Our objective was to estimate genetic parameters for feed intake, feeding behavior, and ADG in composite ram lambs ((1/2) Columbia, (1/4) Hampshire, (1/4) Suffolk). Data were collected from 1986 to 1997 on 1,239 ram lambs from approximately 11 to 17 wk of age at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center near Clay Center, NE. Feeding equipment consisted of an elevated pen with an entrance chute that ...

Standardized business documents, data definitions, item description and identification, and business processes have been seen as key to effective interorganizational commerce since the 1980s, when electronic data interchange (EDI) became the technology of choice for business-to-business coordination. Vertical information systems (VIS) standards are designed to promote communication and coordina...

The aim of this study was to examine the frequency consumption coffee beverages in city Mostar. In 2019, an analysis caffeine content performed on HPLC 10 different samples beverages. Samples were taken from market Mostar by random selection. addition High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method, conducted using empirical and descriptive methods. An assessment daily (EDI) weekly intake ...

The Food and Drug Administration mandated that by 1998, all enriched cereal grain products (ECGP) be fortified with folic acid in order to prevent the occurrence of neural tube defects. The Institute of Medicine established the tolerable upper intake level (UL) for folic acid (1000 µg/day for adults) in 1998. We characterized U.S. adults with usual daily folic acid intake exceeding the UL. Usin...

To assess whether the maximum residue level proposed to CCPR, for use as a MRL, provides sufficient consumer safety, available residue data are combined with cultural dietary information to estimate potential residue intake by consumers. The consumer is considered to be adequately protected when estimated dietary intake of pesticide residues does not exceed the acceptable daily intake (ADI) or ...

Aims: Man-made activities such as excessive oil exploration, automobile emissions, gas flaring and agricultural tend to elevate the concentrations of heavy metals in surrounding. Heavy have tendency accumulate plant roots, which may result metal contamination.
 Objectives: This study aimed at evaluating concentration Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Nickel Zinc (Zn) Pawpaw fruits, seeds, leaf Scen...

Aflatoxins have gained so much reputation among all mycotoxins due to their notoriety in causing countless adverse health effects on humans as well animals. It continues be a major concern food safety globally. In this study, total and constitutive aflatoxins levels the carcinogenic risks posed by 110 feed samples (55 cereals, 20 nuts oils, 18 animal feed, fruits vegetables) collected from Ho C...

Water is essential for the proper functioning of the body. Even though a recommendation exists for adequate water intake for Koreans, studies identifying actual water intake from all beverages and foods consumed daily in the Korean population are limited. Thus, we estimated total water intake from both beverages and foods and its association with energy intake and eating behaviors in Korean adu...

The reliability and validity of an Estimated Daily Intake Scale for Fat (EDIS-F) used to measure daily intake of fat in a participant's diet was tested. A Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the reliability of the EDIS-F. To determine the validity of this scale, scores on this scale were correlated with known factors related to daily intake of fat (e.g., ratings of liking for a high fat food...

Aim: In Kasese district of Western Uganda, farmers cultivating near Nyamwamba River (NR) experience crop wilting whenever the river banks burst. Increased cases cancer and ulcers in is anecdotally blamed on ingestion contaminated water from resources polluted by tailings Kilembe copper mines. Sand miners attested that mining NR caused body irritations itching while drinking same results abdomin...