Exophiala dermatitidisandSarcinomyces phaeomuriformis: ITS1-sequencing and nutritional physiology

Physiology and Endocrinology: Nutritional Regulation of Reproduction

cass traits as barrows fed the C-SBM diet (P > 0.10). In Exp. 2, 60 barrows (initial and final BW of 74.6 and 104.5 kg, respectively) were used to estimate the dTrp requirement. The levels of dTrp used in Exp. 2 were 0.06, 0.08, 0.10, 0.12, or 0.14%. Response variables were growth performance, PUN concentrations, carcass traits, and pork quality. The dTrp requirement was estimated to be 0.102%....

Insights into the Nutritional Physiology of Nickel

Nickel (Ni) is essential for plants, yet its physiological role is poorly understood. Ni-deficient and Ni-sufficient pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] trees were compared regarding the impact of Ni nutritional status on reduced nitrogen (N) forms present in xylem sap at spring bud break. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of xylem sap of Ni-sufficient trees found organic...

molecular characterization of fasciola hepatica isolates by rapd-pcr and ribosomal its1 sequencing

Parasitoid and host nutritional physiology in behavioral ecology

Nutrient acquisition and allocation critically impacts the fitness of all organisms. However, distinguishing between competing hypotheses about metabolic strategies requires mechanistic details on the physiological requirements and constraints under which the organism exists. Parasitoids acquire nutrients during both their larval stage and as adults. In this chapter, we first explore difference...

Age related changes in gut physiology and nutritional status.

Few gastrointestinal functions decline to an important extent as a result of old age alone and there is little clinical evidence that significant malnutrition occurs in any normal elderly person as a result of the aging process itself. Nevertheless, decreased gastrointestinal reserve makes older people highly sensitive to minor insults and decompensation can rapidly occur. Drugs appreciably aff...