Acceptability by Girolando heifers and nutritional value of erect prickly pear stored for different periods by Evannielly Thuanny dos Santos Silva, Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo, Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira, Júlio César Vieira de Oliveira, Djalma Cordeiro dos Santos, Randerson Cavalcante Silva, Jonas Gomes Inácio

“…Five heifers were distributed in a 5x5 Latin square. The treatments were as follows: EPP without storage time; stored EPP for three post-harvest periods - 7, 14, and 21 days; and cochineal nopal cactus (CNC) (Nopalea cochenillifera) without storage time, as a control treatment. …”
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Effect of replacing fresh water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) to rice straw diet on feed intake, rumen fermentation and weight gain of Lai Sind cattle by Van Thu Nguyen, Van Phong Le

“…Four local male cattle with average live weight of 290 kg were arranged in a Latin-square design with four treatments, which included fresh water hyacinth (WH) replacing rice straw at levels of 0, 25, 50 and 75% in the diets [dry matter (DM) basis]. …”
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Replacement of common urea with protected urea in sheep supplement by P. R. Ribeiro, E. B. Schultz, L. F. Sousa, G. L. Macedo Júnior

“…The experimental design was a 5x5 Latin square. Treatments consisted of: control or 100% CU, 75% CU and 25% PU, 50% CU and 50% PU, 25% CU and 75% PU and 100% PU. …”
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Effect of carbohydrate source on productive performance, ruminal and systemic health of grazing cows by Luis M. Gómez-Osorio, Sandra L. Posada-Ochoa, Ricardo Rosero-Noguera, Martha E. Olivera-Angel

“…Methods: Eight Holstein cows were evaluated in a 4 x 4 Latin square design during the first 60 days of lactation. …”
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Effect of Using Faba Bean and/or Italian Ryegrass in Total Mixed Rations to Dairy Cows by Silvia Baizán, Adela Martínez-Fernández, Fernando Vicente

“…Nine Friesian cows were randomly allocated in three groups, following a 3 × 3 Latin square design with three diets for three periods. …”
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Effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on in sacco and in vitro degradation of diets and on growth performance of lambs by Luis Alberto Miranda, Juan Manuel Pinos-Rodríguez, Sergio Segundo González, Isaac Almaraz

“…Six ruminally cannulated lambs in a replicated 3x3 Latin Square were used to determine ISD. Three diets (treatments) added with enzyme (0, 3 and 6 g enzyme/kg DM) were evaluated for IVD and ISD. …”
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Field evaluation of selected traps and lures for monitoring the filarial and arbovirus vector, Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae), in French Polynesia. by Hapairai, L, Joseph, H, Sang, M, Melrose, W, Ritchie, SA, Burkot, T, Sinkins, S, Bossin, H

“…Mosquito sampling was conducted on two typical islands of French Polynesia: the high, volcanic island of Moorea, and the low, coral island (atoll) of Tetiaroa Sampling efficacy was measured in a randomized Latin Square design. Production of carbon dioxide from yeast-sugar fermentation was used as an alternative source of CO2 because supply via dry ice, gas cylinders, or propane combustion in remote tropical islands is costly and challenging. …”

Use of hierarchical models for meta-analysis: experience in the metabolic ward studies of diet and blood cholesterol. by Frost, C, Clarke, R, Beacon, H

“…Thirty-one studies had randomized cross-over designs, 12 had matched parallel group designs, 12 had non-randomized Latin square designs and 16 had other uncontrolled designs. …”

Plasma and milk metabolomics revealed changes in amino acid metabolism in Holstein dairy cows under heat stress by E. Jorge-Smeding, Y.H. Leung, A. Ruiz-González, W. Xu, A.L. Astessiano, A.I. Trujillo, D.E. Rico, Á. Kenéz

“…Twelve multiparous Holstein cows were enrolled in a split-plot Latin square design with two distinct vitamin E/Se supplementation levels, either at a low (ESe−, n = 6, 11.1 IU/kg vitamin E and 0.55 mg/kg Se) or a high dose (ESe+, n = 6 223 IU/kg vitamin E and 1.8 mg/kg Se) as the main plot. …”
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Effects of dietary niacinamide and CP concentrations on the nitrogen excretion, growth performance, and meat quality of pigs by L.T. Wu, L.M. Tan, C.Y. You, T.Y. Lan, W.X. Li, Y.T. Xu, Z.X. Ren, Q. Ding, C.Y. Zhou, Z.R. Tang, W.Z. Sun, Z.H. Sun

“…In nitrogen balance trial 2, another four barrows (40 ± 0.5 kg BW) were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square design. The diets consisted of a basal diet + including 30 mg/kg NAM (control), basal diet + 360 mg/kg NAM, low-protein diet + 30 mg/kg NAM, and low-protein diet + 360 mg/kg NAM. …”
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Effects of Differences in Fibre Composition and Maturity of Forage-Based Diets on the Fluid Balance, Water-Holding Capacity and Viscosity in Equine Caecum and Colon Digesta by Sara Muhonen, Christelle Philippeau, Véronique Julliand

