Production, intake, and feeding behavior of dairy goats fed alfalfa via grazing and cassava by Raquel Ornelas Marques, Heraldo Cesar Gonçalves, Paulo Roberto de Lima Meirelles, Reinaldo de Paula Ferreira, Helen Fernanda Barros Gomes, Raquel Vasconcelos Lourençon, Evelyn Prestes Brito, Gil Ignacio Lara Cañizares

“…The experiment was laid out in a Latin square design in which the following diets were tested: ground maize + soybean meal, cassava chips + soybean meal, ground maize + alfalfa grazing, and cassava chips + alfalfa grazing. …”
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Effects of a hepatoprotectant and different feed energy sources on milk composition and nutrient partitioning in lactating cows by Jessyca Karen PINHEIRO, Severino GONZAGA NETO, Ricardo Dias SIGNORETTI, José Maria CESAR NETO, Lara Toledo HENRIQUES, Marcelo Oliveira Alves RUFINO

“…These animals were allocated in a 4x4 Latin square design. A 2x2 factorial arrangement was employed in this feeding experiment. …”
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Effects of levels of ensiled pineapple waste and pangola hay fed as roughage sources on feed intake, nutrient digestibility and ruminal fermentation of Southern Thai native cattle by Suchart Suksathit, Chalong Wachirapakorn, Yanin Opatpatanakit

“…Four rumen-fistulated Southern Thai native cattle with initial weight286.1±48.5 kg were arranged to receive dietary treatments in a 4x4 Latin square design. Each period was lasted for 21 days.Cattle were fed concentrate to roughage at the ratio of 65:35. …”
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Quality of tifton and alfalfa hays and equine body biometrics by K. Oliveira, D. Tsuzukibashi, D. F. Fachiolli, M. J. Watanabe, J. H. S. Vera, J. S. Barros, C. Costa

“…The treatments consisted of six diets and the experimental delineation was the Latin square (6x6). The diet’s forage was composed by a combination of hays, in a factorial scheme (2x3), with two forages (tifton bermudagrass and alfalfa) and three types of hay (A, B and C). …”
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Effect of rice bran oil supplementation on milk composition, milk-free fatty acids and metabolic health status in dairy cows during mid-stage lactation by Paramintra Vinitchaikul, Korawan Srigerm, Jate Piapuk, Chaiwat Arjin

“…Six crossbred Holstein-Friesian dairy cows were randomly assigned into a double 3 x 3 Latin square design. Three dietary treatments were applied as a basal diet (control), 2% and 4% RBO supplementation. …”
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Nutrient Digestibility of a Vegetarian Diet with or without the Supplementation of Feather Meal and Either Corn Meal, Fermented Rye or Rye and Its Effect on Fecal Quality in Dogs by Amr Abd El-Wahab, Volker Wilke, Richard Grone, Christian Visscher

“…Thus, eight Beagle dogs were included in a 4 × 4 Latin Square design and received a vegetarian basic diet or the same diets supplemented with hydrolyzed feather meal (2.7%) and either 20.1% of corn meal, 60.4% of fermented rye or 20.1% of rye as is basis (moisture content of the diets about 42%). …”
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Effects of essential oils of Cashew and Castor on intake, digestibility, ruminal fermentation and purine derivatives in beef cattle fed high grain diets by Sabrina Marcantonio Coneglian, Roman David Castañeda Serrano, Olga Teresa Barreto Cruz, Antonio Ferriani Branco

“…Five Nellore steers fitted with ruminal cannula were used in a 5x5 Latin square design (21 days period). The treatments were control MON (0.2 g monensin animal day-1¬) and 1, 2, 4 and 8 g EO animal day-1 (Essential oils - Oligobasics®). …”
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Enpostil Lowers Elevated Serum Gastrin Concentrations in Patients with Pernicious Anemia by P Kirdeikis, M Mant, L Zuk, D Fisher, L Bynum, ABR Thomson

