Effects of milk feeding, frequency and concentration on weaning and buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calf growth, health and behaviour     

Domenico Vecchio  Rossella Di Palo  Esterina De Carlo  Luigi Esposito  Giorgio Antonio Presicce  Alessandra Martucciello  Emilio Chiosi  Pasquale Rossi  Gianluca Neglia  Giuseppe Campanile 《Tropical animal health and production》2013,45(8):1697-1702

Growth, weight at birth and daily weight gain (DWG) on 12 water buffalo calves, starting from 6 days of age until completion of weaning, was investigated in this study. Different feeding regimens were given to two groups of animals with regard to daily milk replacer: (1) group 1 (G1) received a double concentration in single administration; whereas (2) group 2 (G2) received the same amount of milk replacer split twice daily. Blood samples were collected from each calf on days 6, 30, 60 and 90 to evaluate acute phase proteins (haptoglobin), bactericide activity, lysozime, total protein content and biochemical parameters. No differences were observed between the two groups in terms of dry matter intake, feed efficiency and live body weight at the end of the study. Interestingly, a significantly (P?<?0.05) reduced DWG was observed earlier in G1 (day 45) than in G2 (day 60). Gastrointestinal disorders were not recorded throughout the experimental period, and no significant differences were recorded between the two groups for all considered parameters. This study confirms the possibility of utilising one daily administration of milk replacer in water buffalo calf during weaning. This new approach facilitates calves management, without interfering with calves growing performances.  相似文献   

Hymenoptera wasps associated with the Asian gall wasp of chestnut (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) in Calabria,Italy   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Vincenzo Palmeri  Pasquale Cascone  Orlando Campolo  Saverio B. Grande  Francesca Laudani  Antonino Malacrinò  Emilio Guerrieri 《Phytoparasitica》2014,42(5):699-702

The parasitoid complex of the Asian chestnut gall wasp Drycosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu was studied in Calabria (Italy). A total of 14 different species of parasitoids were collected, of which three are recorded on the Asian gall wasp for the first time. The composition of the parasitoid complex collected in Calabria was compared with that reported from Italy and from Europe. The altitude of the sites of collection seemed to have an effect on the distribution and abundance of the single species of parasitoids.  相似文献   

Agronomical,quality, and molecular characterization of twenty Italian emmer wheat (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Triticum dicoccon</Emphasis>) accessions     

Mario Augusto Pagnotta  Linda Mondini  Pasquale Codianni  Clara Fares 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》2009,56(3):299-310

Emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccon Schrank, 2n = 4x = 28) consists in a hulled wheat; its cultivation has been drastically reduced during the last century as a consequence of its low yield. Recently, its agronomic and nutritive values, as well as the increase of popularity of organic agriculture, have led to a renewed interest making its cultivation economically viable in the marginal lands with an increase of the cultivated areas. In Italy, it mainly survives in few marginal lands of central and southern Italy, where local varieties, adapted to the natural environment from where they originate, are used; moreover, some selected lines have also been developed. In the present work, agro-morphological and qualitative traits, together with molecular analyses of 20 emmer accessions consisting of Italian landraces, breeding lines, and cultivars, were performed. The field experiments were conducted for two consecutive years (2001/2002–2002/2003) in two locations: Viterbo in central Italy, and Foggia in south Italy. The analyzed emmer wheat accessions showed a good amount of genetic variability for both evaluated agro-morphological and molecular traits. This study illustrates an increase in earliness, GY, TW, TKW, and YI going from landraces, breeding lines to cultivars, while the variability does not change proportionally.  相似文献   

Annual survival probabilities of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles indicate high anthropogenic impact on Mediterranean populations          下载免费PDF全文

Paolo Casale  Daniela Freggi  Giovanni Furii  Carola Vallini  Pasquale Salvemini  Michele Deflorio  Giovanni Totaro  Stefano Raimondi  Caterina Fortuna  Brendan J. Godley 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2015,25(5):690-700

Study on cortisol,cortisone and prednisolone presence in urine of Chianina cattle breed          下载免费PDF全文

L. Chiesa  S. Pavone  E. Pasquale  R. Pavlovic  S. Panseri  A. Valiani  F. Arioli  E. Manuali 《Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition》2017,101(5):893-903

