Effect of lipid sources and inclusion levels in diets for broiler chickens

This research aimed to evaluate the interactions and effects of 2 and 4% addition levels of poultry slaughterhouse fat (chicken tallow) and soybean oil in diets for broiler chickens. Two experiments were carried out using one-day-old male Cobb chicks in an entirely random design with a 2x2 factorial scheme. In the first experiment, 560 chicks were used to evaluate performance and carcass characteristics. In the second experiment, 100 chicks were used to determine the nutrient digestibility, dietary energy utilization and the lipase and amylase pancreatic activity. There was no interaction between the fat sources and the addition levels for any of the analyzed variables, except for the digestibility coefficient of dry matter (DCDM), which was higher in diets added with 2% soybean oil when compared to chicken tallow. The addition of 4% fat in the diet, regardless of fat source, improved the digestibility coefficient of ethereal extract (DCEE) and increased weight gain and feed intake. Moreover, in the initial phase, the addition of 4% fat to the diet increased lipase activity when compared to diets with 2% addition, and a positive correlation between DCEE and pancreatic lipase activity was observed. In conclusion, there is no interaction between fat sources and addition levels, except for DCDM. Carcass characteristics are not influenced by any of the studied factors. The addition of 4% fat increases pancreatic lipase activity and improves DCEE, resulting in greater weight gain, regardless of the tested fat source, making chicken tallow a great alternative to soybean oil.

Avaliação nutricional do feno das folhas da amoreira (Morus alba L.) em frangos de corte

The trial was carried to evaluate the nutritional effects of mulberry leaf hay in broiler chickens. Five treatments were used: control (no mulberry, 3.16% CF); 15% mulberry (4.14% CF); 30% mulberry (5.09% CF), no mulberry (4.14% CF); no mulberry (5.09% CF). A randomized blocks design was used, with two blocks and three replications into the blocks to evaluate performance index, histopathological examination of the visceral organs and morphometric measurements of the hepatocyte nucleus and pancreatic acini. A poor performance index was observed for broilers feeding on mulberry leaves; lesions such as steatosis, proliferation of hepatic duct cells and multiple necrosis were found in the livers of the chickens fed with 30% mulberry (5.09% CF), as well as size reduction of the hepatocyte nucleus and pancreatic acini. From these data, it is concluded that mulberry probably has some toxic substance which can interfere in the improvement of diet ingredients, resulting in damage to broiler chickens.

Efeitos do diabetes gestacional moderado e da reposição com insulina na lactação sobre a próstata ventral do rato Wistar

Pós-graduação em Biologia Geral e Aplicada - IBB

Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Models: Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Fetal Outcomes

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Elapid Snake Venom Analyses Show the Specificity of the Peptide Composition at the Level of Genera Naja and Notechis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase-derived nitric oxide as a therapeutical target for acute pancreatitis induced by secretory phospholipase A(2)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Aditivos na alimentação de frangos de corte: desempenho, características morfométricas e funcionais

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FCAV

Participação das NETs (neutrophil extracellular traps) na atividade fungicida de neutrófilos humanos contra o Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Higher Insulin Sensitivity and Impaired Insulin Secretion in Cachetic Solid Ehrlich Tumour-Bearing Mice

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Digestive enzymatic responses of chickens feed-restricted and refed as affected by age

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Identificação de Neutrophil Extracellular Traps em lesões tegumentares de pacientes com Paracoccidiodomicose e análise da formação de NETs in vitro por neutrófilos humanos desafiados com Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Morphology and Histochemistry of the Liver of Carnivorous Fish Hemisorubim platyrhynchos

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy associated with severe acute pancreatitis: a case report

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare disease that affects women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Although infrequent, the disease can cause maternal mortality. The diagnosis is not always clear until the pregnancy is terminated, and significant complications, such as acute pancreatitis, can occur. Pancreatic involvement typically only occurs in severe cases after the development of hepatic and renal impairment. To date, little knowledge is available regarding how the disease causes pancreatitis. Treatment involves supportive measures and pregnancy interruption. In this report, we describe a case of a previously healthy 26-year-old woman at a gestational age of 27 wk and 6 d who was admitted with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. This case illustrates the clinical and laboratory overlap between acute fatty liver of pregnancy and pancreatitis, highlighting the difficulties in differentiating each disease. Furthermore, the hypothesis for this overlapping is presented, and the therapeutic options are discussed.

Trypanosoma cruzi and Its soluble antigens induce NET release by stimulating toll-like receptors

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Neutrophil extracellular traps identification in tegumentary lesions of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis and different patterns of NETs generation in vitro

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