“…A double-blind, randomized, crossover, placebo controlled study of Latin square design was conducted to determine the gastrin-lowering effects of a synthetic orally administered prostaglandin, enprostil, in fasted and fed patients with hypergastrinemia due to pernicious anemia. …”
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Increasing inclusions of Tribulus terrestris as an additive in diets of sheep kept in confinement by Y.S. Schunk, C.F.M. Mendes, R.A. T. Almeida, I.P. Raimundo, I.Q. Takahashi, C.F. Silva, R.L. Valença, R.O. Rego, L.C. Nunes, M.T.C. Almeida

“…And in situ, with inclusions of 0 to 5.0g/kg, in which five cannulated sheep were distributed in a 5 × 5 Latin square design to evaluate fermentation parameters, protozoan populations and blood metabolic profile. …”
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Substitution of rumen degradable nitrogen with urea in sheep fed low quality Eragrostis curvula hay by Herman Mynhardt, Willem Adriaan Van Niekerk, Lourens Johannes Erasmus, Abubeker Hassen, Roelf Johannes Coertze

“…Five wethers were fed ad libitum, low quality hay and supplemented twice-daily in equal proportions, via the rumen cannulae, one of five iso-nitrogenous and iso-energetic supplements in a 5 × 5 Latin square design experiment. The supplements differed in the ratios of rumen degradable N (RDN) supplied by either SFM and/or urea and is presented as percentage of RDN supplied by urea: T0 (100 % SFM, 0 % urea); T15 (85 % SFM, 15 % urea); T30 (70 % SFM, 30 % urea); T45 (55 % SFM, 45 % urea) and T60 (40 % SFM, 60 % urea). …”
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Production and quality of milk from Mantiqueira dairy cows feeding on Mombasa grass pasture and receiving different sources of roughage supplementation by Afonso Aurélio de Carvalho Peres, Carlos Augusto Brandão de Carvalho, Maria Inês de Aquino Barbosa Carvalho, Hernán Maldonado Vasquez, José Fernando Coelho da Silva, Renata Cogo Clipes, Mirton José Frota Morenz

“…The experimental design used was for response to continuous flow in rotational trial, similar to the Latin square model. In the spring-summer period, the average milk production was 12.2±2.2 and 14.0±3.8 kg/cow per day; for the autumn-winter period, the milk production was 13.5±2.9 and 12.1±2.5 kg/cow per day in the black oat pasture; 11.8±2.5 and 10.9±2.3 kg/cow per day in the sorghum silage and 11.3±1.8 and 8.4±1.5 kg/cow per day in the sugarcane + urea, for 1st and 2nd years evaluated, respectively. …”
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Effects of benzoic acid on nitrogen, phosphorus and energy balance and on ammonia emission from slurries in the heavy pig by G. Matteo Crovetto, Luca Rapetti, Luca Malagutti, Stefania Colombini, Gianluca Galassi

“…Six Landrace x Large White barrows of 125 kg body weight (BW) on average were used in a repeated 3x3 Latin Square design and housed in metabolic cages to collect faeces and urine separately, in 3 collection periods of 7 days, after 14 days of adaptation. …”
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FRUTOS-REFUGO DE MELÃO EM SUBSTITUIÇÃO AO FARELO DE TRIGO NA ALIMENTAÇÃO DE VACAS LEITEIRAS by GUILHERME FERREIRA DA COSTA LIMA, JOSÉ GERALDO MEDEIROS DA SILVA, EMERSON MOREIRA DE AGUIAR, MARCELO DE ANDRADE FERREIRA, ADRIANO HENRIQUE DO NASCIMENTO RANGEL, JORGE FERREIRA TORRES

