The Romane sheep breed proved to be adapted to harsh conditions with high prolificacy and lamb survival in outdoor farming, even under bad climate conditions. This breed shows large variability in its fleece type at birth and it has been suggested that lamb survival could be related to birthcoat type. The aim of the present study was to: i) characterize the coat of the lamb at birth and quantif...

This paper examines the economic implications of callipyge (CLPG) lamb production. The price, as it relates to competing meats and excess fat, significantly impact lamb demand, and CLPG genetics improves those factors. The CLPG phenotype does not affect number or weight of lambs weaned or postweaning ADG, but it does improve postweaning feed efficiency by approximately 10%; dressing percentage ...

We investigate the protein expression pattern of the lamB gene in Escherichia coli LE392. The gene product LamB is an important membrane protein for maltose transport into cells but it is also exploited by bacteriophage λ for infection. Although our bacterial population is clonal, stochastic gene expression leads to a majority population with a large receptor number and a minority population wi...

The current theoretical status of the Lamb shift in He is discussed. Recent calculations of twoloop binding corrections to the Lamb shift significantly shift the theoretical value of the “classic” Lamb shift in He, i.e. of the 2S1/2–2P1/2-interval. In this brief research note, we present a new (theoretical) value for this interval which reads 14041.474(42) Mhz. The theoretical uncertainty is re...

We have compared the activities of liposomal amphotericin B (LAMB) at 3, 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg/day and amphotericin B deoxycholate (AMB) at 1.5 and 2.5 mg/kg/day in a murine systemic infection by Fusarium verticillioides. Survival was improved by all treatments except AMB at 1.5 mg/kg/day. The tissue burden in liver was reduced by LAMB at all dosages and by AMB at 2.5 mg/kg/day. The two highest d...

The efficacies of liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) and amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmB) were compared in a diabetic murine model of hematogenously disseminated Rhizopus oryzae infection. At 7.5 mg/kg of body weight twice a day (b.i.d.), LAmB significantly improved overall survival compared to the rates of survival in both untreated control mice (P = 0.001) and mice treated with 0.5 mg of AmB pe...

Quick Facts... •Meeting protein, energy, vitamin and mineral requirements is essential for profitable lamb finishing. •Feedlot lambs are more efficient when self-fed than when hand-fed twice daily. •Lambs fed whole grains have as good or better performance than when they are fed rolled or ground grains. •If lamb finishing rations are more than 60 percent roughage, they should be pelleted for be...

In our Institute lumpy skin disease virus is grown on primary lamb testis cells for isolation, identification and vaccine production. However, the availability of lambs in Kenya has been seriously reduced over the past few years. This has led to an increase in the cost of using primary lamb testis cells. This study was undertaken to investigate other primary cell lines, which are easily availab...

Mucormycosis is a rare but invasive and potentially lethal infection caused by ubiquitous fungi of the order Mucorales. The primary mode of infection is inhalation of fungal spores. Rhinocerebral and pulmonary infections are most common, however, other organ systems including the central nervous system can be affected, presumably by occult fungemia. We describe the prolonged treatment course (>...

Based on the thermoelastic mechanism of laser ultrasonic, the problems of the thermal conduction and the coupling between the motion of solid and fluid are solved by using the finite element method. And then the transient waveforms of leaky Lamb waves induced by pulse laser action on the air-aluminum interface are obtained. Experimental signals of laser-induced leaky Lamb waves at the air-alumi...