Author: Didier-Noel Carlotti, Doct.-Vét., DECVD

shampoo formulations are composed of surfactants (cleansing agents, foaming agents and conditioners) as well as thickeners, softeners, sequestering agents, preservatives, fragrance and sometimes opacifiers and colouring additives. Surfactants are amphophilic molecules, i.e., molecules with a dual affinity, both for water and oil, Surfactants are composed of a hydrophilic part (hydrophilic “head”) and a lipophilic part (“lipophilic tail”). They are called surfactants (surface active ingredients) due to their propensity absorption on various interfaces (oil/water, air/water…), modifying the properties of the interface (decrease of the interface tension and stabilisation of the interface), In water, surfactants form micelle structures. These structures correspond to a spontaneous molecular arrangement of the amphiphilic molecules. The micelle formation process explains many of the surfactant properties and particularly their ability to emulsify, render soluble and disperse oils, dirty and debris, Pet shampoos have to ensure excellent cleansing of the hair and skin, leaving them soft, supple, lustrous and easy to manage. A specifically formulated combinations of surfactants is necessary in order to combine superior cleansing properties and a perfect local tolerance on canine and feline skin. pet shampoos have a physiological pH adapted to the canine and feline skin, Another important feature of pet shampoos is ease of rinsing, because surfactants can induce skin irritation when they are not totally removed by rinsing and also, because dogs and cats (contrary to humans) often lick their fur ingesting shampoo residues, local tolerance and efficacy are assessed on dogs and cats suffering from conditions for which the shampoo is indicated. Canine and feline skin is often more sensitive than is human skin due to anatomical and physiological differences, including differences in the thickness of the stratum corneum, skin pH and hair follicle density which can facilitate cutaneous penetration of active ingredients, Surfactants can be classified into 4 groups, according to their ionic nature: anionic, cationic, non-ionic amphoteric surfactants, efficacy of shampoos on skin hydration, the surface lipid film and stratum corneum, which are of great importance in keratoseborrhoeic disorders, transepidermal water loss (TEWL) measurement, corneocyte counts, measurement of corneal layer thickness, stripping, chemical analysis of lipid film, water content measurement, surface biopsy and corneometry4. These procedures have been deemed to be not reproducible and thus useless in evaluating effects of topical treatments in the dog, ction of active ingredients applied to the skin: liposomes prolong the moisturizing effect and Spherulites® increase bioavailability of therapeutic agents and promotes immediate and residual moisturising properties (reinforced by chitosanide). Also, microemulsions enhance bioavailability of active ingredients, which readily diffuse, and they also have an effective cleansing effect, CAS NUMBER: 85507-69-3

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Author Calabrò S, Carciofi AC, Musco N, Tudisco R, Gomes MOS, Cutrignelli MI. 2013a.

Fermentable carbohydrates, canine diet, improve gastrointestinal health by modifying gut microbial population and metabolic activity, fermentation, aloe vera carbohydrate source, substrates, Fermentable carbohydrates are important components of dog diets, SCFA production, and high BCFA formation

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Author Nadia Musco,Pietro Lombardi,Serena Calabrò,Vincenzo Mastellone,Raffaella Tudisco,Micaela Grossi,Laura Addi,Raffaella Grazioli &Monica Isabella Cutrignelli show les

Aloe plant contains anthraquinone, glycosides, mucilages, resinous materials, sugars, mucopolysaccharides, fatty acids, glycoproteins, enzymes, vitamins and minerals,  rich in carbohydrates, carbohydrates fermentability, as already shown in dogs, healing properties of Aloe, mucilaginous polysaccharides, wound healing, anti-parasitic, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial, Immune-stimulating, anti-proliferative, activity on intestinal function, feedstuff and diet 

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Author: Lin J, Zhang FY, Xu Y, Ting ZX, Po YD. 2005.

