A5011878313- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Moringa oleifera research and applications
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Infant Health and Development
- Rural development and sustainability
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Animal health and immunology
- Agricultural and Rural Development Research
MSD (Mexico)
2024
University of the Coast
2024
Hospital Sierrallana
2024
NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
2013-2023
Tecnalia
2011-2021
Euskadiko Parke Teknologikoa
2021
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2013
University of Edinburgh
2000-2006
International Livestock Research Institute
2000
Universitat Politècnica de València
1994
Increased traditional dairy sheep production in the Basque Country of northern Spain could substantially affect pasture soils. This type agricultural land performs vital functions and provides essential ecosystem services. Regenerative farming practices such as rotational grazing with prolonged resting periods are designed to improve farmland soil health, while profitably delivering high-quality farm products. The aim this study was determine mid-term effect on services evaluate their...
Sheep are managed under a variety of different environments (continually outdoors, partially outdoors with seasonal or diurnal variation, continuously indoors) and for purposes, which makes assessing welfare challenging. This diversity means that resource-based indicators not particularly useful and, thus, assessment scheme sheep, focusing on animal-based indicators, was developed. We focus specifically ewes, as the most numerous group sheep present farm, although many may also have...
Diet has an essential influence in the establishment of cecum microbial communities poultry, so its supplementation with safe additives, such as probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics might improve animal health performance. This study showed ceca microbiome modulations laying hens, after feeding dry whey powder Pediococcus acidilactici combination both synbiotics. A clear grouping samples induced per diet was observed (p < 0.05). Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) identified Olsenella...
This study aimed to expand the knowledge about activity and mode of action CHI on methanogenesis rumen microbial populations in vivo. A total 16 lactating dairy cows were distributed two groups, one them receiving 135 mg CHI/kg body weight daily. The effect productive performance, milk composition, fermentation efficiency, methane emissions, protein synthesis, ruminal communities was determined. Supplementation with did not affect diversity but increased relative abundance (RA) bacteria...
Dietary interventions are a common practice in the poultry industry to promote optimal performance and health of animals. Here, we aim at assessing influence supplementing broiler diets with dry whey powder (DWP) protein concentrate (WPC) on nutrient coefficient apparent ileal digestibility (CAID) productive performance. Cecal microbiota composition was also determined using Illumina amplicon sequencing. treatments were control diet (no supplementation DWP or WPC), 60-DWP (60 g/kg DWP),...
Space availability is essential to grant the welfare of animals. To determine effect space on movement and use in pregnant ewes (Ovis aries), 54 individuals were studied during last 11 weeks gestation. Three treatments tested (1, 2, 3 m2/ewe; 6 ewes/group). Ewes' positions collected for 15 minutes using continuous scan samplings two days/week. Total net distance, net/total distance ratio, maximum minimum step length, activity, angular dispersion, nearest, furthest mean neighbour peripheral...
The aim of this trial was to study the agreement between non-dispersive infrared methane analyzer (NDIR) method and hand held laser detector (LMD). Methane (CH4) measured simultaneously with two devices totaling 164 paired measurements. repeatability CH4 concentration greater NDIR (0.42) than for LMD (0.23). However, number peaks, (0.20 vs. 0.14, respectively). Correlation moderately high positive (0.73 0.74, respectively) peaks (0.72 0.72, respectively), repeated measures correlation...
Carbohydrate and mineral nutrition was studied in relation to abscission fruitlets from leafy inflorescences of the Washington navel orange ( Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck). Differences growth rate permitted predict several weeks advance. This allowed characterization early differences composition behaviour persisting abscising fruitlets. Inflorescences with accumulated more elements than fruitlets, for phloem‐mobile excess accumulation allocated Starch inflorescence leaves during fruitlet...
Cold-pressed sunflower cake (CPSC), by-product of oil-manufacturing, has high crude fat and linoleic acid concentrations, being a promising supplement to modulate rumen fatty (FA) profile. This trial studied CPSC effects on ruminal fermentation, biohydrogenation the bacterial community in dairy cows. Ten cows were used crossover design with two experimental diets fed during 63-day periods. The group forage ad libitum concentrate individually. concentrates, control CPSC, isoenergetic,...