotypic behavior have not yet been elucidated. During gestation, the environment has the potential to interfere with offspring development and to have prenatal or longer-term consequences. We tested the hypothesis that the ... ...

    Abstract Some effects of expressing stereotypic behavior have not yet been elucidated. During gestation, the environment has the potential to interfere with offspring development and to have prenatal or longer-term consequences. We tested the hypothesis that the occurrence of stereotypic behavior during gestation could affect the phenotype of the offspring. Twenty-eight pregnant sows were studied by comparing two groups differing in the amount of stereotypy shown. We analyzed emotionality in the offspring from sows showing high or low stereotypy frequency using the open field and novel object tests. In the open field test, piglets from sows with a high rate of stereotypies walked more in central sectors (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-12
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2834243-4
    ISSN 2297-1769
    ISSN 2297-1769
    DOI 10.3389/fvets.2020.00079
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  3. Article ; Online: Piglets Born from Sows Fed High Fibre Diets during Pregnancy Are Less Aggressive Prior to Weaning.

    Bernardino, Thiago / Tatemoto, Patricia / Morrone, Beatrice / Mazza Rodrigues, Paulo Henrique / Zanella, Adroaldo José

    PloS one

    2016  Volume 11, Issue 12, Page(s) e0167363

    Abstract: Aggressive interactions, and their consequences, are the most important causes of poor welfare in piglets. Aggressive behaviour can be modulated by the prenatal and neonatal environment in several species. Commercially kept pregnant sows are often ... ...

    Abstract Aggressive interactions, and their consequences, are the most important causes of poor welfare in piglets. Aggressive behaviour can be modulated by the prenatal and neonatal environment in several species. Commercially kept pregnant sows are often subjected to food restriction, which can compromise their welfare. Limited information is available on the consequences of sow hunger during pregnancy on welfare outcomes for their piglets. High fibre diets can mitigate the feeling of hunger and, consequently, it may improve welfare and productivity measures. The aim of this study was to assess the consequences of feeding pregnant gilts with high fibre diets (HFD) on agonistic behaviour, as manifested by skin lesions, and indicators of fear in their piglets at weaning. Twenty-two pregnant gilts were fed either HFD, 12.86% of crude fibre, 2.4 kg per day (N = 14), or low fibre diet (LFD), 2.53% of crude fibre, 2.0 kg per day (N = 8). During lactation, both treatments received the same diet, ad libitum. We investigated the impact of HFD on behaviour and performance measures (birth weight, average daily gain, weaning weight, see S3 File) in the offspring. Skin lesions were evaluated before and after weaning in 156 piglets (100 HFD and 56 LFD), and 142 piglets were subjected to an open field test and a novel object test (87 HFD and 55 LFD). We found no treatment effect on the performance measures. Piglets born from gilts that received HFD had fewer skin lesions before weaning (D28) than the offspring of LFD gilts, while no difference was found during days 29 and 30. In the open field and novel object tests, there was no treatment effect on the behaviour of piglets. The improved skin health at weaning in piglets of sows fed HFD suggests less agonistic interactions amongst these littermates than in piglets of sows fed LFD.
    MeSH term(s) Aggression/drug effects ; Aggression/physiology ; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/drug effects ; Animals ; Diet/veterinary ; Dietary Fiber/administration & dosage ; Female ; Lactation/physiology ; Litter Size ; Pregnancy ; Swine/growth & development ; Weaning
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0167363
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  4. Article: Simultaneous detection and quantification of six equine cytokines in plasma using a fluorescent microsphere immunoassay (FMIA).

    Hall, Sarah A / Stucke, Diana / Morrone, Beatrice / Lebelt, Dirk / Zanella, Adroaldo J

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    2015  Volume 2, Page(s) 241–248

    Abstract: Cytokines are cell signalling proteins that mediate a number of different physiological responses. They are also biomarkers for inflammatory conditions and potential diagnostic references for diseases. Until recently, simultaneous quantification of ... ...

    Abstract Cytokines are cell signalling proteins that mediate a number of different physiological responses. They are also biomarkers for inflammatory conditions and potential diagnostic references for diseases. Until recently, simultaneous quantification of cytokine profiles had not been possible. Now however, fluorescent microsphere immunoassays (FMIA) are able to measure multiple cytokines in a single sample. The following pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines were quantified in equine plasma and serum samples: interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, interferon (IFN)-γ, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. •The objective of this study was to quantify six equine cytokines simultaneously using the BioPlex(®) 200 system in equine EDTA-plasma and serum.•It demonstrates an increased number of detectable cytokines over published studies.•This technology has the advantage of reduced sample volume and assay time compared to traditional sandwich ELISAs.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-04-25
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2215-0161
    ISSN 2215-0161
    DOI 10.1016/j.mex.2015.04.002
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