Conformation has long been a driving force in horse selection and breed creation as a predictor for performance. The Tennessee Walking Horse (TWH) ranges in size from 1.5 to 1.7 m and is often used as a trail, show, and pleasure horse. To investigate the contribution of genetics to body conformation in the TWH, we collected DNA samples, body measurements, and gait/training information from 282 ...

The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance, carcass traits and economic indicators Santa Inês lambs their crossings finished in feedlot. Thirty whole (10 Inês, 10 ½ Dorper + ¾ ¼ Inês) were used, with 115 days age initial live weight 20.07 kg. kept for 60 receiving sorghum silage concentrate, after which they slaughtered. showed higher dry matter intake water intake, greater dail...

The research aimed to study the dynamics of changes in selection and genetic parameters body, determine relationship between productive qualities exterior cows population Holsteinized black-and-white Kholmogory cattle Udmurt Republic. Cows with a productivity level more than 8000 kg milk for 305 days lactation had relatively high indicator length coxal area (by 2.0 2.3%, P<0.05) depth loin 1.3 ...

Mongolian × Versicolor and common pheasants were investigated. Birds were kept in a confined, environmentally controlled facility without outdoor access and fed ad libitum commercial diets for slaughter pheasants. Body weight was determined at the end of 6, 10 and 13 weeks of rearing, and body weight and body measurements were determined in 16-week-old pheasants. At 16 weeks, 20 pheasants were ...

The NK fitness landscape is a mathematical landscape model with a parameter k that governs the degree of ruggedness of the landscape. We presented a procedure to fit a given landscape to the NK fitness landscape by introducing the "apparent k-value"k(app). In this paper, we defined the protein free energy (DeltaG) landscape in amino acid sequence space, where DeltaG is the folding free energy f...

Variability within a group of animals is an important information which can be used for further optimization of pig fattening. Hence, this project will provide a generic methodology to continuously monitor the differences of growth and body conformation within a group of animals using a set of robust and simple, i.e. low-end image analysis (LEIA) algorithms. The methodology will be breed indepe...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether fully normalised vertical ground reaction forces and stance times obtained at a trot depend on dog breed or body conformations. METHODS Peak vertical forces (PVF), vertical impulses (VI), stance times (ST), and ratio of forelimb impulse to total impulse (RVI) of 54 dogs of seven different breeds were normalised to body weight and body size according to the theory ...

-Synuclein ( S) is linked to Parkinson disease through its deposition in an amyloid fibril formwithin Lewy Body deposits, and by the existence of three S point mutations that lead to early onset autosomal dominant Parkinsonism. The normal function of S is thought to be linked to the ability of the protein to bind to the surface of synaptic vesicles. Upon binding to vesicles, S undergoes a struc...