Twenty-four black face, crossbred wether lambs (32.4 6.1 kg) were assigned to one of four treatments arranged in a 2 2 factorial. Individually penned wethers were fed a pelleted total mixed diet at low intake (LI; 60% of ad libitum) or high intake (HI; 95% of ad libitum); diets contained either low lasalocid (LL; 0 mg per lamb daily) or high lasalocid (HL; 40 mg per lamb daily). Measurements of...

BACKGROUND Whether and how sex and age affect bariatric-surgery outcome is poorly understood. Estrogens regulate body composition in women and animals, and increase weight loss in a rodent model of gastric bypass, suggesting that premenopausal women may lose more weight following bariatric surgery. METHODS One thousand three hundred fifty-six female gastric-bypass or gastric-banding patients ...

To determine the influence of increasing levels of supplemental ruminally undegraded intake protein (UIP) on visceral organ weights, growth, cell proliferation, and morphology, 20 mature ewes of mixed breeding were fed a 6.55% CP grass hay:straw mixture (40:60) and assigned to one of four supplemental treatments. Supplements were control (no supplement) and low, medium, and high levels of UIP. ...

The aim of the research was to conduct an economic assessment use industrial crossbreeding in pig industry.
 study carried out LLC "Mayak-Agro" (Ukraine) and laboratories Cherkasy National University named after Bohdan Khmelnitsky Experimental Station Bioresources Academy Sciences Ukraine. Ukrainian breeds pigs were used: (Ukrainian BigWhite-1 (UBW-1), Red White-Belt (RWB) Duroc selection ...

Abstract Automated head chamber systems (AHCS; GreenFeed, C-Lock Inc., Rapid City, SD) provide estimates of daily flux methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), and oxygen (O2) from free roaming cattle. This provides the opportunity to conduct energetic research cattle in their production environment. One is evaluate agreement between performance-estimated (P) net energy [Mcal×(kg DMI)-1] for mainte...

Temperature determines the energy release rate of secondary high explosives. Thus, it is critical to know temperature applied an explosive predict its response impulse. However, measuring internal a heterogenous solid undergoing in detonation has many technical challenges. We will discuss several measurement techniques, their strengths, and limitations, propose alternative route assessing effec...

In the pig, under-nutrition in utero causes low birth weight, a decrease in muscle fiber number, and a reduction in postnatal growth rate. Low protein intake during gestation and lactation has been demonstrated to increase the loss of body protein and to reduce the visceral organ mass of the newborn piglets. The effect of under-nutrition of pregnant swine on subsequent serum hormones characteri...

Two types of diodes designed for infrared applications were fabricated from SiGe/Si films grown using ultra high vacuum chemical vapor deposition. The first diode described is a PIN type design, where the I region is comprised of undoped Sil_xGex/Si multiple quantum wells. Photoluminescence and defect etching were used to assess the quality of the quantum well films, and electroluminescence and...

Quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) is a powerful and sensitive method for quantitative detection of microorganisms. Application of this methodology for enumeration of harmful algal bloom (HAB) species has the potential to revolutionize our approach to HAB research, making it possible to identify correlations between cell abundances and factors that regulate bloom dynamics. Its application to eco...