Injury to the ocular surface has been described to occur with a wide variety of chemicals. In most cases the cause is industrial injury with acids or alkalis. We are reporting a case of ocular surface injury due to "Cow urine" which to the best of our knowledge is been reported for the first time. Cow urine is a well-accepted medicinal ingredient in ancient Indian medicine. However, wrong formulation and inadvertent prescriptions by quacks can lead to severe ocular surface injury and morbidity. Here, with this case report we have discussed the possible culprit and possible mechanism of ocular injury due to instillation of a concoction containing cow urine as an active ingredient and also discuss legal aspects of quackery in India.
A quantitative method was developed and validated to analyze iodoform and its potential metabolite, diiodomethane, in biological fluids from dairy cows, including rumen fluid, duodenal fluid, blood serum, milk, and urine, using liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and GC-MS/MS. The method showed no matrix effects across different samples, recoveries of spiked samples between 70 and 120%, and relative standard deviations (RSD%) ranging from 0.7 to 14%.
Ninety Holstein dairy cows (24 primiparous, 66 multiparous [mean parity 3.0]) were fed diets containing either 150, 160 or 170 g CP/kg DM from 8 - 180 DIM with all diets designed to supply at least 100% MP requirements. On d 181, half of the cows on each treatment changed to a diet containing 140 g CP/kg DM (supplying 100% MP requirements), with the remaining cows continuing to be offered their original treatment diets.
In 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) provided revised guidance for labeling claims of "raised without antibiotics" (RWA) and similar terms for meat and poultry produced in the US.
Introduction: The diversity of dairy products and the increasing consumption levels have led to a growing interest in goat and sheep milk, which are rich in essential nutrients and functional components. The study aims to explore the nutritional composition, growth performance, digestibility, and serum metabolic differences of milk powders from cow, goat, and sheep using LC-MS/MS-based metabolomics in rat models.
Methods: Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with whole cow, goat, and sheep milk powder samples , and their feces and urine were analyzed for fat and protein content.
Aflatoxin M (AFM) is a pathogenic metabolite transferred from feed into milk from aflatoxin (AF) B, B, G, and G; thus, it poses a human health risk. Therefore, effective mitigation strategies are needed to reduce animal and human exposure to AF. Study objectives were to evaluate a dietary adsorbent (Silicoglycidol, ATX) as a sequestering agent in AF-contaminated feed and to broadly examine how AF affects liver function and the immune system.
