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Aragona F, Fazio F, Piccione G, Giannetto C. Chronophysiology of domestic animals. Chronobiol Int 2024; 41:888-903. [PMID: 38832548 DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2024.2360723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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This review highlights recent findings on biological rhythms and discusses their implications for the management and production of domestic animals. Biological rhythms provide temporal coordination between organs and tissues in order to anticipate environmental changes, orchestrating biochemical, physiological and behavioural processes as the right process may occur at the right time. This allows animals to adapt their internal physiological functions, such as sleep-wake cycles, body temperature, hormone secretion, food intake and regulation of physical performance to environmental stimuli that constantly change. The study and evaluation of biological rhythms of various physiological parameters allows the assessment of the welfare status of animals. Alteration of biological rhythms represents an imbalance of the state of homeostasis that can be found in different management conditions.
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- Francesca Aragona
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Giannetto C, Arfuso F, Giudice E, Di Pietro S, Piccione G. Clock gene per 2 daily rhythm: Correlation with the serum level of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in goat and horse. J Therm Biol 2021; 97:102891. [PMID: 33863449 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.102891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Recent studies evidenced that the circadian rhythm of Per2 is involved in adaptive thermogenesis by the modulating transcription of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1). For this purpose, we investigated the linkage between the daily rhythm of Per2 and UCP1 in ruminant and non-ruminant mammalian species. Five clinically healthy, not pregnant, and not lactating Maltese female goats and five clinically healthy, not pregnant, and not lactating Italian Saddle horses were enrolled in the study. All animals were housed under natural photoperiod (sunrise 05:05, sunset 20:55) and environmental temperature and humidity. Goats were kept individually in 3.0 × 2.0 m box, horses were housed individually in 3.5 × 3.5 m box; all boxes were equipped with an opening window. On each subject, blood samples were collected every 4 h for a 48-h period. The Per2 gene expression was determined on blood samples collected in PAX gene Blood RNA Tube, whereas UCP1 concentration was assessed on serum. Per2 and UCP1 levels were statistically influenced by the species (p < 0.0001) and the time of data collection (p < 0.0001), but not by the day of monitoring. Per2 showed daily rhythmicity, statistically different in mesor and amplitude between the two species, diurnal in goats, nocturnal in horses; with the same robustness. UCP1 did not show daily rhythmicity. During the experimental period the two parameters showed a negative correlation in horses. According to the findings herein obtained, we can claim that the role of Per2 in the thermogenesis induced by the beige adipocytes throughout UCP1 activation did not reflect what found in other mammal species, but further studies are required to establish their correlation in equids.
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- C Giannetto
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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Lima ARC, Fernandes MHMDR, Silveira RF, Biagioli B, Teixeira IAMDA, Resende KTD. Energy expenditure of Saanen and Anglo-Nubian goats at different temperatures. Small Rumin Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Giannetto C, Arfuso F, Giudice E, Gianesella M, Fazio F, Panzera M, Piccione G. Infrared methodologies for the assessment of skin temperature daily rhythm in two domestic mammalian species. J Therm Biol 2020; 92:102677. [PMID: 32888574 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To assess the accuracy of infrared methodologies for daily rhythm monitoring of skin temperature, five clinically healthy Italian Saddle gelding horses, and five not pregnant and not lactating Camosciata goats, were monitored every 4 h over a 48 h period. The horses were housed in individual boxes, while the goats in two indoor pens, under natural photoperiod and natural environmental temperature. In each animal, skin temperature was recorded with the use of a digital infrared camera and a non-contact infrared thermometer, in five regions: neck, shoulder, ribs, flank and croup. Recorded values were compared with the well-established daily rhythm of rectal temperature. Rectal temperature was recorded at the same time by means of a digital thermometer. In horses, a lower value of skin temperature was recorded using the infrared thermometer for the croup region compared to shoulder and flank; a lower value of skin temperature was recorded using thermography for the croup region compared to the shoulder. In goats, a lower value of skin temperature was recorded using the infrared thermometer for the croup region compared to the flank. In both species, higher values of rectal temperature were observed, compared to the temperature recorded at the skin regions using the other two methodologies. Cosinor rhythmometry showed a daily rhythm of rectal and skin temperature recorded using both methodologies in all the examined regions. General linear model (GLM) showed statistically significant effect of breed on all rhythmic parameters; of day of monitoring on amplitude; of site of recording (rectal vs skin regions) on mesor, amplitude and acrophase; and no effect of methodologies used. The results of this study show the differences in rhythmicity of various body regions temperature and their differences in comparison with daily rhythm rectal temperature. The use of infrared methodologies was inaccurate in assessing body core temperature, but its use could be considered for the evaluation of inflammation in the different body sites.
