Introduction. T HE affinity between certain organic compounds and clays has been known for many years. Lloyd 1 reported the adsorptive capacity of fuller's earth for alkaloids in 1916 without theorizing extensively about the mechanism. Smith 2 reacted organic bases and their salts with bentonite and presented evidence that the reaction was one of baseexchange or metathesis, while tIauser a has ...

Microbial sulfate reduction possesses a potential risk for the long-term safety of spent nuclear fuel repositories because under expected repository conditions sulfide is main corroding agent copper and copper-coated steel canisters foreseen in Scandinavian disposal concepts. It thus essential to understand quantify processes factors impacting microbial production within around compacted benton...

Three trials were conducted with recently weaned pigs (n = 198) to determine the effects of feeding different types of clay in conjunction with aflatoxin-contaminated diets. In Trial 1, pigs (n = 54; trial length 4 wk) were assigned to either an uncontaminated treatment (NC), 800 ppb of aflatoxin from contaminated corn (AC), or AC with one of four clays. In Trial 2 (n = 81; trial length 5 wk), ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate different feeding schedules and their relationship to calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) plasma levels and egg quality of broiler breeders. The feeding schedules were: single feeding at 8:00 AM; twice daily feeding (50% at 8:00 AM and 50% at 3:00 PM) and single feeding at 3:00 PM. 330 female and 45 male Cobb 500 broiler breeders were used from 40 to 60 weeks o...

Radiation treatment in the presence of catalysts such as anatase, P25 and bentonite showed an efficient removal of TCE and PCE compared with gamma-irradiation only. The gamma-ray pretreatment of P25 and bentonite enhanced the decomposition of TCE and PCE, respectively. The change of the catalysts by gamma-ray was characterized by EPR spectra. For anatase and bentonite, the peaks in the spectra ...

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the potential for Forsythia suspensa extract (FSE) to substitute for antibiotic in broiler chicken. First, a well-diffusion assay procedure and a 2-fold dilution method were used to determine the bacteriostatic activity of FSE on Escherichia coli K88, staphylococcus aureus, and salmonella was assayed. An inhibitory effect of FSE was observed on the ...