%Moisture & %Dry Matter Labs determine the %moisture content of submitted samples by drying the sample, and calculate the %dry matter; (DM% = 100 %moisture). Most lab analysis reports list test values on both the basis of %Dry Matter, and “As Fed”, “As Is” or “As Received.” Forage nutritive values should be evaluated, and rations balanced on a dry matter basis. Once the forage needs have been d...

information on different rangeland plants’ nutritive values during variousphonological stages is of importance for the rangelands management. this information helpsrangeland managers to choose proper grazing times to achieve higher animal performancewith no detrimental effects on the rangeland vegetations. effects of various plant parts’phenological stages and vegetation types on reserve carboh...

range forage of vicia variabilis, astragalus spp., medicago sativa, prangos uloptera and sanguisorba minor was sampled during three phenological stages from the controlled rangeland stations in chaharmahal and bakhtiari province, iran. samples were analyzed for the determination of crude protein (cp%), ether extract (ee), crude fiber (cf), total ash, neutral detergent fiber (ndf), acid detergen...

melanogaster show a preference for nutritive sugars (which can be metabolized) over non-nutritive sugars (which offer no nutritive benefit) independently of taste; however, the mechanisms that mediate this preference are unknown. In a recent study, Suh and colleagues show that, in D. melanogaster, neurons expressing Diuretic hormone 44 (Dh44; a homologue of mammalian corticotropin-releasing hor...

The relationship between reinforcement properties of different kinds of nutritive rewards has a long history in psychology. Recent investigations have begun to assess the effect or reinforcement value of non-nutritive rewards such as social and non-social stimuli presented by way of video presentations or slides. In short, whether social stimuli can substitute or be as effective in maintaining ...

The nutritive values of a series of commercial fish meals and deodorized fish flours intended for human consumption have recently been examined for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It is well known that fish protein can be damaged during drying, although this damage does not necessarily occur, and as these meals were prepared under widely varying conditions in six di...

S OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS In an effort to keep our readers abreast of current research by graduate students concerning raptors, the foundation will begin publishing abstracts of theses and dissertations in Raptor Research. Abstracts will be published as written by the author without review by the editorial staff of RRF. If you or a student of yours has completed a thesis or dissertation rec...