The objective of this investigation was to study the effects of feeding backgrounding and finishing diets on selected acute phase proteins in the plasma of feedlot steers. Two groups of 12 steers each, at the backgrounding and finishing stages, were offered either a backgrounding (45% barley grain-based concentrate and 55% barley silage on a DM basis) or a finishing (91% barley grain-based conc...

Surface finishing is one of the most significant steps in industries which are engaged with surface quality. Finishing by magnetic field is a new method of surface finishing. In this process, machining is executed in mechanical way and semi-homogeneous abrasive slurry performs finishing of surfaces. Needed force to grind surfaces is made by magnetic field. Therefor this method is considered as ...

Abstract The objective of this experiment was to determine the effects replacing hay and dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS) with whole cottonseed (WCS) in diets balanced for physically effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) on performance, carcass characteristics, plasma metabolites finishing cattle. Heifers (n = 103) steers 104) were blocked by sex bodyweight (BW) randomly allocat...

Title of Document: EFFECTS OF SOLDER-DIPPING AS A TERMINATION RE-FINISHING TECHNIQUE Shirsho Sengupta, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, June 2006 Directed By: Prof. Michael G. Pecht, Chair Professor, Mechanical Engineering Solder-dipping may be used to replace tin-rich finishes with eutectic tin-lead for tinwhiskering risk mitigation purposes. However, re-finishing also subjects electronic parts t...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of delayed finishing/polishing on the surface roughness, hardness and gloss of tooth-coloured restorative materials. METHODS Four different tooth-coloured restoratives: a flowable resin composite- Tetric Flow, a hybrid resin composite- Venus, a nanohybrid resin composite- Grandio, and a polyacid modified resin composite- Dyract Ex...

BACKGROUND The problem of low female literacy rates in Africa starts with low primary school enrollment, particularly in areas of high food insecurity. The provision of food in, and through, schools is considered to be one way of enrolling more girls in school, keeping them enrolled, and enhancing their adult well-being and productivity as a result. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of pro...

Three experiments were conducted with Ross-type broiler chicks to determine the optimum level of in­clusion fish meal and value bloodmeal as a substitute for fishmeal in practical starter ra­tions. The was found In be 7.5%. Higher levels tended increase cost production lower growth performances. ad­dition all vegetable protein rations resulted better performances than ration. II that blood coul...

Fif teen lactating Holstein cows in a 3 × 3 Latin square experiment determined effects of ground newspaper in the diet. Test components of the rations were: A) 20% cottonseed hulls; B) 10% paper and 10% cottonseed hulls; C) 20% paper. All animals received 2.3 kg of long alfalfa hay daily. Proximate analysis and gross energy determinations indicated that the paper rations contained more crude fi...