The Chianina, one of the oldest and most important cattle breeds of Italy, is now reared all over the world. The Chianina has been known and appreciated since ancient times because, from a nutritional point of view, its meat has no proper rivals. To date, studies have been performed to evaluate the genetic profile of the breed, but knowledge about the chemical profile is generally lacking. Due to the increased interest from farmers regarding breeding of the Chianina, this study proposes a preliminary evaluation of main endogenous urinary corticosteroids (cortisol and cortisone) and most commonly used synthetic one (dexamethasone). Moreover, after recent findings regarding the presence of endogenous prednisolone in the urine of more popular breeds, particular attention was given to analysis of the presence of prednisolone and prednisone, as well. For this aim, the urine samples of 12 young cows and 30 young bulls was collected at the farms and analysed using a fit‐for‐purpose LC‐MS/MS method. The preliminary results of this study show that prednisolone was found only in Chianina females (3 out of 12). Cortisol and cortisone were found at concentrations that showed a high inter‐individual variability, and that were higher in female urine compared to that of males.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Estimating belowground biomass and root/shoot ratio of Phillyrea latifolia L. in the Mediterranean forest landscapes     

Pasquale A. Marziliano  Raffaele Lafortezza  Umberto Medicamento  Leonardo Lorusso  Vincenzo Giannico  Giuseppe Colangelo  Giovanni Sanesi 《Annals of Forest Science》2017,74(2):35

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Isolation and characterization of Avenin-like protein type-B from durum wheat     

Salvatore De Caro  Pasquale Ferranti  Francesco Addeo  Gianfranco Mamone 《Journal of Cereal Science》2010

Proteomic techniques were applied for the investigation of “avenin-like protein type-B” in tetraploid wheat. Protein was extracted from endosperm, according to a classical chromatographic procedure and its identity confirmed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis. The characterization of avenin-like protein type-B was in good agreement with the gene-derived sequence, with the exception of glutamine as N-terminus. The presence in the glutenin extract and the high number of cysteine residues suggested that avenin-like protein type-B is integrated into gluten polymers via inter-chain disulphide bonds. This raises the question of whether the protein could play a role in determining the functional properties of gluten.  相似文献   

Ellagic Acid and Polyhydroxylated Urolithins Are Potent Catalytic Inhibitors of Human Topoisomerase II: An in Vitro Study     

V Furlanetto  G Zagotto  R Pasquale  S Moro  B Gatto 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(36):9162-9170

Ellagic acid (EA), a natural polyphenol abundant in fruits and common in our diet, is under intense investigation for its chemopreventive activity resulting from multiple effects. EA inhibits topoisomerase II, but the effects on the human enzyme of urolithins, its monolactone metabolites, are not known. Therefore, the action of several synthetic urolithins toward topoisomerases II was evaluated, showing that polyhydroxylated urolithins, EA, and EA-related compounds are potent inhibitors of the α and β isoforms of human topoisomerase II at submicromolar concentrations. Competition tests demonstrate a dose-dependent relationship between ATP and the inhibition of the enzyme. Docking experiments show that the active compounds bind the ATP pocket of the human enzyme, thus supporting the hypothesis that EA and polyhydroxylated urolithins act as ATP-competitive inhibitors of human topoisomerase II.  相似文献   

Evaluating the presence of larvae of Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) developing on olive trees in some central-southern Italian regions     

Sciarretta  Andrea  Calabrese  Pasquale  Trematerra  Pasquale 《Phytoparasitica》2021,49(1):13-20

Phytoparasitica - The present study was conducted in four central-southern Italian regions (Abruzzo, Campania, Molise, Puglia) in the years 2008 and 2016–2018, with the aim to verify in hilly...  相似文献   

The Performing Protein: Beyond Wheat Proteomics?     

Francesco Bonomi  Stefania Iametti  Gianfranco Mamone  Pasquale Ferranti 《Cereal Chemistry》2013,90(4):358-366

Substantial progress has been made in breaking down the complex pattern of proteins in wheat, and the constant improvement of “‐omics” approaches has allowed relating the abundance of selected wheat proteins to flour and semolina performance during processing. This strategy has provided some sound molecular basis for the work of geneticists, breeders, and growers. Along with an update on work in this area, this review is meant to highlight that performance‐relevant proteins may need specific structural features to carry out performance‐relevant functions during processing. In this frame, some of the approaches used to investigate structural features of wheat proteins are discussed, with a focus on water‐insoluble gluten proteins and on those approaches that allow minimal disturbance of the protein structure itself. Selected examples of the application of some of these approaches to the study of starting materials and of structural modifications that occur at various processing stages are presented. The effects of process‐induced modifications on the various interactions among macromolecules that govern the physical and sensory features of wheat‐based foods are also briefly discussed.  相似文献