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- Claudia Giannetto
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale Dell' Università 16, 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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Giannetto C, Gianesella M, Arfuso F, Carcangiu V, Rizzo M, Fazio F, Abbate F, Piccione G. Change of serum mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) levels and daily rhythm of rectal and cutaneous temperatures in Equus caballus and Capra hyrcus. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2017.1323410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Giannetto
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health (MAX), University of Padua, Viale dell’Università, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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Arfuso F, Giannetto C, Fazio F, Rizzo M, Saoca C. Circadian Variations of Serum Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 1 (UCP1) Levels and Rectal Temperature in Capra Hircus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.17352/aap.000004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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De K, Kumar D, Saxena VK, Naqvi SMK. Study of circadian rhythmicity of physiological response and skin temperature of sheep during summer and winter in semi-arid tropical environment. Physiol Behav 2017; 169:16-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Effects of Cold-Dry (Harmattan) and Hot-Dry Seasons on Daily Rhythms of Rectal and Body Surface Temperatures in Sheep and Goats in a Natural Tropical Environment. J Circadian Rhythms 2016; 14:8. [PMID: 30210554 PMCID: PMC5356205 DOI: 10.5334/jcr.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Studies on daily rhythmicity in livestock under natural conditions are limited, and there is mounting evidence that rhythm patterns differ between chronobiological studies conducted in the laboratory and studies conducted under pronounced natural seasonality. Here, we investigated the influence of cold-dry (harmattan) and hot-dry seasons on daily rhythmicity of rectal (RT) and body surface temperatures (BST) in indigenous sheep and goats under natural light-dark cycles. The RT and BST of the animals, and the ambient temperature (AT) and relative humidity (RH) inside the pen, were measured every three hours for a period of two days, twice on separate days during the hot-dry and the harmattan seasons, respectively. The AT and RH had minimum values of 16°C and 15% recorded during the harmattan and maximum values of 32°C and 46% recorded during the hot-dry season, respectively. A trigonometric statistical model was applied to characterize the main rhythmic parameters according to the single cosinor procedure. The result showed that RT and BST exhibited different degrees of daily rhythmicity, and their oscillatory patterns differed with the seasons (larger amplitude during the harmattan season than during the hot-dry season). The goats displayed greater (p < 0.05) amplitude of BST than the sheep in all seasons. The acrophases were restricted to the light phase of the light-dark cycle. The mesor of RT in goats was not affected by the season, but mesors of BST in both species were significantly higher (p < 0.05) during the hot-dry than the harmattan season. The goats had a more robust RT rhythm (70%) as compared to the sheep (56%). Overall, the results demonstrated that seasonal changes influenced considerably the daily rhythmicity of RT and BST in sheep and goats under natural light-dark cycle. Awareness of these changes may be useful in the improvement of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases, and welfare and productivity of sheep and goats under cold-dry and hot-dry conditions.
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Piccione G, Giannetto C, Fazio F, Giudice E. Accuracy of auricular temperature determination as body temperature index and its daily rhythmicity in healthy dog. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2010.526425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Piccione G, Giannetto C, Marafioti S, Casella S, Assenza A, Fazio F. Comparison of daily rhythm of rectal and auricular temperatures in horses kept under a natural photoperiod and constant darkness. J Therm Biol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Piccione G, Giannetto C, Casella S, Caola G. Annual rhythms of some physiological parameters inOvis ariesandCapra hircus. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/09291010802568848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Piccione G, Assenza A, Fazio F, Grasso F, Caola G. Serum concentration of calcium, phosphate and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 in goats (Capra hyrcus): daily rhythms. J Appl Biomed 2007. [DOI: 10.32725/jab.2007.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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