BACKGROUND/AIMS To investigate the long-term efficacy and safety of two doses (33 and 67 μg/kg/day) of growth hormone (GH) in short Japanese children born small for gestational age (SGA). METHODS 96 children born SGA (age 3 to <8 years) were randomized to GH at 33 or 67 μg/kg/day for 104 weeks, or to an untreated control (UC) group for 52 weeks. After 52 weeks, the UC group was randomized to ...

SUMMARY Barley lines PRU1, URS1 and URS2 represent three candidate mlo mutants induced in either the two-rowed cultivar Prudentia or the six-rowed cultivar Ursula. Both Prudentia and Ursula are North American malting barley varieties with specific malting properties. Here, we analysed the three candidate mutants at the molecular level. We identified lesions in the Mlo gene of all three lines, c...

Contractions in production volume and supply chain disruption experienced by all economies recent years caused the Covid-19 epidemic or geopolitical tensions together with factors such as food safety climate change have been effect instability agricultural product prices. For these reasons, compulsory transformations sectors disruptions markets are also observed sector. This study investigates ...

This trial tested whether rumen-protected Lys (RPL) supplementation would improve the nutritive value of rumen-undegradable protein (RUP) from corn protein. Thirty-two lactating Holstein cows were blocked by days in milk and parity into 8 squares 4 each replicated × Latin squares. Treatments provided all supplemental crude from: (1) soy (67% expeller soybean meal plus 33% solvent meal); (2) a b...

This research was designed to examine the effect of both physical form of the roughage (chaff or ground/pelleted) and or urea supplementation on intake, and digestion by sheep fed barley straw housed at high ambient temperature (40C). The experimental design was factorial 2 x 2 x 4. Sixteen Merino sheep, weighing 26.3 ± 2.1 (SE) kg were randomized into four groups (n=4). Each group was fed one ...

The value of dietary exogenous enzymes in promoting growth and efficiency of feed utilization is well recognized in poultry industry. In a case of high-cost yellow corn, several feed producers are choosing to replace yellow corn with other ingredients that have lower nutritional value like triticale, wheat, barley or sorghum. These crops are rich in non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs), and there ...

to study the root allelopathic effects of cool season crops on germination and early growth of three crops (sorghum, corn, and soybean), an experiment was conducted in seed research laboratory and greenhouse of college of agriculture, university of tehran. the experiment consisted of four cool season crops (wheat, barley, rye and pea) and control as the main plots, three spring-crops (corn, soy...

Two multi-phasic models (logistic (LOG) and Michaelis-Menten (MM)) with three sub-curves were used to describe gas production kinetics of corn (CG), barley (BG), wheat (WG) and triticale (TG) grains. In each model sub curve, 1 describes the gas production caused by fermentation of the soluble fraction, gas production caused by fermentation of the non-soluble fraction is described in sub curve 2...

The objectives of this research were to determine the interaction of monensin and haylage supplementation for steers fed 60% dried distillers grains (DDGS) on 1) mineral status, performance, and carcass characteristics, and on 2) ruminal pH, H(2)S, and short-chain fatty acid concentrations. In Exp. 1, Angus-cross steers (n=168; BW=277 ± 67 kg) were blocked by BW and allotted in a 2 × 2 factoria...