Publications by authors named "Akinori Oshibe"
Sleep is one of the essential behaviors for mammals. The aims of this study were to validate the use of accelerometer for measuring sleeping posture of cattle. Duration of sleeping posture of seven Japanese Black cows from 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we investigated the physiological changes in cattle during feeding and rumination. We collected blood samples every 5 min by using an automated blood sampling system and simultaneously recorded feeding, ruminating, and other behaviors using a video camera. Plasma non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations continuously decreased during feeding and decreased temporarily during rumination.
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- The study examines how oral lactoferrin (LF) affects lipid metabolism in calves given lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which can disrupt lipid levels.
- Fifty Holstein calves were divided into three groups, each receiving different doses of LF (0, 1, or 3 g/day) for 10 days, before all were injected with LPS.
- The results indicated that LF treatment led to lower levels of plasma triglycerides and certain types of lipoproteins in treated calves compared to controls, suggesting LF's potential in preventing lipid metabolism changes induced by LPS.
We examined the production of an antimicrobial component, 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-HPA), in laboratory-scale silage inoculated with Lactobacillus coryniformis strain 394, which ferments glycerol to 3-HPA. A modified colorimetric method that used an NaOH-treated blank and determined the absorption spectrum of the samples was employed to detect a 3-HPA-like component (HLC) that was assumed to be 3-HPA. Inoculation with Lb.
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