Rationale In order to prevent sarcopenia in community dwelling older adults a higher daily protein intake is needed. A new m-health strategy for dietary counseling was used with the aim to increase total daily protein intake to optimal levels (minimal 1.2 g/kg/d, optimal 1.5 g/kg/d) through use of regular …

Carnitine/choline acyltransferases play diverse roles in energy metabolism and neuronal signalling. Our knowledge of their evolutionary relationships, important for functional understanding, is incomplete. Therefore, we aimed to determine the evolutionary relationships of these eukaryotic transferases. …

Presented at 7th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at farm group level

Climate change is a global issue, and it may result in consequences. In order to solve climate change, actors gather at the UN Climate Change Conference to conclude an agreement. However, sometimes reaching an agreement cannot be successful. Compared to animals, it can be said that animals make accurate …

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131), typically fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQ-R) and/or extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing, has emerged globally. Among clinical isolates, ST131, primarily its H30-R and H30-Rx subclones, accounts for most antimicrobial-resistant …

Awareness regarding the challenges involved in creating a sustainable food system has affected the ways in which businesses market their products and how consumers decide whether to buy these products. Businesses directly communicate different quality aspects of their products to consumers mainly through …

The 2014 congress of WSAVA would be the first congress in which WSAVA is using services of a Professional Congress Organizer company which is Kenes Group. Kenes group wants to increase the number of participants in the congress and that’s why company wants to have a marketing plan, which will lead to …

Conventional dairy husbandry systems acknowledge animal welfare guided by Brambel’s five freedoms. The concept of natural, or normal behaviour would in contrast to Brambel’s convention, be based on stability through chance and offers a less anthropocentric and more naturalistic approach. The present …

The aims of this study are first of all to investigate the reasons for choosing group or individual housing of horses. Moreover the study should give an overview about the opinions of horse owners on the concept of group housing and its advantages / disadvantages.

This study was conducted to find out if loose feeding systems (LFS) and automatic feeding systems (AFS) can be recommended for group housed horses. Influences of both feeding systems on the behaviour of horses kept in groups was studied. Aggression, aberrant behaviour and daily activities such as feeding …