13 results on '"Faciola, Antonio P."'
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2. Unraveling the pros and cons of various in vitro methodologies for ruminant nutrition: a review
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Vinyard, James R, primary and Faciola, Antonio P, additional
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- 2022
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3. Effects of calcium-magnesium carbonate and calcium-magnesium hydroxide as supplemental sources of magnesium on ruminal microbiome
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Arce-Cordero, Jose A, primary, Liu, Ting, additional, Ravelo, Anay, additional, Lobo, Richard R, additional, Agustinho, Bruna C, additional, Monteiro, Hugo F, additional, Jeong, Kwang C, additional, and Faciola, Antonio P, additional
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- 2022
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4. In vitro evaluation of microencapsulated organic acids and pure botanicals as a supplement in lactating dairy cows diet on in vitro ruminal fermentation.
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Lobo, Richard R, Watson, Michael, Vinyard, James R, Johnson, Mikayla L, Bahmam, Aneesa, Ma, Szu-Wei, Dagaew, Gamonmas, Sumadong, Phussorn, Sarmikasoglou, Efstathios, Grilli, Ester, Arce-Cordero, Jose A, and Faciola, Antonio P
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RUMEN fermentation ,ORGANIC acids ,DAIRY cattle ,CITRIC acid ,FEED analysis ,FERMENTATION ,LACTATION - Abstract
The utilization of microencapsulated organic acids and pure botanicals (mOAPB) is widely used in the monogastric livestock industry as an alternative to antibiotics; in addition, it can have gut immunomodulatory functions. More recently, an interest in applying those compounds in the ruminant industry has increased; thus, we evaluated the effects of mOAPB on ruminal fermentation kinetics and metabolite production in an in vitro dual-flow continuous-culture system. For this study, two ruminal cannulated lactating dairy Holstein cows were used as ruminal content donors, and the inoculum was incubated in eight fermenters arranged in a 4 × 4 Latin square design. The basal diet was formulated to meet the nutritional requirements of a 680-kg Holstein dairy cow producing 45 kg/d of milk and supplemented with increasing levels of mOAPB (0; 0.12; 0.24; or 0.36% of dry matter [ DM ]), which contained 55.6% hydrogenated and refined palm oil, 25% citric acid, 16.7% sorbic acid, 1.7% thymol, and 1% vanillin. Diet had 16.1 CP, 30.9 neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and 32.0 starch, % of DM basis, and fermenters were fed 106 g/d split into two feedings. After a 7 d adaptation, samples were collected for 3 d in each period. Samples of the ruminal content from the fermenters were collected at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 h postmorning feeding for evaluation of the ruminal fermentation kinetics. For the evaluation of the daily production of total metabolites and for the evaluation of nutrient degradability, samples from the effluent containers were collected daily at days 8 to 10. The statistical analysis was conducted using MIXED procedure of SAS and treatment, time, and its interactions were considered as fixed effects and day, Latin square, and fermenter as random effects. To depict the treatment effects, orthogonal contrasts were used (linear and quadratic). The supplementation of mOAPB had no major effects on the ruminal fermentation, metabolite production, and degradability of nutrients. The lack of statistical differences between control and supplemented fermenters indicates effective ruminal protection and minor ruminal effects of the active compounds. This could be attributed to the range of daily variation of pH, which ranged from 5.98 to 6.45. The pH can play a major role in the solubilization of lipid coat. It can be concluded that mOAPB did not affect the ruminal fermentation, metabolite production, and degradability of dietary nutrients using an in vitro rumen simulator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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5. The effects of course format, sex, semester, and institution on student performance in an undergraduate animal science course
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Vinyard, James R, primary, Peñagaricano, Francisco, additional, and Faciola, Antonio P, additional
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- 2022
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6. Adaptation of in vitro methodologies to estimate the intestinal digestion of lipids in ruminants
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Vinyard, James R, primary, Sarmikasoglou, Efstathios, additional, Bennett, Sarah L, additional, Arce-Cordero, Jose A, additional, Aines, Glen, additional, Estes, Kari, additional, and Faciola, Antonio P, additional
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- 2021
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7. effects of course format, sex, semester, and institution on student performance in an undergraduate animal science course.
