Productivity of 2-yr-old crossbred cows containing various proportions (0, 1/4 or 1/2) of Brahman breeding was evaluated using 203 spring-calving and 171 fall-calving heifers over a 3-yr period. All heifers were mated to Limousin sires. Percentage of cows exposed to breeding that weaned a calf was the only trait for which a significant crossbred cow group x season of calving interaction was fou...

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of dietary glutamine (Gln) supplement on the performance and villus morphology of weaned pigs. In Exp. 1, 48 pigs were fed diets supplemented with 0, 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5% Gln for 28 days. Dietary Gln supplemented levels did not influence performance and plasma Gln concentration of weaned pigs. In Exp. 2, 48 weaned pigs were fed the same trea...

The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of two detection methods for use in discrimination and sorting of adult Atlantic cod (about 2 kg) in the small scale capture-based aquaculture (CBA). Presently, there is no established method for discrimination of weaned and unweaned cod in CBA. Generally, 60-70% of the wild-caught cod in the CBA are weaned into commercial dry feed. To in...

In the present study, we determined the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF; 10 microgram/100 g body wt) on sodium gradient-dependent phosphate transport (Na-Pi cotransport) regulation in suckling (12-day-old) and weaned (24-day-old) rats. Weaned rats had higher proximal tubular brush border membrane vesicle (BBMV) Na-Pi cotransport activity (232 +/- 16 in weaned vs. 130 +/- 9 pmol. 10 s-1. ...

Concordance between child and parent-proxy report on a new self-report tool of vision related quality of life for children with JIA-associated uveitis – “Effects of Youngsters’ Eyesight on QOL -EYE-Q” Sheila T Angeles-Han, Sampath Prahalad, Lori Ponder, Kerrie Fields, Rachel Robb, Marla Shainberg, Larry B Vogler, Phoebe Lenhart, Amy Hutchinson, Sunil K Srivastava, Scott R Lambert, Carolyn Drews...

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Prabir K. Patra, Kevin R. Gurney, A. Scott Denning, Shamil Maksyutov, Takakiyo Nakazawa, David Baker, Philippe Bousquet, Lori Bruhwiler, Yu-Han Chen, Philippe Ciais, Songmiao Fan, Inez Fung, Manuel Gloor, Martin Heimann, Kaz Higuchi, Jasmin John, Rachel M. Law, Takashi Maki, Bernard C. Pak, Philippe Peylin, Michael Prather, Peter J. Rayner, Jorge Sarmiento, Shoichi Taguchi, Taro Takahashi, and ...

Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, has been primarily isolated from the human and rat stomach. Ghrelin has been shown to stimulate appetite and fat deposition in adult rats and humans. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ghrelin administration on pancreatic growth in suckling, weaned and peripubertal seven week old rats. Rats were treat...

Transportation is a complex stressor made up of factors including weaning itself and withdrawal from feed and water. Therefore, transportation has the potential to negatively impact the health and welfare of weaned pigs. Pigs were transported for 32 h and measures of performance, physiology, and behavior were taken to assess piglet welfare. Treatment groups included pigs not weaned or transport...

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