The objective of this study was to determine the effects of protein sources and roughage (R) to concentrate (C) ratio on in vitro fermentation parameters using a gas production technique. The experimental design was a 2×5 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design (CRD). Factor A was 2 levels of protein sources yeast fermented cassava chip protein (YEFECAP) and soybean meal (SBM) a...

Introduction: Intestinal parasitic infections are among the major public health problems in developing countries like India. They are the important causes of morbidity and mortality and also reduced physical development. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in patients coming to tertiary care hospital in Jaipur and also to know the awar...

Protein synthesis by rumen microbes plays an important role in ruminant nutrition. Microbial proteins that are not recycled flow out of the rumen and account for more than 50% of the total proteins entering the intestines. Determination of microbial nitrogen in digesta is based on the isolation of a representative sample of rumen microbes and on the use of specific markers (purine bases, RNA, 1...

Cellulase activity measured as filter paper digesting activity (FPase) and carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase) was demonstrated in hindgut extracts of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. The highest activities measured amounted to 0.89 and 0.12 U . ml for CMCase and FPase, respectively. The cellulolytic capacity of the hindgut population increased dramatically when protozoa were present, and the ...

The percentages of T-lymphocytes, lymphocyte subsets CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells, and lymphocyte adhesion molecule CD11a/CD18 were determined in the peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of seven normal horses and four horses with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) using flow cytometry. There was a greater percentage of CD5+ cells in the CSF (79.0%) than in peripheral blood (67.0%), al...