Authors:Jacob Machin; Kimberly Brewer, Abelardo Morales-Briceno, Clara Fenger, George Maylin Thomas Tobin Abstract: Zilpaterol is a β2-adrenergic agonist medication approved in certain countries as a cattle feed additive to improve carcass quality. Trace amounts of Zilpaterol can transfer to horse feed, yielding equine urinary... PubDate: 2022-05-14T00:00:00Z
Authors:Shannon McDonnell; Montserrat Gutierrez, Finola C. Leonard, Tony O’Brien, Pat Kearney, Catherine Swan, Gillian Madigan, Elaine Bracken, Joanne McLernon, Margaret Griffin, Ciaran M. O’Sullivan, John Egan Deirdre M. Prendergast Abstract: In Ireland, meat by-products (MBP) harvested at knackeries from farmed animals that have not died of an infectious or systemic disease are legally permitted to be fed to dogs in kennels and packs of hounds. Th... PubDate: 2022-05-10T00:00:00Z
Authors:Seamus Hoey; Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Jennifer Byrne, Sinead Devine, William Toomey, Hester McAllister Cliona Skelly Abstract: Osteochondrosis is a common condition of young horses where there is a failure of endochondral ossification, usually at predisposed sites. The estimated prevalence of osteochondrosis is 33–44%, with radiograph... PubDate: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
Authors:Noelle Byrne; Lorcan O’Neill, Julia Adriana Calderόn Dίaz, Edgar Garcίa Manzanilla, Ana P. Vale Finola C. Leonard Abstract: On-farm hatching (OH) systems are becoming more common in broiler production. Hatching conditions differ from conventional farms as OH chicks avoid exposure to handling, transport, post-hatch water and feed de... PubDate: 2022-04-22T00:00:00Z
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