The importance of wild barley from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the origin and domestication of cultivated barley has long been underestimated. Population-based phylogenetic analyses were performed to study the origin and genetic diversity of Chinese domesticated barley, and address the possibility that the Tibetan region in China was an independent center of barley domestication. Wild barley (Hord...

The uric acid-lowering effect and safety of a fermented barley extract P (FBEP) prepared from barley-shochu distillery by-products were investigated in a randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, double-blinded study. A total of 111 subjects with serum uric acid levels of 6.0-7.9 mg/dl were provided with either a drink containing 2 g/d of FBEP (test group) or a placebo drink. After 12 wee...

Rapid detection of deoxynivalenol (DON) in cereal-based food and feed has long been the goal of regulators and manufacturers. As non-destructive approaches, infrared (IR) and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic techniques have been used for the prediction and classification of contaminated single-kernel and ground grain without any DON extraction steps. These methods, however, are hindered by the...

the aim of the current study was to evaluate the replacement effect of soybean meal (sbm) at different levels (0 as d1, 33 as d2, 67 as d3 and 100% as d4 based on crude protein (cp) content) by guar meal (gm) on ruminal gas production kinetics, ruminal digestibility and fermentation characteristics of a fattening diet for lambs. three experiments were conducted. the first experiment of 144-h in...

The importance of protein quality for practical rations becomes evident as soon as an attempt is made to economize and to establish for such rations the lowest level of protein that will give efficient production. Woodman & Evans (195 I) demonstrated this point with pigs fed on a simplified barley-fine-bran ration. Supplementation with fish meal at the rate of 4.2% protein gave efficient produc...

The importance of protein quality for practical rations becomes evident as soon as an attempt is made to economize and to establish for such rations the lowest level of protein that will give efficient production. Woodman & Evans (195 I) demonstrated this point with pigs fed on a simplified barley-fine-bran ration. Supplementation with fish meal at the rate of 4.2% protein gave efficient produc...

The North American pork production industry is heavily dependent on relatively few feed ingredients, including the cereal grains (corn, wheat, and barley), oilseed meals (soybean meal) and industry co-products (DDGS). As such, factors that impact the quality of these feed ingredients can pose serious challenges relative to the formulation of pig diets. One such factor that impacts the quality o...

Back ground: Soluble fibre has a cholesterol lowering effect. It is found in various grains especially barley and oats, as well as in pulses, fruits and vegetables. Oats contain a form of soluble fibre called oat beta-glucan which is particularly concentrated in the outer layers of the grain. Much of the research into the cholesterol lowering effects of soluble fibre has centered around oat bet...