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Vinyard, James R, Peñagaricano, Francisco, and Faciola, Antonio P
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ANIMAL science ,UNDERGRADUATES ,COVID-19 pandemic ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,TEACHERS' assistants ,SERVICE learning ,PROBLEM-based learning - Abstract
The transition of courses from in-person to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic could have potentially affected overall student performance in lecture-based courses. The objective of this case study was to determine the impact of course format, as well as the effects of student sex, time of year at which the course was taken, and the institution it was taken at on student performance in an undergraduate animal science course. The course used for this study was taught at two institutions (University of Florida; UF and University of Nevada, Reno; UNR) over 7 yr (2014–2017 at UNR and 2018–2021 at UF). Student's performance (n = 911) was evaluated using both quizzes and exams from 2014 through the spring semester 2020 and only exams were used for summer and fall semesters of 2020 and the spring and summer semesters of 2021. The final score (out of 100%) for each student was used to evaluate student's performance. In addition, students were classified as high-performing students, if they scored ≥95% and low-performing students, if they scored ≤70%. The variables evaluated were the effects of semester (spring, summer, or fall), institution (UF or UNR), sex (male or female), number of teaching assistants (TAs; 0–13), and course format (online or in-person). The course was taught in-person at UNR and in-person and online at UF. The spring semester of 2020 was taught in-person until March but was switched to online approximately 9 wk after the semester started and was considered an online semester for this analysis. As the course was only taught online at UF, the variable course format was assessed using UF records only. Data were analyzed using both linear models and logistic regressions. The probability that students were high performing was not affected by sex or institution. Interestingly, both fall semester and the online format had a positive, desirable effect on the probability that students were high performing. The probability that students were low performing was not affected by sex. However, if a student performed poorly in the class, they were more likely to have taken the course at UNR, or at UF with many TAs. Thus, student's performance was impacted by changing the course format, as well as institution, the number of TAs, and the semester in which the course was taken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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8. In vitro evaluation of Lactobacillus plantarum as direct-fed microbials in high-producing dairy cows diets
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Monteiro, Hugo F, primary, Lelis, Ana Laura J, primary, Brandao, Virginia L N, primary, Faccenda, Andressa, primary, Avila, Andre S, primary, Arce-Cordero, Jose, primary, Silva, Lorrayny G, primary, Dai, Xiaoxia, primary, Restelatto, Rasiel, primary, Carvalho, Perivaldo, primary, Lima, Leni R, primary, and Faciola, Antonio P, primary
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- 2019
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9. Unveiling the relationships between diet composition and fermentation parameters response in dual-flow continuous culture system: a meta-analytical approach
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Brandao, Virginia L N and Faciola, Antonio P
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,General Veterinary ,040301 veterinary sciences ,0402 animal and dairy science ,chemistry.chemical_element ,in vitro ,Industrial fermentation ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Symposia ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Nitrogen ,meta-analysis ,microbial fermentation ,0403 veterinary science ,Neutral Detergent Fiber ,Animal science ,chemistry ,digestibility ,Propionate ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Dry matter ,Organic matter ,Fermentation ,volatile fatty acid ,Nitrogen cycle - Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate the functional form of the relationship between diet composition (dietary crude protein [CP] and neutral detergent fiber [NDF]) and amount of substrate (fermenter dry matter intake [DMI]) with microbial fermentation end products in a dual-flow continuous culture system. A meta-analysis was performed using data from 75 studies. To derive the linear models, the MIXED procedure was used, and for nonlinear models, the NLMIXED procedure was used. Significance levels to fit the model assumed for fixed and random effects were P ≤ 0.05. Independent variables were dietary NDF, CP, and fermenter DMI, whereas dependent variables were total volatile fatty acids (VFA) concentration; molar proportions of acetate, propionate, and butyrate; true ruminal digestibilities of organic matter (OM), CP, and NDF; ammonia nitrogen (NH3–N) concentration and flows of NH3–N; non-ammonia nitrogen; bacterial-N; dietary-N; and efficiency of microbial protein synthesis (EMPS). Ruminal digestibilities of OM, NDF, and CP decreased as fermenter DMI increased (P < 0.04). Dietary NDF and CP digestibilities were quadratically associated (P < 0.01). Total VFA linearly increased as DMI increased (P < 0.01), exponentially decreased as dietary NDF increased (P < 0.01), and was quadratically associated with dietary CP (P < 0.01), in which total VFA concentration was maximized at 18% dietary CP. Molar proportion of acetate exponentially increased (P < 0.01) as dietary NDF increased. Molar proportion of propionate linearly increased and exponentially decreased as DMI and dietary NDF increased, respectively (P < 0.01). Bacterial-N quadratically increased and dietary-N exponentially increased as DMI increased (P < 0.01). Flows of bacterial-N and dietary-N linearly decreased as dietary NDF increased (P < 0.02), and dietary-N flow was maximized at 18% CP. The EMPS linearly increased as dietary CP increased (P < 0.02) and was not affected by DMI or dietary NDF (P > 0.05). In summary, increasing fermenter DMI increased total VFA concentration and molar proportion of propionate, whereas, dietary NDF increased the molar proportion of acetate. Dietary CP increased bacterial-N flow and was positively associated with NH3–N concentration. Overall, the analysis of this dataset demonstrates evidences that the dual-flow continuous culture system provides valuable estimates of ruminal digestibility, VFA concentration, and nitrogen metabolism.
