ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2023
Goat hair as a bioindicator of environmental contaminants and adrenal activation during vertical transhumance.
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- Dynamic changes in plasma electrophoretic protein profiles of different goat breeds during peripartum: implications for immuno-inflammatory monitoring.Veterinary research communications · 2025Article
- Livestock Animal Hair as an Indicator of Environmental Heavy Metals Pollution in Central Albania.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Micronutrients and Toxic Elements in Soil, Grass, and Nutritional Supplements and in Blood and Meat Products from Beef Cattle Raised in the Southern Amazon, Brazil.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025Article
- Bioactive Element Biodistribution of Different Biological Substrates in Sheep and Goats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Content of Biogenic Elements in Sheep Wool by the Regions of Slovakia.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Effect of a Broiler-Specific Light Spectrum on Growth Performance and Adrenocortical Activity in Chickens: A Pilot Study on a Commercial Farm.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Use of Hair as Matrix for Trace Elements Biomonitoring in Cattle and Roe Deer Sharing Pastures in Northern Italy.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Difference in the Content of Essential and Non-Essential Elements in Wild Boar and Swine Tissues Sampled in the Same Area of Northern Italy.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Comparative analysis of PFASs concentrations in fur, muscle, and liver of wild roe deer as biomonitoring matrices.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
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Abstract
Autochthonous breeds of livestock are considered a pivotal genetic resource for agriculture, rural development, and food and nutrition security. In the Italian Alps, local livestock breeds are maintained using the traditional alpine farming system based on vertical transhumance, with the use of alpine pastures from late spring to autumn and indoor housing with a hay-based diet for the remaining part of the year. Because of their tight link with the territory of origin, local breeds could be used to biomonitor environmental contaminations. Moreover, animal welfare should also be monitored during transhumance in animals, which are exposed to a sudden farming system change and different types of stressors. For these reasons, this investigation hypothesized that the content of trace elements, heavy metals, and cortisol in the hair of goats changes during vertical transhumance, possibly reflecting different dietary contents and activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. This study aimed to assess the response of an Italian local goat breed to the change from indoor housing to alpine pasture in summer in terms of hair concentrations of (i) trace elements and heavy metals and (ii) cortisol. The regrown hair of Frisa goats was monthly collected for 2 consecutive years (
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