Snehal Tawde

• Manager - Innovation; Global Technical Manager - Feed Safety Hygiene at Perstorp Animal Nutrition/Perstorp/Petronas Chemicals Group

The use of various feed additives for their non-nutrient, immunomodulatory qualities is under investigation for application in swine production, especially during the post-weaning period. Butyrate (C4) is a known modulator of intestinal physiology, produced endogenously by commensal microbes and found in other organic sources. However, the understa...

A novel combination of Butyric and Valeric acid glycerol esters with oregano oil in a dry powder form was evaluated for performance improvements in broilers. The dosing regimen (500 g/Ton feed in starter and grower; 250 g/Ton in finisher feed) was considered low compared to conventional practices using non-esterified Butyric and Valeric short-chain...

Our previous work showed that dietary valerate glycerides reduced frequency of diarrhea and β-hemolytic coliforms in fecal cultures of pigs infected with F18+ Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). However, the impact of these feed additives on the immune response and intestinal physiology of newly weaned pigs experiencing ETEC-associated diarrhe...

The present experiment aimed to investigate the effects of dietary valerate glycerides on performance and diarrhea of weanling piglets infected with F18+ Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). Sixty weaned piglets (6.97 ± 0.75 kg body weight; 21 d old) were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 dietary treatments: nursery basal diet (control), 0.075% or 0....

There are approximately 30 orders of birds in the Aves class, with approximately 2000 genera and 10,000 species. Obviously, such a large class of animals possesses a bewildering array of unique physiologic adaptations, behaviors, and ecologic niches that predispose them to potential intoxication from numerous natural and man-made toxicants in their...

Background: A 4-year-old, 37 kg, male German shepherd developed hyperthermia, tachycardia, and agitation following consumption of ground meat found in the backyard of its owner. When presented to a veterinary clinic, plasma ethylene glycol (EG) testing was positive, and the dog was given ethanol and lactated Ringer's solution intravenously. Approx...

In September 2010, an outbreak of type A botulism involved 4 horses in northern California that were fed grass clippings obtained from a nearby park. All 4 animals developed a progressive flaccid paralysis syndrome clinically consistent with exposure to preformed Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). Within 48 hr of consuming the grass clippings...

Zinc poisoning in dogs, following ingestion of post-1982 U.S. one cent coins is an increasingly common toxicological syndrome causing gastrointestinal abnormalities, hemolytic anemia, pancreatitis and renal failure. Thermodynamic laws predict that the rate of the chemical reaction between HCl and metallic zinc, which releases absorbable zinc anions...

The dermal absorption potential of a nanocrystalline magnesium oxide (MgO) and titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) mixture in dermatomed human skin was assessed in vitro using Bronaugh-type flow-through diffusion cells. Nanocrystalline material was applied to the skin surface at a dose rate of 50 mg/cm(2) as a dry powder, as a water suspension, and as a wate...