“…The experiment was conducted in a 5x5 latin square design, including five animals, five experimental periods and five levels of melon fruits addition. …”
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Effect of calcium salts of fatty acids on the nutritive value of diets, feeding behavior, and serum blood parameters of lactating Saanen goats grazing on stargrass by Ludmila Couto Gomes, Claudete Regina Alcalde, Ulysses Cecato, Gracielle Caroline Mari, Sérgio Mangano de Almeida Santos, Jessyka Guedes Mazziero

“…The animals were distributed into two Latin square designs, which, for the multiparous goats was 5 × 5, with five treatments (0%, 1.5%, 3.0%, 4.5%, and 6.0% CSFA); and for the primiparous goats was 4 × 4, with four treatments (0%, 1.5%, 3.0%, and 4.5% CSFA). …”
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Effect of eating stevia-coated fennel seeds on salivary pH: A randomized controlled trial by Puja C Yavagal, G K Divyapriya, D J Veeresh, Nousheen Nadaf

“…Methodology: A randomized controlled, Latin square design trial involving 15 female research participants aged 20–23 years were allocated to three intervention groups. …”
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Effects of Low-Dose Organic Trace Minerals Supplementation on the Mineral Excretion and Physiological Mineral Status in Small Ruminants by Antal VIGH, Soraia PUTRINO, Christine GERARD

“…This study investigated the effects of replacing inorganic trace mineral (ITM) supplementations of Mn, Zn and Cu by iso or lower doses of organic TM (OTM) on mineral status and mineral excretion of sheep. Following a Latin square design, nine castrated rams were divided to three experimental treatments: supplementation either with ITM (INORG) or OTM (ORG) following the recommended levels, and OTM at a reduced dosage (ORGLow). …”
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Effects of polymer-coated slow-release urea on performance, ruminal fermentation, and blood metabolites in dairy cows by Gustavo Delfino Calomeni, Rodrigo Gardinal, Beatriz Conte Venturelli, José Esler de Freitas Júnior, Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini, Caio Seiti Takiya, Heraldo Namorato de Souza, Francisco Palma Rennó

“…Sixteen Holstein cows (580±20 kg of live weight (mean ± standard deviation); 90 to 180 days in milk (DIM); and 28 kg/d of average milk yield) were used in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square experimental design. The animals were assigned to each square according to milk yield and DIM. …”
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Forage cactus associated with different fiber sources for lactating Sindhi cows: intake, digestibility and microbial protein production by Carla Aparecida Soares Saraiva, Severino Gonzaga Neto, Maria Fernanda Soares Queiroz, Lara Toledo Henriques, Edilson Paes Saraiva, Rômulo Pontes de Freitas Albuquerque, Vinicius de França Carvalho Fonseca, George Vieira do Nascimento

“…Five cows with 265 kg average body weight, 4.95 kg average daily milk yield and 5.22 kg 4% fat-corrected milk yield were randomly allocated to a 5 × 5 Latin square design. The animals fed cactus associated with CS, EGH and HCS showed higher intake of DM and nutrients. …”
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Effects of dietary linseed oil and propionate precursors on ruminal microbial community, composition, and diversity in Yanbian yellow cattle. by Xiang Z Li, Byung K Park, Jong S Shin, Seong H Choi, Stephen B Smith, Chang G Yan

“…We used eight ruminally cannulated Yanbian yellow steers (510 ± 5.8 kg) in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square design with four dietary treatments. Steers were fed a basal diet that comprised 80% concentrate and 20% rice straw (DM basis, CON). …”
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Technical cashew nut shell liquid associated with non-protein nitrogen sources in high-grain diets for ruminants: intake and digestibility of nutrients, ruminal fermentation, and m... by Milene Puntel Osmari, Antonio Ferriani Branco, Tatiana Garcia Diaz, Laiz Fiorilli de Matos, Rafael Henrique de Tonissi e Buschinelli de Goes, Ana Lúcia Teodoro

“…The experimental design was a 4 x 4 Latin square with 14-day experimental periods. The non-protein nitrogen sources used were livestock urea (U) and slow-release urea (SRU) (Optigen® II). …”
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