effects of different levels of Aloe vera gel on microflora population, humoral and cellular immune response, and relative weight of lymphoid organs compared to the effects brought about by antibiotic, Aloe vera gel (added to basal diet at 1.5%, 2% and 2.5%), increase in Aloe vera gel in the feed resulted in significant reduction in the number of E. coli colonies and significant increase in the number of Lactobacillus colonies compared to the control and antibiotic groups, humoral immunity, sheep red blood cells antibody titer reached its highest level in the 2.5% Aloe vera gel group, education in number of E. coli colonies and increase in number of Lactobacillus colonies as a result of increased Aloe vera gel in the feed, poultry industry, birds are maintained in confinement systems and large flocks in order to achieve higher economic returns, birds are exposed to stress and inducing factors such as high population, vaccination and temperature changes. Intestinal microflora is influenced, and sometimes imbalanced, by these factors, leading to deteriorated health conditions for chickens, imbalance in intestinal microflora may result in weakened immune system and failure of growth performance in chickens, microorganism resistance, replacements for growth-stimulating antibiotics such as probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids and herbal medicines, active compounds of herbs can be found in the form of glycosides, alkaloids, volatile oils and organic acids, and more importantly in polysaccharides, Polysaccharides act as immunomodulators and even perform antimicrobial activities, polysaccharides can be used as feed supplements or as booster in vaccination. Antibacterial, antiviral and antiparasitic, Aloe vera contains different types of polysaccharides most significantly acemannan

The post Effects of gel, polysaccharide and acemannan from Aloe vera on broiler gut flora, microvilli density, immune function and growth performance. Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science 25:668671. appeared first on AMB Wellness.

Author Sharma S, Singh, DK, Gurung YB, Shrestha SP, Pantha C,

immunomodulatory e?ect of Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) and Aloe vera(Aloe barbadensis) in broiler chicken, Aloe vera @5 ml/lit drinking water, immunomodulating e?ect, measuring antibody titer against NDV vaccine; and by estimating the albumin, globulin and total protein, Intensive poultry production with fast growing strains and high stocking densities are usually susceptible to infectious agents due to various reasons, one of the reasons being reduced immune potential, commercial poultry ?ocks, may be caused by a number of factors such as stress, nutrition and infectious agents, Phyto-medicines, murine macrophages, action in promoting maturationof dendritic cells, Aloe juice has virucidal capacity againstherpes simplex, varicella zoster and in?uenza virus

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Author AlessandroDi Cerbo ,Julio CesarMorales-Medina, Beniamino Palmieric,Federica Pezzuto,Raffaella Cocco, Gonzalo Flores, Tommas soIannitti

Functional foods provide health benefits if they are consumed on a regular basis as part of a varied diet, functional foods in pet nutrition with a focus on dogs and cats, functional foods modify gastrointestinal physiology, promote changes in biochemical parameters, improve brain functions and may reduce or minimize the risk of developing specific pathologies, functional food consumption, pet nutrition , Cat; Diet; Dog; Functional food; Nutraceutical; Pet.

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Author Julio Bernal

functional foods in pet, provide health benefits if they are consumed on a regular basis as part of a varied diet, pet nutrition for dogs and cats, functional foods modify gastrointestinal physiology, promote changes in biochemical parameters, improve brain functions and may reduce or minimize the risk of developing specific pathologies, novel foods and food components have been identified as “functional” because they provide health benefits beyond the provision of essential nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, water, proteins, carbohydrates and fats, functional foods in dogs (Canis familiaris) and cats (Felis catus), metabolism, optimising companion animal nutritional and health status, digestive-related processes but, while cats are carnivorous, dogs appear to be omnivorous like human beings (Bosch et al., 2015). Dogs share some carnivorous traits with cats as both lack salivary amylase, have a short gastrointestinal tract and are unable to synthesize vitamin D, dogs during domestication and are involved in starch digestion and glucose uptake, dogs digestive system is that they can synthesise several essential nutrients such as niacin, taurine and arginin, catabolise and use amino acids as a source of energy for gluconeogenesis, Cats have a diet consisting of 52% protein, 36% fat and 12% carbohydrate, companion animals acquire the wrong eating habits from their owners ,

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Author Zhan Hai Yu CheJin Ma Xin HeJian Min

Aloe vera polysaccharides, enhance immunity and reduce oxidative injury, Aloe vera polysaccharides are effective in enhancing innate immunity and suppressing oxidative injury in oral ulcer animals, Recurrent oral ulcer is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease. Inflammatory reactions trigger the oxidative stress and oxidants decrease the level of antioxidants. The free radical metabolism in the erythrocyte and serum of oral ulcer, active role of white blood cells in oral ulcer pathogenesis

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Author: Sun Z, Wei K, Yan Z, Zhu X, Wang X, Wang H, Tan Y, Sheng P, Zhu R. 2011.

