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Arcanjo AHM, Ítavo LCV, Brandão Ferreira Ítavo CC, de Bonin Gomes MN, Nazário CED, Gurgel ALC, Dias-Silva TP, Santana JCS, da Silva MGP, de Aguiar Coelho F, Miranda EL, de Melo Soares ÉS, da Silva AH, da Silva LBP, Paro RGC. Carcass and meat characteristics of Nellore young bulls fed diet using cottonseed cake as a replacer of the forage fiber source. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8027. [PMID: 38580764 PMCID: PMC10997600 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58738-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess the effects of substituting traditional forage fiber sources with cottonseed cake in the diet on both the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of carcass and meat in Nelore young bulls. Twenty-four Nelore steers starting with an average weight of 377.8 ± 43.5 kg, were individually housed in stalls and provided with individualized feeding over a 112-day confinement period. The study followed a completely randomized design with two treatments and 12 replications. The diets incorporated either whole plant corn silage (WPCS) and, cottonseed cake (CSC) as fiber sources, at a rate of 300 g/kg of dry matter. The CSC diet promoted higher carcass weight. Aging animal meat for seven days significantly decreased the shear force from 83.4 to 71.6 N. Although diets did not influence meat composition, WPCS diet provided higher concentrations of C16:1, C18:1n9c, C18:3n3, and C22:2 acid, and CSC diet higher concentrations of C15:0, C18:1n9t, C18:2n6c, and 20:3n3. The WPCS diet provided higher concentrations of monounsaturated fatty acids and ω9, and the CSC diet had higher concentrations of ω6 and ω6:ω3 ratio in meat. Cottonseed cake used as a fiber source increases the concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids and ω6 fatty acids in the meat of young bulls finished in feedlot.
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Affiliation(s)
- Angelo Herbet Moreira Arcanjo
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
- West Unit, Getúlio Vargas Experimental Field, Agricultural Research Company of Minas Gerais, Uberaba, MG, Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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Arcanjo AHM, Ítavo LCV, Ítavo CCBF, Dias AM, Dos Santos Difante G, Longhini VZ, Cunha CS, Gurgel ALC, de Assis Lima E, Santana JCS, da Silva MGP. Nutrient intake, productive and metabolic parameters of Nellore bulls feed a forage free diet using cottonseed cake as a fiber source. Trop Anim Health Prod 2024; 56:55. [PMID: 38265728 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-024-03906-2] [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: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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We hypothesized that cottonseed cake in confined Nellore young bulls' diet as fiber source, could maintain or improve the nutrient intake, and productive and metabolic parameters. It was evaluated the total replacement of whole plant corn silage (WPCS) by cottonseed cake (CSC) as a source of fiber in the diet. A completely randomized design with two treatments and 12 replications was used. The treatments were two experimental diets containing 300 g/kg of WPCS or CSC as roughage. All animals at 0, 15, 30, 60 and 112 days were weighed to monitor productive performance and nutrient intake. Dry matter intakes, organic matter, neutral detergent fiber, physically effective neutral detergent fiber, crude protein and non-fiber carbohydrates of the WPCS treatment cattle were higher (p < 0.05), and the ethereal extract intake of cattle fed CSC diet was higher. The BW of cattle fed WPCS was higher in the two initial periods of confinement (p < 0.05). Animals from both treatments showed linear growth during the confinement period. There was a fiber source × period interaction for total weight gain (TWG), average daily gain (ADG) and feed efficiency (FE) (p < 0.05), with the lowest in the first 15 days and the highest at 30 days, reflecting a compensatory gain in animals fed with CSC. Bulls fed with CSC showed negative TWG and ADG in the first period (p < 0.05), but recovered in the following periods, surpassing that of the SC treatment in the last two periods. There was negative EF of bulls fed with CSC in the first period (P < 0.05), but in the following periods the CSC diet did not differ from the WPCS diet. The animals fed CSC diet showed a higher concentration of cholesterol and glucose in the blood plasma (p < 0.05). The forage-free diet containing cottonseed cake as a source of fiber replacing corn silage promoted better animal performance.
