Thermoregulatory and Feeding Behavior under Different Management and Heat Stress Conditions in Heifer Water Buffalo () in the Tropics.

In the wake of climate change and global warming, the production systems of water buffaloes () are receiving increasing attention in the tropics, where the silvopastoral systems can improve animal welfare and production conditions. The objective of this study was to characterize the behavior of heifer buffaloes in a silvopastoral system (SPS) with (600 trees/ha) and in a conventional system (CVS), under intense heat stress and moderate heat stress in Cuba. We observed nine animals, with an average weight of 167.

Selectivity of Leguminous Trees by Water Buffaloes in Semi-intensive Systems.

Water buffaloes () manifest different levels of selectivity for different pastures and forages. Knowledge of feed selectivity is important to facilitate the design of efficient production systems that take into account optimal animal welfare. In this study, the selectivity of nine 18-month old female water buffaloes for , and was evaluated.

The European bathing water directive: application and consequences in quality monitoring programs.

The calculation of percentiles proposed in the Directive 2006/7/EC (parametric approach) to evaluate bathing water quality uses two parameters: mean (micro) and standard deviation (sigma). These two parameters are good descriptors of data populations only when data are log normally distributed. Several previous studies have shown that a log transformation is sufficient to achieve normality, while other studies suggest that log normality in bathing water quality datasets is seldom attained.

Controlled clinical study of deep partial-thickness burns treated with frozen cultured human allogeneic epidermal sheets.

Numerous studies, many uncontrolled, have suggested that the application of freshly prepared human allogeneic epidermal cultures promotes faster re-epithelialization of skin donor sites and deep partial-thickness burns. We describe the results of a study of deep partial-thickness burns treated with such cultures preserved in the frozen state. The study was controlled, side-by-side comparative, and randomized.