Aloe polysaccharide, Chicken Bordetella avium (B. avium), Antibody Lymphocyte Flow , cytometry, aloe polysaccharide on immune responses of chickens immunized with Bordetella avium (B. avium) vaccine, Intestinal mucosa is the largest immune organ in animals, and its immune function is directly related to the resistance against various diseases, Taishan Pinus massoniana pollen polysaccharides (TPPPS) have been recognized as an effective vaccine adjuvant and potential immune enhancer against viral infections, direct immune-enhancing activity on intestinal mucosa, aloe polysaccharide significantly enhanced serum and bile antibody level, blood lymphocyte ratio and splenic T lymphocyte proliferation rate, aloe polysaccharide could significantly enhance immune effect of B. avium inactivated vaccine, polysaccharide as a new type of plant-derived immunopotentiator.

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Author: Deepak Chandran, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Athulya Rajasekharan, Marthandan Vishvanathan, Talha Bin Emran

Plant-derived compounds , Antibiotics are used tocure bacterial diseases and improve health conditions in animals, health beneficial compounds like vitamins, minerals, polysaccharides, phytosterols, antioxidants, and amino acids, health and well-being of livestock are improved by its antimicrobial nature and via maintaining a good balance of the beneficial intestinal microflora, boosts the immunity of animals and enhances their reproductive performance, livestock feed supplementation, aloe vera, herbal feed additive, antibiotics, immunity, livestock rearing, beneficial health applications, Feed is the most important component of animal production, health of an animal is primarily decided by its growing environment and, most importantly, the quantity and quality of the feed it consumes, Feed additives are substances that can be used along with the feed to facilitate proper intake, absorption, and assimilation of nutrients to promote growth and health, Probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids, Synbiotics, enzymes, and various antimicrobial peptides and antibodies are some of the available alternatives for antibiotics to boost animal growth and productivity, essential benefits of plant-derived additives to increase productivity and improve the health of animals and poultry, Aloe vera has great potential to enhance nutrient utilization, boost immunity, intestinal health, and improve growth when used as an additive in livestock and poultry feed, Aloe vera powder supplementation improved carcass weight and breast yield of Japanese quails without causing any adverse effects on the liver and blood biochemistry indicating the potential to improve growth performances, Aloe extracts exhibited antibacterial activity against strains of bacteria like Mycobacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ,Escherichia coli, and Salmonella typhi, Effects of Aloe vera on reproductive performance, Reproductive fitness is the central element in the economics of livestock production, Improved reproductive performance is the key indicator of sound animal health, Animal reproduction efficiency and health improve when antibiotics are administered as feed additives during the reproductive stage, In females, supplementation of phytogenic additives increased the levels of plasma immunoglobulin A (IgA) and total proteins and reduced the levels of non-esterified fatty acids , It is given intramammary to treat mastitis or elevated somatic cell counts as Aloe vera gel teat-dip., for anemia, infertility, mastitis, and shock, it is administered orally in all food-producing species, Aloe vera juice is proven to be effective against ulcers and many digestive disorders, its property to inhibit gastric acid secretion owing to the presence of lectins, anti-ulcer property of Aloe vera is attributed to its various properties like mucus stimulatory effects, regulation of gastric secretions, healing effects, and anti inflammatory properties, reduction of stomach acid secretion by aloe extract was concentration-dependent, further explained by the direct engagement with acid-generating gastric cells or the interaction with the histamine H2 receptors on the parietal cells. Even at the lowest dose, aloe extract was found to have a gastroprotective effect, Immuno-stimulation effects of Aloe vera, Growing demand for dairy and meat products implies more reliance on the dairy industry to meet demand, health of cattle depends on an understanding of immune development, maintain and improve the animals’ immune systems

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