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10. Unveiling the relationships between diet composition and fermentation parameters response in dual-flow continuous culture system: a meta-analytical approach
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Brandao, Virginia L N, primary and Faciola, Antonio P, primary
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- 2019
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11. In vitro evaluation of Lactobacillus plantarum as direct-fed microbials in high-producing dairy cows diets.
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Monteiro, Hugo F, Lelis, Ana Laura J, Brandao, Virginia L N, Faccenda, Andressa, Avila, Andre S, Arce-Cordero, Jose, Silva, Lorrayny G, Dai, Xiaoxia, Restelatto, Rasiel, Carvalho, Perivaldo, Lima, Leni R, and Faciola, Antonio P
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LACTOBACILLUS plantarum ,COWS ,DIETARY supplements ,SACCHAROMYCES cerevisiae ,LACTOBACILLUS acidophilus - Abstract
The objectives of this study were: 1) to compare the effects of live yeast (LY), yeast fermentation product (YFP), a mix of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Propionibacterium freudenreichii (MLP), and Lactobacillus plantarum included as additives in dairy cows' diets on in vitro ruminal fermentation and gas production (GP); and 2) to evaluate the effects of L. plantarum as direct-fed microbials (DFM) in dairy cows' diets on in vitro ruminal fermentation, GP, nutrient digestibility, and N metabolism. Three experiments were carried out: Exp. 1 had the objective to compare all additives regarding ruminal fermentation parameters: an Ankom GP system was used in a completely randomized design, consisting of four 48 h incubations, and eight replications per treatment. There were eight treatments: a basal diet without additive (CTRL) or with one of the following additives: LY, YFP, MLP, or L. plantarum at four levels (% of diet Dry Matter (DM)): 0.05% (L1), 0.10% (L2), 0.15% (L3), and 0.20% (L4). In Exp. 2, a batch culture was used to evaluate ruminal fermentation, and CO
2 and CH4 production using the same treatments and a similar experimental design, except for having 16 replications per treatment. Based on Exp. 1 and 2 results, Exp. 3 aimed at evaluating the effects of the L. plantarum on ruminal true nutrient digestibility and N utilization in order to evaluate the use of L. plantarum as DFM. The treatments CTRL, MLP, L1, and L2 were used in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square design using a dual-flow continuous culture system. Data were analyzed using linear and nonlinear regression; treatment means were compared through contrasts, and L treatments in Exp. 1 and 2 were tested for linear, quadratic, and cubic effects. In Exp. 1, all treatments containing additives tended to reduce OM digestibility as well as reduced total volatile fatty acids (VFA) concentration and total GP. The YFP had greater OM digestibility than LY, and MLP treatment had greater total VFA concentration compared to L. plantarum treatments. In Exp. 2, additives reduced CO2 production, and there were no major differences in CH4 . In Exp. 3, all additives reduced NH3 -N concentration. In conclusion, pH and lactate concentration were not affected in all three experiments regardless of additive tested, suggesting that these additives may not improve ruminal fermentation by pH modulation; and L. plantarum may improve ruminal N metabolism when used as DFM in high-producing dairy cows' diets, mainly by reducing NH3 -N concentration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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12. Effects of Bacillus subtilis on in vitro ruminal fermentation and methane production.
