The effect of drafts at different stages of spinning process on fibre length distribution of slivers has been studied by using Taguchi Method and ANOVA technique. The L8 mixed orthogonal array was used to work out eight different slivers. Two different lap hanks, four different card drafts and two different draft/doublings at breaker and finisher were selected for the study. The fibrograph leng...

The objective of this study was to determine the possibility of replacing soybean meal (SBM) in finisher pig diets completely with hydrolyzed feather meal (FM). Forty-five gilts and 45 castrated males (57.8+/-0.8 kg of BW; 3 gilts or 3 castrated males/pen) were randomly assigned to 5 finisher-1 diets with 6 pens per diet. At an average pen BW of 81.0+/-1.4 kg, pigs were offered finisher-2 diets...

Introduction Paylean® (ractopamine hydrochloride) was approved in December 1999 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use as a feed ingredient in commercial pork production, specifically in finisher swine (Paylean® Technical Manual, 2001). Paylean® is a ß-adrenergic agonist that acts by directing nutrients away from fat deposition to increase the amount of lean pork in a carcass. Paylean...

A recent study has shown that sorting and regrouping lightweight pigs with pigs of similar size does not improve their growth performance and carcass characteristics. M. C. Brumm and coworkers (2002) hypothesized that managing variation in the nursery and grower-finisher by sorting and regrouping lightweight pigs might improve their performance. Five experiment stations (in Illinois, Iowa, Mich...

BACKGROUND Termination of fixed orthodontic treatment is associated with bracket debonding and residual adhesive removal. These procedures increase enamel roughness to a degree that should depend on the tool used. Enamel roughening may be associated with bacterial retention and staining. However, a very limited data exists on the alteration of 3D enamel roughness resulting from the use of diffe...

To compare the effectiveness of 2 phytase enzymes (Phyzyme and Natuphos), growth performance, fibula ash, and Ca and P digestibilities were evaluated in 4 studies. The first 3 studies used 832 pigs (i.e., 288 in the nursery phase, initial BW 8.1 kg; 288 in the grower phase, initial BW 24.2 kg; and 256 in the finisher phase, initial BW 57.8 kg) and were carried out over periods of 28, 42, and 60...

An experiment was conducted from 18th October, 2006 to 18th January, 2007 at IAAS Livestock Farm, Rampur, Chitwan to determine the substitution effects of soybean meal with brewer’s dried grain (BDG) on the performance, economics and meat traits of swine production. Starter, grower and finisher diets were formulated containing 18, 16, and 14% CP respectively with 3000 Kcal/kg ME and adequately ...

The economic analysis performed in this study is based on consolidated data from 48 groups of commercial finisher swine classified by three levels of Salmonella and on industry data. Each swine grouping had from 900 to 9,000 swine. The groupings were comprised of the same management and genetics, and were provided the same feed rations and diets throughout the study. The study group and compari...

A total of 225 day-old broiler chicks (43.08 g initial body weight) were allotted to three dietary treatments for a 6week feeding trial. The treatments were 1) Control (defatted rice bran; DFRB), 2) fresh rice bran (FRB) and 3) rancid rice bran (RRB). Rice brans were intentionally spoiled by two degrees of rancidity by the values of free fatty acids (FFA): 7.6% (FRB) and 16.3% (RRB). Diets were...

non-starch polysaccharides (e.g.: wheat based diet) which are supplemented with enzymes. could have a high potential in nutrient ingestion, digestion and absorption, however, response to the enzyme is dependent on chicks age, as well as genetic status of both the cereal and the chick. this study was conducted in a completely randomized design in 2×4 factorial arrangement to study the efficiency...