Before acclimatization of Bowiea volubilis, in vitro propagated bulbs were cleaned and separated into four sizes (from 6 to 15 mm). We formed a total 10 groups with 30-30 individuals, distributing the evenly. Four types substrate (peat, perlite, coconut fiber, sand) their mixtures 50-50% used. Previously we examined three parameters: length, diameter weight bulbs; later successfully acclimatize...

The lining of the maltodextrin-specific maltoporin (LamB) channel exhibits a string of aromatic residues, the greasy slide, part of which has been shown previously by crystallography to be involved in substrate binding. To probe the functional role of the greasy slide, alanine scanning mutagenesis has been performed on the six greasy slide residues and Y118 at the channel constriction. The muta...

Two forms of pollutants are usually discharged from scouring wool fleece; namely the effluent liquid phase and solid phase. These phases comprise a significant quantity wax which would be suitable candidate for valuable products applications. This work is devoted to extraction, recovery, characterization lanolin fleece different sheep breeds assign possible ways its utilization in textile field...

The association of fleece characters with susceptibility to dermatophilosis was studied in two flocks located on the south coast of Western Australia. The characters examined were wax content, suint content, wax to suint ratio, suint pH, yield, fleece wettability, fibre diameter, coefficient of fibre diameter variation, suint direct extract, direct extract pH and electrical conductivity. The re...

Chemical composition of the noncarcass organs, combined noncarcass organs, and fleece-free empty body (FFEB) was measured during live weight gain (LWG) and live weight loss (LWL) to determine the effect of different periods of normal and retarded growth on chemical composition of noncarcass organs and FFEB. Thirty-five Merino wethers had ad libitum access to the experimental diet (17.23% CP and...

In Britain sheep are normally kept out-of-doors in winter and on hill farms they may be exposed to very severe weather conditions. On some hill farms pregnant ewes weighing 100 lb at the beginning of winter may well weigh 80 lb just before they lamb if the intervening winter weather has been severe. Deaths of ewes and more particularly of newborn Iambs can be very many in bad winters (Robinson,...

S ELECTION of breeding ewes is often complicated by environmental factors which tend to obscure genetic merit. Correction or adjustment for measurable effects of environmental factors may increase the effectivehess of selection for meat and wool production. These corrections will also be useful in many experimental studies where it is desirable to minimize the complication of environmental effe...

An investigation into the moisture content in the fleece of Merino sheep was commenced after proposing the hypothesis that moisture and relative humidity were required at the skin surface for the survival of the 1st instar larvae and the initiation of a strike. A method for drying wool was developed which created a minimal disturbance to its normal constituents. It was shown that, in dry weathe...

It was thought to be impossible to prolong the pregnancy in a case of uterine rupture in the second trimester. We encountered a case of rupture of the pregnant uterus in early mid-trimester, which we repaired with suture and overlapping of collagen fleece coated with fibrin glue, resulting in pregnancy prolongation until the 34th week. Our case and five previously reported cases were reviewed. ...