“…Three diets: concentrate and late harvested grass haylage (35:65 energy ratio) (C); early and late harvested grass haylage (80:20) (G); lucerne and late harvested grass haylage (80:20) (L) were fed to six caecum and colon fistulated horses for 28 days in a Latin-square design. Total water intake and BW were higher when the horses were fed Diet L, but the digesta WHC was higher when fed Diet G. …”
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Passage of nutrients into the duodenum and their postruminal digestion in cows fed crushed and ground maize by Z. Čerešňáková, M. Chrenková, A. Sommer

“…In an in vivo experiment the 2 × 2 Latin square method and Cr as a marker were used to determine ruminal degradation and postruminal digestion of nutrients from a feed ration containing 3 kg of crushed or ground maize (CM vs. …”
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Original Research Article Milk Yield and Feed Conversion of Sokoto Gudali Cows Fed Elephant Grass Ensiled with Cassava Peel by Olorunnisomo Olusola Adeyanju, Ibhaze Gladys Abiemwense

“…At 21, 42 and 63 days of ensiling, silage samples were taken for chemical analysis and the remaining materials were fed to four lactating Sokoto Gudali cows for a period of 84 days using a Latin square design. Dry matter (DM) content of silage mixtures increased from 18.22 to 28.70% as level of CSP in the silage mixture increased while crude protein (7.33 to 6.08%) and crude fibre (32.80 to 23.95%) decreased. …”
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EVALUATION OF WEED SILAGE IN DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING IN SMALL-SCALE DAIRY SYSTEMS by Aida Gómez-Miranda, Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordán, Rodolfo Vieyra-Alberto, Joaquín Miguel Castro-Montoya, Felipe López González

“…Methodology: Two grass silages were evaluated: Slg-40 with 40% mirasol and 30% barley, and Slg-60 with 60% mirasol and 40% grasses and other grasses, with corn silage (Slg-Mz), supplemented with 4.1 kg MS of commercial concentrate. In a 3X3 Latin square repeated twice with 6 cows and 14-day periods. …”
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Self-management training program by using cognitive technique (a quasi experiment on the students of UPI Kampus Serang) by Ima Chudari

“…Research design applies the Latin Square technique which is derived from one of Within Subject technique (Heppner, Wampold, Kivlighan, 2008).  …”
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The Greatest Common Decision Maker: A Novel Conflict and Consensus Analysis Compared with Other Voting Procedures by Pedro García-del-Valle-y-Durán, Eduardo Gamaliel Hernandez-Martinez, Guillermo Fernández-Anaya

“…A classification for the family of magic squares is reviewed and it is determined that a conflict decision matrix corresponds to a Latin square. As an original contribution, a 2D color heatmap is generated as a visual tool to compare the consensus and conflict cases generated by the compared methods. …”
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Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack. by Tomoki Kojima, Kazato Oishi, Yasushi Matsubara, Yuki Uchiyama, Yoshihiko Fukushima, Naoto Aoki, Say Sato, Tatsuaki Masuda, Junichi Ueda, Hiroyuki Hirooka, Katsutoshi Kino

“…Six Japanese Black cows were assigned to treatments using a 3 × 3 Latin-square design. The treatments were black-and-white painted stripes, black painted stripes, and no stripes (all-black body surface). …”
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Effect of urea and molasses fermented cassava pulp on rumen fermentation, microbial population and microbial protein synthesis in beef cattle by Thitima Norrapoke, Tanitpan Pongjongmit, Suban Foiklang

“…All brahman crossbred beef cattle were randomly assigned according to a 4 × 4 Latin Square Design to receive four dietary treatments; cassava pulp (control), cassava pulp fermented with urea 4%, cassava pulp fermented with molasses 4%, and cassava pulp fermented with urea 4% and molasses 4%. …”
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Basal blood parameters of horses subjected to aerobic activity fed with lipidic concentrated by Kátia de Oliveira, Vanessa Pillon dos Santos, Ciniro Costa, Marília Gabriela Faustino, Janaina Carolina de Sá, Paulo Roberto de Lima Meirelles

“…Four horses were used in latin square design with treatments in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement. …”
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Nutritional value of some feedstuffs used in the diet of captive capybaras by Djalma Nóbrega Ferreira, Alcester Mendes, Sérgio Luiz Gama Nogueira-Filho

“…Five pen-raised adult female capybaras were used in five digestibility trials in a Latin square design, to determine, for capybaras, the nutritional values of Cameroon grass (Pennisetum purpureum cv. …”
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