A survey on the use of rugs in Australian horses     

EG Cox  RJW Bell  RM Greer  LB Jeffcott 《Australian veterinary journal》2023,101(1-2):9-26

The practice of horse rugging has important implications for horse welfare and performance, but in Australia, rugging practices have not been properly documented. The objective of this study was to obtain an understanding of Australian horse rugging practices. An online survey reviewed the management of 2659 Australian horses over 12 months. Of the reported horses a total of 84.8% were rugged, although most owners (69.5%) indicated that they were unsure whether horses needed to be rugged at all. Rugging was felt by 59.8% of owners to be a requirement for horses in competition. Riding and competition were significantly associated with the use of rugs. Nearly all respondents (89.0%) felt that ‘over-rugging’ was a concern. However, 4.8% of owners would use up to 4 rugs at any one time on their horse and 21.4% of horses were still rugged in temperatures above 20°C in Australia. Many Australian horse owners (42.8%) also believe that horses feel cold if they are not rugged. Anthropomorphism when it comes to rugging horses cannot be justified as the horse has a much wider thermoneutral zone (TNZ) than humans. Australian climate, owner opinions, equestrian discipline and whether a horse is used for riding influence Australian horse rugging practices. However, current practices are based on limited available research and are not necessarily to the benefit of the horse. The major limitation was that the survey likely attracted respondents who are interested in the topic creating a self-selection bias.  相似文献   

Linking herbivore monitoring with interpolation to map regional risk of pest species     

Cohen  Abigail L.  Illan  Javier Gutierrez  Pfeiffer  Vera W.  Wohleb  Carrie H.  Crowder  David W. 《Journal of pest science》2022,95(1):315-325

Journal of Pest Science - Long-term monitoring networks that generate data on pest abundance are the foundation of integrated pest management. Monitoring can estimate local risk from pests and...  相似文献   

Monensin controlled-release intraruminal capsule for control of bloat in pastured dairy cows   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

LB LOWE  GJ BALL  VR CARRUTHERS†  RC DOBOS‡  GA LYNCH  PJ MOATE  PR POOLE†  SC VALENTINE 《Australian veterinary journal》1991,68(1):17-20

Monensin, a polyether ionophore antibiotic, is potentially an important agent for bloat relief in dairy cows grazing temperate legume-based pasture. A series of studies was undertaken to determine the effect of monensin, when delivered continuously in the rumen of lactating dairy cows by means of controlled-release capsules (monensin CRC). Such devices release approximately 300 mg/head/day for 100 d. A short-term pilot study made at Ruakura, New Zealand, tested monensin CRC in cows selected for high susceptibility to bloat and grazing lucerne (Medicago sativa) or red clover (Trifolium pratense). Treatment significantly reduced the incidence of bloat, while milk yield and protein yield were increased. There was no effect on fat yield. Following the pilot study, 6 large-scale field experiments involving a total of 368 lactating dairy cows, were made in Australia and New Zealand to confirm the effectiveness of monensin CRC for bloat control and to measure the effect of such treatment on milk production and composition. A severe bloat problem occurred in 2 experiments, mild bloat occurred in 2 others, while no visual signs of bloat were observed in the remaining 2 experiments. Bloat was significantly (P less than 0.05) reduced by monensin CRC treatment when data was pooled over the 4 experiments in which bloat occurred. Daily milk yield was increased in all experiments from a mean of 17.7 in untreated groups to 18.8 kg/head/day (P less than 0.05) in monensin CRC-treated cows. Protein percentage was not affected by treatment, while there was a decrease from 4.29 to 4.10% fat, although total fat yield was not affected.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)  相似文献   

The impact of United States recreational fisheries on marine fish populations   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Coleman FC  Figueira WF  Ueland JS  Crowder LB 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2004,305(5692):1958-1960

We evaluated the commercial and recreational fishery landings over the past 22 years, first at the national level, then for populations of concern (those that are overfished or experiencing overfishing), and finally by region. Recreational landings in 2002 account for 4% of total marine fish landed in the United States. With large industrial fisheries excluded (e.g., menhaden and pollock), the recreational component rises to 10%. Among populations of concern, recreational landings in 2002 account for 23% of the total nationwide, rising to 38% in the South Atlantic and 64% in the Gulf of Mexico. Moreover, it affects many of the most-valued overfished species-including red drum, bocaccio, and red snapper-all of which are taken primarily in the recreational fishery.  相似文献   

The Recreational Fisher's Perspective   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nussman M  Coleman FC  Figueira WF  Ueland JS  Crowder LB 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,307(5715):1560-1; author reply 1560-1

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Global Impact of Recreational Fisheries     

Arlinghaus R  Cooke SJ  Coleman FC  Figueira WF  Ueland JS  Crowder LB 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,307(5715):1561-3; author reply 1561-3

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Ecology. Better science needed for restoration in the Gulf of Mexico     

Bjorndal KA  Bowen BW  Chaloupka M  Crowder LB  Heppell SS  Jones CM  Lutcavage ME  Policansky D  Solow AR  Witherington BE 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2011,331(6017):537-538

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Frequency of association of noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus with mononuclear leukocytes from persistently infected cattle   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

S R Bolin  J M Sacks  S V Crowder 《American journal of veterinary research》1987,48(10):1441-1445

All mononuclear leukocytes and T lymphocyte-enriched and B lymphocyte-enriched subpopulations of mononuclear leukocytes collected from 8 cows persistently infected with 1 of 3 isolates of noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus were tested for association with virus. For all persistently infected cows, approximately 4.4% of all mononuclear leukocytes, 5.4% of T lymphocyte-enriched, and 2.1% of B lymphocyte-enriched subpopulations of mononuclear leukocytes were associated with virus. Differences between leukocyte populations in percentages of leukocytes associated with virus were real (P less than 0.05). Among virus isolates, significant differences in percentages of leukocytes associated with virus were not detected.  相似文献   

Applied physics. Toward robots that can sense texture by touch     

Crowder R 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2006,312(5779):1478-1479

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Sulfated beta-glucan derived from oat bran with potent anti-HIV activity     

Wang SC  Bligh SW  Zhu CL  Shi SS  Wang ZT  Hu ZB  Crowder J  Branford-White C  Vella C 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2008,56(8):2624-2629

China is a major producer of oats; the annual harvested area of 350,000 ha yields approximately 465,000 tons, giving an average yield of 1.33 tons/ha. The bran is not used for animal feed as it is of poor digestibility and low nutritive content and is considered a waste byproduct. Therefore, it is advantageous to produce a value-added product from the bran. We extracted the native polysaccharide, a linear (1-3)-, (1-4)-linked beta-glucan (OBG) from the oat bran and synthesized a sulfated derivative OBGS containing 36.5% sulfate. OBGS had potent activity against a primary isolate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells at a concentration (EC(50)=5.98 x 10(-4) microM) approximately 15,000 times below its cytotoxic concentration. OBGS was also active postinfection (EC(50)=5.3 x 10(-4) microM) and protected pretreated peripheral mononuclear cells (EC(50)=5.2 x 10(-2) microM) washed free of the compounds prior to infection. Thus, OBGS has potential as a vaginal microbicide and is the first such report for oat bran derived sulfated beta-glucan.  相似文献