This study determined the lipid content and FA composition of muscle and a mixture of muscle and viscera from Korean catfish as well as lipid oxidation and hydrolysis. Lipid content and FA compositions in Korean catfish, which were purchased every month or two during September 1999–July 2000, were analyzed. Lipid oxidation and hydrolysis were determined as PV, thiobarbituric acid value, and FFA...

The catabolism of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) differs between sheep and monogastric animals. The transamination of BCAA seems to be affected by development of the sheep. We studied the developmental changes in the activity and expression of the BCAA aminotransferase (BCAT) isoenzymes in skeletal muscle of sheep. Five muscles were taken from fetus, newborn, preruminant and ruminant lambs. B...

We investigated a hypothesis that an oxygen sensor involved in hypoxia-induced relaxation of vascular smooth muscle may reside in endothelial cells. We also determined the oxygen dependence of hypoxia-induced decreases in cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate concentrations in vascular smooth muscle rings. Rings of canine femoral artery, rabbit thoracic aorta, and lamb ductus arteriosus, either ...

Possible correlated or pleiotropic effects on food intake, growth rate and carcass traits (meat quality and carcass composition traits) were investigated for the prolificacy related Booroola gene (FecB). This gene was introgressed in a Texel sheep population by systematic backcrossing with sires carrying the Booroola gene. In a 3-year experiment 273 spring-born male lambs were offered concentra...

An objective method for predicting red meat yield in lamb carcasses is needed to accurately assess true carcass value. This study was performed to evaluate the ability of the lamb vision system (LVS; Research Management Systems USA, Fort Collins, CO) to predict fabrication yields of lamb carcasses. Lamb carcasses (n = 246) were evaluated using LVS and hot carcass weight (HCW), as well as by USD...

A Lamb wave-based crack detection method for aluminum plates health monitoring is developed in this paper. Piezoelectric disks are employed to actuate and capture the Lamb wave signals. The position of crack is assumed to be aligned with the sensor and actuator.  Extraction of high quality experimental results of lamb wave propagation in a plate-like structure is considerably complicated due to...

the data set used in this study contained 8793 records of lamb's longevity (days) from 320 sires and 2349 dams collected during 1989 to 2014, from the lori-bakhtiari flock at shooli station in shahrekord, iran. genetic parameters (partitioned into autosomal, sex-linked and maternal) and breeding values of cumulative lamb's longevity from birth up to yearling age (at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and ...

BACKGROUND Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis is a lethal infection with relatively few therapeutic options. The optimal dosage of liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) alone or in combination with flucytosine is not known. METHODS A murine model of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis was used. The fungal density in the brain was determined using quantitative cultures. Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic re...

Lamb wave time reversal method is a new and tempting baseline-free damage detection technique for structural health monitoring. With this method, certain types of damage can be detected without baseline data. However, the application of this method to thin-wall structures is complicated by the existence of at least two Lamb wave modes at any given frequency, and by the dispersion nature of the ...