The aim of this study was to compare two tropical grass species, Panicum maximum and Digitaria eriantha, in terms of silage fermentation attributes and certain rumen fermentation characteristics of silage made either at the boot or full bloom stages of growth. A lower silage pH was recorded for the D. eriantha than for the P. maximum silage. Neither species nor maturity stage had a significant ...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of molasses and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on the chemical composition, silage fermentation characteristics, and in vitro ruminal fermentation parameters of an ensiled potato-wheat straw mixture in a completely randomized design with 4 replicates. Wheat straw was harvested at full maturity and potato tuber when the leaves turned yellowish. The p...

Synthesis of 2-(4-sec-butyl-phenyl)-propionic acid-pyrrolidin-2-ylcarbamoyl methyl ester with bio-isosteric concept for ibuprofen with enhancing anti-inflammatory potential. Ibuprofen on refluxing with 2-amino pyridine in chloroacetyl chloride in presence of glacial acetic acid gave 2-(4-sec-butyl-phenyl)-propionic acid-pyrrolidin-2-yl-carbamoyl methyl ester, which can be used as a prodrug for ...

Two different deacetylated chitosans were dissolved in formic, acetic, lactic, or propionic acid to prepare chitosan films. The pH values of the film-forming solutions were adjusted to 3, 4, and 5. Water vapor permeability (WVP), tensile strength (TS), elongation (E), and total soluble matter (TSM) were significantly (P < 0.05) affected by acid type, pH, and degree of deacetylation (DA). Low DA...

1. Four rumen-cannulated sheep were given a forage mixture (F) of chopped hay-ground, pelleted, dried grass (92:8, w/w) and two concentrate mixtures (C and S) of ground barley-ground hay-flaked maize (46:24:30 and 56:24:20, by wt respectively) in twenty-four hourly meals each day. Each of the diets was offered in successive periods of 16 d to give a feeding sequence F-S-C-S for one pair of shee...

A spoilage organism isolated from turbid beer is described. The bacterium was gram negative, catalase negative, strictly anaerobic, and rod shaped, having flagella only on one side of the cell. The main metabolic product was propionic acid. In addition acetic, succinic, and lactic acids and acetoin were formed. Malonate inhibited the production of propionic acid by the strain studied and by bot...

the aim of this study was to investigate the processing methods of sorghum grain and diet formulation on performance and nutrients digestibility in broilers. three hundred and twenty chicks at eight day of age were allotted into eight groups of four replicate with ten chicks per replicate. this research was conducted as completely randomized design arranged in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial experiment u...

Objective(s): Hepatitis B virus infection causes chronic disease such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The metabolomics investigations have been demonstrated to be related to pathophysiologic mechanisms in many disorders such as hepatitis B infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the saliva metabolic profile of patients with chronic hepatitis B in...

Four crossbred wethers were utilized in a randomized block design to test Thiopeptin, an antibiotic, at .25% of the amount of wheat given, two levels of NaHCO3 (2 and 4%) expressed as a percentage of the wheat given, and a combination of the Thiopeptin (.25%) plus 2% NaHCO3. Acidosis was induced in the four sheep (controls) by feeding cracked soft white wheat at 50 g/kgBW -Ts divided among thre...