The aim of this work was to study bioenergetic and ethological indicators in crossbred first-calf heifers compared purebred heifers. research conducted on the Ukrainian Black-Pied dairy breed first-generation crossbreeds obtained as a result crossing with Brown Swiss breed, well as, Red-Pied Montbéliarde breed. Black-and prevailed over crossbreed indicator milk yield for 305 days lactation by 1...

Hunting with dogs in winter conditions is practised in the Nordic countries. The present study aimed at determining daily energy expenditure (DEE) and body water turnover (BWT) by the doubly labelled water technique in eight hunting dogs (body-weight (BW) range 14-27 kg) working 3 h/d for 3 d (-6 °C) on ground covered with 20-40 cm of loose snow, to provide information on energy and water requi...

the nutritive value of grass pea (lathyrus sativus l.) hay was evaluated based on its chemical composition, gas production, fractioning of protein in cncps and afrc systems, metabolizable energy (me), rumen degradability through in situ technique and in vitro digestibility through tilley and terry method. the crude protein (cp), neutral detergent fiber (ndf) and acid detergent fiber (adf) value...

The objective of a 2 × 2 factorial study with laying hens was to evaluate the effect of dietary energy and DL-methionine (Met) supplementation in a high protein but sulphur amino acid deficient organic diet for laying hens on egg production, egg quality, and N retention and N excretion in manure. The model trial was conducted with 72 Bovans Brown hens from 24 to 53 weeks of age, allocated to 4 ...

A total of 24 castrated male Creole were used for digestibility studies on three sugarcane (SC) products: final molasses, SC juice and ground SC. Digestibility of macronutrients were determined in three consecutive experimental trials between 35 and 60 kg BW. The first trial measured the effect of a constant rate of incorporation of those SC products in a control diet (23% on a dry matter (DM) ...

Methyl dihydrojasmonate (MJ) has been studied because of its application as an antitumor drug compound. However, as MJ is a poorly water-soluble compound, a suitable oil-in-water microemulsion (ME) has been studied in order to provide its solubilization in an aqueous media and to allow its administration by the parenteral route. The ME used in this work was characterized on the pseudo-ternary p...

We have reported protective effects of dietary administration of a powder "CHRP" containing high amounts of beta-cryptoxanthin and hesperidin prepared from a Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) juice on azoxymethane (AOM)-induced rat aberrant crypt foci through suppression of crypt cell proliferation and/or induction of detoxifying enzymes. In the present study, we investigated the modifying...

The energy available from the diet, which affects fat deposition in vivo, is a major factor in the expression of genes regulating fat deposition in the longissimus dorsi muscle. Providing high-energy diets to yaks might increase intramuscular fat deposition and fatty acid concentrations under a traditional grazing system in cold seasons. A total of fifteen adult castrated male yaks with an init...

Spring harvested corn stover was used for direct combustion in a 146 kW dual chamber boiler designed for wood logs. Stover had a very low moisture content (6.83 ± 0.17%), a gross calorific value (GCV) of 18.57 MJ/kg of dry matter (±0.32 MJ/kg DM) and an ash content of 5.88% (±1.15%). Small stover bales (8.83 ± 0.90 kg) were placed manually in the upper combustion chamber at a rate of 10.5 to 12...

For the first time, this work investigates achievability of developing a biorefinery concept around almond hulls by hydrothermal treatment (HTT), thoroughly scrutinising influence temperature (200–300 °C), pressure (100–180 bar), time (20–180 min) and solid loading (5–25 wt%). This process allowed conversion into four main products: gas (2–13%), bio-oil (2–12%), aqueous (4–69%) hydro-char (17–8...