To study the effects of α-galactosidase (α-Gal) supplementation on performance and energy metabolism, 216 Arbor Acres male broilers were placed in 36 cages of 6 birds each and allotted to 4 diets for 42 d, with 0-21 d as starter period and 22-42 d as grower period. The 4 diets were based on corn non-dehulled soybean meal in a 2×2 factorial arrangement, with 2 levels of α-Gal (0 vs. 60 U/kg feed...

eighteen female, neonatal brown swiss calves (39.5±1.2kg) were randomly divided into three treatment groups to investigate the effect of physical processing of diet on weaning age and some blood metabolites. treatments were included: mash starter (m), pelleted starter (p) and heterogen of mixture moisturized, rolled barley and corn. (h). diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous. there were no...

Lactobacillus sakei strain LT-13 is a lactic acid bacterium isolated from moto starter of Japanese sake. This genome analysis revealed that the genome is composed of a circular chromosome and one plasmid, which contain 1,938 and 8 putative protein-coding genes, respectively.

The autochthonousLactobacillus brevisstrain D6, isolated from smoked fresh cheese, carries a 45-kDa S-layer protein. Strain D6 has shown adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins and to Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cells, as well as immunomodulatory potential and beneficial milk technological properties. Hence, it could be used as a potential probiotic starter culture for cheese production.

Early consumption of starter feed promotes rumen development in lambs. We examined rumen development in lambs fed starter feed for 5 weeks using histological and biochemical analyses and by performing high-throughput sequencing in rumen tissues. Additionally, rumen contents of starter feed-fed lambs were compared to those of breast milk-fed controls. Our physiological and biochemical findings r...

Although much literature exists on desired qualities of team leaders of IT projects and even desired components of the team, there is a paucity of literature on the desired personal qualities of individuals working within team settings. This research set out to empirically investigate the personal qualities which students believe would be desirable in IT project team members. An initial attempt...

BACKGROUND Conventional vaccination programs using a single injection of a combined vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (MHYO) can promote a strong immune response that reduces feed intake for 24 to 48 h post injection. Often such vaccines are given around the time of weaning during a critical stress period in which feed intake is already compromised. S...

The article deals with the study of processing quality of milk-protein concentrates obtained by ultrafiltration. Creaming ability of milk-protein concentrates obtained by ultrafiltration is inevitably associated with the presence of rehydrated proteins in its composition. With increasing temperature, the ability of proteins to absorb on the plasma-gas interface is reduced, as evidenced by a dec...