Plant regeneration in lucerne (Medicago sativa) is highly genotype dependent and inspite of considerable information on in vitro regeneration in this species the Indian genotypes have not been investigated so far. A system of recurrent somatic embryogenesis (RSE) was established for the first time in Indian accessions of lucerne and utilized for Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation. Se...

I. The live-weight gain, carcass weight, edible carcass composition, efficiency of food conversion, and roughage intake were measured in three groups of calves fed for 87 d. After a 3-week feeding period on a common regimen, one gronp of calves was weaned on to a diet of dry whole-milk powder and chopped lucerne, the second group received a similar diet except that the wholc-milk powder was rec...

1. Carnitine acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.7) activity in sheep liver mitochondria was 76nmol/min per mg of protein, in contrast with 1.7 for rat liver mitochondria. The activity in bovine liver mitochondria was comparable with that of sheep liver mitochondria. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity was the same in both sheep and rat liver mitochondria. 2. The [free carnitine]/[acetylcarnitine] ...

ABSTRACT Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is widely used for diet inferences in extant and extinct vertebrates. Often, a reference tooth position analysed specimens, while isolated teeth are lumped together fossil datasets. It therefore important to test whether dental (DMT) specific and, if so, what causes the differences wear. Here, we present results from controlled feeding experimen...

Feeding fibre and branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) to sows during late gestation lactation, respectively, have been shown improve litter weights at weaning. Therefore, supplementing primiparous sow diets with lucerne chaff, a feedstuff high in fibre, BCAA tryptophan, may the performance of their progeny. Experiment 1 investigated effects feeding (n = 118) either (i) control diet (CON); (ii) CO...