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia (FAMEZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul (UFMS), Universidade Federal Do Mato Grosso Do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443. Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande-MS, 79070-900, Brazil
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Arcanjo AHM, Ítavo LCV, Ítavo CCBF, Franco GL, Dias AM, Dos Santos Difante G, de Assis Lima E, Santana JCS, Gurgel ALC. Cotton cake as an economically viable alternative fibre source of forage in a high-concentrate diet for finishing beef cattle in feedlots. Trop Anim Health Prod 2022; 54:112. [PMID: 35211825 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03120-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cotton cake can be a sustainable and economically viable alternative to maize silage as an effective fibre source in the finishing diet of feedlot beef cattle. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the economic viability and the productive performance of Nellore steers finished in feedlots using cotton cake as a source of fibre, replacing maize silage in the diet. Twenty-four non-castrated Nellore steers, with an average weight of 377.8 kg and an age of approximately 24 months, kept in individual pens, were used. The diet was 30% roughage, in the form of maize silage, and a diet without forage containing 30% cotton cake as an effective fibre source, based on dry matter. The design used was completely randomised with two treatments and 12 replications. Effects (p < 0.05) of the dietary fibre source were observed for final body weight (BW), total weight gain, hot carcass weight (HCW) and carcass yield (CY). Revenue and net margin were higher for the treatment with cotton cake. The corn silage diet promoted higher total costs per animal (U$ 408.41 vs. U$ 336.06) and daily costs (U$ 3.65 vs. U$ 3.00). Greater differences were observed between fibre sources for the concentrate cost, and the maize silage diet had a cost U$ 98.29 higher than the treatment with cotton cake (U$ 314.04 vs. U$ 215.75). The cotton cake treatment had a higher cost of U$106.98/animal for the net margin. Cotton cake is a viable alternative and can be used as a source of fibre in forage-free diets without affecting production performance, promoting benefits in economic performance for finishing beef steers in feedlots.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso Do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil. .,Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia - FAMEZ, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 2443, Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso Do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso Do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso Do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso Do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
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Kalogianni AI, Moschovas M, Chrysanthakopoulou F, Lazou T, Theodorou G, Politis I, Bossis I, Gelasakis AI. The Effects of Replacing Soybean Meal with Rapeseed Meal, Cottonseed Cake, and Fava Beans on the Milk Yield and Quality Traits in Milking Ewes. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12030274. [PMID: 35158598 PMCID: PMC8833526 DOI: 10.3390/ani12030274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Simple Summary The substitution of soybean meal in farm animal diets is considered vital for the economic and environmental sustainability of the livestock sector. However, data regarding the effects of a soybean meal replacement on the milk yield and quality traits in dairy sheep are scarce. In our study, two isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets were used, with soybean meal of a typical ration being replaced by a mixture of rapeseed meal, cottonseed cake, and fava beans. The milk yield and the body condition scores were recorded, and milk samples were analyzed monthly for their fat, protein, lactose, and total solids yields, as well as for somatic cell counts, total bacterial counts, pH, electrical conductivity, and the refractive index. Daily and 100-day fat yields were significantly increased in the group fed the experimental ration and the electrical conductivity was significantly decreased in the same group, while no adverse effects on any of the rest of the studied milk production traits were observed. Abstract The replacement of soybean meal (SBM) from intensively reared dairy sheep diets has emerged as a significant challenge for sustainable production. However, the effects of this replacement on milk production have not been sufficiently elucidated. The objective of this study was to prospectively assess the effects of replacing SBM with a mixture of alternative protein sources on the milk yield (MY) and the milk quality traits (MQT) in intensively reared dairy sheep. A total of 112 multiparous, purebred milking ewes of the Chios and Frizarta breeds, from two intensive dairy sheep farms, were involved in the study, postweaning, and were assigned to either the control (CR) or the experimental ration (ER) group. In the ER, 3/4 of the SBM was replaced by a mixture of rapeseed meal, cottonseed cake, and fava beans, producing a ration of a similar nutritional value. MY, MQT, and body condition scores were recorded for each individual ewe monthly for a period of 4 months during lactation. The experimental ration was associated with beneficial effects on daily and 100-day fat yields and on the electrical conductivity of milk as an improved udder health status indicator, with no adverse effects on any of the rest of the studied milk production traits.
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- Aphrodite I. Kalogianni
- Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Iera Odos 75 Str., 11855 Athens, Greece; (A.I.K.); (M.M.)
