Alfalfa hay was steam heated for an average of 47 min at 100 to 110°C; net ruminal protein escape (total escape minus ADIN x 6.25), estimated in vitro, was 50% versus 29% for control hay. Heating increased ADIN content from 4.6 to 15.3% of total N and increased NDF from 43 to 53% of DM. In trial 1, 14 cows averaging 81 DIM and 30 kg/d of milk were fed, in a switchback design, diets containing 1...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of heat damage, achieved by autoclaving, on the nutritional composition and on the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of AA in sunflower meal (SFM) and cottonseed meal (CSM) fed to growing pigs. The second objective was to establish a relationship between the concentration of SID AA in SFM and CSM and the concentration of fiber compone...

A Gelfand model for an algebra is a module given by direct sum of irreducible submodules, with every isomorphism class modules represented exactly once. We introduce the notion perfect finite Coxeter group, which certain set discrete data (involving Rains and Vazirani's concept involution) that parametrizes associated Iwahori-Hecke algebra. describe models all classical Weyl groups, excluding t...

Abstract Flowers are ubiquitous in primate environments, yet their nutritional advantages underexamined. Symphonia globulifera is a widely distributed tree exploited by variety of animals Africa and the Americas. We collected S. flower samples consumed red-tailed monkeys ( Cercopithecus ascanius ) compared them nutritionally to from other plant species Kibale National Park, Uganda. were assayed...