ABSTRACT The objective was to study the stress level in dogs during grooming services in a pet shop. A total of 55 grooming services carried out in a pet shop in the city of Janaúba, MG, were evaluated and divided into four categories according to sex and body weight. The flowchart of the grooming process contained six steps that began with the transportation of dogs to the pet shop and finished with their return to the place of origin. Behavioral, physiological, and blood component evaluations were performed at different steps of the process. Changes in dog behavior and physiological parameters were observed primarily upon arrival at the pet shop and during drying. Employee characteristics also influenced dogs’ behaviors. However, dogs were able to thermoregulate and maintain the homeostasis of leukocytes, glucose and cortisol in the blood.

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the hematological profile, hepatic function, and histopathology of mixed-sex broilers fed rations supplemented with microencapsulated essential oils from Cymbopogon flexuosus (lemon grass) and Lippia rotundifolia (chá-de-pedestre). One hundred and fifty Cobb chicks were housed in cages from 1 to 42 days of age in a completely randomized design, with six replicates with five chickens in each of five treatments (150 total chicks): basal diet without antibiotic growth promoter (negative control), diet with enramicina and salinomycin (positive control), diet with lemon grass essential oil, diet with L. rotundifolia essential oil, and diet with a mixture of lemon grass and L. rotundifolia essential oils. Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) were significantly lower in untreated broilers (negative control group). Gender was not associated with erythrogram values, but aspartate aminotransferase activity (AST) was higher in females. Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) was higher in chicks in the group that received rations with lemon grass oil. Broilers that received L. rotundifolia oil developed more hepatic lesions, although no effect of sex was observed related to the lesion score. Biliary hyperplasia and fibroplasias were observed in all groups, with higher histopathology scores in broilers that received diets containing L. rotundifolia oil. Mixed-sex broilers fed rations supplemented with lemon grass and L. rotundifolia essential oils have normal complete blood counts and unspecific hepatic lesions and are characterized by lipidosis, hyperplasia of the bile ducts, and fibroplasia.

A utilização de forrageiras tolerantes ao sombreamento é fundamental para a sustentabilidade da integração lavoura-pecuária-floresta. Estudou-se o comportamento do Panicum maximum cv. 'Tanzânia' e do Andropogon gayanus cv. 'Planaltina' sob diferentes níveis de sombreamentos e épocas de entrada sob a sombra. Utilizou-se delineamento em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições, em esquema fatorial com dois tipos de sombreamento: 30% e 50%; três épocas de entrada na sombra após transplante (07, 14 e 21 dias); e uma testemunha, mantida a pleno sol. Mudas com 8 a 12cm de altura das duas espécies, pré-cultivadas em bandejas de isopor, foram transplantadas para vasos e mantidas nos respectivos ambientes sombreados ou a pleno sol por 90 dias, em livre crescimento. A época de entrada na sombra não interferiu na produtividade e nos teores de clorofila foliar das cultivares, assim como na composição bromatológica. As massas seca e fresca das cultivares 'Tanzânia' e 'Planaltina' foram superiores em ambientes sombreados, quando comparadas ao pleno sol. As duas forrageiras, quando sombreadas, incrementaram os teores de clorofila a, porém não se observou alteração para clorofila b. A adaptação positiva em ambientes sombreados das cultivares torna-se promissora em sistemas de integração silvipastoris.

The use of grasses tolerant to shade is essential to the sustainability of the Farming-Livestock-Forest Integration System. The performance of Panicum maximum cv. 'Tanzania' and Andropogon gayanus cv. 'Planaltina' under different levels of shading and times of entry under the shade were studied. We used designs in randomized blocks with four replications in a factorial scheme with two types of shading: 30% and 50%; three times of entry into the shade after transplantation (07, 14 and 21 days) and a witness, kept in full sun. Seedlings 8 to 12cm high of both species, pre-cultivated in styrofoam trays were transplanted to pots and maintained in their respective environments under the shade or full sun for 90 days in normal growth. The time of entry into the shade does not interfere with productivity and leaf chlorophyll content of cultivars, as well as in the bromatological composition. The fresh and dry matter of the cultivars of both 'Planaltina' and 'Tanzania' were higher in shaded environments rather than those in full sun. The two forage grasses when shaded increase the chlorophyll a content, but no change of chlorophyll b was thereof observed. The positive adaptation of cultivars in the shaded environments becomes promising in systems of integration of pastures with trees.

O Caryocar brasiliense (popularmente chamado pequi) é amplamente consumido pela população do Cerrado. Este fruto tem alta concentração de ácidos graxos monoinsaturados que podem influenciar positivamente o perfil lipídico. Não obstante, o pequi também possui uma importante concentração de ácidos graxos saturados, que, por sua vez, estão relacionados com o risco de aterosclerose. Este trabalho objetivou estudar o efeito de uma dieta suplementada com pequi sobre os níveis lipídicos e glicêmicos sanguíneos e histologia hepática. Camundongos Albino swiss fêmeas foram divididos em três grupos e alimentados com ração comercial (grupo controle), ração comercial suplementada com 33% de amêndoa de pequi (grupo amêndoa) e ração comercial suplementada com 33% de polpa de pequi (grupo polpa). Após 6 semanas, e jejum overnight, sangue e fígados foram coletados para análises posteriores. O colesterol total e HDL-colesterol séricos foram significativamente maiores nos camundongos alimentados com dietas contendo pequi, quando comparado ao grupo controle. Todavia, não houve modificação nos níveis sanguíneos de triglicérides, fração aterogênica e glicose. Além disso, houve desenvolvimento de esteatose microvesicular no fígado relacionada à ingestão de pequi. Em conclusão, as dietas suplementadas com polpa ou amêndoa de pequi diminuíram o risco aterogênico por aumentar as lipoproteínas antiaterogênicas sem mudar a fração pró-aterogênica nos camundongos.

Caryocar brasiliense (popular name pequi) is widely consumed by the population of Brazilian Savannah. This fruit has a high concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids that can influence positively the lipid profile. In addition, pequi also has an important concentration of saturated fatty acids which, in turn, is associated with atherosclerosis risk. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a pequi-supplemented diet on blood lipid and glucose levels and hepatic histology. Female Albino swiss mice were divided into three groups and fed a standard chow diet (control group), chow diet supplemented with 33% pequi nut (nut group), and chow diet supplemented with 33% pequi pulp (pulp group). After 6 weeks, following an overnight fast, blood and liver were collected for posterior analyses. Serum total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol were significantly higher in mice fed pequi-rich diets compared to the control group. Nevertheless, there was no modification in blood triglycerides, atherogenic fraction, and glucose levels. In addition, there was development of liver microvesicular steatosis related to pequi intake. In conclusion, the diets supplemented with pequi nut or pulp reduced the atherogenic risk by increasing the anti-atherogenic lipoproteins without changing the pro-atherogenic fraction in mice.