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Sarmikasoglou E, Sumadong P, Dagaew G, Johnson ML, Vinyard JR, Salas-Solis G, Siregar M, and Faciola AP
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a proprietary strain of a Bacillus subtilis on in vitro ruminal fermentation and methane production in batch culture serum bottles. One hundred forty-nine batch culture bottles were used in a complete randomized block design. The arrangement of treatments was a 3 × 3 × 4 factorial to evaluate the effects of inoculum, time, diet, and their respective interactions. There were three experimental runs total, where the run was used as block. Inoculum treatments were 1.85 mg/mL of microcrystalline cellulose (CON); 10 billion B. subtilis plus microcrystalline cellulose (A1); and 60 billion B. subtilis plus microcrystalline cellulose (A2). Diet treatments were 0.50 g of early lactation diet (E, 30% starch), mid-lactation diet (M, 25% starch), or dry cow diet (D, 18% starch). The combination resulted in total of nine treatments. Each treatment had five replicates, two of which were used to determine nutrient degradability at 24 and 48 h after inoculation, and three were used to determine pH, ammonia nitrogen (NH
3 -N), volatile fatty acids, lactate, total gas, and methane production at 3, 6, 24, and 48 h after inoculation. Fixed effects of inoculum, diet, and their interaction were tested using the GLIMMIX procedure of SAS. Significance was declared at P ≤ 0.05. We observed that, compared to control, the supplementation of B. subtilis , decreased the production of acetate and propionate, while increasing the production of butyrate, iso -butyrate, valerate, iso -valerate, and caproate within each respective diet. Additionally, the total methane production exhibited mixed responses depending on the diet type. Overall, the inclusion of B. subtilis under in vitro conditions shows the potential to reduce ruminal methane production when supplemented with a mid-lactation diet, constituting a possible methane mitigation additive for dairy cattle diets., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest., (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Animal Science.)- Published
- 2024
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13. Effects of monensin and cashew nut-shell extract on bacterial community composition in a dual-flow continuous culture system.
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Sarmikasoglou E, Sumadong P, Roesch LF, Halima S, Hikita C, Watanabe T, and Faciola AP
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of including monensin and two doses of CNSE in a high producing dairy cow diet on ruminal bacterial communities. A dual-flow continuous culture system was used in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin Square design. A basal diet was formulated to meet the requirements of a cow producing 45 kg of milk per d (17% crude protein and 27% starch). There were four experimental treatments: the basal diet without any feed additive (CON), 2.5 μM monensin (MON), 100 ppm CNSE granule (CNSE100), and 200 ppm CNSE granule (CNSE200). Samples were collected from the fluid and solid effluents at 3, 6, and 9 h after feeding; a composite of all time points was made for each fermenter within their respective fractions. Bacterial community composition was analyzed by sequencing the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene using the Illumina MiSeq platform. Treatment responses for bacterial community structure were analyzed with the PERMANOVA test run with the R Vegan package. Treatment responses for correlations were analyzed with the CORR procedure of SAS. Orthogonal contrasts were used to test the effects of (1) ADD (CON vs. MON, CNSE100, and CNSE200); (2) MCN (MON vs. CNSE100 and CNSE200); and (3) DOSE (CNSE100 vs. CNSE200). Significance was declared at P ≤ 0.05. We observed that the relative abundance of Sharpea ( P < 0.01) , Mailhella ( P = 0.05) , Ruminococcus ( P = 0.03) , Eubacterium ( P = 0.01), and Coprococcus ( P < 0.01) from the liquid fraction and the relative abundance of Ruminococcus ( P = 0.03) and Catonella ( P = 0.02) from the solid fraction decreased, while the relative abundance of Syntrophococcus ( P = 0.02) increased in response to MON when compared to CNSE treatments. Our results demonstrate that CNSE and monensin have similar effects on the major ruminal bacterial genera, while some differences were observed in some minor genera. Overall, the tested additives would affect the ruminal fermentation in a similar pattern., (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Animal Science.)
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- 2023
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