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- Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Iera Odos 75 Str., 11855 Athens, Greece; (A.I.K.); (M.M.)
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- Laboratory of Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin—Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Iera Odos 75 Str., 11855 Athens, Greece; (G.T.); (I.P.)
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Iera Odos 75 Str., 11855 Athens, Greece; (G.T.); (I.P.)
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry, Department of Agricultural Sciences, School of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Iera Odos 75 Str., 11855 Athens, Greece; (A.I.K.); (M.M.)
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Negrão FDM, Zanine ADM, Ribeiro MD, Ferreira DDJ, de Souza AL, Parente MDOM, Parente HN, Dos Reis RHP, Lins TOJD'A, Lima AGVDO. Rumen fermentation and metabolic profile of rams fed with diets amended cottonseed cake. Trop Anim Health Prod 2021; 53:548. [PMID: 34782916 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-021-02983-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the addition of increasing cottonseed cake contents in the diet. The diets were composed of corn silage (500 g kg-1) and concentrate feed (500 g kg-1) on a dry matter (DM) basis. The treatments consisted of the substitution of 0, 140, 280, and 420 g kg-1 soybean meal to cottonseed cake in the DM of concentrate feed. Four rams of the Santa Inês breed, average age of 12 months and average weight of 27.77 ± 3.87 kg, were distributed in a Latin square design (4 × 4) in a split-split-plot design, with diets in the plots and as subplots were 5 days of collection and the collection times. The results were subjected to analysis of variance and regression at 5% probability. The soybean meal substitution contents by cottonseed cake in the concentrate increased linearly the pH (P = 0.019). Ruminal ammonia-nitrogen concentration decreased linearly by 0.0137 mg dL-1 at each 10 g/kg of substitution and the time after feeding promoted the same effect (P < 0.001) decreased linearly by 0.6204 mg dL-1 at each hour after feeding. There was an increased linearly of 0.0116 mmol mL-1 at the concentration of propionic (P = 0.008) and a reduction of 0.0062 mmol mL-1 at the concentration of butyric (P = 0.009) with cottonseed cake content; however, the substitution did not influence the others short-chain fatty acids. Replacement of soybean meal with cottonseed cake in the sheep feed did not significantly alter the blood parameters, promoting minor changes in the ruminal parameters mainly in the ruminal ammonia-nitrogen without affecting the animal's health.
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- Fagton de Mattos Negrão
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia, Colorado Do Oeste, RO, 76993-000, Brazil
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Brant LM, de Freitas Júnior JE, Pereira FM, Pina DDS, Santos SA, Leite LC, Cirne LG, Alba HD, de Araújo ML, Pimentel PR, de Carvalho GG. Effects of alternative energy and protein sources on performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of feedlot lambs. Livest Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Delinted cottonseed in diets for finishing sheep. Trop Anim Health Prod 2020; 52:2461-2468. [PMID: 32350820 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-019-02134-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The use of agricultural by-products might provide an important alternative to improve animal agriculture and to reduce feeding costs. The effects of inclusion in the diet of four levels of delinted cottonseed (0, 80, 160, and 240 g/kg) on intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance, blood parameters, and the ingestive behaviour of confined sheep were studied. Twenty-four mixed-breed rams with an average body weight of 27.6 ± 2.9 kg were used in a completely randomised design with four treatments. The addition of delinted cottonseed (DCS) did not alter (P > 0.05) the intake of dry matter, crude protein, organic matter, neutral detergent fibre, or ether extract in the two forms calculated (g/day and % body weight). The use of different levels of DCS in sheep feed did not influence (P > 0.05) the voluntary water intake. The dietary DCS levels linearly affected (P < 0.05) the digestibility coefficients of the dry matter (DM), organic matter, neutral detergent fibre, ether extract, and non-fibrous carbohydrates. The DCS inclusion levels did not affect the nitrogen balance (P = 0.22), plasma concentrations of urea (P = 0.51), and glucose (P = 0.17).The feeding efficiency and rumination in g DM/h reduced linearly (P < 0.05) with the addition of DCS in the diet. Therefore, the addition of delinted cottonseed affects the intake, digestibility, and ingestive behaviour of confined sheep, and the addition of up to 80 g/kg delinted cottonseed in the diet of confined sheep is recommended.
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