Publications by authors named "Eiko Touno"
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- The study compared the in situ dry matter degradability (ISDMD) and crude protein degradability (ISCPD) of high-moisture and dried corn grains from Japan with imported corn from the US, Brazil, and South Africa.
- Results showed that while ISDMD values for US and South African corn were similar, Brazilian corn had lower ISDMD compared to the others.
- The findings highlight that different corn varieties affect degradability significantly, indicating that high-moisture corn grain silage might be a better feed option for dairy cattle than dried corn grain, particularly due to higher degradability in Japanese high-moisture corn.
In this study, we investigate the tylosin degradation in sheep feces during composting. The sheep feces containing tylosin were composted using the laboratory-scale composting units. Tylosin was degraded during composting, and the half-life of tylosin degradation decreased with increasing temperature from 40 °C to 65 °C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibiotics administered to livestock are partly excreted with urine and feces. As livestock excrement is used as manure on agricultural fields, soil may be contaminated by excreted antibiotics, potentially resulting in the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the amount of antibiotic administered to livestock that could spread to agricultural fields through manure application.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwelve sheep were used in a 3 × 3 Latin square design to evaluate the effect of substituting wheat bran with forage soybean silage in the diet on apparent digestibility and nitrogen balance. Forage soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) was cultivated in a no-till, no-herbicide cropping system with Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.
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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.