Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2022 (vol. 67), issue 12
General resilience in dairy cows: A reviewReview
Eva Kašná, Ludmila Zavadilová, Jan Vařeka, Jitka Kyselová
Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2022, 67(12):475-482 | DOI: 10.17221/149/2022-CJAS 
Dairy farming is deeply affected by climate change, especially by rising temperatures and heat waves, poorer availability of quality food and water, and the spread of new diseases and pests outside their original ecological niche. Their impact can be mitigated not only by changes in technologies, management and treatment, but also by breeding and selection of more resilient cows. General resilience encompasses the animal's capacity to cope with environmental, social and disease challenges. It is described as the capacity of the animal to be minimally affected by a disturbance or to rapidly return to the physiological, behavioural, cognitive, health,...
Pedigree analysis of the Lipizzan horse populations from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia: Structure, inbreeding and genetic variabilityOriginal Paper
Biljana Rogic, Ljuba Strbac, Sladjana Preradovic, Bozo Vazic
Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2022, 67(12):483-492 | DOI: 10.17221/122/2022-CJAS
The aim of this study was to evaluate population parameters and to describe the genetic variability in the Lipizzan horse populations from stud farms in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) and Serbia (SRB), reported for the first time in the literature. Pedigree data were collected from the national studbooks. Pedigree data for 2 521 horses were used in the analysis, for a reference population covering live animals in the current population. The average generation interval was 10.78 ± 0.36 (BH) and 12.12 ± 0.59 (SRB) years. The equivalent complete generations ranged from 5.49 (BH) to 14.86 (SRB). The average inbreeding values were 3.96 (BH) and 2.12...
Dietary brown seaweed and plant polyphenols in hyperprolific sows: Productive performance, blood parameters and antioxidant statusOriginal Paper
Raffaella Rossi, Telma Tucci, Alessia Giordano, Pierangelo Moretti, Carlo Corino
Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2022, 67(12):493-502 | DOI: 10.17221/98/2022-CJAS
This study evaluated the productive performance, blood parameters and antioxidant status of hyperprolific sows fed control diet or diet supplemented with brown seaweed and polyphenol mixture (SPM). Ninety-six farrowing highly prolific sows (Topigs 20) were assigned to two dietary treatments from day 107 ± 2 days of gestation until weaning: control diet and the same diet containing 15 g/day of SPM. Sows fed SPM diet tended to have lower backfat losses (P = 0.06) than control sows. No difference was observed in daily feed intake. No difference in litter birth weight or number of piglets per litter was observed. In sows fed SPM, average...
Effects of dietary addition of wormwood on growth performance, blood characteristics and meat quality in growing-fattening pigsOriginal Paper
Gyo Moon Chu, Byung Ki Park
Czech J. Anim. Sci., 2022, 67(12):503-514 | DOI: 10.17221/110/2022-CJAS
This study investigated the effects of the dietary addition of wormwood (Artemisia montana Pampan) on growth performance, blood characteristics, carcass traits, and meat quality in growing-fattening pigs. One hundred eighty crossed pigs (Landrace × Yorkshire × Duroc), weighing approximately 70 kg, were divided into four groups of 15 head (eight barrows and seven gilts) per pen, and the experiment was replicated thrice. The basal diet (C) was supplemented with 0.5% (T1), 1.0% (T2), and 1.5% (T3) of dried powdered wormwood, and the pigs were fed an experimental diet for six weeks. The average daily weight gain and feed efficiency were significantly...